People in the medical community will probably say "duh!" in response to what i consider a revelation, but here we go! Those of us with thyroid problems should really concentrate on and care for our ...
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LIVERS! (Please forgive my cheesy-email technique -- i've been feeling playful in the lovely spring weather, now that i've caught up on sleep!)
:-) That's where so much happens, especially (for us) the conversion of a lot of T4 to T3. Why is excess omega-6 bad for a person with hypothyroidism? Why are saturated fats, especially medium-chain triglycerides like coconut oil, so beneficial? Can it be because omega-6s provide a shortcut to liver damage, and saturated fats are protective, especially the MCTs that head straight to the liver upon digestion? Is sugar bad for us for the same reason, as well as providing such an exceptional source of nutrition for candida? Is the fact that hypothyroids tend to show high LDLs more a marker for a mistreated liver than just a well-known side effect of our condition?
Not knowing what endocrinologists are taught in medical school, but knowing TOO WELL how little they tell their hypothyroid patients, i have to wonder.... Would society have fewer "hypoths" if people were taught that industrial-seed-oils and fructose are POISONS? I'm willing to make a decent wager that the answer is "yes."
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