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Can i increase my metabolic rate through exercise even after a total thyroidectomy?
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Thyroidectomy: After a total thyroidectomy your doctor must have put you on thyroid medication. It may take a few weeks/months to optimize the dose but after that you should be stable. I would slow down the exercise a bit till your thyroid levels are stable.
Answered 1/1/2015
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Yes: Hi. Yes, you can. Most thyroidectomies are done for thyroid cancer. You will need to take thyroid hormone replacement for life, but doing so, your thyroid hormone-influenced metabolic rate will be normal. Increasing your metabolic rate through exercise is a different mechanism than the basal set point that thyroid hormone helps regulate. Take your thyroid hormone, eat healthily, and exercise.
Answered 1/1/2015
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