ilovethesea
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What happens if your T3 requirements exceed the recommended 4mcg maximum per hour?
I understand the body naturally produces 4mcg of T3 every hour, and that if you exceed this it is unphysiological.
"T3, by lowering stress, sometimes reveals a low basal metabolic rate, that was hidden by high stress hormones. The body produces about 4 mcg of T3 per hour, so taking more than that can interfere with regulatory processes." - Ray Peat
My current dose (which I still don't think is even high enough) is 1.5 Cynoplus + 1.5 Cytomels, so I'm getting 95mcg of T3 per day.
I take as much of the T3 in 4mcg doses as I can throughout the day, but that's still 12 doses and I have to take the Cynoplus on top of that to get to the amount I need. I take 1/2 a Cynoplus at a time but sometimes I need to top it up with 1-2 doses of Cytomel too.
Am I inadvertently causing some interference in my body's regulatory processes by taking more than the physiological doses? This is one thing that's never been clear from reading Ray's work... how do people like the "12 grain woman" take their thyroid? Surely they're not up 24/7 doing hourly doses...??
I understand the body naturally produces 4mcg of T3 every hour, and that if you exceed this it is unphysiological.
"T3, by lowering stress, sometimes reveals a low basal metabolic rate, that was hidden by high stress hormones. The body produces about 4 mcg of T3 per hour, so taking more than that can interfere with regulatory processes." - Ray Peat
My current dose (which I still don't think is even high enough) is 1.5 Cynoplus + 1.5 Cytomels, so I'm getting 95mcg of T3 per day.
I take as much of the T3 in 4mcg doses as I can throughout the day, but that's still 12 doses and I have to take the Cynoplus on top of that to get to the amount I need. I take 1/2 a Cynoplus at a time but sometimes I need to top it up with 1-2 doses of Cytomel too.
Am I inadvertently causing some interference in my body's regulatory processes by taking more than the physiological doses? This is one thing that's never been clear from reading Ray's work... how do people like the "12 grain woman" take their thyroid? Surely they're not up 24/7 doing hourly doses...??