Low vitamin D levels are consistently observed in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis, and mechanistic studies suggest that vitamin D may help restore immune tolerance by modulating T-cell activity and cytokine profiles ( Other supplements like zinc, vitamin B12, and myo-inositol have also been studied, but their efficacy is less established ( 6 Herbal medicine More recently, the interest in the use of herbal medicine for HT has grown, particularly within the context of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
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Peptide therapy, at its most rigorous, attempts to restore specific signaling functions that have degraded with time