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<blockquote data-quote="Vettester Chris" data-source="post: 161487" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>There's definitely a lot of talking points, but I'll address thyroid ..</p><p></p><p>The thyroid labs you ran are outdated and unfortunately useless for the most part. The "uptake" and "index" labs sound catchy, but they provide no useful details about where your thyroid sits. You can take that Thyroxine lab (Total T4) and calculate your own index by taking T4 x T3 uptake = 1.8 index (rounded up). But what does that mean?? It means it's for the doctors who want to call everything "within normal range", because they're not up to speed with diagnosing the thyroid correctly...</p><p></p><p>What is needed ... Free T4, Free T3, Reverse T3, antibodies (TPO & TgAb).. Iron serum & ferritin should also be in the mix. Your Vitamin D3 plays a role in this, and I see yours is real low. So IMO, at least 5,000iu/day on D3, some take 10,000iu. Most people will usually want their Free T4 & Free T3 sitting in the 50% to 80% area of the reference range, permitting RT3 is in check and no imbalances from pooling or autoimmune issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vettester Chris, post: 161487, member: 696"] There's definitely a lot of talking points, but I'll address thyroid .. The thyroid labs you ran are outdated and unfortunately useless for the most part. The "uptake" and "index" labs sound catchy, but they provide no useful details about where your thyroid sits. You can take that Thyroxine lab (Total T4) and calculate your own index by taking T4 x T3 uptake = 1.8 index (rounded up). But what does that mean?? It means it's for the doctors who want to call everything "within normal range", because they're not up to speed with diagnosing the thyroid correctly... What is needed ... Free T4, Free T3, Reverse T3, antibodies (TPO & TgAb).. Iron serum & ferritin should also be in the mix. Your Vitamin D3 plays a role in this, and I see yours is real low. So IMO, at least 5,000iu/day on D3, some take 10,000iu. Most people will usually want their Free T4 & Free T3 sitting in the 50% to 80% area of the reference range, permitting RT3 is in check and no imbalances from pooling or autoimmune issues. [/QUOTE]
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