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Medical Factors and Fat Loss Resistance

January 27, 2023

it's usually with women, that's the biggest thing because women's, women's total daily energy expenditures are much lower than men's. And then you start throwing in, I don't want to get into a big talk like with hormones, but I see a lot of women with subclinical hypothyroid issues. And a lot of people, a lot of doctors, a lot of people say that none of that matters. It does absolutely matter. The amount of the amount of anemia that I see on labs, if you're anemic, your thyroid does not work well. If you have nutritional deficiencies, it's not going to work well. That doesn't mean you can't lose weight. What that means is it may be a bigger struggle for you than other people until your doctor gets that stuff settled out.