Hypothyroidism, Diet, And You

By Dr. Kevin Dobrzynski


It is too bad that the physician you turn to for help cannot provide a great deal of insight on how to keep your hypothyroidism under control.

Unfortunately the doctor you make an appointment with might not get adequate insight on how you can control hypothyroidism.

It is a confusing situation when many doctors do not acknowledge a connection between what you eat and hypothyroidism. However, as you struggle to deal with symptoms and try to lose weight, these same physicians place the blame on what you eat.

Here's a question you should ask your doctor... "How does my body make thyroid hormone".

If you don't get a simple, quick, answer, run! The response should be... "The body makes thyroid hormone by concentrating iodine and tyrosine."

Next you should ask where your body gets the iodine and tyrosine. The doctor should reply it comes from your diet.

Now, your body does need additional nutrients to make thyroid hormone other than the two I mentioned. I'm just using them as an example, and they are the most important nutrients. Your body also requires copper, zinc, selenium, magnesium, manganese, vitamin A, and B vitamins to create and convert thyroid hormone.

So, if you don't get these nutrients from your diet, where would you get them? Obviously, you can take supplements, but supplements can't replace a poor diet.

Treatment protocol should be easy to configure when the cause of a disease is known. But, modern medicine does not always use that approach. The focus is often placed on the treatment rather than the cause. I wonder if you agree.

If you know the cause of disease, the treatment should be easy to figure out. The problem with modern medicine is that there is too much focus on the treatment and not the cause, wouldn't you agree?

The question then is, how does your diet and the environment you live in contribute to hypothyroidism or any other disease? Both of these things can make vitamin and mineral deficiencies, along with bodily toxicity likely to develop. The situation will, at some point, create a breakdown affecting your body and health.

Again, there are more complex issues with dis-ease of the body and how you can heal the body with food, but it is possible.

Now you know there is a definite connection between you, hypothyroidism, and diet.

If you eat a healthy diet you will be healthy.


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