| Thyroid problems can cause all sorts of problems that | | | | Usually there's about 20 to 30 mg of iodine stored in |
| require attention. But, while you find the correct | | | | your body. When iodine becomes depleted, you aren't |
| treatment for these issues, you can also be eating the | | | | able to make enough thyroid hormone. This is where |
| foods that will help and nourish your thyroid gland. | | | | iodine supplementation can save you and get those |
| These foods help your thyroid primarily by providing a | | | | hormones pumping again. |
| source of iodine, which is critical for your thyroid health. | | | | Many different types of seaweed contain iodine. |
| The thyroid gland is in your neck and produces | | | | Yogurt, cow's milk, sea food, and foods grown in iodine |
| hormones that affect many metabolic processes. If | | | | rich soil will give you iodine also. |
| your thyroid is lacking hormones, hypothyroidism is the | | | | Foods that Hurt the Thyroid Gland. |
| result. Symptoms of hypothyroidism include fatigue, | | | | There are foods called goitrogens that have |
| depression, weight gain, hair loss, feeling cold often, | | | | compounds that can interfere with iodine absorption. |
| constipation, brittle or splitting nails, memory problems, | | | | These foods include cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, |
| and dry skin. | | | | soy, pine nuts, and millet. |
| Iodine will help produce thyroid hormones and so can | | | | Sure, these foods are good for the average person, |
| aid in alleviating many of these symptoms. When | | | | but for those with a hypothyroidism, they can cause |
| thyroid hormones are too low, the pituitary gland | | | | some adverse affects. However, when cooked, the |
| produces a hormone that stimulates your thyroid to | | | | affects seem to be lessened. When eaten cooked, |
| take more iodine out of the blood. The iodine is used to | | | | the benefits of these nutritious foods can overcome |
| produce the hormones and restore the original levels | | | | the adverse affects. |
| of thyroid hormones. | | | | |