Your thyroid medication delivers T4 to your bloodstream. But your cells then convert T4 into T3, the active form, and that normal conversion process depends on several nutrients that many people don't get enough of.

This is the "aha" episode: a plain-language look at why delivery and utilization are two different things.

• The difference between T4 (storage form) and T3 (active form)
• Why much of the body's active thyroid hormone comes from conversion in the tissues
• The nutrients involved in normal thyroid hormone metabolism: selenium, zinc, iron, vitamin A and B-vitamins
• National survey data on nutrient intake gaps
• How soil depletion may have changed the nutrient density of food

• NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) data
• USDA nutrient density studies
• Deiodinase enzyme research

Next episode: The Full Spectrum Approach: why nutrition is one part of a bigger picture.

Read the full transcript and find every listening app: https://www.evolvedelements.com/blogs/beyond-normal-labs/episode-3-the-cellular-missing-link

This podcast is for education and is not medical advice. Keep taking any prescribed medication and talk with your healthcare provider before making changes. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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