what I shouldn't eat while on Armour

[dgmootry]

I read that while on thyroid med, Armour included? I shouldn't eat uncooked kale spinach and strawberries, is that right, I have to cook the strawberries before I eat them?, lately I've been eating alot of strawvberries due to growing them. Are sour and sweet cherries ok? and apricots? how about raspberries and blackberries can i eat them fresh? I grow all of them, and just love them. thanks deb

[dgmootry]

thankyou,

[Barb135]

Sorry, I guess I mixed you up with someone else; I thought you had Hashi's.  Either way, your thyroid is damaged and I doubt seriously, that eating fruits/veggies that are good for you, are going to do anymore damage.

[dgmootry]

Thankyou for the info Barb, I agree, fruits and veggies are important for a healthy body. I will just not over do them, but I will enjoy. . I don't have hashis, I had RAI which was suppose to distroy my thyroid, but it just did damage, so I was left with a crippled thyroid instead.
thanks again, debbie

[Barb135]

No, the fruits and veggies aren't damaging or irritating your thyroid.  Goitrogens interfere with thyroid peroxidase (TPO), which is the enzyme responsible for adding iodine during production of thyroid hormones.  

If a person has a healthy thyroid, the thyroid will simply compensate for the goitrogens, by making more hormones.  When the thyroid is compromised, as in the case of Hashimoto's, it can't simply produce more, so if you eat a lot of goitrogens, you "might" have to increase your dosage.  The problem is, I've never seen how much of these foods one would have to eat before there would be a significant decline in hormone production.

You have Hashimoto's, so your thyroid is continually producing less and less hormones, anyway; I, personally, can't see foregoing all these healthy fruits and veggies, because to me, their benefit to my health would far outweigh the inconvenience of producing a little less hormones.  In my case, my thyroid doesn't produce anything anymore, anyway, so it really doesn't matter; you will be in the same situation, as some point.

[dgmootry]

thankyou Barb, my thyroid is still working, I'm on 45mg of Armour, but I do need an increase. so does that mean all those healthy fruits can damage or iratate my thyroid? What damage would they do? or would they cause my thyroid to produce less, and I would need more Armour? thanks again,

[Barb135]

The fruits/veggies you mentioned are called goitrogens, and they interfere with thyroid hormone production. Cruciferous veggies, such as kale, broccoli, cabbage, spinach, etc top the list.

The only thing that I, specifically, avoid is soy products.  Soy, both, interferes with hormone production and the absorption of thyroid hormones. That's per my doctor, though he says the effect is minimal.

I think you have to look at things in a practical manner.......The list of foods on the goitrogen list are all those of a good healthy diet and eliminating them takes away a lot of the nutrients and fiber you would get from them. In my opinion, if your thyroid isn't producing hormones anyway, how can they hurt?

Radishes are on that list, as well, and I eat a large bunch of them, nearly every day, as well as fresh strawberries, that are abundant and reasonably priced this time of year.  If I want coleslaw, I have it.

The only time I'd completely remove a food from my diet would be if I had a specific intolerance/allergy to it.

Enjoy those strawberries from your garden/field.