Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Zinc Deficiency

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

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🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Today we’re going to talk about subclinical hypothyroidism and a zinc deficiency.

Subclinical hypothyroidism is a situation where you have a slow thyroid, but the blood values are still normal. If you’re looking at blood tests alone, you can completely miss this condition.

There are several important trace minerals involved in thyroid function, such as:

• Iodine

• Selenium

• Copper

• Zinc

Zinc is not emphasized enough. Zinc is not only involved in the conversion from T4 to T3 but, it’s also involved in the synthesis of T4 and T3, as well as the thyroid-stimulating hormone. Without enough zinc, you can’t convert these hormones, and you can’t make thyroid hormones.

Once you have a hypothyroid condition, you’re going to have a hard time absorbing zinc. Having a slow thyroid may actually cause a zinc deficiency.

If you have any thyroid symptoms, don’t forget about zinc. One great way to get more zinc is to consume more shellfish, sea kelp, or take a supplement.

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0:00.0	So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting,
0:04.4	whether you're starting keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or we have a question about a product.
0:10.5	Call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 5405.7.
0:29.0	Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Kito and Interminute fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. Today we're going to talk about a really important missing factor in subclinical hypotheritism
0:50.0	and that is zinc deficiency.
0:52.6	Now what is a subclinical hypothroid problem?
0:57.4	Well, it's a situation where you have a slow thyroid,
1:00.5	but the blood values are still normal.
1:05.0	So if you're just basing this only on blood tests
1:08.0	and you're not looking deeper,
1:09.5	you can completely miss this condition.
1:11.5	Now, there are several really important trace minerals involved
1:16.1	in thyroid function. Iodyne in making the thyroid. Salinium in converting T4 to T3, copper involved in the creation of the thyroid hormone.
1:28.3	But another one that's not emphasized is zinc. Zinc is not only involved in the conversion from T4 to T3,
1:37.0	but it's also involved in the synthesis of T4, T3,
1:42.0	as well as the thyroid stimulating hormone, the hormone that comes from the pituitary down to the thyroid itself.
1:49.2	Without enough zinc, you cannot convert these hormones and you can't make thyroid hormones.
1:56.2	Now this really is important if you're getting hair loss, alopecia, things like that.
2:01.4	And if you don't get enough zinc in your diet, you can take all of these,
2:04.8	take thyroid hormones, but you may not get your hair back. So zinc is very, very important.
2:09.9	The other problem is once you have a hypothyroid condition, you're going to have a hard time absorbing zinc.
2:16.4	So the fact that you have a slow thyroid causes more of a zinc deficiency.
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