Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Dr Amie Hornaman | From Bro Science to Breakthrough_ Unveiling T2

14 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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This is a YouTube interview excerpt in which Dr. Amie Hornaman describes discovering an over-the-counter bodybuilding supplement (containing 3,5-diiodothyronine, often called T2) roughly 15 years ago. She reports trialing it supplementally in clinical practice—especially in women on T4-only therapy who struggled with weight loss and low energy—and observing meaningful improvements in energy and metabolism. The excerpt frames the topic as a move from "bro science" to clinical application prior to wider prescribing availability.

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So I went deep into this because about 15 years ago there was an over the counter supplement and it was in the bro science world, it was in the bodybuilding world, and it had a big angry name to it, but it had 3,5 dietohyreneine in it. And I found this very interesting when I started looking into the research. I'm like, okay, I'm gonna try this, I'm gonna try this on my patients. And this is long before we could prescribe to all 50 states. So I was working with these people that had to, you know, bang their head up against the wall trying to convince their doctor to do anything for them. And most of them were on T4 only, which doesn't work. So I said, okay, let's start using this in practice supplementally and see what happens. It was really making a difference with these women especially that could not lose weight, and they were just dragging their butts through the day with low energy and it was really changing their energy and changing their metabolism.