What do people make of this article?

[Guest guest]

I am on a low carb group and they posted a link to this Shomon interview

with a Dr Ken Holtorf.

http://thyroid.about.com/od/loseweightsuccessfully/a/weight-loss-diet.htm

At the bottom of page 2, he says, " Low-carbohydrate diets will suppress thyroid

function and increase reverse T3 more than comparable calorie reductions with

adequate carbohydrates, so while a low-carbohydrate diet may result in initial

weight loss, patients are prone to regaining weight unless the reverse T3 issue

is addressed. "

There are several things that don't seem right to me. For a start, what

evidence is there that low carb diets suppress thyroid function? Obviously a

low calorie diet might do this, but the advantage of a low carb diet is that you

don't have to starve yourself. I notice he refers to the low-carbohydrate diet

as a " calorie reduction " diet, which it isn't.

Secondly, why should a low carb diet increase reverse T3? Or does he mean that

any " calorie reduction " diet increase reverse T3?

Thirdly, patients on low-carbohydrate diets are not prone to regaining weight,

unless they go back to eating a high carb diet. Maybe he considers the high

carb diet to be " normal " and thinks everyone should be able to eat it without

weight gain?

What do people think?

Miriam