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Do atkins diet affect hormones test results?fsh,prolactin,and tsh?atkins affect metabolism,so can affect thyroid tests?can give wrong blood results?

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Atkins diet: The Adkins diet avoids most carbohydrates, and permits protein and fats. It is not know to affect either metabolism or thyroids tests. PCOS is best treated by oral bcp's, if there are no contraindications.

Answered 3/20/2018

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My CD 21 hormonal analysis(blood)LH=10miu/ml, FSH=14miu/ml, prolactin =31ng/ml, progesterone =4.0ng/ml.im trying to conceive what does this mean?

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S-tsh = 0.76 uiu/ml ; FSH = 8.4 u/l ; LH = 5.7 u/l; s-prolactin =7.4 ngo/ml . Can i please know the meaning of this result?

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