ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Thyroid hormone is the hormone that controls your body’s metabolism, the process in which your body transforms the food you eat into energy. The two main hormones your thyroid releases-thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3)-collectively make up thyroid hormone.

Detailed explanation-2: -Metabolism: thyroid hormone increases the basal metabolic rate. It increases the gene expression of Na+/K+ ATPase in different tissues leading to increased oxygen consumption, respiration rate, and body temperature.

Detailed explanation-3: -The thyroid’s main role in the endocrine system is to regulate your metabolism, which is your body’s ability to break down food and convert it to energy.

Detailed explanation-4: -By controlling metabolism, the thyroid gland helps maintain body weight. When the thyroid gland is working too hard, a condition known as hyperthyroidism, the body burns many calories, leading to significant and sometimes unexplained weight loss. Accelerated basal metabolic rate is the main cause.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thyroid hormone (TH) regulates metabolic processes essential for normal growth and development as well as regulating metabolism in the adult (28, 40, 189). It is well established that thyroid hormone status correlates with body weight and energy expenditure (80, 127, 143).