You should avoid iron fortified foods: breads, cereals, pasta and vitamins should not list iron.
Thyroid can be causing problems. Any labs?
Many in UK are iodine deficient as iodized salt is not readily available.
In UK, one is expected to get iodine from dairy products? You consume those?
Do you eat much sea food?
Do your vitamins list iodine and selenium?
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Your liver clears E2 and with low FT, FT–>E2 generation is low.
Any liver issues?
AST/ALT tested?
Some medications, Rx and OTC, can increase E2 by competing for the same enzyme pathways that metabolize estrogens. Please list meds.
Please read the stickies found here: About the T Replacement Category - #2 by KSman
- advice for new guys
- things that damage your hormones
- protocol for injections
- finding a TRT doc
Evaluate your overall thyroid function by checking oral body temperatures as per the thyroid basics sticky. Thyroid hormone fT3 is what gets the job done and it regulates mitochondrial activity, the source of ATP which is the universal currency of cellular energy. This is part of the body’s temperature control loop. This can get messed up if you are iodine deficient. In many countries, you need to be using iodized salt. Other countries add iodine to dairy or bread.