What your thyroid does Your thyroid is an important part of your endocrine system.  It is made up of glands that produce, store and release hormones into your blood stream, so they can reach every cell of our body. Some of the things these hormones do regulate your metabolism how you process the food you eat how you breathe your body temperature cholesterol levels our menstrual cycles our weight regulates our nervous system Anatomy of the thyroid The thyroid gland is shaped like a butterfly and located just under your Adams Apple on the front of your neck.  It produces and stores the hormones T3 and T4. T4 - Thyroxine it is the inactive thyroid hormone and its converted to T3 .  The 4 means how many iodine atoms it has. T3 - Triiodothyonine is the … [Read more...]