What happens when you go to the doctor and your bloods all look normal, but you are still feeling suboptimal?  I have clients who feel chronically ill, fatigued and hormonal, yet at a glance, they can appear normal on standard blood tests.  So what then? Well, this is one of the reasons I started The Body Never Lies because there just are too many people coming to me with this story and I am sure that is the same for my guest Keith Littlewood. You might remember Keith, aka Tommo from the last series.  He has a masters in endocrinology and is currently embarking on his PhD in endocrinology.  If you’d like to donate to his much needed research project, please scroll down for the link   In this episode we discuss: Tommos journey to a masters in endocrinology Stress environment and inherited physiology  Endocrine cascade and what makes blood tests inaccurate  What is endocrinology ? Dogma of nutrition and not affecting physiology  Different hormones that aren’t sex hormones  Thyroid and pregnancy and miscarriage  Physiology suppressed by stressed state  The effects of statins on blood sugar  The problems with general practice  The problems of functional medicine Nutrition and stress are the driving factors  Adrenal fatigue  Blood vs cells Why blood tests need to be looked in context Blood values can be suppressed by stress hormones What we should be looking at in blood tests and function  What is thyroid? Thyroid is so much more than thermogenics Pollutants and thyroid physiology and reproduction 7:40  Non. Alcoholic fatty liver disease Oestrogen levels Low heart rate  Muscle pain and stiffness  Stress and normal TSH Low heart rate and the fitness response - adaptive function  Health is the foundation for fitness not the other way around  Coronary calcification Long distance athlete physiology  The cholesterol myth  Lowering blood sugar with metformin Longevity and anti ageing  Research and its limitations  Saliva tests  Organic acids Urine tests  White coat syndrome  The Dutch Test  Misinformation about oestrogen and progesterone  HRT for menopause  High oestrogen states  Lack of ovulation  Menopause type symptoms How we eat in our teens/twenties effects menopause  The contraceptive pill  Male pathology  What you should be measuring yourself  Basal body Temperature armpit and oral and central compartment theory Heart rate and the staircase effect  Achilles’ tendon reflex  Low carb, Keto and physiology  Fasting and auto phage and longevity  Why you feel better when you don’t eat You can find Keith Littlewood on instagram as @tommolittlewood and at www.balancedbodymind.com  I highly recommend his Functional Endocrinology course if you are a practitioner and he also has a great course for the general population wanting to increase their knowledge and understanding of health.   If you would like to contribute to Tommo’s independent PhD study in endocrinology, please make a donation at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/independent-science-and-phd-research?utm_campaign=p_lico%20share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.