HELP!! JM no food-- STRAWBERRIES?!?!

This is a letter I wrote to Jillian Michaels. Any advice would be appreciated...

Jillian Michaels and/or staff,
To give you a little background. I am a 27 year old female at 5’7 155lbs. I have changed my life to a healthier me in the past 2 years.
I am an avid JM anything. I have done most of her videos and have recently bought Body Revolution. I was going through her meal plan. I noticed that strawberries are a “no food”. This had me curious due to almost every nutrition book, health nut, and website says that strawberries are the best berries one can consume for weight loss.
I eat at least 2 cups a day. I have a protein shake that contains a little over a cup every morning then throughout the day I will snack on them. I love strawberries so much, in my yogurt, oatmeal, pancakes etc…
This is the only negative information that I have found off the internet as to why one would not recommend strawberries.
“The primary pesticide used on strawberries in the U.S. is methyl bromide. It is highly toxic to the central nervous system and carcinogenic. It's being phased out/banned through most of the rest of the world for these reasons and washing doesn't help with this one -- methyl bromide is injected into the soil and is absorbed by the plant as it grows. That means it's in there and you can't get it out” resource is WIKI.
This does makes sense to me. As about a year and half ago my peers noticed my hands shaking. I brushed it off until my feet started to shake as well. Everyone had their opinions.. Too much red bull, caffeine, stress, working out too much etc.. After cutting all of that out and still shaking I finally made an appointment with a Physician. They gave me an exam and said I may have Parkinson’s. It was devastating and hard not to overreact. I sat in my truck thinking how this can be. I change my life for the better and now I may have Parkinson’s?? I won’t be able to work out, drive, walk, depend on others etc... Every negative thought came across my mind. My sister advised me to get a second opinion everything that came from my second opinion doctor seemed like a script from the first except they referred me to a neurologist to do a CT scan. I called and just made an appointment with no scan. Within 5 minutes of seeing the neurologist he diagnosed me with Tremors and prescribed me medicine to “control” the shaking.
The reason I am writing is to get a for sure answer as to why Jillian Michaels has strawberries as a “no food” and also to get advice on what to replace them with. This morning I tried to replace them with blueberries. That was a fail as I it was hard to finish my protein shake.

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  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Intrigued by this, I did a quick Google search.

    JM claims that the no-foods "...may have Goitrogenic affects. Goitrogens are substances that suppress the function of the throid gland by interfering with iodine uptake, which can, as a result, cause an enlargement of the thyroid."

    If you don't have thyroid issues, then f- her "no food" list. JM is not a nutritionist, she is a trainer trying to sell her product and her brand. Common sense tells me that eating raw broccoli in my salad or a handful of strawberries is A-OK.
  • theredcliche
    theredcliche Posts: 233 Member
    yeah, she explains this better in her book Mastering Your Metabolism and it has to do with the effect of the foods on your thyroid hormones. I have the book at home so I can look it up later, but when I was doing Body Revolution I just ignored that advice because I don't have thyroid issues.