I recently saw a video on youtube, where this guy is totally trashing CYTOMEL (not cynomel) saying what a poisonous drug it is.
He states that:
a) It shuts down your own body's supply of thyroid hormone production
b) It burns fat so efficiently, but also burns through muscle and that's why you see bodybuilders stacking it with steroids. Because it will literally burn through your muscle too. This guy is in bodybuilding, and states this informatiln through personal experience and his involvement in the scene. He has seen how his fellow bodybuilders shrink when they take this stuff. He advises to stay the hell away from it.
He then argues that it's the same as taking endogenous testosterone, and seeing the same side effects (your body shutting down it's own supply, etc). Seems logical to me? Why would this not be true? There are always caveats with any pill that you put in your mouth, and there certainly isn't any wonder pill for any type of disorder. Drugs manage symptons, and usually at the cost of screwing you over in other ways.
What does Ray Peat know that this guy doesn't?
So, with the guy trashing cytomel - If he says that he's witnessed plenty of people shrink on it (lose muscle), and he's involved in such a community where he might see lots of people taking it (the bodybuilding community), who are you to believe? Ray Peat can say what he wants, but I find anecdotes just as valuable (and then I weigh up the evidence myself).
I have just started taking CYNOMEL (because of this site) and I am seeing benefits from it. It hasn't raised my temperature yet, but it has benefitted me a lot mentally (seems to put me in a really good mood). I also have more energy. A weird effect though, has been it also causes me to stutter (on rare occasions). It's like my brain is already thinking of the word and trying to push it out as fast as possible, but my mouth is struggling to keep up. I haven't stuttered since I was a child. I wonder what could be causing that?
So, if this guy thinks that CYTOMEL is bad stuff, what would make cynomel any different? Aren't they both T3?
If what he says about side effects are true, I might have to think about stopping with the cynomel.
Here's the vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCBC-vEe5xY
As an aside, can anybody here help me out and give me a crash course for dummies on thyroid hormone? If I benefit from cynomel (I'm taking 12.5mcg) - Would adding in T4 make any sort of differnce? What does T4 do, and what would it add on top of T3? Apologies for my noobness.
He states that:
a) It shuts down your own body's supply of thyroid hormone production
b) It burns fat so efficiently, but also burns through muscle and that's why you see bodybuilders stacking it with steroids. Because it will literally burn through your muscle too. This guy is in bodybuilding, and states this informatiln through personal experience and his involvement in the scene. He has seen how his fellow bodybuilders shrink when they take this stuff. He advises to stay the hell away from it.
He then argues that it's the same as taking endogenous testosterone, and seeing the same side effects (your body shutting down it's own supply, etc). Seems logical to me? Why would this not be true? There are always caveats with any pill that you put in your mouth, and there certainly isn't any wonder pill for any type of disorder. Drugs manage symptons, and usually at the cost of screwing you over in other ways.
What does Ray Peat know that this guy doesn't?
So, with the guy trashing cytomel - If he says that he's witnessed plenty of people shrink on it (lose muscle), and he's involved in such a community where he might see lots of people taking it (the bodybuilding community), who are you to believe? Ray Peat can say what he wants, but I find anecdotes just as valuable (and then I weigh up the evidence myself).
I have just started taking CYNOMEL (because of this site) and I am seeing benefits from it. It hasn't raised my temperature yet, but it has benefitted me a lot mentally (seems to put me in a really good mood). I also have more energy. A weird effect though, has been it also causes me to stutter (on rare occasions). It's like my brain is already thinking of the word and trying to push it out as fast as possible, but my mouth is struggling to keep up. I haven't stuttered since I was a child. I wonder what could be causing that?
So, if this guy thinks that CYTOMEL is bad stuff, what would make cynomel any different? Aren't they both T3?
If what he says about side effects are true, I might have to think about stopping with the cynomel.
Here's the vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCBC-vEe5xY
As an aside, can anybody here help me out and give me a crash course for dummies on thyroid hormone? If I benefit from cynomel (I'm taking 12.5mcg) - Would adding in T4 make any sort of differnce? What does T4 do, and what would it add on top of T3? Apologies for my noobness.