I subscribe to a wonderful blog called "Run, Eat, Repeat." I've been reading it faithfully for a few months now. Today's blog talked about thyroid function. I went to the website sited for a nutritionist that the blogger is conversing with and.. o.m.g. that sounds like me!!
Are you doing everything “right,” but not losing weight, or worse, continuing to gain? Are you:
- Having a difficult time losing weight, despite your best intentions
- Gaining what seems to be unwarranted weight
- Losing hair
- Becoming more impatient
- Having a difficult time conceiving
- Becoming more sensitive to caffeine
- Having trouble staying asleep
- Experiencing brain fog
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- Feeling bone tired in the morning
- Becoming more sensitive to cold
- Having a difficult time managing your blood sugar
- Moody
- Exhausted
- Unmotivated
- Stiff and sore
- Retaining fluids
- Experiencing fierce cravings?
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So, I did a little (Google) research, and found this:
Certain
foods, called goitrogenic foods, inhibit the thyroid and should be
avoided, says the HerbCompanion website. These foods include broccoli,
cauliflower, spinach, turnips, cassava root, horseradish, kale, peaches
and pears. Particularly when eaten raw, these foods block the absorption
of iodine and can suppress thyroid function.
Are you SERIOUS? Broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, turnips, kale?? Those are superfoods! More importantly, those are yummy foods! Those are foods I've been eating in the past two weeks. Oh no.
Could it be possible that my eating habits, which I thought were healthy, are actually causing me to retain weight? Am I dragging down my own metabolism by eating, of all things, broccoli? Say it ain't so!
I'm considering cutting out wheat, or at least cutting it back to a bare minimum. I'm going to start reading food labels- I discovered today that the second ingredient in Wheat Thins is sugar. *gasp* I'm not sure I can give up my broccoli and cauliflower though. I shudder at the thought.
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