Under normal circumstances, the thyroid gland is not visible and barely palpable, but when enlarged, the doctor can feel it with ease and a lump can appear below or beside the Adam's apple.
Thyroid gland produces thyroid hormones, which control the body's metabolic rate.
Thyroid hormones affect the body's metabolism speeds through two ways:
1. Almost every tissue stimulates the body to produce proteins
2. Increasing the amount of oxygen used by cells.
If the cells are working harder, then the organs will work faster.
To produce the thyroid hormones, thyroid gland needs iodine, which is an element contained in foods and water.
Thyroid gland iodine capture and process them into thyroid hormones.
Once thyroid hormone is used, some of iodine in the thyroid gland hormones back and recycled for re-produce thyroid hormones. Read More
8/25/2010
Thyroid Gland?? Dangerous!
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