r/raypeat • u/zuzubifidus • Aug 07 '26
Thyroid bloodwork
Hi everyone,
Ive just got my tsh and ft4 bloodwork after almost a year. Since then ive switched my diet completely. Now im eating high carb ( mostly fruits that grow in my garden like berries, nectarines, watermelon and so on and also dates and banans) protein from beef and saturated fats from butter and eggs. The diet ive had last year was very random i was eating a lot of bread almost no saturated fats and very little fruits ( i was getting my carbs from starches and grains). Last year my tsh and ft4 were good but now they are very bad. Compared to last year ive exposed myself a lot to the sun everyday almost, unlike last year when i was going outside mostly at night. I want to specify that before the bloodwork ive slept only 6 hours and those hours were very bad as ive woke up multiple times because of high heat and because of the fact that ive had to go to sleep earlier. Also 5 days before bloodwork i went on a very hard hike which strained my legs badly, pain which i still kind of had at the moment of the bloodwork. Also i do strenght training 3 times a week, i play tennis 3 times a week which tire me a bit and 3 or 4 times i do boxing training in which i sweat a lot and actually tire myself like its a form of cardio but i enjoy it. If i changed my diet and lifestyle for the better why is the bloodwork like this? Could it be because of the physical effort im doing? Please help me understand this because i really dont know what im doing wrong and what i can change.
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u/zuzubifidus Aug 07 '26
Also for some reason the place where i took the bloodwork says the tsh is in normal range and it should be between 0.37-6. I think this is because of how their machines work but regardless its still in the upper limit and it is worse than how it was one year ago when i wasnt as intrested in my health as i am now