Hello and welcome to another episode of Health Matters. I am your health coach, Dr. Michael

Chalemi, and on this episode, we are going to dive into a topic that affects a lot of people

throughout the world. So what we're calling this is an extreme dive into hypothyroidism.

So this will be, we'll say, your go-to resource for the most comprehensive information

on this complex topic. So when we talk about hypothyroidism, we're going to talk about what it is, how it works,

and how it impacts the body.

Hypothyroidism is one of the most common hormonal disorder worldwide.

And yet, many people don't realize how intricate and interconnected

it causes its and treatments. They don't realize how interconnected everything is. And we're going to help

break that down. So let's start breaking it down. So first, what is hypothyroidism? So hypothyroidism

is often referred to as a underactive thyroid.

This condition affects, obviously, the thyroid gland, and it causes the thyroid gland

to not produce, doesn't produce enough hormones, which are crucial.

So let's get into the definition and some anatomies of it.

So the thyroid gland itself is a butterfly-shaped gland

located at the front of the neck just below the atoms apple, approximately here.

It plays a key role in regulating your body's metabolism, energy production, heart rate,

and even balances temperature.

Specifically, it produces hormone called thyroxene, which is called T4, or trio-iod.

I'm going to try to say this.

Tioidothyronine, which is T3, which we'll say T3 from now on.

So T3 acts as a messenger to instruct organs and tissues,

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