Topic: I think I solved hypothyroid issue - Chiquita & UKCarry?
Marz
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I had posted about the mystery of my becoming hyothyroid and just stumbled across this.
It was a comment on thyroid.about.com about an article there that said that diet products like Alli can act as a goitrogen.
The person commented that:
"This is only tangentially related, but the same is true for resveratrol, the anti-aging supplement made from the skins of red wine grapes. I started taking it and had an increase in hypothyroid symptoms. I didn�t associate it with affecting the medication initially, but an online search showed that resveratrol raises TSH and lowers T4�not the kind of result I wanted. So I had to stop taking it. I�m only posting this here because I hope Mary Shoman reads these"
It's just too much of a coincidence that I got hypo symptoms and my TSH tested so high after being on Resveratrol for a while.
Think I'll run it by LLMDs nurse tomorrow.
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canefan17
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I've never heard of this.
My guess is that if it were a goitrogen it's impact is too small to notice.
Bigger thyroid issue imo is fluoride.
I'm interested to hear some responses. Goitrogens get discusses at curezone a lot... this is the first I've heard of resv being in that category.
Soy gets a bad rap often. If the soy is cooked or fermented (which it almost always is) the gotrogens are neutralized.
So....
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chiquita incognita
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Hi Friend I had not heard of this before either. Of course it bears further research, I would like to find out more before commenting about resveratrol.
However, what is old news is that indole-3-carbinol from cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower) does block thyroid hormone uptake. So it can help to lower the thyroid. However cooking reduces the amount of indole-3-carbinol in these foods so the risk is lower. It would require a supplement (in which the constituent is concentrated, unlike in the plant material) to lower thyroid hormones.
Resveratrol? If it does lower thyroid, then the concentrated/isolated constituent very well could. Again I don't know about this though.
Dr Richard Shames, thyroid authority, also writes about fluoride and chlorine in the waters blocking thyroid hormones and contributing to hypothyroidism in his book Thyroid Power. See also his website www.thyroidpower.com
Yes it's true that soy can block thyroid hormones too, and that the fermented/cooked is preferable.
Ashwaganda can raise T3 and T4 thyroid hormones, if you find that helpful (reported in the Herb Quarterly). Ginsengs can help too if you need to boost the thyroid back up.
This information has not been evaluated by the FDA, does not substitute for a physician's advice, and does not diagnose, cure or prevent any disease.
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chiquita incognita
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