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Although the thyroid is only a small gland, the hormone it produces is responsible for an incredible number of biological processes. In fact, it would be fair to say that TH is essential for the health of virtually every cell in your body. Cell growth, muscle strength, body temperature, appetite, cholesterol levels, mood and memory all depend on thyroid hormone. Likewise, your heart, liver, kidneys, reproductive organs, hair and skin all require TH to function properly.

So widespread is the activity of TH that, indeed, in Victorian times, doctors believed the thyroid was vital to life. Although it is possible to live without a thyroid, provided you receive thyroid-hormone replacement therapy, they were not that far from the truth. Thyroid hormone is unique in that, throughout the whole of our lives, it acts within almost every tissue in the body and is vital for general health and wellbeing.