Is There a Thyroid Hormone Cascade on Ketogenic Diets?

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A lot of people would say those are hypo firade labs, if they didn't know better, that you have no symptoms, right? And i'm interestingly, the t s h is super low. But what's so interesting for me, and we talked about this a little bit on the first cast, is that im really low, but i wonder, and you did these in the morning, eh? Well, either you are just extremely if you don't have any symptoms, you're good to go. A lot of times what i see on people with ketogenic diets is a total t three that is below the reference range, but a t s h that is within the reference

Elle Russ returns for her second show! She is a bestselling author, TV/Film writer, and seasoned life coach. She is the author of Confident As Fu*k and The Paleo Thyroid Solution – a book which has helped thousands of people around the world reclaim their health. Elle is also the show host for NYT’s bestselling author Mark Sisson’s popular Primal Blueprint Podcast.

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0:10:44 Beginning of Podcast with Elle Russ

0:12:14 Elle's Story

0:13:50 The outdated "expertise" of thyroid doctors

0:16:17 Understanding the thyroid & reverse T3

https://sproutshealth.com/the-role-of-reverse-t3-in-thyroid-function-part-1/#:~:text=Reverse%20T3%20is%20like%20a,still%20may%20experience%20hypothyroid%20symptoms.

0:24:44 Hypothyroidism Chart

https://www.straighthealthcare.com/hypothyroidism.html

0:27:26 Chemistry of Thyroid Hormones

http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/thyroid/chem.html

0:29:16 Thyroid Hormone Synthesis

http://pathwaymedicine.org/thyroid-hormone-synthesis