Re: [cancercured] Cruciferous vegetables and thyroid

Hi Marti,

Cook the veggies and you will be fine.

ar

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:58:04 -0000, "Marti" <MarthaRolfe@aol.com> said:
> Hi,
>
> I recently came across information that cruciferous vegetables like
> broccoli, kale, brussels
> sprouts, and even flax seeds and their oil, are goitrogens. In other
> words, they can interfere
> with the function of the thyroid gland.
>
> This is not a big deal for those with healthy thyrdoids. But it is bad
> news for me as my
> mother had Graves Disease and her sister (my aunt) also had something
> wrong with her
> thyroid, though I don't know what.
>
> Apparently, if you cook the vegetables, even steam them, it knocks out
> some of the
> goitrogenic activity. Does anybody know anything more about this?
>
> Is it that the raw cruciferous vegetables reduce the iodine uptake in
> susceptible people, in
> which case you could supplement a little iodine?
>
> Marti
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
--
Arlyn Grant
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