"Since the introduction of levothyroxine, some patients have anecdotally reported much better symptom relief and management of their hypothyroidism by taking NDT vs. levothyroxine. The likely reason? NDT contains natural forms of both T4 and T3 hormones."
"More recently, research has shown that a subset of the population has a genetic defect that impairs the ability to convert T4 into T3. Many of these patients report far better symptom relief and quality of life taking NDT because it includes T3 and doesn't rely solely on conversion."
"One reason given by some doctors for their reluctance to prescribe NDT is the fact that NDT drugs are not "FDA-approved." This statement is misleading. NDT was available by prescription long before the Food and Drug Administration came into existence. These drugs were "grandfathered in" by the FDA and were never required to go through the formal FDA approval process. They are, however, carefully regulated by the FDA."
"There is no strong evidence to suggest Armour Thyroid or a combination therapy of synthetic T4 and T3 produce better results than Synthroid in most people."
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I found quite a few articles with the above info. My doctor has a medical degree, and I don't. So even though I know there are other articles that have different info, I trust her more than the Internet.
Seems like the Internet is divided straight down the middle for this argument. As long as I'm taking the medicine properly, there is no risk to my health. If you like dark chocolate, and I like milk chocolate, one of doesn't have to be wrong. We can both have our own opinions.
Eating low carb is extreme? Dude, the medicine I'm on gives me the runs if I eat carbs...I think if I didn't eat low carb then it would be extreme lmao
Oh, no, she didn't diagnose me. Google did, lol. I got a copy of the blood work where it said my Glucose was high. So I looked for info on it, and that's where I found out my numbers mean I'm in the diabetes range. Once I saw that, I saw that my insulin was checked (which I know is for diabetes), so I looked for info on that.
I just made an appointment with her for this Friday. She very well might say that I don't have it, but according to basically everything on Google, I do.
I'm doing the treadmill at the gym. I put in my weight every time to get an accurate calorie count. I do at least 200 calories burned, but have been trying to get to 400 calories burned by the end of each session.
My boyfriend and I cook most of our meals (recipes from Hello Fresh, but getting our own ingredients). I have a calorie tracker app, and count almost everything to a T. Every now and then we go out for a meal, and if the place has calorie counts we use that. Otherwise, we try to stay reasonable. For example, we go to a Pho place with amazing Pho. They don't have calories listed, but we end up taking half of our Pho home and eating it for another meal.
As for 1900 calories being what I need to lose weight, I'm pretty sure that's correct. I've checked like 5 or so different "calculators" (inputting my correct age, weight, height, activity level, etc). Some say have more, some say less (the ones that say less still have 1900 calories for like losing 1 pound a week).
Cutecat42 OP t1_j7rhphr wrote
Reply to comment by MoobyTheGoldenSock in TIFUpdate by most likely having diabetes for years without knowing by Cutecat42
I'm pretty sure my doc isn't a quack...
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"Since the introduction of levothyroxine, some patients have anecdotally reported much better symptom relief and management of their hypothyroidism by taking NDT vs. levothyroxine. The likely reason? NDT contains natural forms of both T4 and T3 hormones."
"More recently, research has shown that a subset of the population has a genetic defect that impairs the ability to convert T4 into T3. Many of these patients report far better symptom relief and quality of life taking NDT because it includes T3 and doesn't rely solely on conversion."
"One reason given by some doctors for their reluctance to prescribe NDT is the fact that NDT drugs are not "FDA-approved." This statement is misleading. NDT was available by prescription long before the Food and Drug Administration came into existence. These drugs were "grandfathered in" by the FDA and were never required to go through the formal FDA approval process. They are, however, carefully regulated by the FDA."
"There is no strong evidence to suggest Armour Thyroid or a combination therapy of synthetic T4 and T3 produce better results than Synthroid in most people."
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I found quite a few articles with the above info. My doctor has a medical degree, and I don't. So even though I know there are other articles that have different info, I trust her more than the Internet.
Seems like the Internet is divided straight down the middle for this argument. As long as I'm taking the medicine properly, there is no risk to my health. If you like dark chocolate, and I like milk chocolate, one of doesn't have to be wrong. We can both have our own opinions.