Does anyone know the work of Dr. Ray Peat?

I have been reading a few articles by RP plus an interview with him by Mary Shomon, and I have to say I am really confused. I must have misunderstood something, but if anyone here is familiar with his work please tell me where I got it wrong:

- he seems to say that T4 blocks the action of T3, yet advocates NDT or a synthetic T4 + T3 combo (so no proponent of T3 only therapy either);

- he thinks estrogen is bad for you, and even progesterone should not be used other than sporadically, not continually (does he mean "cyclically", so two weeks a month?), meaning HRT is basically bad for you???

- cortisone should not be used, but low cortisol levels can make it impossible for thyroid hormone to work at cellular level???

Also, he advocates taking small doses of T3 every 1-2 hours throughout the day to mimic the function of a healthy thyroid gland, but not using SR T3.

As I said, I'm sure I must have misunderstood something, because he seems to be contradicting himself a lot.

[greygoose]

I don't know him well enough to comment on any of your points, but I remember thinking he was a little weird when I read some of his stuff.

[shaws Administrator]

If we take small split doses of thyroid hormones throughout the day we'd have no life at all. Having to make sure our stomach is empty - before and after taking the doses -. How awful. Can you imagine being in a meeting and excusing yourself to take one glass of water and your thyroid hormones and also ensuring your stomach is empty before and after dose.

Dr Lowe (deceased) and an expert in the use of T3 states the opposite, i.e. one daily dose on an empty stomach with one glass of water. He stated that T3 is then absorbed and goes directly into the millions of T3 receptor cells (we have millions) and then 'waves' occur throughout the 24 hours. He himself took 150mcg of T3 (thyroid hormone resistant) in the middle of the night and he was able to do all of his research and keep healthy and well.

[Hidden in reply to shaws]

Yes, that struck me as odd as well as I’ve never seen that advice before...also, not sure about what he means when he says that hypothyroid people often have HIGH cortisone levels (what about adrenal fatigue???) or that drinking milk is good as it contains small amounts of thyroid (all from an interview with Mary Shomon). His advice just goes against everything I have ever read so I started to wonder if I had misunderstood something...