Hi!
I have been experimenting with sweet potatoes, because, curiously, they increase immediately my BPM - though hands and feet do not follow on becoming warm...
I kinda start overdosing it a little bit, because I was liking how I was feeling. However, I started feeling the front of my neck a little tense, but I was not thinking about any correlation (this happens to me too when I exercise for example).
But, yesterday, I got a small click in my head remembering Ray Peat saying that beta-carotenes can block thyroid. After that, I ingested quite some sweet potatoes and, bam!, my thyroid started swelling.
I am also having more bowel movements than normal, this is, my normal state is being constipated and with these amount of sweet potatoes, it makes me poop more. Even 2 times per day!! (it could be the fiber, dunno. Though with the other potatoes doesn't make me poop like this. I am constipated)
But, I am also start wondering if I am digesting them properly and if I become kind hyper or I am allergic to them (who knows), because I lost 2 kilos on basically 2 days.
Could it be that my thyroid starts swelling to produce more thyroid hormones because of the high amount of beta carotenes blocking it? I would very much appreciate to hear any 2cents about this or if anyone has ever noticed the same reaction.
(I could try overeating carrots too, but I am not keen on doing though)
I have been experimenting with sweet potatoes, because, curiously, they increase immediately my BPM - though hands and feet do not follow on becoming warm...
I kinda start overdosing it a little bit, because I was liking how I was feeling. However, I started feeling the front of my neck a little tense, but I was not thinking about any correlation (this happens to me too when I exercise for example).
But, yesterday, I got a small click in my head remembering Ray Peat saying that beta-carotenes can block thyroid. After that, I ingested quite some sweet potatoes and, bam!, my thyroid started swelling.
I am also having more bowel movements than normal, this is, my normal state is being constipated and with these amount of sweet potatoes, it makes me poop more. Even 2 times per day!! (it could be the fiber, dunno. Though with the other potatoes doesn't make me poop like this. I am constipated)
But, I am also start wondering if I am digesting them properly and if I become kind hyper or I am allergic to them (who knows), because I lost 2 kilos on basically 2 days.
Could it be that my thyroid starts swelling to produce more thyroid hormones because of the high amount of beta carotenes blocking it? I would very much appreciate to hear any 2cents about this or if anyone has ever noticed the same reaction.
(I could try overeating carrots too, but I am not keen on doing though)
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