The Role of Potassium and Hypothyroidism

February 27, 2008

I have been having an unusual experience, which I am still

exploring, and came across an article on the web that contains many

studies that seem to confirm my experience. I thought I would pass

it on just in case someone could benefit.

Over Christmas, I gave myself permission to eat anything I want. I

am always careful with my eating - to no avail since I still keep

gaining easily. I had made a hashbrown casserole filled with

hashbrowns, cheese, and sour cream. Very starchy and high in fat.

I ate a large portion and lots of potato chips and other things I

would normally avoid like the plague. The next day, I got on the

scale expecting to be up 3 pounds. I hadn't gained anything despite

blowing my calorie restrictions, not to mention the fat. This

intrigued me, so I decided to try it again the following day - again

eating lots of the casserole and greatly exceeding my dietary

restrictions. The following day, I lost 2 lbs.

I have since run the experiment several times - eating large

portions of the same casserole along with sweets or anything else.

As long as I eat that casserole, I don't gain no matter how many

calories or the food eaten. I don't want to keep eating it since I

know its high in fat, but I have been impressed.

Since then, I have been looking into the role of potassium since

potatoes are high in it. I did a search for potassium and

metabolism and pulled up this site (see link below). It states that

potassium deficiences contributes directly to the continual weight

gain and water retention found in hypothyroidism. The link lists

several studies done and the details and findings of them. I still

have more research and experimentation to do, but be sure to look

over the link. Does anyone have any experiences with this? How

much potassium should be consumed and how?

Thanks.

Holly

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