My Blood Test Comparison (Vegan to Peating)

Serotoninskeptic

Wanted to share the drastic improvements in many markers of health I experiences switching from a vegan diet to peating. I will include some examples of blood tests that improved below. I was supplementing vitamin D3 and Thyroid as well. The time in between these tests was a little less than one year.

[Vegan]
TSH: 2.96 mU/ml
T3: 1.82 pmol/L
Testosterone: 327 ng/dL
Ferritin: 975 ng/mL

[Peat]
TSH: <0.005 mU/ml
T3: 6.71 pmol/L
Testosterone: 675 ng/dL
Ferritin: 86 ng/mL

Peatful

@Andrewㅤ said in My Blood Test Comparison (Vegan to Peating):

Wanted to share the drastic improvements in many markers of health I experiences switching from a vegan diet to peating. I will include some examples of blood tests that improved below. I was supplementing vitamin D3 and Thyroid as well. The time in between these tests was a little less than one year.

[Vegan]
TSH: 2.96 mU/ml
T3: 1.82 pmol/L
Testosterone: 327 ng/dL
Ferritin: 975 ng/mL

[Peat]
TSH: <0.005 mU/ml
T3: 6.71 pmol/L
Testosterone: 675 ng/dL
Ferritin: 86 ng/mL

Excellent

May I ask a few questions for context?

how long vegan?
what was peating for you?
did you track your temps?
why switch diets? What was the reason for the change?
age?
why supplement? How much mcg of thyroid? Are you still supplementing?
lastly: what was your kilocalories being a vegan versus your Kcal with your current diet?

Thank you

Serotoninskeptic

@Peatful
how long vegan? 1 1/2 Years
what was peating for you? Avoiding Pufa, Low Starch, High Calc:Phosphate. Milk, OJ, Eggs, Butter, Cheese, Fruit, Coffee, Red Light etc.
did you track your temps? Yes, they increased from as low as 95 to now averaging over 99 degrees farrenheit
why switch diets? What was the reason for the change? The main issue with veganism at first was the hard digestion. Gas, bloating, etc. Than my health continued to decline with low libido, brittle hair, acne, hypothyroidism. So i knew i had to make the Change.
age? 20
why supplement? How much mcg of thyroid? Are you still supplementing? My pulse and temps were so low that i couldnt raise them with diet alone. I am still supplementing but i plan to get off eventually as an experiment. Currently 72 mcg T4, 36 mcg T3.
lastly: what was your kilocalories being a vegan versus your Kcal with your current diet? Same calories. Around 3500 to 4000

Peatful

@Andrewㅤ

Thx for each response

Very interesting that you could consume 4000kcal while vegan
No wonder your gut was suffering right?

If you eventually get off the supplemental thyroid
Please post back here

And congratulations to your health

Serotoninskeptic

@Peatful Yeah ikr all that raw undigestible plant fiber did a number on me.

And ofc i would love to share my experience on here.