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While medication is essential for thyroid disorders, diet can help—or make things worse.
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While medication is essential for thyroid disorders, diet can help—or make things worse.
Certain foods can disrupt thyroid function, interfere with hormone production, or worsen symptoms.
Food products worth paying attention to:
Raw kale, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, pak choi
These cruciferous vegetables contain goitrogens — compounds that can interfere with iodine absorption by the thyroid gland.
Iodine is essential for the production of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4).
Iodine blockage by goitrogens can worsen hypothyroidism and lead to goiter (enlargement of the thyroid gland).
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