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#11 - AMA #2: the Nothingburger — results from Peter’s week-long fast between two weeks of nutritional ketosis — and answering questions on all things fasting

The Peter Attia Drive

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Hypothyroidism in the Periphery

After not eating for a week insulin should be unmeasurable and as evidenced by the fact that i was making ketones like you know my life depended on it which it was my free fatty acid levels were quite high. My thyroid function peripherally so centrally no issues whatsoever tsh actually went down a little bit more to 1.34 but in i don't know how many years and how many patients labs i have looked at i have never seen thyroid members this badfree testosterone went down from 17.4 to 7.8 nanograms per deciliter now placing me at about the 15th percentile.

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