T2

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<<... it still seems that all the

stuff that is coming up the same as what I found

that day.... that T2 is

aimed toward metabolism and fat utilization... I

still want to check

further though.... and on T1 as well.>>

Hi - I posted my question on another group and somebody kindly sent me the

following links which are extremely useful. Studies are currently showing some

interesting data that T2 may have more of an active role than originally thought

- BUT - there is also a lot of information available that almost all of the T1

and T2 production happens OUTSIDE the thyroid gland.

There are some misleading references online that confuse T1 and T2 with MIT and

DIT (the actual components the thyroid gland uses to make T3 and T4). T1 and T2

are breakdown products of T3 and and RT3. Since almost all deiodination of T3

and RT3 happens outside of the thyroid gland (mostly in the liver) the chances

of a tablet of Armour Thyroid actually containing T1 and T2 could be fairly

remote. One reference that mentioned something a ratio of something like 1 to

4000 -- so in a grain containing 38 mcg of T4 that doesn't leave much room for

any T1 or T2, does it?

Would I be right then in assuming that, like you - if you were a poor

converter, and you were taking synthetic T4 only which you could not convert to

T3 - then this would not produce RT3 and therefore no T2 or T1 either. Thank

the lord I am taking Armour - we should surely push this aspect more. Still

looking........

http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/.fulltext/5/4/306.html

http://www.elsevier.nl/febs/35/15/12/index.htt --

Luv - Sheila