Thyroid and Adrenal Question

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Anyone know if it's thyroid, adrenal or both that can inhibit muscle growth?

Also, since two of the areas people with adrenal fatigue hold fat in is the

mid section and chest. Is it correct in saying that even when the thyroid is

regulated when on med, you won't loose the fat in those areas till the

adrenals repair?

AJ

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Thanks Sam!

AJ

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> Anyone know if it's thyroid, adrenal

> or both that can inhibit muscle growth?

Some people with thyroid issues can have something called " muscle

wasting " . My own muscles greaty degraded while I was hypO. After

getting myself healthy and giving my body back that which it didn't

have, I was able to build my muscles back up to Sam-size.

> Also, since two of the areas people with

> adrenal fatigue hold fat in is the mid section

> and chest.

Mostly, people with metabolic issues such as hypOthyroidism

and/or iodine deficiency gain weight around the middle. More

often than not you can look at over-weight people and

discover who has an eating issue (even fat distribution) and

who has the metabolic issue (more fat around the middle).

It's not safe to say that weak adrenals cause weight gain

around the middle, tho.

> Is it correct in saying that even when the thyroid is

> regulated when on med, you won't loose the fat in those

> areas till the adrenals repair?

Actually, in order for the thyroid to be " regulated " , weak

adrenals must be treated properly. But it is the action of

properly treating the thyroid disorder that generally results

in reduction of extra inches around the waist area.

My 2 cents.

Sam

(lost well over 100lbs on the right stuff)

[Guest guest]

AJ,

You wrote:

>

> Anyone know if it's thyroid, adrenal or both that can inhibit muscle

> growth?

Both, along with other hormones.

>

> Also, since two of the areas people with adrenal fatigue hold fat in is the

> mid section and chest. Is it correct in saying that even when the

> thyroid is

> regulated when on med, you won't loose the fat in those areas till the

> adrenals repair?

This paper just came out that says that although hypoT slows down the

metabolism generally, most of the fat is a different kind than what goes

with insulin resistance and general obesity. In this study in children,

there was almost no loss of body fat with thyroid treatment. Of course,

it was T4 only.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080103124642.htm

I spent about two hours with my doctor yesterday. One of the curious

statements he made was about the TSH test reference range. He said when

he gets the patients with triple digit TSH readings, they rarely get

below about 6 in the first year of treatment, even when the frees and

totals are back in the normal range. Apparently the pituitary gets

jazzed up by the hypoT condition and just keeps on generating TSH long

after the condition is corrected. So, he knows there are times to ignore

the TSH (somewhat) and stick to the Frees, which is what he is now doing

with me.

While I was in his waiting room, three different pharmaceutical reps

came by to pass out samples.

Chuck