I thought I'd comment on thyroid and sinuses, since that has affected me as well.

I went through a period of nearly a year of chronic sinus infections once, which ended up in me being under the care of a specialist.  One of the things he mentioned in a letter to my doctor was that under treated thyroid can cause that.  Of course, back then anything like a TSH of 5 was considered just fine, so they put me on antibiotics for 6 months.

A while back the sinus issues returned and sure enough, I had a TSH of around 5.  I badgered my doctor for higher dose of thyroid meds and the infections went away.

I wonder if eating grains and a lot of starch (continual "quick energy") somehow "masks" low thyroid  conditions?

This is from Dr Cannell from the Vitamin D Council about cod liver oil:


"The italicized passages below are from our paper and are the heart of the reasoning used to issue the warning about vitamin A and cod liver oil. They are the advice of the 16 experts who co-authored the paper with me, not just mine alone:

Furthermore, the consumption of preformed retinol even in amounts consumed by many Americans in both multivitamins and cod liver oil may cause bone toxicity in individuals with inadequate vitamin D status. Women in the highest quintile of total vitamin A intake have a 1.5-times elevated risk of hip fracture."  Feskanich D, Singh V, Willett WC, Colditz GA. Vitamin A intake and hip fractures among postmenopausal women. JAMA 2002;287:47–54.

"Indeed, a recent Cochrane Review found that vitamin A supplements increased total mortality rate by 16%, perhaps through antagonism of vitamin D." "

Thanks, Doc.

I guess I really need to drill down on this now. I'll follow up with a comment here in a couple of weeks, once I've seen an endocrinologist, had free t3 and 4 tested, etc etc.

I'll also look into a heart scan right away.

That is good work, you seem to be a disciplined person. Did you find that your thyroid, contributed in a significant way to your excess weight.

Fitness Blogger:

I really can't say whether low thyroid contributed. While TSH is high, suggesting thyroid is probably low, I've yet to have T3 and 4 tested, but I'm going to do so. And, also, my weight loss has only accelerated since stopping my meds last January (I didn't mention this, but I have no more heartburn or sinus problems -- went through last spring and summer without a hitch, for the first time ever in my life I can remember). Now, I would not go so far as to say stopping the Levothroid caused or even contributed to my fat loss accelerating. It's just an association, as other factors were in play, such as my fasting and increasingly better eating.

Also, I didn't mention this before, but I've looked over and over at the typical symptoms for low thyroid and have never experienced any of them to any significant or regular degree. People talk about sensitivity to cold -- I sit in the 40-50 degree cold plunge in the gym after a workout anywhere from 3 up to 10 minutes and feel wonderful. I just got back from my morning walk in 40 degree weather in shorts and a light sweatshirt. If anything, even in spite of 60 pounds of fat loss, I tend to run hot -- with the exception that I sometimes feel a bit cold sensitive in the middle of a fast before fat burning really kicks in in earnest and/or I'm very inactive during a fast.

For another people talk about being tired all the time. Since getting off grains and other junk carbs and eating real food only that I typically prepare myself, I'm never tired, and for the first time since college can easily pull a near all-nighter playing cards with friends, for example. I have tons of energy all the time and find it difficult to go to bed before midnight or 1am, but when I do, I sleep like a baby for an average of seven hours, then I'm up and ready to attack the day.

I'll be interested to see how this all plays out.

Hey Richard,
Thanks for mentioning K2. I rushed out to my local Health food store and picked up a pricey MK4 which was all they had.  Found the site : www.vitamink2.org  MK7 looks to be very interesting and a further check on the web indicats Twin Labs has a D3/K2 tab available through GNC at a reasonable price.

thanks

Following up, I just got my heart scan score: 76.89, so pretty low risk from what I can gather (I'm 47).

Having been 60 pound overweight for the last 15 yeas, now just 10 pounds or so from an ideal weight, HDLs at 106, I'm hoping that score is on the way down. I'll go back in a year.

I'll also continue the process of drilling down on the hypothyroid issue, but at least I can rest easy that my arteries aren't packed.

1. Stopped all alcohol.
2. Stopped most dairy, except ghee and heavy cream, and cheese is now used as a "spice," i.e., tiny quantities -- no more milk.
3. 6,000 IU Vit D per day.
4. 3 grams salmon oil, 2 grams cod liver oil.
5. Vit K2 Menatetrenone (MK-4) -- side story: getting off grains reversed gum disease for which I have had two surgeries, then supplementing the K2 DISSOLVED calculus on my teeth within days -- hygienist and dentist are dumbfounded. Stephan (Whole Health Source), who comments here, has an amazing series on K2.

that's a really nice try

I thought I'd comment on thyroid and sinuses, since that has affected me as well.
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Wow, sounds good but that is a LOT of Truvia.  The same amount of real stevia would render that inedible.  I've never tried Truvia, so maybe it isn't as sweet as the real stuff.  I like KAL brand stevia.

BTW, i was excited to learn that you're going to be on Oz on Monday.    I think your message should be carried to all the Land.  i hope it does get thru (i know TV shows have a tendency to edit so that the message gets diluted or even lost).  Best wishes!  (Well, i suppose it has already been filmed, still.)

Ah Christ, it seems I ate to much fiber yesterday!  Not to take the lords name in vain this Sunday morning just the fiber rich foods have me run down this morning.  But with that said, I think the defective gut will be alright.  That's a nice change!  The gut will thump and pulsate, and make all kinds of fussing through out the day I'm sure, but the typical sickness I would experience seems to be fading on the latest diet.  Kind of nice, to say the least.  Figure eventually fiber foods will be possible for me to eat again.  Not that I'm all that excited about this, a carrot or cucumber doesn't excite, but it would be oh so nice to broaden the monotone diet a bit more from what it currently is.  

Congrats on the success of the books!  Very nice and wonderful that word is making its way out to "alternative" ideas to improve ones health, particular with the problems that wheat can have on ones health.  Alterative might not be the correct word to use anymore.  These ideas seem to be becoming more mainstream.  There are a good number of unhealthy people out there, that want help, and are motivated to try new ideas.  As can  be seen with your book, many are finding relief from condition they were all to often told by other health care professionals that their condition could not be treated and must be dealt with for life.  For me personally a big motivation for why I spread the word to others about dietary ideas to address heart disease, and now other health issues, was desperation.  I can remember how very sick I was at one time, home bound largely, in a great deal of pain, and desperate for relief.  Back in the internet days often times I would finding myself not wanting to approach others with dietary information to help with conditions.  It was information that would seem foreign to them.  Then simply I would often think of what I've gone through, how sick I had been, and believe maybe this information can help.    

Well, it's time for me to move on to new pastures.  With being slightly healthier and having more energy here of late, there are other items on the mind.  I've had people seem to suggest ways to make a living continuing this work/hobby, but to be honest I do not believe that possible.  I never have carried much for the attention.  And there are safer hobbies to participate in.  Possibly I can get into cloths tailoring, making my own cloths.  That would be fun I would have to imagine.  

Oh, I guess to mention too, someday you might hear about me again.  If I do recover there is a good chance I'll write a book, pamphlet, web sight, what have you, detailing about how I solved my stomach issues and hopfully heart plaque also.  It's a shame that from my experience hospitals seem to care so little about dietary ideas.  It isn't strictly correct, but often times I feel as if I've had to invent the wheel for addressing my gut condition.  In an ideal world, that shouldn't have been the case.

Has this blog died?  It used to be interesting. the last few entries seem just to be over-sweet recipes..
Sad, really..