Most people think of the thyroid as the butterfly shaped gland that is responsible for the inner workings of our metabolism. It truly does a lot for us, as one of its main roles is to produce the hormones that are vital to the functioning of our major organ systems. Seeing that nearly every cell in our body depends upon thyroid hormones to function, without them we simply would not survive. Having a dysfunctional thyroid gland can affect the body in a number of ways, some of