If You Have Hypothyroidism, Avoid These Foods

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let’s talk about the foods that you definitely need to avoid if you have a thyroid problem specifically a hypothyroid condition and so the biggest thing that you need to be aware of are these things called goitrogens now what is a goitregen it’s things that cause a goiter okay now what is a goiter basically a goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland and the thyroid gland is right at the bottom of your neck about two and a half inches wide so when that thing starts swelling up that’s called the goiter and there are foods that cause that and those are the foods that you need to avoid because what they do is they interfere with certain enzymes and they stimulate certain enzymes and they increase certain other hormones like they increase the thyroid stimulating hormone which comes down from the pituitary and then it makes the thyroid actually get bigger so there are many different aspects to what a goiter can do for the thyroid but I’m just going to make you aware of what these goiter foods are specifically all right number one cassava okay cassava is a goitrogenic food number two lima beans number three sorghum okay which is a type of grain number four sweet potato number five flaxseed number six cruciferous vegetables and that would include broccoli kale brussels sprouts cabbage radish Watercress bok choy cauliflower horseradish and arugula but you do want to avoid consuming a lot of cruciferous but if you’re consuming like small amounts like less than five ounces you’re not going to have a problem okay I’m talking about large amounts and even if you do have cruciferous if you cook them or steam them or ferment them as in sauerkraut you’re going to reduce the amount of this effect and also if you have a little c-calp that will also help as well I mean if you look at the research you would have to consume a good amount of this over a period of time to create a goiter I’m just bringing up all the foods because you may be consuming a lot of these Foods maybe not individually in large amounts but across the board another one is a grain called Millet the next big one is soy tofu soy milk especially soy protein isolates any soy now the next one might surprise you but onions are the food that have the most quercetin and quercetin can give you a goitrogenic effect so if you have a goiter you probably should be careful about consuming too many onions now this last thing I’m going to talk about isn’t classically you know considered a uh goitrogen but it definitely destroys the thyroid especially the autoimmune thyroid Hashimoto’s in fact ninety percent of all hypothyroid cases are Hashimoto’s and the biggest culprit is this gluten okay in grains a lot of different grains so gluten is something you have to avoid now the question is why this is related to an area called molecular mimicry if you have antibodies to gluten which a lot of people do those antibodies can cross over and start to attack the thyroid because of this molecular similarity now when dealing with the thyroid you would also want to avoid anything that depletes selenium iodine iron and vitamin A these are key nutrients that you want sufficient amounts so to get enough iodine and selenium that would be all the seafood that would be also the sea cow Brazil nuts and also you can get both of these if you do sea salt of course iron is pretty easy to get if you’re doing like red meat or animal products and vitamin A you can get that from egg yolks butter cod liver oil beef liver things like that now that I talked about what foods to avoid let’s talk about what you should eat and for that check this video out