Located in your throat just below your collar bone. Your thyroid, a butterfly shaped gland, is divided into two parts. The Parathyroid gland witch controls production and the Thyroid gland witch produces the hormones you body needs to regulate your Basal metabolism system, witch converts calories into energy. It also is part of your Endocrine system witch regulates Adrenal system.

Many thing can effect your Thyroid gland. Stress, over exposure to toxins, indusial chemicals, pesticides, or radiation can all cause your Thyroid to malfunction. How can you tell if your Thyroid is malfunctioning? Simply if your always tried, feel run down, and are having trouble with your weight. Your thyroid could use a boost. Remember its what is suppose to be turning those calories, that are ending up on you hips and thighs, into the energy and vibrancy your looking for in life.

To accomplish this your Thyroid needs Iodine and Amino Acids, and not just any kind. Remember life comes from the sea. Your Thyroid gland craves nutrient rich sea vegetables called Nori and Bouine witch give your thyroid everything it needs to function properly.

The best example I can think of is the Japanese diet. As a hole there are very few over weight people in Japan, even though their diets are high in carbohydrates, this is because along with all the rice they consume large amounts of sea vegetation which is loaded with Iodine and Amino Acids.

Clinical testing has proven that a properly nourished thyroid gland promotes thyroid hormonal production, supports your bones and protects agents osteoporosis, aids in sexual health. maintains adrenal production, and controls your metabolic rate. Not bad for adding a little sea weed to your diet.

Our modern lifestyle play's havoc on our adrenal system. Stress in the work space, in our home lives and all around use. From world events to traffic on the freeway all work to cause our thyroid to pump into our body's hormones and adrenaline.

In the day's of the caveman these chemicals helped use cop with loins and tigers this is called our fight or flight reflex. Now day's however these responses to the everyday events that cause stress in our lives is inappropriate but those chemicals are still working the same way.

Hormones that cause inflammation once protected use from mortal wounds now keep our cells from detoxifying. Other hormones which were meant to make use crave food after a fight now make use crave sugary and fatty food leading to obesity. The build up of adrenaline in your system causes you to feel stressed-out and can lead to over anxiety and depression.

The biggest Key to having a healthy thyroid is not only feeding it but using it for what it was meet for. Daily exercise and a good punching bag to burn off the chemicals and hormones will not only make your thyroid healthier but will make you feel better and much less irritable.