✱ 5 – Significant Weight Changes
Since you know that the thyroid controls metabolism, it is not hard to imagine how in cases with hypothyroidism, you would struggle to lose weight. In fact, you may be prone to weight gain. No matter what you do to cut calories and exercise, you cannot remove that weight and yet it keeps piling on. In that case, get your thyroid checked.
On the flip side, with hyperthyroidism, the overactive thyroid would cause your metabolism to be too active. Therefore, you could eat fast food all day and live a sedentary lifestyle, and keep losing weight. Excessive weight loss is a problem. That is not normal as well, so get your thyroid checked.
