What is your view on taking glandular thyroid extract?

It depends on whether you’re referring to glandular thyroid extract supplements, or whether you’re referring to desiccated thyroid extract. 

I don’t really recommend glandular thyroid extract supplements. I’ve never found them to be effective. They don’t really do anything because typically the thyroid hormones have been removed from the supplements. 

But desiccated thyroid extract is something that can be prescribed by a doctor to treat hypothyroidism, and I don’t have a problem with that. If someone has severe hypothyroidism, I would recommend desiccated thyroid. It’s essentially pig’s thyroid, and you can get it as a prescription, and it has T4 and T3 thyroid hormones within it. I took that at one point.

But I prefer treating the underlying mineral deficiencies that cause thyroid dysfunction in the first place. Then thyroid hormone replacement isn’t even necessary.