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From: jennandvic on 22 Jul 2008 12:24
I used to take my thyroid pill as I woke up. However, I have been
going to the gym for a workout at 515am and get home about 715am. So
it's about a 2-hour time lapse between taking my pill and eating. I
would rather grab a banana or something small before working out and
then take the pill when I get home. Does anyone know if that would be
sufficient timeframe to clear out my stomach to take the pill?

Thank you.
From: Rod on 22 Jul 2008 12:34
jennandvic(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> I used to take my thyroid pill as I woke up. However, I have been
> going to the gym for a workout at 515am and get home about 715am. So
> it's about a 2-hour time lapse between taking my pill and eating. I
> would rather grab a banana or something small before working out and
> then take the pill when I get home. Does anyone know if that would be
> sufficient timeframe to clear out my stomach to take the pill?
>
> Thank you.

Could you clarify?

When you get home at 7:15, do you then have any breakfast?

I can make one point, if you are doing heavy exercise, food tends to
stay in your stomach longer.

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
<www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>
From: jennandvic on 22 Jul 2008 13:00
On Jul 22, 11:34 am, Rod <polygo...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
> jennand...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> > I used to take my thyroid pill as I woke up. However, I have been
> > going to the gym for a workout at 515am and get home about 715am. So
> > it's about a 2-hour time lapse between taking my pill and eating. I
> > would rather grab a banana or something small before working out and
> > then take the pill when I get home. Does anyone know if that would be
> > sufficient timeframe to clear out my stomach to take the pill?
>
> > Thank you.
>
> Could you clarify?
>
> When you get home at 7:15, do you then have any breakfast?
>
> I can make one point, if you are doing heavy exercise, food tends to
> stay in your stomach longer.
>
> --
> Rod
>
> Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
> onset.
> Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
> <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>

I do eat breakfast then but I could push it back an hour if I take the
thyroid then.

Is it better fat-burning to exercise without food or with a banana or
something beforehand - do you know?
From: Rod on 22 Jul 2008 14:02
jennandvic(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> On Jul 22, 11:34 am, Rod <polygo...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> jennand...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
>>> I used to take my thyroid pill as I woke up. However, I have been
>>> going to the gym for a workout at 515am and get home about 715am. So
>>> it's about a 2-hour time lapse between taking my pill and eating. I
>>> would rather grab a banana or something small before working out and
>>> then take the pill when I get home. Does anyone know if that would be
>>> sufficient timeframe to clear out my stomach to take the pill?
>>> Thank you.
>> Could you clarify?
>>
>> When you get home at 7:15, do you then have any breakfast?
>>
>> I can make one point, if you are doing heavy exercise, food tends to
>> stay in your stomach longer.
>>
>
> I do eat breakfast then but I could push it back an hour if I take the
> thyroid then.
>
> Is it better fat-burning to exercise without food or with a banana or
> something beforehand - do you know?

Ah right. Ignore me as regards fat-burning exercise - I really know
nothing of that.

The conventional advice is to try to have a big gap between food and
thyroxine because some foods interact with it. Most likely (for
breakfast) is milk, yoghurt or other high calcium food. But you also
need to be careful of aluminium and magnesium (as in anti-acids), iron
and, possibly, grapefruit. Patient information leaflets nowadays usually
advise a four hour gap between thyroxine and these foods / supplements /
medicines.

Other foods are likely to slow absorption rather than interact - but
this is a difficult area. Consistency is probably more important than
absolutes.

There are alternatives - such as taking thyroxine at night. (This can
slightly increase its effect according to some research. I could dig it
out for you but it has been posted here in the past.)

(I know only what I have found out from others - please do check out
anything I write.)

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
<www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>
From: kgrhoads on 22 Jul 2008 14:15


jennand...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> I used to take my thyroid pill as I woke up. However, I have been
> going to the gym for a workout at 515am and get home about 715am. So
> it's about a 2-hour time lapse between taking my pill and eating. I
> would rather grab a banana or something small before working out and
> then take the pill when I get home. Does anyone know if that would be
> sufficient timeframe to clear out my stomach to take the pill?
>
> Thank you.

1) It is not necessary to take thyroid on an empty stomach.
2) fiber, iron supplements, antacids and calcium supplements
tend to interfere with synth-T4 absorption and are best separated
by at least a couple of hours, some recommendations say 4 hours
3) why not take the thyroid before going to the gym? You can
have a banana or a yogurt with it -- just don't take it with all-bran.

HTH
Kevin
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