Question:
I've been reading an interesting book recently called "Life Without
Bread" by Christian Allan and Wolfgang Lutz. I think the book is
pretty good.
Last night I was reading one of the chapters and I stumbled across an
interesting section about the effects of restricting carbohydrates in
sufferers of polycythaemia ("sticky blood"😉 - the condition where
haemoglobin levels, red blood cell counts, etc. are too high for
various reasons.
Now there's an additional bit of information is that I take
testosterone replacement therapy (long story) and as a result of this I
have sometimes suffered in the past from polycythaemia - and I've had
to reduce my dosage to a very low level to keep a lid on this.
However, this low dosage doesn't do as much to relieve my symptoms as I
would like.
I wonder what scope there might be for combining an increased dosage of
testosterone with a carb restricted diet to get the best of both
worlds. Does anyone have any information on the link between low carb
diets and polycythaemia?
Thanks,
Alan.