If you know you do not have Hashimoto's, being sure to eat or supplement with plenty of iodine and selenium (abundant in seafood),
eat iodized salt, and eating saturated fat specifically can be a great help
Not exact matches
And he never
eats foods with white flour or white sugar — which makes sense, since avoiding «white» foods is an easy way to make your diet healthier — as well as
iodized salt, MSG, dairy, or «nightshades» like tomatoes and peppers.
Anyone who is dairy - free, skipping
iodized salt, vegan, paleo, or doesn't
eat eggs, is at risk of iodine deficiency
I recommend that you
eat half tsp of sesame seeds or 1 Tbsp of sunflower seeds (zinc) and 1 to 2 brazil nuts (selenium) per day, and a pinch of
iodized salt, to make sure you get the minerals you need for your thyroid to work properly.
To reduce the effects of these compounds, it's useful to
eat foods rich in iodine — seafood and
iodized salt are good examples.
But, based on the fact that most
eating a whole foods diet (little to no processed, prepared, or restaurant foods) ingest far less
salt than realized, (and far less than what the boatload of
salt most Americans ingest in the processed foods), you'll likely want to include
salt to be in the optimal bell curve, and based on the autoimmune associations, I'd choose sea or Himalayan
salt (and consider the need for some of that added to be
iodized given the borderline deficiency for women of child - bearing age).
The take home is that most people are going to get enough iodine if they
eat a varied diet that includes some seafood and
iodized salt and as long as they are not
eating a ton of raw vegetables, especially cruciferous vegetables.
Eating kelp, seaweed and
iodized salt can actually increase the autoimmune attack on the thyroid leading to rapid destruction of the thyroid tissues, while limiting iodine is often helpful for reducing hypothyroidism in Hashimoto's for people with adequate or high iodine levels.