18-05-2011, 06:04
Hello MoK217,
The first thing that I would suggest is to drop the soy protein powder. Soy slows the thyroid. If you eat meat in your diet it is much better. You also get Arachidonic Acid from meat and it is one more useful building block that is not in soy.
Try backing out the hops for now. If you start having androgen problems then it would be a good thing to add back in. You are not taking enough to make a difference anyway. If you want to use hops make it equal with fenugreek. Also, add Wild Yam equal to fenugreek. Saw Palmetto could be raised also. It will help with the androgen problems.
You are a C cup and grew to D while nursing, correct? This means that you can handle higher dosages than someone who has not. I also recommend greenbush herbs (kit #2 BTW) Try this:
Ramp dosages of Fenugreek, Saw Palmetto, Wild Yam until you get growing pains back or until you reach 3000mg per day, each. Do not exceed 3000mg per day of fenugreek.
Keep the multivitamin, especially the B complex.
1000mg EPO three times daily
1000mg flaxseed oil three times daily.
Cranberry is Ok.
Barley grass is Ok.
400mg soya powder for protein? Hmmm. This is not enough to make a difference, so you can keep up with that, but you may need to start taking kelp if you start getting signs of a slowing thyroid - but 400mg is not going to do that.
You could also take 3000mg per day of MSM.
Massage and batter: Remove the oatstraw. Add goat's rue if you can. Once per week, add extra fenugreek powder to the batter (and goat's rue is OK too, additionally) to make the consistency like a paste. Put it on and sit under a heated pad for 1 hour. Leave on all night if possible.
Are you using heat with your massage? If not, follow the usual massage with 30 minutes of heat from a heated pad set to low. Do this twice per day if you can. Sleep with the batter on all night if you can.
Wahaika
The first thing that I would suggest is to drop the soy protein powder. Soy slows the thyroid. If you eat meat in your diet it is much better. You also get Arachidonic Acid from meat and it is one more useful building block that is not in soy.
Try backing out the hops for now. If you start having androgen problems then it would be a good thing to add back in. You are not taking enough to make a difference anyway. If you want to use hops make it equal with fenugreek. Also, add Wild Yam equal to fenugreek. Saw Palmetto could be raised also. It will help with the androgen problems.
You are a C cup and grew to D while nursing, correct? This means that you can handle higher dosages than someone who has not. I also recommend greenbush herbs (kit #2 BTW) Try this:
Ramp dosages of Fenugreek, Saw Palmetto, Wild Yam until you get growing pains back or until you reach 3000mg per day, each. Do not exceed 3000mg per day of fenugreek.
Keep the multivitamin, especially the B complex.
1000mg EPO three times daily
1000mg flaxseed oil three times daily.
Cranberry is Ok.
Barley grass is Ok.
400mg soya powder for protein? Hmmm. This is not enough to make a difference, so you can keep up with that, but you may need to start taking kelp if you start getting signs of a slowing thyroid - but 400mg is not going to do that.
You could also take 3000mg per day of MSM.
Massage and batter: Remove the oatstraw. Add goat's rue if you can. Once per week, add extra fenugreek powder to the batter (and goat's rue is OK too, additionally) to make the consistency like a paste. Put it on and sit under a heated pad for 1 hour. Leave on all night if possible.
Are you using heat with your massage? If not, follow the usual massage with 30 minutes of heat from a heated pad set to low. Do this twice per day if you can. Sleep with the batter on all night if you can.
Wahaika