Re: Good news for reverse T3

[Guest guest]

I don't know if it has helped my reverse T3/conversion issues, but I absolutely

cannot tolerate gluten and felt incredibly better after going gluten-free 8

years ago. I also tested negative for Celiac via endoscopy. Definitely

gluten-intolerant, though! Alixe

>

> I just got my reverse T3 back yesterday and it dropped over 100 points from

230 to 100 within 2 months. I always have high reverse T3 and could never get it

down no matter what I did. I have type 1 diabetes so I thought it was that

making my reverse T3 high or that I was deficient in something or I had low

cortisol. I think iv'e found the answer though, it was gluten!

> The only thing I changed was I went gluten free for the past 2 months and Im

feeling a lot better too. Theres no other reason for my reverse T3 to drop like

that and by that much. I got tested for celiac twice and both times came back

negative. What convinced me to go gluten free for life is I read the book " Why

Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests Are Normal. " Its a really

good book and explains a lot about autoimmune thyroid disease, why thyroid meds

don't always work right and what supplements to take.

> I am on 2 grains of Nature throid.

> Has removing gluten from your diet helped anyone else with reverse T3? This is

really interesting to me.

>

[Guest guest]

I've been gluten free a number of years and when I started synthroid a year ago,

I developed reverse t3.

>

> I just got my reverse T3 back yesterday and it dropped over 100 points from

230 to 100 within 2 months. I always have high reverse T3 and could never get it

down no matter what I did. I have type 1 diabetes so I thought it was that

making my reverse T3 high or that I was deficient in something or I had low

cortisol. I think iv'e found the answer though, it was gluten!

> The only thing I changed was I went gluten free for the past 2 months and Im

feeling a lot better too. Theres no other reason for my reverse T3 to drop like

that and by that much. I got tested for celiac twice and both times came back

negative. What convinced me to go gluten free for life is I read the book " Why

Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests Are Normal. " Its a really

good book and explains a lot about autoimmune thyroid disease, why thyroid meds

don't always work right and what supplements to take.

> I am on 2 grains of Nature throid.

> Has removing gluten from your diet helped anyone else with reverse T3? This is

really interesting to me.

>

[Guest guest]

I've read that book and found it interesting, too. Going gluten free made me

feel better, but it didn't help my rt3. But I don't think that means it can't

help SOMEONE'S rt3 problem, especially if the gluten intolerance was creating

enough stress that your body slammed on the rt3 brakes. I think any kind of bad

stress on your body can do that. And if you have Hashi's, I absolutely think

going gluten free will help your hypo situation a lot.

I personally think I gave myself a rt3 problem with all my low calorie, low fat

dieting since I was 11 years old. (I'm 42 now.) I have been reading

Schwarzbien's books and think that's my main issue, so we'll see! I've only

changed my diet 2 weeks now, but WOW the difference it has made on my adrenals

has been truly fantastic.

Kathleen

> >

> > I just got my reverse T3 back yesterday and it dropped over 100 points from

230 to 100 within 2 months. I always have high reverse T3 and could never get it

down no matter what I did. I have type 1 diabetes so I thought it was that

making my reverse T3 high or that I was deficient in something or I had low

cortisol. I think iv'e found the answer though, it was gluten!

> > The only thing I changed was I went gluten free for the past 2 months and Im

feeling a lot better too. Theres no other reason for my reverse T3 to drop like

that and by that much. I got tested for celiac twice and both times came back

negative. What convinced me to go gluten free for life is I read the book " Why

Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests Are Normal. " Its a really

good book and explains a lot about autoimmune thyroid disease, why thyroid meds

don't always work right and what supplements to take.

> > I am on 2 grains of Nature throid.

> > Has removing gluten from your diet helped anyone else with reverse T3? This

is really interesting to me.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Kathleen, are you following the Schwarzbien Principal diet? You said you have been reading it, so just wondering if that is the diet you are following. She does make a lot of great points and find her book very interesting. I was cleaning and came across her book the other day. I think I will read it again. The only problem for me is I am gluten intolerant and dairy bothers me, so it does limit my food greatly.

Thanks,

Terri

From: keickholt13

Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:41 PM

To: RT3_T3

Subject: Re: Good news for reverse T3

I've read that book and found it interesting, too. Going gluten free made me feel better, but it didn't help my rt3. But I don't think that means it can't help SOMEONE'S rt3 problem, especially if the gluten intolerance was creating enough stress that your body slammed on the rt3 brakes. I think any kind of bad stress on your body can do that. And if you have Hashi's, I absolutely think going gluten free will help your hypo situation a lot.I personally think I gave myself a rt3 problem with all my low calorie, low fat dieting since I was 11 years old. (I'm 42 now.) I have been reading Schwarzbien's books and think that's my main issue, so we'll see! I've only changed my diet 2 weeks now, but WOW the difference it has made on my adrenals has been truly fantastic.Kathleen> >> > I just got my reverse T3 back yesterday and it dropped over 100 points from 230 to 100 within 2 months. I always have high reverse T3 and could never get it down no matter what I did. I have type 1 diabetes so I thought it was that making my reverse T3 high or that I was deficient in something or I had low cortisol. I think iv'e found the answer though, it was gluten! > > The only thing I changed was I went gluten free for the past 2 months and Im feeling a lot better too. Theres no other reason for my reverse T3 to drop like that and by that much. I got tested for celiac twice and both times came back negative. What convinced me to go gluten free for life is I read the book "Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests Are Normal." Its a really good book and explains a lot about autoimmune thyroid disease, why thyroid meds don't always work right and what supplements to take.> > I am on 2 grains of Nature throid.> > Has removing gluten from your diet helped anyone else with reverse T3? This is really interesting to me.> >>

[Guest guest]

Hi Terri,

Actually, I am mostly following the Optimal Diet (OD), which you can read about

here: http://homodiet.netfirms.com/

I also have to avoid gluten and dairy, but it really hasn't been that hard. I

stopped eating grains a while ago. I eat veggies, including sweet potatoes or

squash, instead. Sometimes, I have a bit of regular potato. Plus, you can eat a

bit of rice if you want.

For dairy, I can have clarified butter (ghee), because all the casein and whey

has been removed, so that hasn't been a problem. And I make " hot chocolate " with

pure cocoa (no dairy) and coconut cream and stevia, which is heavenly!!!

I eat eggs and bacon every morning with a slice of gulten free bread loaded with

ghee. Let me tell you, once you start eating a lot of fat, you are so full you

literally cannot eat as much. It's weird, but it's true.

So on the OD, I'm eating less carbs than Dr. Schwarzbien allows. I'm also eating

a lot more fat than Schwarzbien says you have to eat, but she also says your

body has a feedback mechanism for fat, so I'm not worried I'm eating too much

fat.

But the principles, and the healing from following such a way of eating, are

really the same. And that is that eating high fat and lower carb is good for us

and stops our bodies from going into starvation mode(i.e., high rt3 mode!) Also,

our adrenals need all that fat and cholesterol. Dr Scharzbien talks about

healing the adrenals in her 2nd book and it's very interesting! It's also scary

because she says someone who is insulin sensitive but has burned out adrenals is

most likely to gain some weight at first BUT they will also quickly lose it.

This happened to me and I panicked and almost gave up the diet. But I was

feeling so much better that I carried on. I only gained like 2 pounds anyway,

lol. That tells you how crazy a dieter I've been all my life. :-(

I think her first book is easier to understand as it relates to the eating. The

healing phases she talks about in her 2nd book are great, though. Or you could

just go straight to OD.

I also discovered one can drain the milk protein out of yogurt, so those of us

with dairy intolerance can eat it, plus it gets rid of most of the carbs. If you

google " yogurt cheese " you can find out how. It's easy.

I am really happy that I have started to eat this way. Time will tell but so far

so good. :-)

Kathleen

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> > > I just got my reverse T3 back yesterday and it dropped over 100 points

from 230 to 100 within 2 months. I always have high reverse T3 and could never

get it down no matter what I did. I have type 1 diabetes so I thought it was

that making my reverse T3 high or that I was deficient in something or I had low

cortisol. I think iv'e found the answer though, it was gluten!

> > > The only thing I changed was I went gluten free for the past 2 months and

Im feeling a lot better too. Theres no other reason for my reverse T3 to drop

like that and by that much. I got tested for celiac twice and both times came

back negative. What convinced me to go gluten free for life is I read the book

" Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests Are Normal. " Its a

really good book and explains a lot about autoimmune thyroid disease, why

thyroid meds don't always work right and what supplements to take.

> > > I am on 2 grains of Nature throid.

> > > Has removing gluten from your diet helped anyone else with reverse T3?

This is really interesting to me.

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Synthroid has gluten in it.

>

> I've been gluten free a number of years and when I started synthroid a year

ago, I developed reverse t3.

[Guest guest]

Synthroid has gluten in it.

>

> I've been gluten free a number of years and when I started synthroid a year

ago, I developed reverse t3.

[Guest guest]

Synthroid has gluten in it.

>

> I've been gluten free a number of years and when I started synthroid a year

ago, I developed reverse t3.

[Guest guest]

Will you point me to where you read that Synthroid has gluten. I am hoping to help my son with this info. ALso, put another nail in the coffin regarding synthroid with a couple of doctors.Thanks,VeniziaSubject: Re: Good news for reverse T3To: RT3_T3 Date: Friday, April 2, 2010, 7:05 AM

Synthroid has gluten in it.

>

> I've been gluten free a number of years and when I started synthroid a year ago, I developed reverse t3.

[Guest guest]

Will you point me to where you read that Synthroid has gluten. I am hoping to help my son with this info. ALso, put another nail in the coffin regarding synthroid with a couple of doctors.Thanks,VeniziaSubject: Re: Good news for reverse T3To: RT3_T3 Date: Friday, April 2, 2010, 7:05 AM

Synthroid has gluten in it.

>

> I've been gluten free a number of years and when I started synthroid a year ago, I developed reverse t3.

[Guest guest]

Will you point me to where you read that Synthroid has gluten. I am hoping to help my son with this info. ALso, put another nail in the coffin regarding synthroid with a couple of doctors.Thanks,VeniziaSubject: Re: Good news for reverse T3To: RT3_T3 Date: Friday, April 2, 2010, 7:05 AM

Synthroid has gluten in it.

>

> I've been gluten free a number of years and when I started synthroid a year ago, I developed reverse t3.

[Guest guest]

The endo I was using at the time said he checked with the company. The online

list of ingredients does not list gluten-containing intredients, however the

company Abbott claims synthroid does contain a very small amount of it.

My blood levels of antigliadin antibodies went up during the time I took

synthroid.

>

> >

>

> > I've been gluten free a number of years and when I started synthroid a year

ago, I developed reverse t3.

>

[Guest guest]

The endo I was using at the time said he checked with the company. The online

list of ingredients does not list gluten-containing intredients, however the

company Abbott claims synthroid does contain a very small amount of it.

My blood levels of antigliadin antibodies went up during the time I took

synthroid.

>

> >

>

> > I've been gluten free a number of years and when I started synthroid a year

ago, I developed reverse t3.

>

[Guest guest]

The endo I was using at the time said he checked with the company. The online

list of ingredients does not list gluten-containing intredients, however the

company Abbott claims synthroid does contain a very small amount of it.

My blood levels of antigliadin antibodies went up during the time I took

synthroid.

>

> >

>

> > I've been gluten free a number of years and when I started synthroid a year

ago, I developed reverse t3.

>

[Guest guest]

My doctor told me it has gluten because I wanted to add in some T4 but I cant

have any gluten.

>

> Will you point me to where you read that Synthroid has gluten.  I am hoping

to help my son with this info.  ALso, put another nail in the coffin regarding

synthroid with a couple of doctors.

>

> Thanks,

> Venizia