Oprah said her out-of-balance thyroid slowed her metabolism down and made her want to sleep all the time.
“Most people [with hypothyroidism] gain weight. I did!” she said in the October issue of O magazine. “Twenty pounds!”
Prior to hypothyroidism, Winfrey, 53, experienced a hyperthyroid which caused her metabolism to speed up.
Although she didn’t lose any weight when her metabolism sped up, she did lose sleep, she said. Winfrey, stressed and exhausted, took a monthlong break in Hawaii to regain her health, The Associated Press reports.
She discussed her thyroid condition on Tuesday’s “Oprah” show saying she “wanted so many other women who are going through the same thing to check on yourself and recognize that … it’s an issue we all share in common.”
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