Cathi and AnnB, thanks for leading the way in this Meet and Greet. I tried to sneak in, being the very cautious introvert that I am.
I am 56-years-old as of last month.
How did I find the forum/Ray Peat's work? Net search....probably after reading something on one of the Paleo sites about Ray Peat....piqued my curiosity....again.
How long Peating? Just a few weeks maybe, this go round (don't keep track of time very well). I took Progest-E many years ago at the recommendation of some people with whom I worshipped (a Messianic group that believed in biiig families/fertility), but did not really get deep into it, and stopped taking it for several years, which I now regret. I also spent time on LongNaturalHealth website. I did try the thyroid at the time, but could not seem to get the hang of it. This was long before I ever came across Broda Barnes, MD, Ph.D, Mark Starr, MD, David Brownstein, MD, etc. and the talk about thyroid/iodine, etc.
My favorite part about Peating....is probably drinking OJ again and eating sugar, things that I grew up with and are second nature to me. And probably that he is not a big fan of lots of iodine. I just never could get the hang of that either.
Not sure about the worst part.
I have been taking NDT now since end of May, as prescribed by a practitioner for a TSH of 5.5 and many, many other lifelong hypo symptoms. So I am starting to understand and get a handle better on thyroid/hormonal issues. Fired last MD. Am a member of several STTM facebook pages and learning a lot there, but not much mention of Ray Peat on those pages. Symptoms improving, but long way to go.
Ray Peat is really the first person I have ever come across to address the long term extent/harm of DES in such detail, which was given to my mother with her first pregnancy in 1950. And which I now believe to have affected her subsequent pregnancies/her health/family life and all the social issues that go along with that, myself included. If I could have gotten my hands on the MD who gave that to my mother, and the Big Pharma that made it....boy howdie....Sure glad I have learned to be more forgiving.
Just finished reading his _From PMS to Menopause: Female Hormones in Context_ from Interlibrary Loan, and will probably re-read before letting it go back. Some of his books are not available through ILL, and funds very limited, as I have not worked in a while - due to health issues.
I look forward to getting more understanding of Ray Peat's work and how to apply it. Thank you.
Beverly
I am 56-years-old as of last month.
How did I find the forum/Ray Peat's work? Net search....probably after reading something on one of the Paleo sites about Ray Peat....piqued my curiosity....again.
How long Peating? Just a few weeks maybe, this go round (don't keep track of time very well). I took Progest-E many years ago at the recommendation of some people with whom I worshipped (a Messianic group that believed in biiig families/fertility), but did not really get deep into it, and stopped taking it for several years, which I now regret. I also spent time on LongNaturalHealth website. I did try the thyroid at the time, but could not seem to get the hang of it. This was long before I ever came across Broda Barnes, MD, Ph.D, Mark Starr, MD, David Brownstein, MD, etc. and the talk about thyroid/iodine, etc.
My favorite part about Peating....is probably drinking OJ again and eating sugar, things that I grew up with and are second nature to me. And probably that he is not a big fan of lots of iodine. I just never could get the hang of that either.
Not sure about the worst part.
I have been taking NDT now since end of May, as prescribed by a practitioner for a TSH of 5.5 and many, many other lifelong hypo symptoms. So I am starting to understand and get a handle better on thyroid/hormonal issues. Fired last MD. Am a member of several STTM facebook pages and learning a lot there, but not much mention of Ray Peat on those pages. Symptoms improving, but long way to go.
Ray Peat is really the first person I have ever come across to address the long term extent/harm of DES in such detail, which was given to my mother with her first pregnancy in 1950. And which I now believe to have affected her subsequent pregnancies/her health/family life and all the social issues that go along with that, myself included. If I could have gotten my hands on the MD who gave that to my mother, and the Big Pharma that made it....boy howdie....Sure glad I have learned to be more forgiving.
Just finished reading his _From PMS to Menopause: Female Hormones in Context_ from Interlibrary Loan, and will probably re-read before letting it go back. Some of his books are not available through ILL, and funds very limited, as I have not worked in a while - due to health issues.
I look forward to getting more understanding of Ray Peat's work and how to apply it. Thank you.
Beverly