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This topic of thyroid comes up quite often, I find, and hypothyroid are, you know, problems

relating to thyroid and even interact with cholesterol, as in poor ratios and cholesterol

markers can link to thyroid problems and I don't

mean to go on but there's another thing that you know low-carb diets can lower your

thyroid and leave you with challenges there so there's a whole lot around that area

so it'd be great for you to give your overview of thyroid issues and thyroid

function as it relates to low carb.

Oh, right, right, right. Well, okay, honestly, I don't see huge differences between low

carb and regular, regular diets in terms of thyroid function. I see a little bit increasing

reverse T3, which is basically pointless on low carb diets, so I never measure it. I never worry about it. It's not a big deal.

I would say hypothyroidism is a massive epidemic.

I mean, one in ten women in this country will have it during their lifetime.

Most of it's autoimmune Hashimoto's disease. You're making antithyroid antibodies

and attacking your thyroid. I'm sure there's something in the diet that's driving this autoimmune Hashimoto's disease, you're making antithyroid antibodies and attacking your thyroid.

I'm sure there's something in the diet that's driving this autoimmune phenomenon.

I don't know what exactly, but it's something we see all the time.

My advice to everyone, there's a lot of, there's a million thyroid tests,

and there's a lot of quackery on both

sides of the aisle when it comes to thyroid.

You've got your standard doctors who are just only ordering a TSA and only giving

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