Hypothyroidism?

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Your serum Iron is abysmally low. Coupled with a low ferritin this is highly suggestive of frank iron deficiency. Vegan diet unfortunately is becoming more and more of a common cause.

Eggs are good for overall nutrition, but not enough for meeting recommended intake. Best bio-available Iron is in the form of heme from meat. You might consider supplementing. Go for 100% of RDA (10-15mg) daily, monday to friday , from Iron fumarate or gluconate. These are both cheap and effective. Avoid megadosing.

Fish will also help your thyroid due to Iodine content, but beware of heavy polluted species like tuna and King mackerel.

Be sure to include FRESH food high in folate. This is too an important nutrient which is either lost or destroyed by cooking.


Overall you don't like you have a "primary" problem with your thyroid, I'd focus on nutrition instead.






Chronic disease and.. modern age. But it doesn't appear to your problem.

This was my first guess as well, due to the timing of when I started to feel bad. I've been eating meat for the last month or a little more. Grass-fed beef, chicken, and wild salmon, plus a little white fish as well. Feel like I'm making some progress, but still feel bad. Is this something that may take some time to build back up?

I've been taking an iron supplement OTC. It contains Iron (Ferrous Sulfate), Magnesium, Chloride, Sulfate (FeSO4) and Boron. I take one serving a day, which is 22mg. However, I just noticed on the back, it says its vegan. Does that mean its from non-heme sources of iron? Also, about heme and non-heme. I read that humans don't generally absorb non-heme (plant) iron well. But I think I read something about non-heme iron being absorbed better if its taken with heme (meat) iron.

I've also been taking some adaptogenic herbs to help with any adrenal fatigue I've caused myself. Ashwanghanda (sp?), licorice root and selenium. This was all started recently.

I try to eat as much vegetation as possible, opting for raw when able to. My folate tested at 14.8ng/ml (range - >3.0ng/ml)

I have been doing as much research on what foods should be best for me. I've come up with eating the following combinations of foods:

Meats - Beef, Chicken and Fish
Legumes - Lentils and Beans (sparingly)
Fruits - Mostly tart fruits (berries) and moderate amounts of others (bananas, melon, etc.)
Vegetables - All, but mostly focusing on dark, leafy green (Kale, Spinach, Chard, Bok-Choy, Cabbage, etc.)
Root vegetables/Tubers - I used to think potatoes were grains, but I've read otherwise. I don't eat a bunch, but I need to add some more sweet potatoes, for variety and another source of beneficial carbs.
Seeds - Chia, Hemp, Flax (I'd like to add some pumpkin seeds as well)
Nuts - Sparingly. Almonds, Pecans, Walnuts, etc. No peanuts.
Oils - I cook with Olive Oil and Coconut Oil
Misc. - Avocado. I never know where to put it. Most say its a fruit, but either way, I eat a good amount of this a day.

Avoid:
Grains - I think sprouted grains might be ok, but with all the issues I'm seeing, it sounds like its best to stay away. I never thought grains bothered me until I went vegan and was eating a bunch of them. Now that I've cut them out, I feel like I'm noticing a difference.
Dairy - I eat eggs and don't consider that dairy really. Never been a milk fan, but I used to eat cheese, cottage cheese and yogurt. I don't think I do very well with dairy anyway.
Sugar - This is a no brainer. But I don't eat foods with added sugar (processed). Fruits and honey I eat, but very little.
Caffeine - When I thought I might be experiencing some adrenal/thyroid issues, I cut out caffeine. So no more pre-workout (which is terrible anyway) and no more coffee (that was a little tougher). But I think I'm on the right track here. When I start to watch how much coffee/energy drinks people drink, its crazy. WAY over caffeinated.

I started to really pay attention to how I feel after I eat something. So I've been trying. Going in today to run a new set of iron labs, along with some vitamins and a little thyroid (TSH, FT3 and FT4) just to be sure. Gonna start there and then depending on the results, if needed, come up with another set of labs to look at. I don't know.

Thanks for the information bizzaro. Very informative.