Date:   10/7/2013 12:03:14 AM ( 11 y ago)
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URL:   https://www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=2111975

First of all: don't feel dumb! Even most doctors don't understand the mechanism behind hyper- and hypothyroidism.

To answer your question:

Yes, hyperthyroidism can be brought on by a selenium deficiency (as well as by any other deficiency that makes it hard for the thyroid to make T4). This sounds counter intuitive, but what the body does is go into an emergency production of T3 over T4.

Interesting that you should feel anxiety too on low selenium, I experience the same thing when I take too little selenium. Another thing that I notice when I use to little selenium is that my thyroid starts to hurt. It gets warm and I can feel the inflammation. Selenium settles this too.

I explain it here (this was for a question on low Iodine though, but the story remains the same):
//www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=2109502#i


In short:
When selenium is too low, production of T4 is hazardous, as this produces more hydrogen peroxide then the production of T3 does. Hydrogen peroxide damages the thyroid. In order to minimize damage, the thyroid will switch from producing T4 to producing T3. This will make you feel a lot less stable than T4 does. Most people that produce T3 over T4 alternate between hyperthyroidism (early stages) and hypothyroidism (later stages).

The solution is simple: take ample selenium to remove the deficiency. Also make sure you're eating enough protein, because a deficiency of tyrosine will send you down the same path. As does an Iodine deficiency.
 

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