Intermittent fasting is not likely to affect thyroid hormone levels or TSH to any great degree. Moreover, people with mild to moderate hypothyroidism apparently do not need to adjust their treatments for Ramadan-style intermittent fasting, either.
In the month of Ramadan, patients with thyroid diseases, most of the time, do not need treatment adjustments and can fast safely without any health hazards. Patients with hypothyroidism taking thyroxine can take their tablets on an empty stomach at bedtime instead of half an hour before Sehr.
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