Recommended Supplements

From the book Thyroid Power: 10 Steps to Total Health

VITAMINS
- Vit A, 10,000-20,000 IU (never take more than 25,000 IU daily) / antioxidant
- Vit C, at least 1,000 mg daily / antioxidant
- Vit E, 400 IU daily / antioxidant
- B Complex, 50mg of each, but make B6 100 mg
- The Bioflavonoids quercitin((250-500mg) and pygnogenol (100-150mg) / reduce inflammation

MINERALS
- Copper (1mg), Zinc (25mg) and Selenium (100 mcg) / especially crucial to formation and utlization of thyroid hormone
- Chromium, 100-200 mcg / carb metabolism, normalize blood sugar fluctuations
- Manganese, 10-20 mg
- Calcium, 1200 mg
- Magnesium, 400 mg
* adding sea vegetables is a great way to get these essential minerals in. Kelp, dulse, nori, etc...

FATS
- EFAs from fish, flaxseed, primrose, or borage
- avoid transfats
- easy way to get both GLA and EPA is in 2 tsp flaxseed oil daily, or grind up 2 Tbsp flaxseeds and sprinkle in food

AMINO ACIDS
- Tyrosine is the basis for both kids of thyroid hormone,a s well as for adrenaline and noradrenaline
- Glutamine is also recommended for brain function and better digestion

** A morning shake can be a good way to get many of these minerals, fats and amino acids... milk, protein powder, tyrosine, kelp, flaxseed oil with some cocoa powder would be a good idea.

NATURAL GLANDULAR SUPPORT
- freeze dried, purified animal glands, with associated hormones removed, nutritional over-the-counter products that border on medicinal
- if it makes you feel "speedy" it is due to both cortisone and adrenaline being present and you may need only one, in which case pregnenolone or DHEA may be better choices
- Licorice root stimulates production and utilization of adrenal hormones
- Low thyroid sufferers who also need female hormone balance should consider glandular ovary or mexican yam products

HERBS
- Ashwagandha Withania somnifera can stimulate both T3 and T4
- Milk thistle, 300 mg daily / antioxidant