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Tatyana
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I had some bloods done today, and guess what, a low carb diet doesn't suit me at all.
I have been doing the anabolic diet, which is five days low carbs, typically less than 30g/day, and then on the weekends, carb up.
I have been eating around 2000-2200 kcals/day on low carb days for the last 2.5-3 months, and 3000 kcals/day on the weekends (at least) .
June 6 - high carb/high protein/low fat comp diet
(all normal good results)
Cholesterol 4.4 mmol/L
HDL 1.95 mmol/L
Total:HDL ratio 2.32
Cortisol: 209 IU/L
TSH 1.58 IU/L
December 22 - low carb/high protein/high fat off season anabolic diet (elevated cholesterol and thyroid suppression)
Cholesterol 6.7 mmol/L
HDL 2.13 mmol/L
Total:HDL ratio 3.2
LDL: 4.2 mmol/L
Cortisol 424 nmol/L (170-540 for early morning)
TSH: 5.24 mU/L (0.4-5.0)
FT4 - 11.3 pmol/L (12-23)
May be consistent with primary hypothyroidism
As my results are a bit abnormal, one of our consultants added on thyroid antibodies to check for Hasimoto's disease.
Thyroid antibodies: 9 ng/L (negative)
Needless to say, I am going to stop the anabolic diet and go back to eating carbs, protein and fat everyday.
They say low carb diets suppress the thyroid gland, I am just going to say, NO KIDDING.
I was only worried that my cholesterol may have been bad, and it was far worse than I thought it would be.
Even if I corrected the cholesterol by eating less animal fat (take out the cheese and butter), I still have the thyroid suppression.
My GP is going to freak, and I will probably be a case study again for grand rounds.
I have been doing the anabolic diet, which is five days low carbs, typically less than 30g/day, and then on the weekends, carb up.
I have been eating around 2000-2200 kcals/day on low carb days for the last 2.5-3 months, and 3000 kcals/day on the weekends (at least) .
June 6 - high carb/high protein/low fat comp diet
(all normal good results)
Cholesterol 4.4 mmol/L
HDL 1.95 mmol/L
Total:HDL ratio 2.32
Cortisol: 209 IU/L
TSH 1.58 IU/L
December 22 - low carb/high protein/high fat off season anabolic diet (elevated cholesterol and thyroid suppression)
Cholesterol 6.7 mmol/L
HDL 2.13 mmol/L
Total:HDL ratio 3.2
LDL: 4.2 mmol/L
Cortisol 424 nmol/L (170-540 for early morning)
TSH: 5.24 mU/L (0.4-5.0)
FT4 - 11.3 pmol/L (12-23)
May be consistent with primary hypothyroidism
As my results are a bit abnormal, one of our consultants added on thyroid antibodies to check for Hasimoto's disease.
Thyroid antibodies: 9 ng/L (negative)
Needless to say, I am going to stop the anabolic diet and go back to eating carbs, protein and fat everyday.
They say low carb diets suppress the thyroid gland, I am just going to say, NO KIDDING.
I was only worried that my cholesterol may have been bad, and it was far worse than I thought it would be.
Even if I corrected the cholesterol by eating less animal fat (take out the cheese and butter), I still have the thyroid suppression.
My GP is going to freak, and I will probably be a case study again for grand rounds.
