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Generative Energy Podcast

#72: Thyroid Hormone Troubleshooting | Ray Peat Wrong About Fish Oil? | Environmental Pollutants with Keith Littlewood

Oct 17, 2021
01:30:34

00:00 - Catch-up with Keith, Keith's introduction to Ray

10:36 - The usefulness of thyroid hormone supplementation, the problem with lab tests

14:05 - Is thyroid hormone supplementation natural?

16:53 - How does a person investigate thyroid hormone supplementation? Taking too much at once

22:30 - Amounts of thyroid to investigate (one grain = ~12.5 micrograms of T3 and ~50 micrograms of T4)

25:16 - Broda Barnes. Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness. 1976 "The proper dosage for any individual is the minimum needed to relieve symptoms. Most commonly, in adults, this is two grains; three grains sometimes are needed. rarely four grains may be required. The basal temperature may still be a little low. but one is treating symptoms, not temperature per se." 

29:19 - T3 to T4 ratio

31:26 - Metrics to help a person gain autonomy with thyroid: pulse, cholesterol, temperature, edema, etc.

34:32 - Digestive problems and supplemental thyroid, low cholesterol, nitric oxide

37:54 - Keith's research on thyroid function and pollution, air conditioning 

42:45 - Keith's social media, how to work with him

44:57 - Question: what does revere T3 do?

48:55 - The role of oysters and liver in nutrition, vitamin A, prealbumin (transthyretin)

48:55 - Question: high adrenaline, fear, CO2

55:33 - Question: thoughts on natural desiccated thyroid vs. synthetic? 

01:03:57 - Question: thyroid hormone supplementation timing 

01:04:46 - Question: how is Keith preparing for an inhospitable future for nonconformists

01:07:28 - Question: post-vaccine protection? Insensitivity to a dangerous therapy as a sign of a poor quality of life

01:13:29 - Question: how could estrogen make a person feel good?

01:18:12 - Question: what is the main problem with omega-3 fats? EPA as a COX-2 inhibitor, lipid peroxidation

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