Interesting thread, thanks for this.
I have HPV in my vocal cords (which sit right above the thyroid), which I got 10 years ago, right after moving to a new country to study in my early twenties. I have the cold hands and feet, and brittle nails and falling hair, which seem to be linked to hypothyroidism, and the interesting thing is that I got my HPV right after my move, when my diet changed to a typical stupid student diet of tuna and pasta (as opposed to the fairly healthy Scandi diet with lots of potatoes instead).
I have just started taking MMS for the HPV, and have been researching thyroid function and disorders, and have come across ESTROGEN DOMINANCE. This is a dietary / lifestyle issue, which seems to affect women more than men.
Estrogen dominance appears to be linked to thyroid disorders. Basically, too much estrogen in the body (due to unnatural diet / meds) affects thyroid function. There are lots of articles about this on the net.
Estrogenic foods to avoid:
- Refined sugar
- Soy (not just soy products, but soy lecithin etc. in ingredients lists)
- Wheat, and other gluten grains (for some people, all grains may have the same effect)
- Bad fats (trans fats, industrial processed cooking oils such as sunflower etc.)
- THE PILL (not a food, but the worst culprit leading to estrogen dominance in women)
I've seen adrenal fatigue and over-acidity of the body mentioned in the same breath with estrogen dominance, so it may all be linked, and appears to go with the idea of it being difficult to heal an individual condition, as it is linked to other ones, which are all linked to diet and lifestyle in the end.
I've just cut out the above estrogenic foods from my diet (substituting grains with potatoes and sweet potatoes), am eating healthily, picking foods that have just one ingredient in them if possible (meat, veggies, milk, cheese... you see what I mean, no long ingredients lists), eating some organic veggies, with the occasional portion of rice being the only grain I eat.
Interestingly, linked to this, on my 2nd day on MMS, my sense of taste seemed to have improved, and my wheaty bread tasted all bitter and acidic.. which sort of helped me give it up.
I'm also going to start taking iodine, in Atlantic kelp (the seaweed), as I'm into natural products, since nature's designs always tend to be a lot more clever than what humans can cook up in labs, offer more protection against side effects in my experience, and be more effective. I'm already taking spirulina.
I realise my thyroid is probably not as underactive as many of you, and I still need to get it tested, but I found the above to be very interesting info on what 'a healthy diet' for us ladies may actually mean.
Hypothyroid (underactive thyroid)
