Re: JASON...Almost instant response to goitrophens?

[Guest guest]

Just found this:

" Peanuts contains goitrogens, naturally-occurring substances in certain

foods that can interfere with the functioning of the thyroid gland. "

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requ

estURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/hypothyroidism.jsp

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice & dbid=101

Almost instant response to goitrophens?

I was feeling decent today - fair amount of energy despite not

sleeping enough for past few nights, no blatant hypoT symptoms like

hypo headache, muscle aches, brain fog or sore neck. At 3PM I needed

a snack so I ate several handfuls of mixed nuts, raisins and a few

M & Ms (trail-mix like snack) - mostly peanuts though. At 4:30 I took

my third dose of 5mg of HC and ate some more nuts to have something in

my stomach and walked out of the office with decent energy. Within 30

minutes, I was tired, hypo headache, left arm and hand aching, sides

of neck hurting - all symptoms that I now associate with being very

hypoT. Is it possible that eating too many peanuts today do that? I

also had a Luna bar earlier in the day and the protein source in those

is soy which is also goitrophenic (sp?)? I had an argument with my

wife and MIL the nutritionist over Thanksgiving over how much of such

foods one would have to eat before it makes a difference. Their

opinion is that it would take eating a bucket full of tofu or similar

to have an effect. After today I don't know.

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I'm still not recovered from that assault. No more peanuts for me.

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> Just found this:

> " Peanuts contains goitrogens, naturally-occurring substances in certain

> foods that can interfere with the functioning of the thyroid gland. "

>

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requ

> estURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/hypothyroidism.jsp

> http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice & dbid=101

>

[Guest guest]

One more question about goitrogens (think that I have that spelled

correctly now). I take 1000mg of flax seed oil 2x/day to get my

omega-3s. I see that some believe flax seeds to be goitrogenic, but

that the oil might not be? Do I need to stop with the flax seed oil too?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

The " omega 3s " in plant oils are NOT actually omega 3 until converted in

the body. Many people do not make this conversion, and in any case I've

read it is inefficient at best in everyone. The plant sources of " omega

3 " also contain a lot of omega 6, which most of us do not need any more of.

Consider trying a fish oil omega 3 instead. I'm allergic to those, but I

have found I can take a molecularly distilled fish oil omega 3

supplement if I keep my intake of other iodine containing foods very

low. I take an extra antihistamine if I need it. I think the omega 3 is

important enough to be worth an extra antihistamine.

sol

jasrich wrote:

> One more question about goitrogens (think that I have that spelled

> correctly now). I take 1000mg of flax seed oil 2x/day to get my

> omega-3s. I see that some believe flax seeds to be goitrogenic, but

> that the oil might not be? Do I need to stop with the flax seed oil too?

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> Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

I had taken quite large amounts of flax oil in the past and now i can not

tolerate omega-3 s. I also have developed some neurological problems after

taking flax for long term.(did not take cottage cheese with it. I don't know if

that wa sthe problem) I am not exactly sure if it caused it but i suggest not to

take too much of it.

bw

Nil

Re: Re: JASON...Almost instant response to

goitrophens?

The " omega 3s " in plant oils are NOT actually omega 3 until converted in

the body. Many people do not make this conversion, and in any case I've

read it is inefficient at best in everyone. The plant sources of " omega

3 "