Hormone Health Hub: Expert Insights on Testing, Balance & Better Living — advanced mineral diagnostics

While working or exercising, do you sweat for an extended period of time? Are you constantly exposed to a hot or humid environment? Do you take pre or post workout supplements and/or a multivitamin to replenish key nutrients lost during exercise? Are you aware that excessive perspiration has been linked to iodine deficiency? How Iodine Powers Thyroid Function Thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), are manufactured in the thyroid gland using iodine. Iodine consumed in the diet circulates in the bloodstream and is selectively taken up by the thyroid gland where, through a series of complex biochemical reactions, it...

Selenium is an essential trace element required for thyroid hormone activation, antioxidant defence and selenoprotein synthesis — yet it is one of the most commonly overlooked nutrients. Too little increases cancer risk; too much is toxic. This article explains the different forms of selenium found in food and supplements, which forms are best absorbed, their anti-cancer properties, and how to determine whether your selenium status is optimal.