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Recommendations
for Dealing With Low Thyroid Function (also see HYPOTHYROID)
Supplemental Support:
This recommendation is not meant as a diagnosis or to replace the advice
of your health care practitioner, rather it is supportive in helping
you return to health and vitality.
Dietary Changes:
· Eating principles: Low sugar, moderate fat and protein, high fiber.
· Calorie percentages: 40% complex carbohydrates, protein 30%, fat 30%.
· Therapeutic foods: Oats, kelp, seaweed, artichokes, onions, garlic,
dulse, Swiss chard, turnip greens, egg yolks, wheat germ, cod roe, lecithin,
and sesame seed butter.
· Fresh juices: Carrot, celery, and/or spinach with powdered kelp or
dulse.
· Avoid goitrogens (which can reduce thyroid function) unless cooked:
Broccoli, turnips, cabbage, carrots, kale, rutabaga, soybean, spinach,
peanuts, yams, radishes, millet, green peppers, beets, celery, lettuce,
cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, collards, kohlrabi, peaches, pears, strawberries,
apples, apricots, blackberries, raspberries, prunes, cherries, honeydew,
grapefruit, grapes, oranges, peas, sorghum, bamboo shoots.
· Avoid all soy products, which are known endocrine disrupters.
· Avoid known food sensitivities.
Hydrotherapy:
· Short cold spray to thyroid after warm bath/shower OR
· Cold mitten friction to thyroid after bath/shower
· Alternating hot and cold compresses to thyroid gland daily: Hot compresses
molded to neck for 3 minutes hot followed by 30 seconds to 1 minute
of cold compresses. Repeat 3-5 times.
· Cold shower to middle and lower back to stimulate adrenals
· Constitutional Hydrotherapy treatment to help stimulate digestion
Other considerations:
· Do not use an electric blanket. The body's metabolism will be slightly
raised if the body must generate its own heat to keep warm.
· Exercise daily to stimulate the thyroid gland and elevate the body's
metabolic rate.
· Improve overall digestion and assimilation of food. Consider using
a digestive enzyme food supplement
DOCTOR’S A-Z food supplementation recommendations would include:
Thyroid Health (1-2 BID), See HYPOTHYROID SUPPORT
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