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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 Overview of thyroid
2:18 Production and regulation of thyroid hormones
6:50 Thyroid mechanism of action
8:23 Functions of thyroid hormone
16:47 Thyroid dysfunction
24:05 Optimising thyroid function
32:45 Outro
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Sources (PMID or link):
Basic overview of thyroid: 29763182
Ray Peat on TSH:
Nongenomic actions of thyroid hormone: 26668118
Thyroid’s effects on body temperature: 4363889
Hyperthyroidism: 37847271
Hypothyroidism: 35589725
Hypothyroidism and the heart: 28740582
Thyroid supports shift to type II muscle fibres: 25512392
Thyroid effects on gut: 20351569
Skin, hair, nails: 37251685
Cholesterol: 29472712
Female reproduction: 29767691
Male reproduction: 24701426
Goitrogens: 32528196
Selenium: 37033262
Zinc: 23960398
Vitamin D: 36835005
Magnesium: 26675817
Vitamin B12: 36909313
Coconut oil:
Very low calorie keto diets: 38526760
Gut-thyroid axis: 32545596
Thyroid-liver link: 40420529
Exercise: 37659172, 38730302
Sleep: 35186196
Light at night linked to thyroid cancer: 33554351
Red light therapy for thyroid disease: 20662037
Use of mobile phones and bluetooth linked to thyroid diseases: 22216380, 34567874, 38906901
Some useful resources for further reading:
Dr Ray Peat on Thyroid Disease:
George Ferman (HeliosMovement)’s X thread on thyroid:
Jay (TakeThiamine)’s thread on thyroid:
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Some of the visuals in this video may have been made using Generative AI.
Nothing in this video is medical advice.
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For selenium i eat 2 brazil nuts a day and just make sure to eat healthy
Ben took the peat pill
Thanks for increasing my already expansive knowledge
u should do a video about anti nutriant in fruit nut etc
Thank you for your service to humanity.
How come my body temperature is low, especially my feet & hands but have no issue loosing weight?
Glad to hear you talking about the smoking connection. Quit smoking twice in my life and both times saw my TSH going up. Read a study years ago on this being a bigger deal for woman who would quit smoking than men.
Good job Ben, this is the content I am looking for don't be shy with the deep dives, understanding mechanisms of actions is exactly what I am looking since I want to know the "why" behind it.
Thank you
Make a video on a carnivore diet, how it lowers insulin to zero causing igf-1 “insulin like growth factor” to go up. I’m pretty sure having zero insulin and glycogen/glucose in your body causes your body to stay in a fasted state even while eating protein/fats. That causes GH to increase. What do you think?
Wow, may Allaah have mercy on shay5 ibn 3uthaymeen's soul, being mentioned in a video about fiction even tho it is 7araam just goes to show how far his benefit has reached the ummah, may Allaah accept his efforts.
Hey, i'm happy you took that opoortunity to get more info on islaam 😉
is insane that somebody create this video just for free. Bro you are insane!
Make a detailed video on brain fog
How do you know about all of this?
At first, I was ready to turn off the video, because I thought it sounded like AI. But a few minutes in, I discovered that the presenter is much too intelligent to be a robot.
Very good information!
This is very interesting. I am decently fit. Mostly muscle on my frame and very lean. Yet I always have cold hands and feet. Low blood pressure and 80-90 bpm heart rate. I am Scandinavian so I do winter swims with ease, and find my hands and feet actually become warmer afterward.
im having a hard time not zoning out
I have hashimotos I found out about it at age 15. It sucks thyroid is definetley underrated
Did Ben starting reading the teachings of our Lord and Savior Ray Peat?
oh hi ben
i watched the whole thing without distractions but im struggling to retain the information, is there a summary anywhere.
can you do a video on fixing gut health?
i have been diagnosed with under active thyroid issue , i had six pack before that after that disease i gain like 50 kilo in 7 years no matter how hard i workout i was never able shed any weight. My life was horrible sleeping with cpap machine and my wife left me . Strangely when i start smoking again and start exercising all my weight shed off in one year- smoking does help with autoimmune thyroid disease
Amazing content as always ❤
forgot to mention fluorine
what in the name of…
Decent video but you really need to learn more about iodine, brownstein has people on big doses for a long time and had very good results. you didn't mention that competition between flouride/bromide and iodine is very important, any oxidative stress will increase reverse t3 ( iron overload is common, heavy metals, and most importantly the microbiome ). Also the stuff about low carb diets, holy shit you don't understand anything do you? God damn the confidence on some people to put out "professional" videos is out of this world.
Small life hack I guess for artificial light in the evening. Get a smart home lighting system. There's plenty easy to use ones available, IKEA do their own for example.
Then you can tell your lights to turn red and dim when the sun sets.
Very interesting thanks.
One point of contention I guess is that the vast majority of people following a low or zero carb diet don't suffer from thyroid problems. But it is certainly true a small amount seems to.
If a low carb diet was problematic to normal thyroid function we would see that occur in everyone, which isn't the case. But of course carbs can boost thyroid function. I would therefore argue if someone develops thyroid issues on a low carb diet they should at first have their doctor check them as it is highly likely they have a separate issue they were just previously unaware of as it was being masked by the carbs they were eating. Then they can be armed with more information to decide how best they want to address it which may of course include adding some carbs back into their diet.
But I certainly wouldn't not try a low carb diet in the first place just because of the potential it may happen as it's very easy to simply reverse course if it does.
I literally have all the symptoms of low T3 T4