Comments on: The Best Diet For An Underactive Thyroid: Splitting Fact From Fiction https://www.dietvsdisease.org/the-best-diet-for-an-underactive-thyroid/ Personalized Health, On Demand. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:40:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Karen https://www.dietvsdisease.org/the-best-diet-for-an-underactive-thyroid/#comment-92226 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:42:31 +0000 https://www.dietvsdisease.org/?p=1063#comment-92226 At least the people on here are able to receive treatment. I live in the UK and although I have most of the symptoms of an underactive thyroid and my blood tests support the conclusion, the doctors refuse to provide treatment. One doctor said that I will just have to live with the test results and another a few years later said that although the results were not normal, they are a little better than they were. In the mean time, I have lost my hair, gained weight, and in pain all the time, exhausted, depressed and have most of the other symptoms. I read in the news that it is difficult to find a doctor here who will prescribe thyroid medication because of an underlying belief that it will not do much good. I came across this article while trying to find some information that might help me treat myself. I greatly appreciate this information. For me, it is finally a step in the right direction.

]]> By: DG https://www.dietvsdisease.org/the-best-diet-for-an-underactive-thyroid/#comment-90527 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 04:06:00 +0000 https://www.dietvsdisease.org/?p=1063#comment-90527 This is complete BS. You lost me when you said hypothyroidism can’t be treated with diet & can only be treated with Levothyroxine. I took Levothyroxine/ Synthyroid for over 20 years. A few months ago, I weaned myself off of it, changed my diet and started taking iodine supplements after a test showed that my iodine levels were very deficient. After several months of this new regimen, I am elated to say that my thyroid levels are stabilizing… my thyroid is adhering to this new protocol and is able to operate without the use of those crappy synthetic meds. I will never again take that junk. To see that you’re telling people that’s their only option is disgusting!

]]> By: Lila https://www.dietvsdisease.org/the-best-diet-for-an-underactive-thyroid/#comment-90145 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:06:00 +0000 https://www.dietvsdisease.org/?p=1063#comment-90145 Why are you spreading misinformation? Dessicated thyroid is NOT a supplement. It’s a prescription thyroid hormone replacement that contains T4 + T3. Synthroid only has T4 but you can add Cytomel if you want to add T3 to the treatment.
Dessicated Thyroid is derived from porcine glands while the other 2 are synthetic, but they’re all regulated and FDA approved. The author made it sound as if they get the same treatment as natural supplements do (that we don’t know what’s in them) because there has been instances where they had inconsistent batches. You make it sound like no medication has ever been recalled before, prescription or not. Please. Reading something like this is when I know someone is being biased.
Many patients (myself included) feel better on Dessicated thyroid than Synthroid alone, but it’s harder to find a doctor that will prescribe it. It has fallen out of favor when the TSH and other exams came out in the 70’s and many doctors started treating patients more by numbers on a piece of paper than how their patients actually feel. It’s still going on today and that’s why there are biased articles like this one against it. Big pharma can pay doctor to push the synthetics all they want but the proof is in the pudding. Do a search for Armour Thyroid and see how many feel better on it vs Synthroid. Or the ones who haven’t tried and are desperate to find a doctor that will prescribe it.
Either way, at least don’t spread lies that it is a NATURAL SUPPLEMENT. It has the same effect in your body as a synthetic hormone.
Morphine was ‘natural’ at one point as well, but it doesn’t mean it’s any less effective or dangerous.

]]> By: Julia https://www.dietvsdisease.org/the-best-diet-for-an-underactive-thyroid/#comment-85675 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 18:58:46 +0000 https://www.dietvsdisease.org/?p=1063#comment-85675 In reply to Glen.

sounds like you need to research protein, Glen. One can be extremely healthy and functioning on a vegan diet. It may not be for everyone but it is not true at all that “humans need to consume some form o animal protein for an overall healthy functioning body.”
BTW…I’m a dietitian and a personal trainer so I do know what I’m talking about.

]]> By: Joe Leech, Dietitian https://www.dietvsdisease.org/the-best-diet-for-an-underactive-thyroid/#comment-85607 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 05:47:00 +0000 https://www.dietvsdisease.org/?p=1063#comment-85607 In reply to TEYANI.

Hi Teyani, I would check Reddit.

]]> By: Joe Leech, Dietitian https://www.dietvsdisease.org/the-best-diet-for-an-underactive-thyroid/#comment-85058 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:28:42 +0000 https://www.dietvsdisease.org/?p=1063#comment-85058 Hi Shareeda, please consult your GP about this as I cannot give medical advice online. Thanks!

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