could someone please explain to me what T3 is?

[syko]

What is T3?
Thanks

 

[Mudge]

Thyroid hormone, see also T4 which converts to T3.

25mcg T3 = approximitely 100/125mcg T4

 

[StoneColdNTO]

Check out "Cytomel® (liothyronine sodium)" in our Steroid Profiles Section.

 

[Nelson Montana]

The body produces T4 and then converts it into T3. But some people can't convert T4 as well as others and they tend to hold more fat. Synthroid is synthetic T 4 used to treat hypothyroisim since it gives you more T4 to work with.

Cytomel is synthetic T3 used for people who have a thyroid that is functioning so poorly it can not make T4 or T3. When used by someone with a normally healthy thyrod, it supresses it, sometimes irreperably.

 

[jawbreaker1]

sounds pretty dangerous

 

[Nelson Montana]

I know a lot of guys think nothingof it, but I believe T3 is nothing to fuck around with. Sure, if you're a pro, you have to use it because everybody does. But if you have 13% and you use it because you want to look good at the pool -- well, that's pretty dumb IMO.

The old timers got ripped through nothing but diet and kelp supplements. (As recommended by Vince Gironda -- whose advice I would take over anone alive today) Frank Zane used desicatted thyroid gland. Selenium is impotant for T4 conersion as well. (It also helps with semen production) Today with 7 keto, it's possible to get the thyroid pretty amped without supressing it.

 

[Mudge]

Yep, TSH levels can be high and still thyroidal output can be low. I know someone with this problem, a bit overweight and a low natural body temperature, she is on HRT (thyroid only).

 

[syko]

thanks for the lowdown bros

 

[KellyExpress]

Here is some info for ya to check out to understand this stuff better:
http://rss.ghostgym.net/articles/020914_t3faq.php

 

[Marino13]

My wife h ashypothyroidism and takes T3 and T4, can running T3/T4 for fat loss mess up ur thyroid function after stopping it ?

 

[2rude4u]

My wife h ashypothyroidism and takes T3 and T4, can running T3/T4 for fat loss mess up ur thyroid function after stopping it ?

If you have a properly functioning thyroid to begin with, you will have a period of a couple weeks that you will probably feel like shit. But, endo's claim that a properly functioning thyroid will recover to it's previous state, within a couple/few weeks.

The issue with the question as you asked it, is that you state your wife is hypothyroid. In her case it would be a mistake to stop the meds, as she will not recover. Once you're hypothyroid it's generally for life, but at least she is on a combo T3/T4. If she were only on T4 she would more than likely not feel well or get the full benefit of weiht loss.