In a message dated 4/20/2007 6:53:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Started eating
paleo, or as close as I can get to it -- not perfect, this past fall. This
week I had my annual thyroid test and the thyroid dosage is, for the first
time ever, going down! I will have to be retested in 45 days to make sure.
Is this diet related or coincidence?
I would say definitely thyroid related. Many thyroid patients cannot do well
eating grains -- especially wheat -- that is the worst. Disturbed
carbohydrate metabolism is a hallmark of hypothyroidism. I recommend Hypothyroid: the
Unsuspected Illness by Broda Barnes for an extensive discussion on properly
implemented controlled carbohydrate diet for hypothyroids.
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