Helpful insights into thyroid and metabolism

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	• Is Your Thyroid Making You Fat? The Doctor's 28-Day Diet That Tests Your Metabolism as You Lose Weight Sanford Siegal, Alan R. Gaby Grand Central Publishing, 2001 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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IS YOUR THROID MAKING YOU FAT?

Easy to read and understand and very helpful and informative.
I bought 5 to send to my family and friends.
Also a must read under the same topic is "Living Well With Hyopthyroidism"
by Mary Shomom. The book is full of helpful websites and informtaion on how to find good doctors that practice alternative medicine in every region of the country.

Helpful insights into thyroid and metabolism

Quick review: Contrary to what other reviewers have said, you are not required to eat a 1000 calorie diet for 28 days to test your metabolism. Read Appendix C to learn how to do the test while eating whatever diet you need to. I find it useful and reassuring.

Long review: This book promotes the use of natural thyroid hormone in hypothyroid patients, which he defines as those whose metabolism is slower than it should be, rather than by expensive blood tests. He explains a method to monitor your metabolism, based on a 1000 calorie diet for 28 days. While the calculations are easier if you follow this plan (and you will lose more weight), he acknowledges that not everyone will be able to follow this and explains in Appx C how to do the test by monitoring calorie intake for 28 days.

His explanations of why he uses a metabolic function test rather than TSH level blood tests make a lot of sense--we know that different people will have different optimal levels of thyroid hormone and the only way to see what is optimal at this point is by seeing if it does what it is supposed to--that is, if your metabolism is at the correct level.

There are so many different symptoms of thyroid malfunction (including depression and hair loss), metabolic rate is the one most closely tied to thyroid function.

Since I regularly keep track of my caloric intake and temperature, the calculations that this test uses help me keep an eye on my metabolic rate (and keep me from blaming my metabolism when I don't lose as much as I'd hoped).

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Siegal outlines a noninvasive, 28-day program designed to help identify thyroid malfunction. The program consists of eating a healthy percentage of protein, carbohydrates and fat over a 28-day period while taking weight and temperature measurements. Once diagnosed, he provides recommended medication and a special eating plan.