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Hypothyroidism is generally considered to be incurable. Once you have it, you receive a lifetime sentence of perpetual medications.<\/p>\nHypothyroidism is generally considered to be incurable. Once you have it, you receive a lifetime sentence of perpetual medications.<\/p>\n
But a new study in the journal BMC Endocrine Disorders<\/em> reveals it doesn\u2019t have to be this way.<\/p>\n Researchers discovered that people with hypothyroidism tend to lack a specific, common vitamin.<\/p>\n Supplementing with this cheap vitamin may be enough to turn the tide of your hypothyroidism.<\/p>\n There are four reasons why researchers are interested in the relationship between hypothyroidism and vitamin D levels in the blood:<\/p>\n 1. Vitamin D and thyroid hormones have similar receptors throughout our bodies.<\/p>\n 2. Vitamin D has receptors in almost all of our bodies\u2019 tissues, which is why previous studies have linked vitamin D deficiency to diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, depression, autoimmune disorders, and so forth.<\/p>\n 3. Vitamin D receptors are especially abundant throughout our endocrine system, of which the thyroid gland is a major component.<\/p>\n 4. Many studies show that more than 1 billion people throughout the world are deficient in Vitamin D, including 13% of Europeans, 19% of Americans, 50% of Iranians, and high percentages of people with dark skin pigmentation and those who suffer from malnutrition.<\/p>\n Because Vitamin D is so important and so scarce, the authors of this study decided to find a definitive answer on the relationship between Vitamin D and thyroid disorders.<\/p>\n Of all the studies they reviewed, 42 were of sufficient quality to be included in their analysis.<\/p>\n They found drastically lower Vitamin D levels in the blood samples from people with all types of hypothyroidism, compared to the general public.<\/p>\n The relationship between Vitamin D and hypothyroidism, however, only held for people who were age 40 and older.<\/p>\n So, if you suffer from hypothyroidism, make sure you have enough Vitamin D. And if you lack it, supplementing may drastically improve your condition.<\/p>\n