Nourishing Your Thyroid By Eating Certain Foods In Your Diet
It is important to not stop taking any thyroid medication without consulting your doctor, but there are other things you can do to nourish your thyroid, especially if you suspect a thyroid problem, but it doesn’t show up on the test your doctor performs. Besides consuming plenty of iodine-rich foods and avoiding goitrogens as discussed above, you want to avoid other foods that tax the thyroid like refined grains and sugars.
Eat Only Healthy Fats & Add Seaweed & Herbs To Your Diet
Eat only healthy fats and oils like virgin coconut oil, butter (from grass-fed cows, if possible) and extra-virgin olive oil. It may also be useful to supply extra iodine in your diet by taking kelp or bladderwrack extracts or another herbal formula that contains kelp and/or bladderwrack as well as other herbs that can be helpful for nourishing the thyroid gland. Make sure and look for formulas that are well made with a high potency and without toxic fillers.
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Simple Iodine Deficiency Test
According to Bruce Fife, N.D. in “Eat Fat, Look Thin,” you can perform this simple test at home to see if you are iodine-deficient: Paint a 1” diameter area of 2% iodine solution (sold in most drug stores) on your skin where it won’t show. If you are getting enough iodine, the red stain will remain for about 24 hours. If it disappears sooner, your body is deficient and is absorbing the iodine. The more deficient you are, the more quickly it will disappear.
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Eating Coconut Foods and Coconut Oil For Your Thyroid
Coconut oil, because of its metabolism-stimulating properties, seems to be an excellent addition to your diet if you want to build and support the thyroid system. If you have problems with your thyroid, think about starting to eat coconut oil and/or coconut foods like coconut milk and flakes in your diet.
Exercise is also good for your thyroid – any kind. A rebounder can be especially helpful, but all exercise will stimulate the thyroid gland secretion and will help increase the sensitivity of your cells to the thyroid hormones.
Eating A Healthy Diet and Real Foods, For Life
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