One simple supplement that you can take that will make a big difference in how you feel is high quality digestive enzymes. Let me explain…
(You can watch my tik tok video about this HERE too!)
What are enzymes?
Naturally occurring digestive enzymes are proteins that your body makes to break down food and aid digestion. Digestion is the process of using the nutrients found in food to give your body energy and to help it to function properly.
Your body makes enzymes in the digestive system, including the mouth, stomach, and small intestine. The largest share is the work of the pancreas.
Why would thyroid patients need to take digestive enzymes?
Digestive enzymes help your body break down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins from food. This is necessary to allow for the absorption of nutrients and to maintain optimal health. Without these enzymes, the nutrients in your food go to waste.
Certain health conditions can interfere with the production of digestive enzymes like hypothyroidism or Hashimotos. When you’re hypo all of your organs are slowed way down, including your pancreas so you simply don’t have enough enzymes to break down your food and absorb the nutrition you’re eating. (Nutritional deficiencies are EXTREMELY common among thyroid patients in part due to this and those deficiencies can slow your thyroid down as well as give you some nasty symptoms themselves like fatigue, dizziness and brain fog to name a few!)
When you supplement digestive enzymes you help to take that pressure off of your body
Supplementing digestive enzymes is easy and effective!
It starts by taking a high quality digestive enzyme like THIS ONE HERE.
I take mine about 15 minutes before I eat if I remember and if I forgot I take them while I am eating. And it’s just THAT simple.
I have all my clients do this too and they all say it helps them!
How will it help?
You will see a decrease in bloating. Less heart burn symptoms. It can help you go to the bathroom more often (hypo patients deal with chronic constipation a lot of the time). Constipation means you’re not eliminating toxins from one of your main drainage pathways so you get MORE SYMPTOMS and always feel sluggish. You can see increased energy since food isn’t just sitting stagnant on your stomach and most importantly, you will start absorbing the nutrients your body needs which can increase energy, mood and thyroid function!
This won’t fix all your thyroid issues but it is a great start. Healing your gut is necessary to reverse your hypothyroidism and Hashimotos symptoms. Digestive enzymes are an important first step in doing that.
Until next time…
Helping you go from feeling fat, frustrated and fatigued to feeling fabulous again,
Melodye
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