Yesterday I had a discussion with my husband about an article I read regarding eating right for hypothyroidism, which is something I have dealt with for about ten years.
The article titled, "Is Your Thyroid Making You Fat?" , contains a list of goitrogens, foods that hinder the absorption of thyroid medications. This list includes: soy (which is in everything), strawberries, pears, peaches, broccoli and cauliflower, among a long list of others - all usual visitors in my weekly digestive tract. I am supposed to avoid these otherwise healthy foods, because they apparently tax my already tired thyroid gland.
Come on!! I already eat a vegetarian diet (have for years), practice yoga daily, use natural products on my skin, hair nails and teeth, floss daily, don't drink coffee, grow an organic garden, volunteer as a court advocate for a child, am a mother of five and run my own business. Wah!!
This latest news of so many of my favorite foods being goitrogens has brought out my inner whiner and knocked me for a loop. What the heck? I try so hard. Is this the reason that my weight stays the same, like it's embedded in concrete? Is food so important to me that I obsess over these details?
Yesterday I was feeling rebellious and mostly sorry for myself, so I decided to eat the most delicious meal I could think of that is vegetarian (not vegan, which I mostly do). Let me tell you, those chile relleno, salad, black beans and glass of cabernet never tasted so good.
Please feel free to join my pity party. We'll be sure to have non-goitrogen veggies and dip - with plenty of wine.
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