Thyroid Destroyed...How preparing for a Body Building Competition Knackered my Thyroid...

So...when you train too hard and don't have enough calories/ correct macro combo your body changes the way your thyroid works to protect you from starving...this includes shutting down your sex hormones and exhausting your adrenal glands and other delights......the extreme of this is the babies with the big tummies in Africa..

"Thyroid Connection

If you are having difficulty losing weight, I recommend you get your leptin checked. Remember you want it under 12. From a thyroid perspective, if your leptin is above 12 you will commonly see low T3 (the most metabolically active thyroid hormone) and elevated reverse T3. This is not good for those trying to lose weight. The take away from this thyroid connection is the fact that reverse T3 means T4 is not being effectively converted into the metabolic workhorse hormone, T3.

The Solution:

You become leptin resistant by eating the typical American diet full of sugar, refined grains, and processed foods. The solution is to eat a diet that emphasizes good fats and avoids blood sugar spikes. Basically a diet that emphasize healthy fats, lean meats and vegetables, and restricts sugar and grains.

For a full thyroid panel test, I recommend a practitioner with knowledgeable in functional medicine."

https://www.functionalmedicineuniversity.com/public/946.cfm

I have used :

Functional Medicine Testing

Whole food diet

Genetic Testing

Reflexology

Sahaja Yoga

All have given me some clues as to how to get a bit more out of my body & keep youth on my side but the most revealing and useful of all the diagnostics is the Bioresonance Machine in last post...more coming up soon about next results & how it works.

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