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Master Metabolism
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Aug 3
"I think I am hypothyroid, but how do I know if tests aren't reliable?" "Which supplement should I take?" "How much thyroid hormone do I need?" I get these and similar questions every day. They are reasonable questions without simple answers. Here’s why.
Master Metabolism
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Thyroid hormone and vitamin D are importand factors in mast cell activation and mast cell degranulation. “Vitamin D deficiency is parallel, almost identical to the hypothyroid condition. All of the inflammations that you get with low thyroid function are structurally and
Master Metabolism
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Jul 27
Bioidentical progesterone decreases mast cell degranulation. “Mast cells are involved in allergic reactions, where they secrete numerous vasoactive, inflammatory and nociceptive mediators in response to immunoglobulin E (IgE) and antigen. However, they have also been implicated
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“I think fruit eating is a good candidate for supporting evolution to be more human than ape-like, supporting a big brain and the kind of digestive system we have.” — Ray Peat: 2011 “Multiple lines of evidence, including color vision, teeth morphology, dental caries, and stable
Science Magazine
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The evolution of the human brain may owe as much to fruit and honey as to meat, according to a new Science Analytical Review. The findings challenge one of the dominant ideas about our ancestors' diet. Learn more: scim.ag/4wt6Xfg
Master Metabolism
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Pregnenolone reduces alcohol intake in stressed rats. Pregnenolone increases allopregnanolone, a calming neurosteroid that tanks during alcohol withdrawal. Alcohol intake increases allopregnanolone, and low allopregnanolone may be why some are likely to get hooked. In humans,
Master Metabolism
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Aug 10
Ray Peat tells how an alcoholic man, after taking pregnenolone, told him: “That's the feeling I've been trying to get from alcohol, but it never worked." His anxiety and depression lifted. Moderate amounts of alcohol increase pregnenolone and DHEA, while higher doses increase
Master Metabolism
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1050 calories! 🐹 People are diagnosed as hypothyroid, put on levothyroxine (T4), and then told to go on starvation diets to lose weight. These diets impede their ability to convert levothyroxine (T4) into the active thyroid hormone (T3). Lower T3 lowers resting metabolism, the
Master Metabolism
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Apr 23
I have spoken to 5 people recently who have significantly reduced hypothyroid symptoms and significantly increased levels of the active thyroid hormone T3 just by consuming more calories and/or more carbohydrates. “Women often have above-average thyroxin (T4), with symptoms of