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Features: Increases metabolic rate and thyroid function leading to faster weight loss, Provides complete glandular and nutritional support necessary for adequate thyroid function while dieting, Can be used in conjunction with your favorite weight control product or diet program, Helps to prevent bloating!, 100% Safe, Natural and Effective
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The thyroid is not something you want to mess with. If your thyroid is not functioning properly, you should see a physician for a test, and be treated with prescription drugs and monitoring.
This product contains kelp, which has been sold for several decades (in health food stores - not by physicians) as a thyroid enhancing supplement. Kelp in a weight loss supplement is supposed to provide iodine, which is claimed to stimulate the thyroid gland and possibly increase metabolism. The use of iodine to treat thyroid disorders should be under advisement of a physician. According to WebMd, "But excess supplementation of iodine like with health-food supplements can lead to an accelerated hypothyroid state. Although it is true that the thyroid uses iodine to make thyroid hormone, in excess amounts you will shut down and scar your thyroid gland. This character of iodine excess is used as treatment for hyperthyroidism. In a hyperthyroid patient, to quickly make them hypothyroid, excess iodine is frequently used. " Therefore, treating yourself with kelp supplements may have the opposite effect of what you hoped for!
Although this product seems to be following the current trend of mimicking prescription drugs (by the bottle, name, and price) they are just supplements and are not regulated. Therefore, they don't have to prove any of their claims. It's a real "buyer beware" scenario.
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