Anti-Thyroid Foods
Farfelue
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I compiled a list a while back of foods NOT recommended for hypothyroids.
It's all a bit confusing when all you try to do is eat well and look after your body, without reverting to eating next to nothing or paper-baord tasting imitations of real foods.
Have a look on google on various websites and give your opinion on those foods which are understood to be a risk of goiter and most importantly to inhibit the conversion of T4 into T3, particularly with soya products.
Here's my list of not recommended foods:
No legumes (lentils, beans of any kind, chickpeas)
No grains (wheat, couscous, semolina, bulghur wheat, millet)
No potato, sweet potato
No corn, polenta, corncakes, cornflakes
No peach, pear, kale, strawberries, cassava, soy, radishes, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli, bokchoy, spinach, sweetcorn
No peanuts (isoflavones), no walnuts, no almonds
No tofu (soy product)
It's all a bit confusing when all you try to do is eat well and look after your body, without reverting to eating next to nothing or paper-baord tasting imitations of real foods.
Have a look on google on various websites and give your opinion on those foods which are understood to be a risk of goiter and most importantly to inhibit the conversion of T4 into T3, particularly with soya products.
Here's my list of not recommended foods:
No legumes (lentils, beans of any kind, chickpeas)
No grains (wheat, couscous, semolina, bulghur wheat, millet)
No potato, sweet potato
No corn, polenta, corncakes, cornflakes
No peach, pear, kale, strawberries, cassava, soy, radishes, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli, bokchoy, spinach, sweetcorn
No peanuts (isoflavones), no walnuts, no almonds
No tofu (soy product)
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I compiled a list a while back of foods NOT recommended for hypothyroids.
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Here's my list of not recommended foods:
No legumes (lentils, beans of any kind, chickpeas)
No grains (wheat, couscous, semolina, bulghur wheat, millet)
No potato, sweet potato
No corn, polenta, corncakes, cornflakes
No peach, pear, kale, strawberries, cassava, soy, radishes, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli, bokchoy, spinach, sweetcorn
No peanuts (isoflavones), no walnuts, no almonds
No tofu (soy product)
And what should we eat ???? My main diet consists of all of the above! And I've lost 9 kg the last 6 months by eating everyday all of the above. I also have Hashi and being a smoke-quitter too.0 -
I think everyone has to experiment and see what works for them and what doesn't. I eat everything on that list with the exceptions noted below:
I am doing gluten free with my grain choices and it seems to be making a big difference in my ability to lose weight. I did this because I have hashi's and I have read that there seems to be a connection to celiac disease.
I eat all these foods: cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli, bokchoy, but *cooked* not raw as cooking reduces goitrogens.0 -
I compiled a list a while back of foods NOT recommended for hypothyroids.
It's all a bit confusing when all you try to do is eat well and look after your body, without reverting to eating next to nothing or paper-baord tasting imitations of real foods.
Have a look on google on various websites and give your opinion on those foods which are understood to be a risk of goiter and most importantly to inhibit the conversion of T4 into T3, particularly with soya products.
Here's my list of not recommended foods:
No legumes (lentils, beans of any kind, chickpeas)
No grains (wheat, couscous, semolina, bulghur wheat, millet)
No potato, sweet potato
No corn, polenta, corncakes, cornflakes
No peach, pear, kale, strawberries, cassava, soy, radishes, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli, bokchoy, spinach, sweetcorn
No peanuts (isoflavones), no walnuts, no almonds
No tofu (soy product)
Holy cow! These are my favorite foods. What's left?0 -
I compiled a list a while back of foods NOT recommended for hypothyroids.
It's all a bit confusing when all you try to do is eat well and look after your body, without reverting to eating next to nothing or paper-baord tasting imitations of real foods.
Have a look on google on various websites and give your opinion on those foods which are understood to be a risk of goiter and most importantly to inhibit the conversion of T4 into T3, particularly with soya products.
Here's my list of not recommended foods:
No legumes (lentils, beans of any kind, chickpeas)
No grains (wheat, couscous, semolina, bulghur wheat, millet)
No potato, sweet potato
No corn, polenta, corncakes, cornflakes
No peach, pear, kale, strawberries, cassava, soy, radishes, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli, bokchoy, spinach, sweetcorn
No peanuts (isoflavones), no walnuts, no almonds
No tofu (soy product)
Holy cow! These are my favorite foods. What's left?
SALAD!! LOL -- doesn't that stink?0 -
Do you have any info on the thyroid and green tea?0
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Hello Hope,
I read (can't remember where though) a while back that green tea and white tea were -you're going to hate me more!- NOT recommended for hypothyroid because of the fluoride content...
Don't ask me more I can't remember, but google it.
Here's just one link : http://thyroid.about.com/cs/toxicchemicalsan/l/blteafluoride.htm
By the way Hypo-Peeps, this list has been compiled by myself but not invented by me. It's stuff I've found along the way of browsing the net for more info on the condition.
Not always a good thing, I agree, too much internet reading can be a bad thing.
Just wanted to share the fact that some foods might be avoided with the condition.
Also my dietician felt that the benefits from having those foods occasionally outweight the risks, so I eat strawberries in season and bokchoi because I like it. So there!0 -
You learn new stuff everyday. It does seem a little extreme to give up all of those healthy green veggies. Most of the veggie list is what's seasonal around here right now. I've been eating one of those items daily all year... yikes!
The only thing I could probably really cut out is radishes. :P
And I guess I could limit corn. I don't really eat it much anyway.
I guess I'll just need to experminent a bit. Well after those veggies are out of season. I don't want to cancel my CSA box.....0 -
Sweet Potatoes! It's starting to make sense. I was hitting the sweet potatoes pretty hard last November, and that month was the worst I've felt. I had a blood test done to see how my tsh was doing and the doctor asked if I'd stopped taking my meds!0
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Wow! that's crazy!
So there could be some truth... thing is, we read so many stuff, you just don't know what to go with after a while.
I have to say, I eat spinach (cooked) and asparagus (cooked) occasionally and like everything else in life (other than chocolate), in moderation, it's okay.
Interesting what you wrote about a large intake of sweet potatoes and the results...0 -
I still think baby steps are good -- first avoid the foods that block the absorption of your meds... high fiber, calcium, dairy, soy, etc.
If your meds aren't absorbing, all the rest is irrelevant. You will be more hypo.
Next would be the cruciferous veggies -- you don't have to give them up, just cook them first!! Easy!
I think next highest on the list is gluten. Maybe take a month or two to get off gluten.
After that, depending on how you feel and your weight is dairy -- that is the hardest one for me - love my greek yogurt and string cheese...
but I have given it up anyway - at least for the next few months until I get past this bad time.
So, take baby steps - don't stress out, because stress is not our friend either!0 -
High fiber blocks absorption??? That too?0
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Sorry, another thing.
About dairy, if it is best to remove it from my eating regime, do you think I could get away with Lactofree (lactose removed)?
Because they do cheese spread, yogurts (albeit highly sugary) and a sort of kind of cheddar.
I do miss a yogurt for dessert and I would like to drink my tea with something that resembles milk (oat milk curdles, it takes okay but looks really yuk!).
Do you think even Lactose-free products are a bad idea because they will / may still contain the casei?
Is butter totally out too? (come ooooon, a little home made garlic butter on oaty thin, can't give THAT up! LOL :sad:0 -
I'm thinking about going back to the sweet potatoes to see if they really were what set me off. I find it hard to isolate what's really causing my symptoms or if my symptoms are even really related to being hypothyroid.
Is the problem with dairy just the calcium? My doc told me I was still fine to eat my breakfast cereal as long as I waited at least an hour after taking my med.0 -
My doctor basically said "no dairy" - not sure why -- he doesn't want me on it. Here's a good link with what to eat/not eat and why.
http://www.natural-health-girl.com/hypothyroid-symptoms.html
I think the dairy thing is about digestion problems -- ie: bloating, constipation or diarhhea, stomach distress, heartburn. I don't really have any of that, but he asks me every visit "no gluten and no dairy, right?" and I say "yes sir" :devil:0
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