Hey, I don't really know what to say but here it goes anyway. I'm a youngish male, Raised on a vegetarian diet and moved on to low-carb, after reading gary taubes and weston price, then broda barnes and matt stone got me interested in the thyroid, found ray peat's work maybe two years ago and have improved my health quite a bit. Used to have varicose veins, cysts, arthritic pain, very high cholesterol (334 mg/dl), hair loss, chronic sinus infections Etc. many of these things have been reversed or helped by peat's recommendations. Found this forum awhile ago and didn't really bother signing up until now