| Many doctors will lead you to believe that | | | | sprouts, radishes, peanuts, pine nuts, peaches, |
| regularly monitoring your thyroid hormone levels | | | | apricots, strawberrise and millet. Of course, it is |
| and making necessary adjustments in the drug | | | | good to eat these foods and cooking them will |
| dosages is all you need to be concerned about. | | | | neutralize any goitrogens. |
| However, a right combination of eating healthy | | | | 4. Eat good (essential) fats - your thyroid needs |
| foods, taking supplements, getting enough | | | | certain kinds of fat to work properly. The best |
| exercise and de-stressing your life will go a long | | | | are Omega 3's like alpha linolenic acid and Omega |
| way to support your thyroid and your health. | | | | 6's which are linolenic acid. Olive oil, avocados, and |
| If you have an underactive or overactive thyroid, | | | | other vegetable oils will increase your intake of |
| your risk for having cardiovascular disease | | | | these good fats. |
| becomes much higher. Even though your | | | | 5. Eat deep sea fish like salmon, tuna, herring and |
| imbalance may be corrected with treatment, you | | | | sardines which can help prevent autoimmune |
| need to be aware of the positive effects of a | | | | attacks on the thyroid. Taking an Omega 3 fatty |
| healthy lifestyle, good nutrition and the importance | | | | acid supplement is a must for anyone dealing with |
| of anti-oxidant foods on the health of your | | | | thyroid issues. |
| thyroid and your heart. | | | | 6. Get enough antioxidants because they will help |
| The best diet to follow for a healthy thyroid is a | | | | your thyroid function properly as you age so you |
| low-glycemic, low-fat, high-protein diet. This will | | | | will not have a deficit in zinc and selenium which |
| help prevent the occurrence of an autoimmune | | | | can produce lower thyroid hormone. Vitamin C |
| disease. Eating too much fat harms your immune | | | | and E are good choices taken together. |
| system as well as all your other organs including | | | | Thyroid imbalance itself can make you deficient in |
| your thyroid. | | | | antioxidants and promote excessive production of |
| An eating plan that is high in good quality protein | | | | free radicals in the body. This can lead to all sorts |
| and complex carbohydrates, low in fat and simple | | | | of degenerative diseases and when the thyroid is |
| sugars will help you control your cholesterol, blood | | | | over-active, the consumption of oxygen is higher |
| pressure and it will help prevent damage to your | | | | leading to an accumulation of free radicals that are |
| brain from a poor blood supply and strokes. | | | | toxic to your cells. Getting enough antioxidants |
| The effect of food on your mood is truly being | | | | from fruits and vegetables and supplementing |
| thyroid friendly because the functioning of your | | | | with an antioxidant formula will help prevent |
| brain depends on what you eat. A low-glycemic | | | | cellular damage in many parts of the body |
| diet that is rich in good quality proteins containing | | | | including the thyroid. |
| essential amino acids improves your intellect and | | | | 7. Take a B-complex to help prevent |
| your mood. If you feel tired or sluggish after a | | | | cardiovascular disease, support the adrenal glands, |
| meal, have a rapid heart beat or start sweating, | | | | nerve endings and to help de-stress the body. |
| then you may be experiencing a rise and fall of | | | | 8. Pay attention to trace minerals. Some of them, |
| blood sugar too rapidly. This can be hazardous to | | | | such as copper and manganese, have antioxidant |
| your health and your thyroid. | | | | properties and will protect you from free radicals. |
| What can you do? | | | | You can easily become depleted of magnesium if |
| 1. Eat more foods that are low-glycemic - these | | | | you consume too much alcohol or sweat alot |
| are foods that will not elevate your blood sugar | | | | during exericse, so supplementing with magnesium |
| too quickly and are not highly processed. | | | | is a good idea. |
| 2. Eat more complex carbohydrates, whole grains, | | | | Healthy nutrition is so important for controlling |
| and vegetables as these will increase trytophan | | | | weight, preventing degenerative diseases and |
| and serotonin levels in the brain and help prevent | | | | maintaining a positive attitude and mood. It is |
| depression. | | | | even more crucial for people dealing with thyroid |
| 3. There are some raw foods that contain | | | | issues because the thyroid hormone is one of the |
| goitrogens which are substances that can impair | | | | major factors that allow the body to adjust its |
| the manufacturing of thyroid hormone. They | | | | metabolism to the foods we eat, especially when |
| include broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage, brussel | | | | it comes to weight loss. Be good to your thyroid. |