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<blockquote data-quote="torchman2" data-source="post: 1944425" data-attributes="member: 496570"><p>Synthroid is T4, which needs to be converted into T3, the active form of Thyroid, by the liver.</p><p></p><p>With diabetics, liver is already an issue, so conversion will not be as good.</p><p></p><p>Glucose is needed to convert T4 into T3 also. Glucose can be created by the liver from fats and protein, but is done so by stress hormones. Effectively the body is getting regular, small amounts of glucose all day by breaking down fat and protein. This is why the dawn phenomenon exists, because your liver converts sugar during the night. Longer, darker nights will lead to more burden on the liver.</p><p></p><p>You can mimic this slow release of glucose by having small, regular meals which contain good carbs. And then you don't get the stress hormones.</p><p></p><p>Fasting and reducing glucose will burden the liver, hence less T4 will be converted. Hence why you would need increased thyroid medication. BUT if conversion from T4 to T3 is already bad, adding more T4 will only worsen the problem. You could look into supplementing with T3, or improving the conversion of Synthroid into T3 hormone. Can you find your thyroid hormone panel results?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="torchman2, post: 1944425, member: 496570"] Synthroid is T4, which needs to be converted into T3, the active form of Thyroid, by the liver. With diabetics, liver is already an issue, so conversion will not be as good. Glucose is needed to convert T4 into T3 also. Glucose can be created by the liver from fats and protein, but is done so by stress hormones. Effectively the body is getting regular, small amounts of glucose all day by breaking down fat and protein. This is why the dawn phenomenon exists, because your liver converts sugar during the night. Longer, darker nights will lead to more burden on the liver. You can mimic this slow release of glucose by having small, regular meals which contain good carbs. And then you don't get the stress hormones. Fasting and reducing glucose will burden the liver, hence less T4 will be converted. Hence why you would need increased thyroid medication. BUT if conversion from T4 to T3 is already bad, adding more T4 will only worsen the problem. You could look into supplementing with T3, or improving the conversion of Synthroid into T3 hormone. Can you find your thyroid hormone panel results? [/QUOTE]
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