What nutritional methods should people with thyroid disease get help with in this regard? What are the causes of this complication and what nutritional treatment methods can be used for it at home?
One of the most common questions patients ask is what diet is right for their condition. The fact is that in the case of thyroid disease, diet is not very important, and only a few specific cases that are important to pay attention to, and reading these few lines can help.
The bottom line is that the most important nutrient for making thyroid hormones is iodine. Iodine is an element found in the form of salt in the sea. Because in the past the whole land was covered by the sea, the soil of the land near the sea also contains iodine, and the bodies of all plants and animals whose food comes from the soil contain iodine.
Of course, the iodine in the body of marine life is much higher, because the land has been depleted of iodine for many years, and in some areas far from the sea, iodine is very low. Thus, it is clear that seafood and salt contain good iodine, and on the other hand, foods made from plants and organisms far from the sea do not have enough iodine.
Iodine deficiency in food in relatively recent years has been the main cause of goiter and hypothyroidism in Iran. In recent years, planning by the World Health Organization and Iran Cooperation has led to the enrichment of all dietary salts in stores with small amounts of iodine; Therefore, in recent decades, iodine deficiency and the resulting goiter are very rare.
Interestingly, despite this international effort, some profiteers are encouraging people to eat unenriched salts, such as rock salt, on the pretext that iodized salts are harmful.
This problem is exacerbated when pregnant women consume a variety of salts and suffer from iodine deficiency and its side effects. We need to know that pregnant women need a lot of iodine and eating seafood and common salts in supermarkets are enough for this purpose.
Cabbage, turnips, horseradish and their families contain substances that can excrete iodine. If these substances are consumed too much, patients may develop hypothyroidism and goiter and exacerbate the disease.
The important thing is that eating these substances in limited and reasonable amounts is not a problem and we should not deprive patients of eating healthy foods at all. مهم Another important issue is that thyroid diseases are different and in some types of these diseases Like benign and malignant masses, as well as hyperthyroidism, no special diet is effective, and only in the case of goiters and hypothyroidism, a brief diet is required.
Source: Jam Jam
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