Strongbad
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It becomes more and more apparent to me that my hypothyroid issues don't come from the thyroid, but more from liver / pancreas aka. insulin resistance. I've been experiencing these since I started Peating 10 months ago:
1) Massive discomfort or pain on my lower right abdomen, especially when sitting down for a while. It's irrelevant whether I'm stressed out or not, then pain always show up. When I stand up, though, the pain kinda disappears.
2) Much lower tolerance to alcohol and experiencing massive hypoglycemia whenever I consume alcohol on weekends regardless on the amount.
3) Super accelerated hair thinning / loss. My prolactin is fairly low/normal 7.9 ng/mL so it must be due to high Cortisol. Haidut said that high cortisol can be caused by insulin resistance.
None of those issues happened when I low carbed for few years, only when I started Peating those issues showed up.
I understand that there are supplements / ways to reduce excess adrenaline or cortisol like Cascara, relora, theanine, vitamin A, B6, zinc, DHEA etc. But those are only quick fixes/patches to reduce the symptoms, while the core problem stay unfixed. The insulin resistance is still there, the liver is f**ked, the pancreas might be f**ed. Obviously the food has to go through liver and pancreas before going to thyroid, so it's important to fix those 2 things first before seeing the benefits to thyroid functions.
So the question is: how do you cure insulin resistance, Ray Peat-way? How do you heal the liver and pancreas so that they function normally just the ways they're supposed to?
1) What food to eat and avoid?
2) What supplements to take to help fixing these issues? Not the quick fixes one that only treat the symptoms (high cortisol and adrenaline), but the ones that really go after the liver/insulin resistance causes and fix them straight up.
BTW I'm already on very high-carb/low-fat diet. Tomorrow marks my 2nd month of the diet and will continue for at least 4 more months.
1) Massive discomfort or pain on my lower right abdomen, especially when sitting down for a while. It's irrelevant whether I'm stressed out or not, then pain always show up. When I stand up, though, the pain kinda disappears.
2) Much lower tolerance to alcohol and experiencing massive hypoglycemia whenever I consume alcohol on weekends regardless on the amount.
3) Super accelerated hair thinning / loss. My prolactin is fairly low/normal 7.9 ng/mL so it must be due to high Cortisol. Haidut said that high cortisol can be caused by insulin resistance.
None of those issues happened when I low carbed for few years, only when I started Peating those issues showed up.
I understand that there are supplements / ways to reduce excess adrenaline or cortisol like Cascara, relora, theanine, vitamin A, B6, zinc, DHEA etc. But those are only quick fixes/patches to reduce the symptoms, while the core problem stay unfixed. The insulin resistance is still there, the liver is f**ked, the pancreas might be f**ed. Obviously the food has to go through liver and pancreas before going to thyroid, so it's important to fix those 2 things first before seeing the benefits to thyroid functions.
So the question is: how do you cure insulin resistance, Ray Peat-way? How do you heal the liver and pancreas so that they function normally just the ways they're supposed to?
1) What food to eat and avoid?
2) What supplements to take to help fixing these issues? Not the quick fixes one that only treat the symptoms (high cortisol and adrenaline), but the ones that really go after the liver/insulin resistance causes and fix them straight up.
BTW I'm already on very high-carb/low-fat diet. Tomorrow marks my 2nd month of the diet and will continue for at least 4 more months.