Guest guest Posted July 5, 2001 Report Share Posted July 5, 2001 Sounds to me like Kale is more a thyroid NORMALIZER, as opposed to just 'reducing' thyroid hormone levels. the context of the previous post suggests it is effective at reducing these levels WHEN THEY ARE ELEVATED (they said 'as effective as medications...'). > Re: Re: HYPERthyroidsim > > That's odd. LAst year, or whenever it was I still had chronic fatigue, > it can almost be assumed I had a hypoactive thyroid, as my temperature > was an average 97.5. My daily juice then was carrots, celery > & apples. A > friend asked if she could add kale one day, and I was so > invigorated by > its addition that I made it part of my daily recipe, and my > mother and I > have been eating it frequently as boiled greens & pot liquor, > to go with > her cornbread, ever since. > > I feel it was an important ingredient in my recovery. While I don't > always have abundant energy, I am no longer paralysed with fatigue and > my temperature is normal again. > > jim > > hyperbaroman@... wrote: > > > > I know that cruciferous vegetables like kale and cabbage contain > > goiterens (sp?) that are as effective as medications at reducing > > thyroid hormone levels. Peolple with hypothyroid are supposed to > > avoid them. I don't know about how to feed this to your cat, but > > juicing kale and putting it in his food might work. I know drinking > > kale juice really screwed me up because I have a > hypothyroid problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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