Tish - Re: Scary question - weight?

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-Tish,

What in the world are polysacharides?!?!? I've never heard that

word before. What can we do to help get rid of this? What are you

doing?

Thanks,

Molly

-- In NaturalThyroidHormones , " lkwetter "

wrote:

>

>

> > If you're properly medicated, does that make you 'normal' again

in

> > the metabolism department? Will normal weight-loss efforts or

even

> > just healthy eating produce a naturally healthy weight?

> _______________________

>

> This is a very complicated question. I have seen a friend drop

over

> 50 lbs once she was put on a good dose of Armour. I lost maybe 7

> pounds once I got well adjusted. I am not very overweight.

>

> But, there have been some things written by doctors and others

that

> have said that if hypothyroidism has been a long standing thing,

> some people have permanently slowed metabolisms. The body has

> adapted to using less energy and conserving and so it is then very

> difficult to change the mtabolic rate to a faster one. Also, many

> hypos have developed other endocrine problems along with their

> hypothyroidism that can make it difficult to loose weight.

>

> But, just from my own experience, I think over time, if you can

> first get thyroid high enough and adjusted to your needs and not

> some test, and then can really work on improving nutrition, you

can

> go a long way toward having a normal weight.

>

> The other thing that I want to mantion is that if you have been

hypo

> a long time, polysacharrides build up in your cells. This causes

you

> to swell up and retain water. These polysacharides take quite some

> time to go way. They are a waste product that cannot be removed

when

> the metabolic rate is too slow. I have found that over the years I

> have built up a lot of these and it has taken over two years and I

> still have some poof left. I see it mostly in my face and lower

> legs. But, about 80% of it is gone. So, this is a slow process

> getting rid of these.

>

> Tish