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

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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.

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!

Grave’s can cause a loss of B vitamins so it is wise to take a B complex and look into B 12 deficiency. People who have gluten or other food intolerances that may cause intestinal inflammation and poor absorption are prone to B12 and B vitamin deficiencies. Since you are feeling tired it wouldn’t hurt to evaluate need to for some B vitamin supplementation. A urine methylamonic acid is the most accurate measurement of B 12 deficiency. Hope that helps. It is vital to prevent neurological and brain damage (dementia) that can occur with low vitamin B12 levels.

This information is just that, not medical advice.

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