For anyone with thyriod problems you really need to read what Dr.
John McDougall
has found in research. Slightly elevated thyroid hormone results in increased
cholesterol and risk of strokes and heart attacks. You should treat before
you are offically hypothyroid. Don't believe that soy & brassica and other
things (sea weed) have anything to do with it - there is no science
behind that;
not unless you are deficient in iodine and with the amount of
(iodized) salt we
get in our diet that ain't a possible.
I have had a thyroid problem since shortly after my son was born -
about 27 years ago. This is a regular occurrence, apparently - that
you can have a flare up after pregnancy. I do not take salt, so
iodized salt would have made no difference - it is a hormonal
problem. I have put on weight because my hormone imbalance, eased by
taking synthetic thyroxine, occasionally gets out of sync.
(Underactive = weight gain, normal = stable weight, overactive =
weight loss, raised blood pressure, pulse etc. so I am not allowed this!)
Interesting about the soy and brassica thing - I'd never heard that before. I
read to avoid red meat and peanuts when I was first diagnosed. Yes, I am
another one with autoimmune hypothyroidism. I developed it as an exceedingly
healthy and essentially vegetarian 23 yr old. There is a genetic
component, but not
in my family. I acquired it in another common way to get autoimmune
disorders, which is to have the 'flu. The immune system overreacts and starts
thinking parts of you look tasty. This is more likely in people who
were not ill
much as children apparently - the immune system doesn't have a chance to
calibrate its response appropriately. I was a classic case of this.
I was hardly ever
ill as a child, and when I was, I had the mildest possible case of
whatever it was (in
fact I'm still like this to a certain extent).
I have not been told to avoid anything. I read I am supposed to eat
this and that for hormone balance, but avoid the other stuff because
of another medical problem, and eat such and such for a third. So I
eat moderate amounts of food I like, and keep checking the blood
levels. I do not have raised cholesterol, and have not been told they
are related, although I do understand that osteoporosis can be a side effect.
This is so off topic, but since there are a few people out there with thyroid
problems, what do you do about collars? I have always been one of those
people who hate something close around their neck, and now I have a mild
goiter from time to time, it is worse.
I never wear anything on my neck these days, as I have a scar where
most of the thyroid gland was removed. It doesn't hurt, but my neck
muscles have thickened, and high necks are all too tight and
uncomfortable. If I get really cold, I will put a soft scarf in the
neck of my top, but hate it. I rarely ever do up my winter coats
either, although my jacket has a "funnel" style neck, and doesn't
actually touch my neck.
Suzi
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