4 simple ways to support your thyroid

Quick chat Q&A about the butterfly gland and how you can support this delicate organ

Thyroid questions seem to come up over and over, and I’ve yet to find a resource I think does the topic justice… everything seems either too long and complicated, or too cursory.

In all my reading, I’ve also yet to hear anyone address the strange placement of this beautiful, butterfly-shaped organ in our vulnerable throat area.

Why is such an important organ placed in such a vulnerable place?

Most of our other endocrine organs are locked deep within our bodies, protected by bones, or at least many layers of fat and muscle.

But not so with thyroid!

How can we better understand and support this delicate part of our body, and why so many people are struggling so much with it these days?

The thyroid, located in our neck toward the front of our body, is often described as butterfly-shaped.

Think to what the thyroid’s deepest of roles is: linking the endocrine system to what is happening in the local environment so DNA sig…