Do you suffer from an underactive thyroid? Do you have a swollen thyroid (goiter) in your neck? Have you been to an endocrinologist? The first time you go to him, he'll make you run a thyroid profile and put you up on thyroxine. Go to him the next time and he'll suggest a biopsy of your thyroid gland. And go to him a third time and he'll suggest removal of your thyroid gland !!!
But here's somethings he's probably never told you and will also never tell you.
What he wont tell you is that due to the increasing work load and hard competition for survival in this world, and ppl working away night and day, and the daily stress and the strain.................your body requires more thyroxine than normal. And in order to make more thyroxine, your body needs more iodine in your food.
What he wont tell you is that any thyroid gland will swell when it is under pressure to make more thyroxine for the body , but is not getting enough iodine to make the thyroxine.
What your doctor wont tell you is that 90% of the hypothyroid cases are due to deficiency of iodine in the diet and the the swelling of the gland (goiter) disappears when you increase your iodine uptake in your diet.
And what he wont ever bother to give you is a list of iodine rich food.
Here's a list of iodine rich food which I found on the net.
Most of the iodine rich food is found in the sea , but the one richest in iodine is sea weeds--kelp, kombu, arame, hiziki.............one tbs of kelp is said to contain 2000mcg iodine in it.........
Himalayan crystal salt comes next on the list. It is a particular salt formed under intense tectonic pressure and it stores high vibrational energy coz of its cellular structure..............one gram of this salt contains about 500mcg iodine........
Java plum ( jamun) , cranberry fruit , Indian falsa fruit, brinjal, ............all the dark red-purple colored fruit and veggies contain iodine in it. ( Iodine imparts the purplish colour. Dissolved iodine can also have varying colours like yellow, brown-orange.......)
Other eatables which contain iodine ( in lesser amounts) are milk, organic yogurt, organic strawberries, beetroot, potato peels and some other stuff.........
Plz forward this list . There is one person in almost every home with an underactive thyroid and they are all on external thyroxine (myself included). And not a single one of them is aware that he or she needs to increase his or her iodine content.............. nor do they know of the food stuffs that contain iodine in them. The doctors never tell you. The thyroxine is alright...........but far more important than external thyroxine is increasing the iodine in your diet.
( Note : This is for hypothyroid patients. Not for those suffering with hyperthyroidism.) |
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