Belly fat

[Cassandra]

I’m 73 and on 100 levothyroxine - recently had blood tests and all levels including vitamins are at optimal levels. However I have recently put on a lot of weight on my bum and stomach. On stomach it is just like a roll of fat. I’m very aware of what I eat and tried gluten free with no success. Any recommendations please.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

please add most recent TSH, Ft4 and Ft3 results and ranges

ALWAYS test thyroid levels early morning and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

A year ago you had very low iron and ferritin levels

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Have you been working on improving these

On levothyroxine we MUST have optimal levels of vitamin D, folate, B12 and ferritin

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

Do you have autoimmune thyroid disease..

Request GP run full iron panel test to check iron and ferritin levels

Plus vitamin D, folate and B12

[Cassandra in reply to SlowDragon]

I will get a printout of my results on Monday and put them on here - many thanks for your reply

[mstp]

I have been on the Zoe Personalised Nutrition Programme and lost visceral fat. I am also reading the Glucose Goddess book. She has a similar approach to Zoe and apparently people lose belly fat using her guidance too.

[Gingernut44]

Have you checked your cortisol and DHEA. I believe low cortisol and/or adrenal insufficiency is the culprit for belly fat. A good place to learn more is YouTube, just search adrenals/belly fat and see what comes up 😊

[serenfach]

I was told the belly fat is almost impossible to lose as you get older as it is from a decrease in estrogen.

Personally I have stopped using those hair shampoos in the shower that "add body".

[Star13 in reply to serenfach]

some of those shampoos do add body but the thing I’ve found the best is biotin in a BComplex. I suspect if I took a biotin supplement it would be even better! Doesn’t help the belly fat though!!