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let’s talk about the foods that you

definitely need to avoid if you have a

thyroid problem specifically a

hypothyroid condition and so the biggest

thing that you need to be aware of are

these things called goitrogens now what

is a goitregen it’s things that cause a

goiter okay now what is a goiter

basically a goiter is an enlarged

thyroid gland and the thyroid gland is

right at the bottom of your neck about

two and a half inches wide so when that

thing starts swelling up that’s called

the goiter and there are foods that

cause that and those are the foods that

you need to avoid because what they do

is they interfere with certain enzymes

and they stimulate certain enzymes and

they increase certain other hormones

like they increase the thyroid

stimulating hormone which comes down

from the pituitary and then it makes the

thyroid actually get bigger so there are

many different

aspects to what a goiter can do for the

thyroid but I’m just going to make you

aware of what these goiter foods are

specifically all right number one

cassava okay cassava is a goitrogenic

food number two lima beans number three

sorghum okay which is a type of grain

number four sweet potato number five

flaxseed number six

cruciferous vegetables and that would

include broccoli kale brussels sprouts

cabbage radish Watercress bok choy

cauliflower horseradish and arugula but

you do want to avoid consuming a lot of

cruciferous but if you’re consuming like

small amounts like less than five ounces

you’re not going to have a problem okay

I’m talking about large amounts and even

if you do have cruciferous if you cook

them or steam them or ferment them as in

sauerkraut you’re going to reduce the

amount of this effect and also if you

have a little c-calp that will also help

as well I mean if you look at the

research you would have to consume a

good amount of this over a period of

time to create a goiter I’m just

bringing up all the foods because you

may be consuming a lot of these Foods

maybe not individually in large amounts

but across the board another one is a

grain called Millet the next big one is

soy tofu soy milk especially soy protein

isolates any soy now the next one might

surprise you but onions are the food

that have the most quercetin and

quercetin can give you a goitrogenic

effect so if you have a goiter you

probably should be careful about

consuming too many onions now this last

thing I’m going to talk about isn’t

classically

you know considered a uh goitrogen but

it definitely destroys the thyroid

especially the autoimmune thyroid

Hashimoto’s in fact ninety percent of

all hypothyroid cases are Hashimoto’s

and the biggest culprit is this gluten

okay in grains a lot of different grains

so gluten is something you have to avoid

now the question is why this is related

to an area called molecular mimicry if

you have antibodies to gluten which a

lot of people do those antibodies can

cross over and start to attack the

thyroid because of this molecular

similarity now when dealing with the

thyroid you would also want to avoid

anything that depletes selenium iodine

iron

and vitamin A these are key nutrients

that you want sufficient amounts so to

get enough iodine and selenium that

would be all the seafood that would be

also the sea cow Brazil nuts and also

you can get both of these if you do sea

salt of course iron is pretty easy to

get if you’re doing like red meat or

animal products and vitamin A you can

get that from egg yolks butter cod liver

oil beef liver things like that now that

I talked about what foods to avoid let’s

talk about what you should eat and for

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