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by mendelsd 10y ago
I'm no expert but I'd suggest: 1) make a list of all your chronic symptoms over time 2) speak to a doctor about your particular concerns re: hormone levels, and get blood tests taken 3) if your doctor reckons, based on the resul
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by mendelsd 10y ago
Personality is influenced by hormone levels, and hormone levels are an aspect of health. Here's a specific example [1] which may be of particular interest to those of a nervous disposition. [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#
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by mendelsd 11y ago
Depression is in fact a well-known symptom of an underactive thyroid [1]. Bear in mind that the reference range doctors use to determine whether your thyroid is healthy is considered too wide by some experts [2] - this will result in false
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by mendelsd 11y ago
Define "fine"... reference levels of TSH for example are controversial [0]. The HUNT study in Norway (which followed 25,000 healthy Norwegians for 8 years) found death rates 69% higher amongst women with TSH 2.5-3.5 mIU/L tha
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by mendelsd 11y ago
Highly recommended for those living in London: http://www.walkingclub.org.uk/book_1/index.shtml All those walks start and end at rail stations. You'll need a compass, but no sophisticated orientation skills are re
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by mendelsd 12y ago
You may be putting the cart before the horse there. Cholesterol is a complex subject, and mainstream wisdom is under threat [1]. The lipid hypothesis holds that cholesterol promotes heart disease, but cholesterol could also be something t
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by mendelsd 12y ago
Quite a bit of research has been done, check out Phinney and Volek's "The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living".
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by mendelsd 12y ago
Check out the book Perfect Health Diet, a nutrition book written by an ex-Astrophysicist (Harvard, MIT, ... ) . Plural of anecdote etc., but I am a very satisfied customer.
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by mendelsd 13y ago
This guy's approach reminds me of Taleb's barbell strategy of investment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb#Philosoph... (described more thoroughly in his 'Black Swan' book). Basica