Comments on: Foods to Promote Thyroid Health

By: Goitrogens: My new enemy! « The Hypothyroid Place

Goitrogens: My new enemy! « The Hypothyroid Place — Sun, 13 May 2012 02:35:29 +0000

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By: Janice REED

Janice REED — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:57:57 +0000

i have a slow thyroid and i love a nut.s and almond milk should i be eating these food?

By: kcrow

kcrow — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:55:26 +0000

Thats my question too, what about Kim Chi and thyroid health? Thanks

By: denise

denise — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:11:34 +0000

I have overactive thyroid and am wondering what food I should eat and what I should stay away from. I need help.

By: Lillea Woodlyns

Lillea Woodlyns — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:59:43 +0000

Very helpful, thank you!

Actually, it seems that cooking and fermenting do NOT destroy millet goitrogens; in fact, they make these foods more goitrogenic according to research. Chris MasterJohn wrote a paper about thyroid toxins that covers this. You can read an abstract for free here:

http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Goitrogen-Special-Report.html

By: Jenn G

Jenn G — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:58:20 +0000

Wow, color me upset. I thought fermented soy was okay. Ugh. And daikon? Have the same question as Julie, above. I would hate to give up my Kim Chi. I do recall that the cruciferous veggies are fine when cooked, though.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:53:17 +0000

When cruciferous vegetables are fermented, do they become NOT thyroid suppressing?

By: craig

craig — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:56:06 +0000

ive had my blood tested abut 8 months ago.. they said i think it was my T3 was a little low but nothing to worry about and get retested in about 6-8 months.. well yesterday they retested and i think its going to come back the same..
but im always tired..
dont want to do anything..
legs n back hurts..
just got over a bout with diarehia from antibiotics killy all the good florla in my stomach…
starting to gain weight… dont get me wrong.. im to skinny anyways, im 6.7 tall and was down to 159 with the florla stuff and now im back up to 165 and use to be 215 all the time. and thats a perfect weight for someone my height..
im at my wits end and dont really trust my docs..

constint sinutitus.. no meds..
failed back surgury.. fentenal patch 7.5 micro grams for pain..
was on assacol for a year…
any feedback sure would be great.. your welcome to email me at
rtrout9496@aol dot com
thanks
craig
craig

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:07:10 +0000

Great post. I missed it earlier when we were on vacation (still haven’t caught up on my blog reading). You covered all the basics very well, including many important topics about diet that many doctors fail to tell their patients.

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2006, but I suspect it had been affecting me for many years before that. Low thyroid function was likely a factor in my difficulty in conceiving ( I try to suppress worry that it affected my son, because when I finally did become pregnant I was probably mildly hypothyroid).

It’s been a difficult journey to get this condition well-tended to, but it’s been worth the effort to feel better and get my life back. Once you are over 40yo doctors tend to dismiss thyroid symptoms as perimenopause, stress form doing too much, or “an anti-depressant deficiency”. My TSH level was checked for more than ten years (esp during infertility testing) but the hypothyroidism still wasn’t diagnosed, though the result was always in the upper “suspicious range” and I had *many* symptoms that were worsening with time (my old TSH results were alway what is now considered “out of range” by many labs and doctors).

Once I realized my HMO doctors weren’t competent to understand and treat this (or only had one cookie-cutter way to treat it), I had to change doctors several times in order to get the care I needed. Along the way, I learned everything I could about hypothyroidism and ways to improve it. In addition I cleaned up my diet and lifestyle to optimize thyroid function (drastically lowered sugar and starch intake, dropped pre-prepped and processed foods from our diet, and went gluten-free, managed my schedule better, began some strength training, etc.).

I still need to take thyroid hormone, though. For several years I took synthetic T4, then was able to persuade my doctor to add synthetic T3 (he only prescribed synthetics), with good results. But this year I changed to an out-of-network doctor who takes a more holistic approach and I switched to Nature-throid natural desiccated thyroid hormone and I think that was the icing on the cake.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:50:58 +0000

Ricki -
Actually, fermented soy is strongly goitrogenic. The two primary components of soy that inhibit thyroid hormone synthesis are genistien and daidzein, neither of which are broken down during fermentation. Indeed, there’s some evidence that the fermentation of soy may actually increase the availability of genistien and daidzein as fermentation breaks down large carbohydrates allowing for the full release of these two isoflavones.

Unfermented soy contains a very large amount of phytic acid which binds minerals preventing their full absorption and nutrient malabsorption is linked to thyroid disease and other autoimmune diseases.

Good question, though. You’ve always got good ones!