On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, S.B. Feldman, MD wrote:

> Todd asked about thyroid and temperature: The temp on awakening in the
> morning, before leaving bed, should be around 98.6F...If it is one or more
> degrees less than this [average over at least a week] [meaning 97.6 or
> less]you are certainly hypothyroid, regardless of the other lab tests normal
> values. I have heard this repeatedly from Dr. Atkins, and others.

That's interesting.  My temperature upon awakening is *always*
under 97.0 -- today it was 96.6.  But 96.2 is not uncommon.
During the day it is seldom as high as 98.6.

When I went on the Zone diet, at 20 "blocks" per day (i.e., about
2000 cal), my morning temperature was 94.8, and my hands were cold
all day.

Todd Moody
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