The human endocrine systems such as the thyroid are susceptible to disruption by naturally occurring and human-made compounds, possibly by affecting the hormone balance. These Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) are a wide class of compounds such as organochlorine pesticides (most banned now in the developed world but still hanging around in the environment and food), […]

A healthy gut microbiota not only has beneficial effects on the activity of the nervous and immune system, but also both directly and indirectly on thyroid function. A growing number of studies support the link between gut microbiota composition and thyroid health. Many thyroid and intestinal diseases coexist like Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) and Graves’ disease […]