Autoimmune Thyroid, also referred to as AITD or ATD, is ultimately an imbalance of the immune system attacking thyroid cells, which causes an effect of how fast or how slow the body will metabolize energy. It results in an uncontrolled change in caloric balance, upsetting metabolic processes. Consequently, an imbalance of metabolism affects energy utilization.

 

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In the nutrition world, we call this:

• Hypermetabolism; an increase in energy needs

• Hypometabolism; a decrease in energy needs

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In the medical world, physicians will diagnose an autoimmune thyroid disease as:

• Graves' Disease; hyperthyroidism

• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis; hypothyroidism

 

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Both conditions result in severe inflammation of the thyroid, and each is affected by different antibody attacks.