@GlucoseGal of course, wish you the best. Honestly, I wonder if a lot of people who come to the Peat space take baggage from past dietary ideas with them — my insistence on fat for satiety from my carnivore days definitely contributed to weight gain — but if I had just put less butter in my rice and ate more rice and less chocolate, I don’t think I’d have gained 40 lbs Peating — and of course I got on actual thyroid meds (not glandulars) well after the weight gain.

@GlucoseGal I know I’ve been there too, but also take it from me, that when on proper thyroid meds and their amounts, it’s harder to gain weight — definitely begin first checking on temps and pulse before gobbling down more food. It may be something as simple as more palatable foods — more salt to enhance flavored dishes comes to mind. And, aside from the egg yolk and a couple teaspoons of butter/coconut oil a day, you can always dial down fat intake to prevent weight gain.

@GlucoseGal interesting. I learned from a group chat with Danny that it can be a little difficult and also very important, to maintain high adequate cholesterol.

An egg yolk a day should give you a huge amount of cholesterol, but you may still need higher sugar sources (like juice) to maintain adequately high cholesterol throughout the day. Don’t ask me why it just works — it was a Peat concept.

Something other Peaty therapists have noted is that people often just don’t eat enough on thyroid.

@GlucoseGal it shouldn’t be stressing your adrenals unless your cholesterol is too low

@Jaffe wow. Thanks for sharing

@tubert I think it’s a case by case basis. I’m sure a lot of folks don’t have the same problem, but I’m sure many people with lifelong nutrient deficiencies will definitely have regional deficiencies that get ameliorated by topical vitamins.

But hey, placebo or not, that feeling’s worth a placebo, hah…

@Jaffe before I dive in, are you saying the results have been permanent with that? Not doubting

@DavidPS hahaha that’s awesome. Yes agreed… thanks for the share

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@16charactersitis great, thanks!