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Over on a thread about alternative health forums begun by Burtlancast yesterday, Kiran made a comment about having taken iodine and his comment brought up a flurry of thoughts and insights.
The result is this thread - discussing the impact of discovering you have a thyroid problem.
This is some of my story.
I realize that discovering that I am hypothyroid and what that really means has sort of been like getting hit with a sledgehammer and yet oddly enough being extremely thankful for the blow.
Had I not taken the hit, I would have remained completely unaware of the true nature and reasons for my health issues and perhaps never have known how to fully heal myself.
Here's what Kiran said to set off my train of thoughts.
My mother has been on iodine for hyperthyroidism since she was in her 40s. She is now 91.
I understand her now like I never have before and can see that her thyroid dysfunction was likely behind all of her tremendous suffering for as long as I can remember. She never knew and just followed "doctor's" orders. I was quite young when she got very ill from the disease - I remember her being so thin and hospitalized and I think she may have nearly died. I was too young to fully remember and was never told anything. It was also made clear never to ask.
So when Ray suggested to me that my own thyroid problems likely began when I started getting chronic nosebleeds in elementary school, so much fell into place not just about what has happened in my own life, but also my mother's. It's like my entire worldview shifted and came into a new focus, revealing a landscape I'd never even seen before. I had not even been looking in the right direction for solutions to my problems so how could I have ever found a solution?
All of what I had been told or had come to believe on my own were "causes" for my physical and emotional problems I very quickly understood had only been "symptoms." This was also made clear in reading many comments here on the forum, notably from experiences related by trramone. There were countless times I would sit with my jaw in my lap at the implications of what I was learning as I read Ray Peat's articles and listened to what others were relating about their experiences.
Not all was lost and during the last 20 years of actively seeking good health, I learned and uncovered a lot and I know not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. But boy that bathwater was really muddy and the baby had become very sick.
I was fortunate to discover many years ago the truth about Big Pharma, doctors and their training (particularly psychiatrists and ssri's etc.), control by the elite, etc. I took the necessary steps to protect myself from that, thankfully. But that is not really pertinent to this thread, but I surely am grateful I am already armed with this knowledge and truth and not having to navigate that territory while also coming to grips with this.
Wouldn't that be something!?
I think too that because I have this information and knowledge already, Ray Peat's research and wisdom has been such an easy and natural fit, another crucial piece of the puzzle and one that pulls a more accurate image into full view. It also helps, for me at least, that the foods he recommends to eat to raise metabolism are easy for me to embrace - but that too is another story.
Not only does Ray Peat's work ring with truth, I can feel it viscerally and for that I am very grateful. I would hate to be coming to this still clinging to a mainstream mindset! Brain fog is bad enough without having to also combat inner resistance!
It is also so much more than being about food - although getting the food right is absolutely critical of course and a necessary first step. But Ray Peat's work and contributions to humanity have far reaching implications - it is certainly not a mere diet that needs to be understood. It is so much more than that and I do hope more and more threads are developed to discuss many other aspects of his work.
And so getting back to the purpose of this thread - to study the impact of discovering you have a thyroid problem - in my case, hypothyroidism.
So how did finding this out affect me?
First of all, not having this missing critical piece - the actual cause of my myriad of problems - was sufficient to keep my suffering and declining health in place as I began to rapidly approach what I think was critical mass. As menopause crept closer and my hormones because to fluctuate wildy, it was as though the wheels suddenly completely came off. I also had an enormous stressed-filled event that was a huge contributing factor and everything went south as my stress levels went through the roof.
It was in the midst of this horrible crash that I found Ray Peat and began to understand the fuller implications of the deceptions being perpetrated upon a humanity fast asleep, most of whom are convinced that salad, veggies, baked salmon (wild caught of course), lean chicken, grains and pufas will keep them healthy. I had tried every diet I think known to man to try and correct my problems using food. I steered cleared of pharmaceuticals and supplements. I learned to meditate and relax and stay above the negativity of a world gone mad. But the body continued to have great difficulty despite every effort.
I can see that a very large mountain looms ahead of me and it will take time to get my metabolism up to speed. I won't scale the mountain overnight but that's OK. I found the path up the mountain after taking many side roads, some of those necessary and interesting but never leading to the top.
It is a journey worth taking because I am worth it. We all are.
And so, I wonder how many others have found themselves suddenly immersed in a new paradigm having their consciousness shifted to such an extreme after finding Ray Peat.
I believe ttramone has experienced this type of shift as I am sure are many others.
I'd love to hear your story and what it has been like for you.
The result is this thread - discussing the impact of discovering you have a thyroid problem.
This is some of my story.
I realize that discovering that I am hypothyroid and what that really means has sort of been like getting hit with a sledgehammer and yet oddly enough being extremely thankful for the blow.
Had I not taken the hit, I would have remained completely unaware of the true nature and reasons for my health issues and perhaps never have known how to fully heal myself.
Here's what Kiran said to set off my train of thoughts.
kiran said:I can tell you that iodine/iodide helped me quite a bit, possibly at the cost of longer term toxicity.
I was taking it until Ray dissuaded me.
My mother has been on iodine for hyperthyroidism since she was in her 40s. She is now 91.
I understand her now like I never have before and can see that her thyroid dysfunction was likely behind all of her tremendous suffering for as long as I can remember. She never knew and just followed "doctor's" orders. I was quite young when she got very ill from the disease - I remember her being so thin and hospitalized and I think she may have nearly died. I was too young to fully remember and was never told anything. It was also made clear never to ask.
So when Ray suggested to me that my own thyroid problems likely began when I started getting chronic nosebleeds in elementary school, so much fell into place not just about what has happened in my own life, but also my mother's. It's like my entire worldview shifted and came into a new focus, revealing a landscape I'd never even seen before. I had not even been looking in the right direction for solutions to my problems so how could I have ever found a solution?
All of what I had been told or had come to believe on my own were "causes" for my physical and emotional problems I very quickly understood had only been "symptoms." This was also made clear in reading many comments here on the forum, notably from experiences related by trramone. There were countless times I would sit with my jaw in my lap at the implications of what I was learning as I read Ray Peat's articles and listened to what others were relating about their experiences.
Not all was lost and during the last 20 years of actively seeking good health, I learned and uncovered a lot and I know not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. But boy that bathwater was really muddy and the baby had become very sick.
I was fortunate to discover many years ago the truth about Big Pharma, doctors and their training (particularly psychiatrists and ssri's etc.), control by the elite, etc. I took the necessary steps to protect myself from that, thankfully. But that is not really pertinent to this thread, but I surely am grateful I am already armed with this knowledge and truth and not having to navigate that territory while also coming to grips with this.
Wouldn't that be something!?
I think too that because I have this information and knowledge already, Ray Peat's research and wisdom has been such an easy and natural fit, another crucial piece of the puzzle and one that pulls a more accurate image into full view. It also helps, for me at least, that the foods he recommends to eat to raise metabolism are easy for me to embrace - but that too is another story.
Not only does Ray Peat's work ring with truth, I can feel it viscerally and for that I am very grateful. I would hate to be coming to this still clinging to a mainstream mindset! Brain fog is bad enough without having to also combat inner resistance!
It is also so much more than being about food - although getting the food right is absolutely critical of course and a necessary first step. But Ray Peat's work and contributions to humanity have far reaching implications - it is certainly not a mere diet that needs to be understood. It is so much more than that and I do hope more and more threads are developed to discuss many other aspects of his work.
And so getting back to the purpose of this thread - to study the impact of discovering you have a thyroid problem - in my case, hypothyroidism.
So how did finding this out affect me?
First of all, not having this missing critical piece - the actual cause of my myriad of problems - was sufficient to keep my suffering and declining health in place as I began to rapidly approach what I think was critical mass. As menopause crept closer and my hormones because to fluctuate wildy, it was as though the wheels suddenly completely came off. I also had an enormous stressed-filled event that was a huge contributing factor and everything went south as my stress levels went through the roof.
It was in the midst of this horrible crash that I found Ray Peat and began to understand the fuller implications of the deceptions being perpetrated upon a humanity fast asleep, most of whom are convinced that salad, veggies, baked salmon (wild caught of course), lean chicken, grains and pufas will keep them healthy. I had tried every diet I think known to man to try and correct my problems using food. I steered cleared of pharmaceuticals and supplements. I learned to meditate and relax and stay above the negativity of a world gone mad. But the body continued to have great difficulty despite every effort.
I can see that a very large mountain looms ahead of me and it will take time to get my metabolism up to speed. I won't scale the mountain overnight but that's OK. I found the path up the mountain after taking many side roads, some of those necessary and interesting but never leading to the top.
It is a journey worth taking because I am worth it. We all are.
And so, I wonder how many others have found themselves suddenly immersed in a new paradigm having their consciousness shifted to such an extreme after finding Ray Peat.
I believe ttramone has experienced this type of shift as I am sure are many others.
I'd love to hear your story and what it has been like for you.