Sunday, April 25, 2010

Dr. Davis on T3 Supplementation Rx


T3 for accelerating weight loss  (excerpts follow)

Thyroid health, in general, is extremely important for weight control, since even subtle low thyroid hormone levels can result in weight gain. The first step in achieving thyroid health is to be sure you are obtaining sufficient iodine. (See Iodine deficiency is real and Healthy people are the most iodine deficient) But, after iodine replacement has been undertaken, the next step is to consider your T3 status.

I've seen T3 ignite weight loss or boost someone out of a weight loss "plateau" many times.

Endocrinologists cringe at this notion of using T3. They claim that you will develop atrial fibrillation (an abnormal heart rhythm) and osteoporosis by doing this. I have yet to see this happen. 
T3 added to other weight reducing efforts, such as wheat elimination and exercise, accelerates the weight loss effect considerably. 5 lbs lost will likely be more like 8 to 10 lbs lost; 10 lbs lost will likely be more like 15 to 20 lbs, etc.
The tough part: Finding a prescriber for your T3.

2 comments:

  1. What are the physiologic reasons that endocrinologists claim T3 causes A. Fib? Do you think there is any real correlation between the two?

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  2. Anon, Best guess is that they have seen people who have atrial fib with high T3. IOW - there are enough folks they treat with both Afib/High T3 that they can't help but believe in the cause/effect. Dr. Davis' experience would lead us to believe that there's more going on - that the high T3 is not the cause of Afib, but a correlate of some other disease process. In fact, as I'm thinking it through, one of the treatments that President Bush '41 had for his Afib was thyroid removal or destruction.
    Too much T3 is is more of a medical question than a diet question. The interesting thing to me is how powerful the effect of T3 normalization was on weight loss. Hashimoto's is intimately related to wheat consumption, though, and that's something you can experiment with for yourself.

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