Underactive thyroids gaining weight ?!
Question:
Underactive thyroids gaining weight ?
hi ive just been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and i have put on a bit weight but thort it was because i have been eating a lot of pizza and drinking lager lately i have to have another blood test before they will give me tablets so just wondering if the tablets will prevent me from gaining weight as im getting married next year aside from the fact i worked hard to lose ten stone in the first place please help me thanks
Answers:
http://www.natural-progesterone-advisory...
Progesterone deficiency, for example, can cause fatigue, weight gain, irritability, depression, memory and concentration problems, headaches, irregular and painful mentstrual cycles, fluid retention, loss of sex drive, and cold hands and feet. These same symptoms are also characteristic of hypothyroidism and thyroid hormone resistance.
Emerging evidence suggests the symptoms of hypothyroidism occurring in patients with progesterone deficiency become less so when progesterone is added and hormone balance is achieved. In other words, progesterone supplementation can play a major role in balancing our hormones which can very likely include improved thyroid hormone function.
serach the web for "natural progesterone thyroid" and you will find many others
e.g.
http://www.virginiahopkinstestkits.com/t...
http://www.virginiahopkinstestkits.com/a...
Virginia Hopkins was one of John R Lee's co-authors.
This link takes you to a suggested saliva hormone testing route
http://uk.geocities.com/willim_walker@bt...
1 do an online hormone test
2 do an appropriate saliva test and obtain results
3 get results & discuss with a NPIS doctor or educate your GP/MD
I have various links to other sites on this
http://uk.geocities.com/willim_walker@bt...
http://www.natural-progesterone-advisory...
Hormone imbalance can often contribute to unslightly and unhealthy weight gain, particularly around the tummy, hips and thighs. And to add insult to injury, by simply being overweight you're body is converting that extra body fat into a form of estrogen called estradiol that will further compound your estrogen dominance.
Certainly, there's an inseparable connection between fat and estrogen. And the good news is that progesterone - our body's 'natural' anti-estrogen - will help your body convert fat into energy.
A natural diuretic, progesterone will further assist weight loss by regulating sodium imbalance within the body, correcting fluid retention and helping you eliminate excess fluid from the body. However, it may initially exacerbate estrogen dominance symptoms which can have the appearance of weight increase which is usually only temporary.
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As can be seen it is estrogen that is causing your weight gain.
Your body can only lose weight on a permanent basis when your hormones are balanced. If you are estrogen dominant the message to the body is store "excess food" as fat that is the way the huiman body works.
I hope I have given you a few pointers in the right direction