Sublingual
Yes, you can swallow desiccated thyroid and get excellent results. It works. But, doing your Armour SUBLINGUALLY has real biological benefits that swallowing does not.
First, it’s direct and immediate, absorbed into your bloodstream via the millions of tiny capillaries that line your mouth and mucous membrane.
Additionally, sublingual bypasses the acidic, destroying gastric action in your stomach where you can lose some of the thyroid ingredients, besides bypasses the metabolizing action of the liver. In other words, you get more of what you give yourself by doing the Armour sublingually rather than swallowing.
There are two glands that work well for sublingual methods of administration of Armour: the Sublingual Gland (for which this method is named after) and the Buccal Gland. The Sublingual Gland is under the tongue, and because there is more saliva, the pill liquifies and results in a faster administration of thyroid hormones to your blood via the tiny capillaries. The Buccal Gland is located in the “mucous membrane” which lines the cheeks, and because there is less saliva, it produces a slighly slower administration of your thyroid meds. The latter can be ideal to spread out the direct T3 over time in your body.
If your forget your morning dose of Armour, or simply want the effect of Armour more immediately, under the tongue is the ideal spot. I do it under the tongue. Or, if you want a much slower administration, between the cheek and lower gums is the target spot. Larger tablets can take at least 30-45 minutes to fully dissolve buccally if you are inactive.
This doesn’t mean you CAN’T swallow your Armour and get benefits. You will get benefits! But if you do swallow Armour, make sure to avoid swallowing calcium, iron and estrogen at the same time, since all will bind some of the thyroid hormones with they mix in your stomach. Swallowing Armour with food also slows the release of the thyroid hormones to your body–a plus since you might want to distribute the direct T3 more slowly throughout the day.
Will you feel the difference between swallowing your Armour and doing it sublingually? Some folks who used to swallow it, and then switched to sublingual, stated that yes, they definitely noticed a difference, and some even had to lower their Armour dose! Others may not notice a difference, but it doesn’t matter. The positive biological facts of sublingual still are in effect, whether you notice it or not.
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