Thyroid gland Thyroid A gland is very important in our body; It looks like a butterfly with two loops on either side! The function of this thyroid gland is to produce a type of hormone called thyroxine which is called “Master of Metabolism” which means that this master gland thyroid controls all the reactions of food in our body! This gland controls the pituitary and hypothalamus in our brain. From the hypothalamus to the pituitary, from the pituitary to the thyroid.…