Low Thyroid T3: Fixing my Stomach Acid with Bitters and Protein

Low Thyroid T3: Fixing my Stomach Acid with Bitters and Protein
You might remember my last video where I tackled that pesky B12 deficiency as a stage 4 pancreatic cancer thriver. Well, guess what? I didn't have time to cover it in that video, but I was also diagnosed with a low T3 thyroid hormone - which is common with a B12 deficiency.
Feeling constantly cold, irritable, foggy-headed, and struggling to concentrate? Yep, those were all my unwelcome companions. After some research, I discovered a link between low T3 and B12 deficiencies. But here's the twist: even though I was taking B12 supplements, something else was missing.
This time, the culprit turned out to be low stomach acid. Think undigested pills, bloating, food just sitting there - not a fun picture! Turns out, a plant-based diet, while great in many ways, can sometimes be a bit too alkaline-heavy, leading to low stomach acid production, and one really needs to work hard to balance it out to ensure you have sufficient stomach acid!
Here's where things got interesting! I embarked on a mission to boost my stomach acid naturally. Bitter became my new best friend: think sauerkraut, dark chocolate (cocoa paste!), bitter melon, green tea, even apple cider vinegar and lemon juice. Coffee too (sorry dandelion, couldn't make that work!).
But wait, there's more! Protein also plays a key role in stomach acid production and enzyme activity. So, I upped my protein intake to give my digestion a double whammy. And guess what? By October/November last year, my T3 levels went from a sluggish 3.2 to a healthy 5.2 - happy moment!
Oh, and there's a fascinating connection between bitter foods and immunity? Check out the video "Bitterness Immunity and Cancer" on the Target Cancer channel - love this!
So, that's the story of how I improved my diet a bit further and got over this latest T3 issue. Want to know more about the specific bitter foods I used? Stick around for the video!
As always, like and subscribe if you're enjoying my unconventional journey, and leave a comment below if you've ever faced a similar low T3 situation. Remember, knowledge is power, and together we can fight the good fight!

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  • @corrinewillson
    @corrinewillson2 ай бұрын

    Genuinely in awe of and admire your sheer determination to get 💩 done AND create a chirpy, informative video about it to boot 👏🏻.

  • @SheDaresLIVE

    @SheDaresLIVE

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks Corrine! x

  • @danielaisabel5096
    @danielaisabel50962 ай бұрын

    First comment. You are my hero!

  • @SheDaresLIVE

    @SheDaresLIVE

    2 ай бұрын

    ooo that was a nice first comment thank you!

  • @mooncat.787
    @mooncat.7872 ай бұрын

    Very very good, best video yet Lucy. What I love about your work/diet is that its in total contrast to mine, literally polar opposites. Although my needs are far less than yours (everything's stable) it fascinates me to see how you keep working this almighty jigsaw puzzle out. With Carnivore it's just meat and obviously that's it, whereas yours is much more complex. Would I switch to a Vegan diet if my situation and dietary needs needed too ? Absolutely. I won't ever fall into the so called Carnivore Vegan diet war. Keep an open mind I say and do what you feel is best for you. Anyways another very interesting informative video. I didn't even know you've posted this one. Right I'm off to watch your brand spanking new video with a muesli that looks very appealing indeed. Much love, Moonie. XXX

  • @SheDaresLIVE

    @SheDaresLIVE

    2 ай бұрын

    I realise I have mixed up the replies on the two posts - sorry Moonie! Thank you for your kind comments! xxx

  • @Abdulkaium0
    @Abdulkaium02 ай бұрын

    I'm reaching out to you because I recently found that my father has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. I understand that you have gone through a similar situation yourself and managed to overcome it. Your story has been incredibly inspiring to me, and I believe your insights could provide valuable guidance and hope during this challenging time for my family. I would be immensely grateful if you could spare some time to share your experience with me. Specifically, I'm interested in learning about the treatments and lifestyle changes that were most effective for you, as well as any other strategies or resources that you found helpful along the way. Additionally, if you have any advice on how to support a loved one facing cancer, I would greatly appreciate it.

  • @SheDaresLIVE

    @SheDaresLIVE

    2 ай бұрын

    Hi Abdul, I’m so sorry to hear about your father and I think it is so hard for family. I’ve summarised most of what I did especially diet and exercise - and it was a lot of other stuff too - in the video called “How I’m beating inoperable pancreatic cancer”. I think it’s an interesting question you pose about being a carer. I mean, obviously you can support him in cooking, getting any crap processed stuff out of their diet, and all the things like that, but really and honestly, if someone has cancer, I think the key thing is reminded them why they are wanted and loved and needed, and what they have to look forward to and just CANNOT miss! Healing starts from within, but I actually think without having the knowledge of what you are doing it for, it’s very difficult for it to happen at all. I tried to do a video on this - my husband suggested I make it for Sven Goren Erikksson - perhaps if you watch that, it might be more easy to understand what I’m saying. You have to have the eye of the tiger to beat this! my best advice is show him hope that it absolutely possible to do it and understand where he might find his eye of the tiger - maybe a daughters wedding (I actually just met a friend and this was what his motivation was recovering from stage 4 melanoma), meeting his first grandchildren, a graduation, or something completely different. In Kelly Turners Radical Remission book she notes that the cancer patients often had hopelessness before diagnosis. I was lucky - getting cancer itself was a wake up call for me - but other people sometimes need a bit of help to find their way. I think that just might be the best and kindest first place to start as a carer. Maybe this wasn’t the answer you were expecting. But it’s my honest answer. Sending love, Lucy x

  • @AutumnSonderness
    @AutumnSonderness2 ай бұрын

    Amazing! I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart. One question: do you also do longer fasts, e.g. 36-96hours or similar? I recently read a lot about Thomas Seyfried‘s metabolic approach and the idea of press-Pulse by using a very low carb ketogenic diet in combination with inhibition of the glutamine pathway. I could imagine high fat diets being more problematic with a damaged pancreas. Would be interested in your personal opinion. Take care and carry on - you are on a good trajectory!

  • @SheDaresLIVE

    @SheDaresLIVE

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your nice comment. I don't do longer fasts generally. Before a scan I will try and go 20 hours because it can help get a clearer result. However generally I have found longer fasts have been really strenuous for me and weakened me. Im also a big believer in valter longos research where the 12-3 hour fast was long term sustainable in a way lo ger fasts were not. I'll need to look at the Thomas seyfried stuff to give a better answer on that. Xxx

  • @AutumnSonderness

    @AutumnSonderness

    2 ай бұрын

    @@SheDaresLIVE I hope you can derive some value from it for your journey. I stumbled upon it by accident together with Jason Fung‘s „The Cancer Code“ and Travis Christofferson‘s „Tripping over the Truth“. It seems to value your approach at least, since they gather evidence for cancer being a metabolic disease, which seems to reflect your success by all of the changes you made to your diet/lifestyle/microbiome. Best wishes!

  • @user-fo2cc7xx4y
    @user-fo2cc7xx4y2 ай бұрын

    Did you do any recent updates on scans of the cancer, If you don't mind me asking?

  • @SheDaresLIVE

    @SheDaresLIVE

    2 ай бұрын

    Im trying not to feel offended! The last one as of now (march 23) was called Scan Update, although I did note in the B12 video the elimination of the suspicious new inflammation in the pancreas that i was pleased with (which presumably you already knew). I do need to do another one but I am very behind with my story and need to get through a few other things to get to that chronologically because i took such a long break at the back end of last year. I guess I think of this channel as tracking my journey to full health. The cancer is only one bit of it - if you want to be on top of beating the monster you have to be on top of all the seeming small stuff like T3, fingernails etc. Does that make sense?

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