More thyroid boosters!

Carrots! Your t hyr oid needs vitamin A for optimal functioning—and there’s a whole day’s worth of A in 1/3 cup of raw carrots! Sufficient sleep! Skimping on shuteye can send the stress hormone cortisol skyrocketing, slowing your thyroid. Optimal iron! Like copper, iron is key for a healthy thyroid—and getting too little can cause hair loss, sluggishness, brain fog and other troublesome symptoms. “Ask your doctor to test your serum-ferritin [iron] level, which should be between 70 and 90,” Dr. Gottfried says.