Sluggist Thyroid-Do you have any of these?

Did you know that depression, heart disease, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, PMS, menopausal symptoms, muscle and joint pains, irritable bowel syndrome,or autoimmune disease could actually indicate a problem with your thyroid? The classis signs of a sluggish thyroid gland include weight gain, lethargy, poor quality hair and nails, hair loss, dry skin, fatigue, cold hands and feed, and constipation. More than 10 percent of the general population in the US, and 20 percent of women over 60 have subclinical hypothyroidism. But only a small percentage of these people are being treated.Some of the family history that suggests you could have a higher risk of hypothyroidism include: goiter, prematurely gray hair, left-handedness, diabetes, autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, sarclidosis.Gluten is one of the most common causes of thyroid dysfunction because it causes inflammation.