10 Underactive Thyroid Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #5: Weight Gain
As already mentioned, the thyroid gland has an impact on how many calories we are burning off. Burning these calories gives us the energy we need to move around, and any energy that we don’t use gets converted into fat. This fat is then stored in the body where it can be used at a later point if needed.
With an underactive thyroid, fewer calories are being burned, meaning that more gets stored as fat. This can cause the patient to put on weight and this in itself causes its own problems. Weight gain could also be down to changes in lifestyle habits, but check with a doctor if you think something is not right.
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