The #1 Most Important Nutrient for Hypothyroidism
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Learn how this nutrient can potentially act as a natural remedy for thyroid conditions.
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0:00 Introduction: Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
1:04 An important nutrient for the thyroid
1:35 Understanding hypothyroidism
2:43 Selenium for thyroid conditions
5:48 Foods high in selenium
6:25 Natural remedies for thyroid conditions
7:10 Learn more about thyroid conditions!
There is one really important nutrient involved in hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism: selenium.
90% of hypothyroid problems are related to an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s. Most cases of hyperthyroidism are also related to an autoimmune condition.
An autoimmune condition is a situation where you have cells, or antibodies, made by your own body that attack your thyroid. These antibodies prevent your thyroid from functioning and also create a lot of inflammation.
You may know that iodine is really important for the thyroid, but so is selenium. Most of the selenium in your body is concentrated in your thyroid.
A selenium deficiency is very common in people with hypothyroidism. But selenium can significantly reduce the antibodies involved in these autoimmune conditions.
Selenium also supports the thyroid as a whole and helps you convert the non-active form of the thyroid hormone T4 to the active form.
Selenium has also been known to help decrease other symptoms related to thyroid problems, including:
• Myxedema
• Inflammation
• Bulging eyes
• Thyroid nodules
• Thyroid enlargement
• Excess hydrogen peroxide
Selenium can even help decrease the risk of getting an autoimmune condition and has many other health benefits.
Foods rich in selenium:
• Meat
• Fish
• Brazil nuts
• Eggs
• Dairy
• Garlic
• Onion
• Cabbage
• Broccoli
• Organ meats
You can consume foods high in selenium or take a selenium supplement (200 mcg) along with other trace minerals.
If you have Grave’s or Hashimoto’s, you may also want to consider taking a product called Thytrophin PMG® by Standard Process.
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Thanks for watching! I hope this helps increase your awareness of the benefits of selenium for thyroid problems. I’ll see you in the next video.
there's one really important nutrient involved with hypothyroidism that you need to know about now this also relates to a hyperthyroidism too so if you have any problems with your thyroid this video is going to be very very important now the first thing to know is that 90 percent of all hypothyroid problems is an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto's in most cases of hyperthyroidism is also an autoimmune condition what is an autoimmune condition it's a situation where you have cells made by your own body okay there are very specific types of anti-bodies against the body little cells that actually attack your thyroid so you have these cells that are programmed to think that your thyroid is like a pathogen so these antibodies attack your thyroid and prevent it from functioning and they create a constant inflammatory condition as well and ninety percent of all hypothyroid cases are autoimmune now let's talk about this one nutrient that's really important you probably thought it would be iodine it's not items very very important because without iodine you can't make thyroid hormones but selenium selenium is really important and you're going to understand why in a minute because most of the selenium in your body is mostly concentrated in your thyroid if you go by the weight of that tissue and if you have a hypothyroid condition chances are you're probably deficient in selenium it's very very common to have a deficiency and when you get diagnosed with this autoimmune disease okay the three main antibodies that they find a problem with involves one that's called thyroid peroxidase so these antibodies to thyroid peroxidase really uh inhibits your ability to make thyroid hormones because one of the functions of thyroid peroxidase is the production the synthesis of thyroid hormones and so you can just imagine by blocking that you're not going to make enough thyroid hormones thus having a lowered amount of thyroid hormones that's called hypothyroidism and then there's another one okay that involves the receptor for thyroid stimulating hormone that's that hormone from the pituitary that's sent down to the blood that connects to the thyroid and tells the thyroid to make thyroid hormones and that receptor is called thyroglobulin receptor so if you have antibodies against that receptor you're not able to receive the message that tells the thyroid to make thyroid hormones so you can imagine what kind of problems you're going to have if you have antibodies to these three parts but the good news is that selenium can help significantly reduce these antibodies and it's something natural that you can take and it's in your food but you can take it in small amounts to help you also selenium improves the thyroid as a whole okay so that's another benefit selenium also helps you convert T4 to T3 T3 is the active form T4 is not so T4 really doesn't do much in your body unless it's converted with the help of selenium I mean think about this let's say for example you don't have enough selenium and you're taking Synthroid for example which is T4 synthetic T4 and your problem is you can't convert it to the active form you're not going to see much change you might have normal T4 in your blood but what about the T3 you really need to look at that to make sure that is uh insufficient amounts and so the point is like where's the real problem is it in the conversion is it in the production selenium has also been known to decrease mixed edema which is a big problem for hypothyroid situations it looks like that but it's not fat it's like the puffiness that is throughout the body that makes you look fat but it's not an actual fat now selenium also decreases inflammation why because it's involved in making glutathione one of the most powerful um antioxidants in the body and this is why selenium is so important with your liver as well and that's a whole different topic but selenium can help prevent a fatty liver it can help prevent inflammation in the liver it can help prevent fibrosis in your liver it can decrease your liver enzymes it can even decrease the risk of liver cancer now selenium is also high in certain types of fish and so if you're concerned about getting Mercury from certain fish a fish also has selenium which makes this protein that helps get rid of mercury in cadmium now mercury has been linked to autoimmune conditions of your thyroid and cadmium by itself directly inhibits the production of thyroid hormones so here's yet another reason why selenium is so important for these conditions selenium even decreased the risk of getting an autoimmune condition because apparently when you're low in selenium there's a higher level of initiation of autoimmune problems it's kind of like the match that triggers the fire and also as a byproduct of thyroid metabolism you have this hydrogen peroxide so selenium helps you make glutathione that helps you deal with this hydrogen peroxide which is you can create a toxicity in your thyroid also when you get Graves disease which is a hyperthyroid problem a lot of times you get these bulging eyes well selenium helps reduce that symptom too now where do you get selenium well it's in meat it's in fish it's in eggs it's in Dairy cruciferous vegetables like cabbage and broccoli it's in nuts it's in onions it's in garlic and it's definitely an organ Meats selenium can also help decrease the risk of getting those thyroid nodules and it can even help prevent the enlargement of your thyroid and your thyroid has other mechanisms of accumulating selenium helping recycling it and making sure that you're not ending up in a low selenium situation I hope you now know the importance of selenium as it relates to the thyroid as far as doses go of selenium of course I would always recommend eating foods high in selenium but I would recommend the 200 micrograms of selenium each day in a nice base of other trace minerals just to make sure you're not you know creating an imbalance and if it is true that you have these antibodies you have this autoimmune condition whether it's Graves or Hashimoto's I also recommend another product I don't sell it I'm not affiliated with the company that does but it's called thytrophin PMG it's from a product developed by Standard Process okay so you can look that up you would take one before bed and that works a little bit differently but I think the combination of both of these would be very very important in helping you recover and for more information about that I included that in this video right here you should check it out
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I have been on Selenium for three years and every year my blood work is the same.
Hi Dr.Berg! I'm hoping you can comment on my post. I was taking Levothyroxine for hypothyroidism for about 10 years. Recently, I moved overseas and this version of the medicine wasn't available so I looked up what vitamins and minerals I can take in place of the medicine. I also switched my diet to Carnivore. Anyhow, when I came back to the US I had a blood test done and my levels were higher than ever before, 38.76 for TSH. I swear at one time, years ago, I was drinking your Wheatgrass juice powder and I think my numbers reversed to Hyperthyroidism but I really don't remember!! My doctor re-prescribed Levo. I am wanting to do the Wheatgrass again but some of the vitamins and minerals are the same as what I was taking as supplements. I was taking Iodine(Kelp), B12, D3, and Selenium but not all of the listed ingredients in the Wheatgrass. My questions are: 1. Why did my numbers go up? 2. Do you feel the Wheat Grass will reverse my numbers again? 3. Should I continue to take the supplements with the Wheatgrass or is the Wheatgrass enough on it's own? I am hoping you will see this post and reply. Thank you!
This video is so knowledgeable, thank you!!
Space out supplements: take selenium separately from zinc, iron, or high-dose vitamin C.
My TSH is 4.57
How bad is it ?
My TPO is 539!!! I have Hashimotos. Does the TPO level effect the Dose of Selinium?
if you feel cold a lot when you shouldnt it means your thyroid is low
Would it work even when you don't have the thyroid?
I have hypothyroidism… one Brazil nut every day has an entire daily allowance of selenium…
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Does high TSH means hypothyroidism?
How do you know you have enough selenium? I feel like I eat alot of that stuff , and my tsh and cholesterol are recently high all of a sudden. I did recently get off of carnivore but it’s been about two months. I know when I go to the doctor they’re gonna want to immediately put me on Synthroid, but I think this is a fluke because I’m normally 100% healthy and active so I will request more panels on the thyroid and cholesterol.
Boron also helps convert T4 to T3.
Thank you for the great video 🙏🏼
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How much selenium per day?
@Drberg is it possible to have issues absorbing Selenium?
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I've been asymptomatic for 5 years now taking selenium and myo Chiro d inositol together. And only a couple times a month. Very pleased my hashimotos is at bay.
Should we take sea kelp in hypothyroidism?
The doctor took my thyroid out when I was 17!!! They did no biopsy!
I had a lump which turned out to be a cyst!!! Now I’m 56 childless on thyroxine! Unhappy can’t sleep feeling depressed like I don’t want to be here anymore … I’ve tried everything please help me dr berg I can’t sleep at night and I feel so low and scared, I wake up a lot feeling very anxious!!!
I have horrible sleep!!! I just want a good nights rest! I feel like I’m loosing my mind I’ve been taking magnesium biglycinate and now see I shouldn’t be taking it??? It’s the only thing that seems to help with a bit of sleep…
Please help me get on track I’m
Scared of my thoughts trying to be positive!
Thank you so much! I will get back on selinium.
You’re the 1st person I have heard to say we need 200mcg of selenium. All the charts I’ve seen show 55mcg as the daily recommended amount with a warning that exceeding that would lead to Se toxicity.
Given that discrepancy, I am not sure what a balance between micro nutrient minerals would look like. Also, what would constitute a toxic level of Se.
I am currently on synthroid and would prefer not to be. Except for T4 and TSH levels being normal, I can’t say my symptoms re: cold hands/feet or sleep has improved any since taking it.
@drberg Hi , I have hypothyroidism with epilepsy and pcod , does taking selenium will affect any of those conditions?
I got normal t3 and normal tsh but low t4, so that don't seems to be a concern but then I have sudden weight loss. Is this has something to do with this?
I caught an upper respiratory infection last month, also started a new job last month which caused obviously extra cortisol levels and at the same time I switched to a modified carnivore diet. And at the same time switch from sodium idolized salt to pink., plus I started biohacking with appropriate vitamins 10,000 IU's of vitamin d every 3 days B 100's every 3 days magnesium glycinate 500g should I stop biohacking for now I really hate that word but did I do too much? Thank you for the video this might help.
Evening primrose oil totally cured me from hypothyroidism.
Brazil nuts are great for selenium, BUT only when they're from certain countries. You might want to look into where yours are sourced from- some countries are very poor, and each region varies widely…