Since this is mostly an anonymous forum, lets have some opinions here. I am a chiropractor who works mainly with the metabolic side of health. I have studied the immune system intensely and have come to this conclusion.
High end triathlon training (10-30 hours a week...just threw those numbers out there) is not a healthy thing for most people to be doing. And for women on birth control, its worse.
Keep in mind, this is from someone who has done 70 tris and is signed up for IM Austria next summer.
How many of your female friends have an adequate sex drive? I am not talking about mid pack people. I am describing those people that are on the podium in their age groups consistently and/or are overall winners at many races each year.
Here is what happens to women. Many are on birth control and combined with an incredible amount of adrenal stress, they start to work their thryoid tissue overtime. After a couple of years of doing this, their bodies begin to fall apart. They dont sleep as well, they are chronically fatigued (which they blame on "training",)libido sucks and so on.
They end up with undiagnosed autoimmune disease, and are given synthroid, estrogens or other hormones because their docs don't understand how to treat them.
Am I wrong....agree or flame away.
J
High end triathlon training (10-30 hours a week...just threw those numbers out there) is not a healthy thing for most people to be doing. And for women on birth control, its worse.
Keep in mind, this is from someone who has done 70 tris and is signed up for IM Austria next summer.
How many of your female friends have an adequate sex drive? I am not talking about mid pack people. I am describing those people that are on the podium in their age groups consistently and/or are overall winners at many races each year.
Here is what happens to women. Many are on birth control and combined with an incredible amount of adrenal stress, they start to work their thryoid tissue overtime. After a couple of years of doing this, their bodies begin to fall apart. They dont sleep as well, they are chronically fatigued (which they blame on "training",)libido sucks and so on.
They end up with undiagnosed autoimmune disease, and are given synthroid, estrogens or other hormones because their docs don't understand how to treat them.
Am I wrong....agree or flame away.
J