THE CONTRADICTORY THYROID TYPE

They're energetic and lethargic, creative and destructive, confident and insecure, upbeat, downbeat, and dead beat by turns.They're thyroid types, and if you're one of them, you know it. The thyroid type has a metabolism that is dominated by the thyroid gland, the gland located at the base of the throat just above the notch you can feel in the front of the breast bone. The thyroid gland is in charge of the function of the metabolism called oxidation-the burning of food in the tissues. It works by secreting chemicals called thyroid hormones into the blood stream. The amount of thyroid hormone secreted by this gland, and how it acts in the cells, are what determine the rate at which the body burns its food. Thyroid hormones also control the flow of energy from the liver to the blood. The liver is the body's store house of glycogen, storage form of blood sugar and it releases it into the blood when directed to do so by thyroid gland. Thyroid hormones also act to increase the heart rate and improve muscle to tone. What this means is that the thyroid gland is the gland of quick, lively energy. It is the gland of speed, of the burst of activity as opposed to the sustained flow. It is the gland of the sprinter, not the long-distance runner. It is capable of remarkable output, but the gland, and the body type it produces, require a period of recovery after each energy burst. These are the characteristics of the person whose system is dominated by the thyroid gland.