Many people today suffer from low energy, fatigue, weight gain, depression, insomnia, all of which can be improved by increasing T3.
What most people don’t know is that these symptoms are very much related to the function of our Thyroid, and our levels of the Thyroid hormones T4 and T3. Indeed, acute hypothyroidism is more prevalent than ever, due to poor nutrition, toxicity, and increasingly unhealthy lifestyles.
T4, or Thyroxine, is produced by the Thyroid gland, and released into circulation, where the majority of makes its way down to the Liver, where it is converted into the “active” thyroid hormone, T3, or Triiodothyronine.
T3 plays a role in every action in the body at the cellular level, because it controls the very production of energy and metabolic functions. Without T3, our cells won’t produce energy and function.
Therefore, increasing T3 is paramount to health, and decreased T3 is a major factor in many symptoms of unhealth.
How To Increase T3 Naturally / How To Increase T4 To T3 Conversion
1. Zinc
Zinc is an essential cofactor for the enzymes that produce T3 from T4. Considering most are deficient in it, we can see a clear correlation between this and the growing hypothyroid crisis.
2. Selenium
Selenium is another essential cofactor for the enzymes that convert T4 to T3. It is also a widespread deficiency, as most trace minerals are.
3. Protein
Eating adequate protein is essential for not only thyroid function, but liver function and therefore T3 production. Most are deficient in protein, mostly due to poorer modern diets than our ancestors even a few decades ago, and ignorance to the amount that is actually needed each day for health.
4. Sunlight or Vitamin D
Sunlight stimulates thyroid production and conversion of T4 to T3, and Vitamin D levels are closely correlated with T4 and T3 levels. Essentially, the more sunlight and Vitamin D you have (without excess), the higher your T4 and T3 levels.
5. Sleep
As always, sleep is critical to basically every health function. Good quality sleep, and adequate quantity, can increase T3 levels.
6. Adequate Calories
Undereating and restrictive diets can decrease T3 production. Your body cannot and will not produce T4 and T3 without the necessary energy as calories to do so. Therefore eating enough calories everyday can increase T3 levels.
7. Overall Nutrition
All the various vitamins and minerals will ensure liver and thyroid function are high, and therefore T3 levels alongside that.
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