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09.21.21 Peat Ray [1128846532] — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview 09.21.21 Peat Ray [1128846532]. The excerpt begins at 00:41:03 and runs for 58 seconds.

Immune. And so, do we know, Dr. Peat, why the little lumps form in a case like this, what they're doing? Is it just toxins? It's just evidence of the thyroid being driven beyond its capacity. For example, estrogen inhibits the release of active hormone, but it doesn't inhibit the creation of the protein called thyroglobulin, which leads to the active hormone. So a high estrogen person, late teens or around menopause, are the times that the estrogen can get out of balance. Those are the times when the thyroid very often enlarges in women.