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Nutrition for Hypothyroidism Dietary Principles:
* Maintain a diet low in fat, cholesterol and sugar; avoid refined sugar in any form.
* Calorie percentages: 30% complex carbohydrates, 40% protein, 30% fat
* Make fiber the mainstay of your diet.
Therapeutic Foods:
Seaweed, artichokes, onions, garlic, silicon, phosphorus, kelp, dulse, Swiss chard, turnip greens, egg yolks, wheat germ, cod roe, lecithin, sesame seed butter, seed and nuts, and raw goat's milk
Fresh Juices: (Try each one until you find a juice that benefits you.)
Pineapple juice, egg yolk, wheat germ, and dulse Black cherry concentrate, egg yolk, and chlorophyll Carrot
Foods to Avoid:
Turnips, cabbage, mustard, soy, peanuts, pine nuts, and millet
Specific Supplements:
Iodine - 4 mg. a day
Vitamin B6 - 25 mg. a day
Vitamin B-complex - 75 mg. a day
Vitamin C - 2 to 3 grams a day
Vitamin E - 200 to 400 I.U. a day
Glandulars: Thyroid - Take as directed.
Chelated Copper - 2 mg. a day
Chelated Zinc - 15 mg. a day
Tyrosine - 500 mg. a day
If you are taking dessicated thyroid, Synthroid, or Cytomel, you will need to supplement with 1,000 mg. of calcium and 500 mg. of magnesium a day.
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