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Posted 2/19/2016 7:21 AM (GMT -5)
I got a Fitbit for Christmas and have found some of the sleep data interesting. Here are some results from a mini-experiment I've tried. My experiment was simply eating organ meat (chicken gizzards) twice a week. I began on Jan. 31st so here is my sleep data on the 17 days before and after the 31st.

17 days prior to Jan 31st - Slept 7 hours a night for 3 of 17 nights.
17 days after the Jan 31st - Slept 7 hours a night for 10 of 17 nights.

Two of the nights after Jan 31st when I didn't sleep 7 hours were due to my chihuahua when she decided she needed to go outside. I can now lay in the bed without my mind racing and often can go back to sleep. That would not happen before. My sleep times after Jan 31st on the nights where I did not sleep 7 hours were about an hour longer per night than prior to Jan 31st.

My thoughts are that the organ meat has vital nutrients and minerals that my body is losing but even more importantly, organ meat has the carrier proteins that allow the minerals to be transported around the body. Supplementing with these trace minerals can be harmful if we don't have the proper carrier proteins to bind and transport them. That is why I think eating organ meat is so important verses supplementing. Supplementing not only doesn't help as much but can be harmful if you have free elements traveling around that are unbound.
Posted 2/19/2016 8:54 AM (GMT -5)
Interesting...

I think we all agree that getting nutrients and minerals from food beats supplements any day. I'm glad your experiment resulted in useful information, Georgia Hunter!

My sleep is most affected by my thyroid. If my levels are within my "comfort zone" (high range FreeT4/T3), I sleep well.

If they are too low for me, I'll wake during the night (sometimes multiple times) and can sometimes have trouble falling back asleep. The lower my thyroid levels are, the worse the issue.
Posted 2/19/2016 9:22 AM (GMT -5)
I just don't know if I could eat organ meat.
Posted 2/19/2016 9:32 AM (GMT -5)

cd3764 said...
Interesting...

I think we all agree that getting nutrients and minerals from food beats supplements any day. I'm glad your experiment resulted in useful information, Georgia Hunter!

My sleep is most affected by my thyroid. If my levels are within my "comfort zone" (high range FreeT4/T3), I sleep well.

If they are too low for me, I'll wake during the night (sometimes multiple times) and can sometimes have trouble falling back asleep. The lower my thyroid levels are, the worse the issue.

One of the reasons I think organ meat is helping me is that it has higher levels of iodine than regular meat. The iodine in organ meat has better uptake to receptor sites IMO and we need iodine in our mitochondria in all of our cells, not just our thyroid. I believe there is a balance that occurs between our muscles and our thyroid gland and when an imbalance occurs in the muscle tissue, the thyroid starts sending out iodine to help the muscles. This can decrease usable iodine for thyroid hormone production.

This article hits on levels of thyroid hormone in different locations. Remember, we have chronic infection and that causes differing situations at the cellular level between us and regular people.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030917400500327X
Posted 2/19/2016 9:55 AM (GMT -5)
Hello Georgia Hunter,

Interesting.....I stop at this Diner once a week and get (fresh) liver,onions...lots of veggies cooked in olive oil and garlic only (no bs oils).

Long story short.....It always makes me feel good? You may have a technical explanation,however,my brain fog on "rough days".....make it tough for me to investigate the why and how.

PS I rarely eat out these days,due to diet changes,always drinking veggies and so on.

Would You have a short list of organ type meats I could eat.

Thanks
Posted 2/19/2016 12:18 PM (GMT -5)

reminder said...
Hello Georgia Hunter,

Interesting.....I stop at this Diner once a week and get (fresh) liver,onions...lots of veggies cooked in olive oil and garlic only (no bs oils).

Long story short.....It always makes me feel good? You may have a technical explanation,however,my brain fog on "rough days".....make it tough for me to investigate the why and how.

PS I rarely eat out these days,due to diet changes,always drinking veggies and so on.

Would You have a short list of organ type meats I could eat.

Thanks


I wish I was qualified to answer your question, but I just don't know what would be best. I would eat liver but I can't stand the taste. Organ meat has more vital nutrients that we need but it also has more metals and harmful agents. Finding an appropriate balance of how much to eat is the key.
Posted 2/19/2016 1:59 PM (GMT -5)

Georgia Hunter said...
.Organ meat has more vital nutrients that we need but it also has more metals and harmful agents

Hmmm...I guess that means human organs have the same potential - huh?
Posted 2/19/2016 9:31 PM (GMT -5)
Chicken livers are delicious. Not at all in flavor like beef liver. I'd start with some chicken livers BUT only if they came from organic or better chickens.

We also had a beef heart on the smoker and it was like a really beefy tenderloin, a little more minerally but very good.
Posted 2/20/2016 12:20 PM (GMT -5)
CD - "The lower my thyroid levels are, the worse the issue."

- Drs don't get this, they really need to!!!!

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IODINE NOTE - One thing about iodine, this can make some Hashimoto people worse, since it can crank up the antibodies attacking the thyroid.
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