Pizza talk

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I have been hyper for almost a year now. In the past 3 years I have eaten a

lot of pizza as I started working as a hostess at a pizza restaurant 3 years

ago. I never used to eat it thinking the cheese was fattening. But working

there I just ate it 3-4 times a week. Would it be the cheese that caused me

to go hyper or the other ingredients in it??

Your vitamin supplements are helping. I have stopped my tapezole and so far

so good.

from Mass

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I can not read that attach1. I can read some but not that one. Thanks

anyways. If you can some time just a note as to what is in the pizza that is

my problem and should I stay away from it. I usually eat peppers and onions

on it no meat.

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[Guest guest]

Hi and everyone,

I don't think there is anything in pizza that could make you hyper, but I

could be wrong. There is still the unresolved issue of the possibility of

excessive aluminum in the diet causing hyperthyroidism (aluminum may be an

antagonist to copper). The Nutrition Almanac says " aluminum is found in most

tap water because aluminum sulfate is used in water purification and is not

completely filtered out. Aluminum is added to most table salt to prevent

caking and is used in certain stomach antacids. It is used in foil, cookware,

utensils, deodorants, and baking powder, as an emulsifier in some processed

cheeses, and as a bleaching agent in flour. " " The highest concentrations are

found in the lungs, liver, thyroid, and the brain. " " Magnesium can displace

aluminum in the body. "

Tap water, salt, aluminum pizza pans and utensils, baking powder, cheese,

flour---these all add up to the possibility that pizza has alot of aluminum.

Whether it could contribute to hyperthyroidism is still unknown. Be safe and

keep your aluminum intake low.

The other consideration, which I think may be more important, is that a diet

high in American staples--pizza, pasta, and pastry is virtually devoid of

copper and if high copper foods are not also a part of the diet, copper

deficiency could certainly follow. We have to remember that we can only eat

so much food a day and if we eat foods which are very low in minerals (the

three p's above and others), we are going to eat less of the foods which are

high in minerals (meats, seafoods, kelp, etc).

Maybe the amount of pizza in your diet contributed in more than one way to

your hyperthyroidism. I think everyone should try to recall their diet in the

year before getting their thyroid disease and share that with everyone else.

That will give us a good diet to avoid in the future.

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