@wester130 said in Thyroid Therapy for Chronic Digestive Issues:
I am not sure why thyroid hormone would magically solve digestion
Not magically but indirectly.
If nutrients are required for digestive enzymes (poor and long-lasting digestion), leaving metabolic enzymes not sufficient, from one hand, and if you suffer from low-grade inflammation, on the other hand (arthrosis or gluten 3 times a day which has an impact on zonulin and the tight junctions of the intestines) you can’t optimize the communication from the HPA axis and the central operator for energy (thyroid).
B6 is stolen with low-grade inflammation. B1 is stolen with rice and bread. Not enough. Energy metabolism requires appropriate levels of several B-vitamins. Not only.
So poor digestion impacts the energy level, directly and indirectly. Stress level too.
I can give a link for B1 and B6, in connection with the brain, if desired.
Expressed differently: Interconnection between the brain and the stomach, through steroid hormones.
Not directly but indirectly.
Additional info for the other readers:
Test for steroid hormone :
adrenal: HPA axis + rt3 FT3 FT4
sex hormones: testosterone, estrogen, cortisol
Why is cortisol needed for other hormones to work properly? For some effects (e.g. libido, energy levels, thermoregulation) adequate levels of not just one but multiple or even all of the major hormones are needed.
Cortisol and thyroid hormones determine our energy levels
How much “energy” a person has, is to a large extent determined by someone’s levels of thyroid and adrenal hormones. Whereas thyroid hormones set the “idle” state for our system (i.e. the state of how much “background”-energy someone has), levels of cortisol are the “gas pedal” (i.e. they are one of the most important factors that determine moment-to-moment energy levels and wakefulness).
However, in order for thyroid hormones to exert their effects properly, adequate levels of cortisol are needed — and vice versa. Therefore, both hormones are needed in adequate levels for each other to work as they should and whenever one of these hormones is low, energy levels will be as well. In fact, replacement of thyroid hormones and/or adrenal hormones are often enough to “give people their life back”.
PS: And I haven't yet talked about the microbiota 😉
70 % of our immune system.