HYPOTHYROIDISM FOODS TO AVOID - DIET FOR LOW THYROID LEVELS 

Glad I can still have Air, sun and water.

did anyone else experience anxiety with hypothyroid and thought that it was mental/emotional?

I experienced panic attacks, fatigue and dizziness I thought I was losing my mind little did you know they were related to thyroid. I incorporated iodine salt into my diet and it seems to help tremendously

My sister just past away 3months on 15 now due to this hypothyriodism. She get very slim cant eat well till all get down.😭😭😭missing her. Take care of our health godbless all.

I’va a HUGE hypothyroidism and what helps me is 🥩🥩🥩🥩🥩 and beef organs. I add more salt in my diet and I take supplements for magnesium and vitD3. Don’t forget to walk in nature and lift weights.

This is like 80% of my diet. I feel like I can't eat anything now.

They are: Soy bean products Broccoli. Cabbage Gluten products Fruits with pits Onions

I just had my tsh levels checked since eating more broccoli and tofu for the last few months due to gallbladder problems. My numbers went way up 😞🤦. I suspected that was why my hashimotos symptoms have been going crazy, but was hoping I was wrong. My temperature has been running low, but I'll feel like I have a fever,fast pulse rate,hair loss, brain fog, and now can see goiter in neck near thyroid,puffy under eyes, having more mood swings and aniexty, body aches, increase in neuropathy symptoms. I can't take levothyroxine because it makes me feel worse. So I'm going back to keto diet and trying some kind of digestive enzymes to help break down the protein for my gallbladder and pancreas. Take care everyone.. I thought it was just hormones because I'm almost 52 and thought it was menopause. I'm very happy I watched this video. Thank you ☺️ and yes diet changes and some supplements can help because my levels 8 months ago were just slightly over the limit at 3.8 and now it's almost 8. I had only been doing low carb for a short time also and then stopped because of carb addictions 🤦🤷. So I'm going to try again and get better soon 🙏🙌🙌. I don't want to sound like Gilda Radner's character Rosanna danna from old Saturday night live shows LoL 😂. Give me a thumbs up if anyone knows what I'm talking about 😂🤣

Just got diagnosed with hypothyroidism and this was really helpful. I like a lot of food that's being mentioned here but i'll try to avoid it now. Thank you.

Being a vegetarian, we’re already limited to certain foods.. above all avoiding the foods that are in the video, we’re left with nothing...

If we can't eat at all, just say that!🤣🤣🤣

It's so frustrating and confusing when doctors tell you what you can't eat , why not just tell you what you can eat. My husband is a heart patient and diabetic and has kidney stone issues. The heart and diabetic diets are similar but the kidney diet conflicts with his other issues so needless to say I'm pulling my hair out trying to fix healthy meals that don't counteract one another . Now my thyroid is on the blink so I'm what the h Do I do lol. My needs are different from his . It's a headache......He now is enrolled with a dietitian for his issues .....now about me ... whatever lol....I have all the issues of the hypothyroidism. The aches and pains are hardest to deal with. Some days I can barely move . I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis but the doctor says it's also the thyroid causing the problems. Im always cold even in the summer time. I'm always tired and no matter what I do I can not loose weight ( I'm fat lol, ) I have a lot of hair to loose but I am loosing hair . All the symptoms in itself is enough to say depression is in there too. But I've been depressed for so long I usually just ignore everything. When you have lost a child to cancer everything else just doesn't seem to be important . You just survive day by day . My child has been gone for over 30 years but every Christmas is a reminder of her birthday. Regardless of all the pain , I feel blessed to have had her in my life . Life is still beautiful and if you are still on this earth , it's for a reason . I will see her again , I believe that. Now I didn't mean to share so much , but anyways my message is never give up hope . You just might be a light for someone else. These past years have been hard on everyone and I pray everyone finds peace and healing on their journey.

So basically the food to help you get in shape & healthy are bad for people with hypothyroidism..... this world is really unfair

Hello everyone.. let me share my experience with thyroid. I used to have TSH of 21 etc and took thyroxin for 6 months and then stopped it. Now, after 2 and half years, my thyroid is normal. 2 big changes I made was 1) I switched from iodised salt to non iodised Himalayan pink salt and 2) I started drinking unboiled well water. Also, I feel less tension nowadays which may also have helped. Please try this method.. it doesn't cost anything. Also, enforce daily yoga for your kids to keep them off all diseases.

OMG I have hypothyroidism and this list kept growing and growing and it made me more and more depressed. Since I eat pretty much all of the foods, vegetables and fruits you said not to eat. I felt like the ending should have been: "So pretty much if you have hypothyroidism you cannot enjoy your life..." 😭

Onions, almonds, whole wheat, milk…that’s all I have eaten my entire life. What else should I eat ?

Has anyone experienced feeling faint or dizzy with severe anxiety fast heart rate or blurred vision with this? 🥺

Thank you for this. When diagnosed with an underactive thyroid you are actually told very little about side effects other than that of weight issues. I've read the comments below but come on guys there's loads of delicious and nutritious foods you can eat without negative effects .

nice to know that I can’t eat anything :)

Check out moringa powder, matcha powder, olive leaf powder and acacia fiber.

these are almost all the food I eat. If I have to avoid these food then what do I eat? Please make a video of What food to intake while hypothyroidism.

1. Foods with soy(including edamame, tofu) 2. Cruciferous veggies, like cauliflower and broccoli. Cabbage, kale, turnips 3.Gluten. 4. Goitregenic fruits(almonds, peaches, cherries, pears, raspberries, apricots) 5. Onions.

Thank you - I have been hypo thyroid all my life and have never been told this information. 👍🏻

Just wait a minimum of 4 hours before eating any of the foods listed in the Natural and in the spiritual the Bible says all foods are good and are sanctified if received with Thanksgiving so PRAY before you eat. There is your balance because God is a God of balance.

I just started watching MEDsimplified today out of all the videos I have watched on anatomy to date these are the best! I am so grateful I stumbled upon you. thank you so much!

So basically we can just eat candy 🍭 🍬 ?!? 🙋‍♀️ I’m totally in !! 😝

Most of this is from an assumption of an Iodine deficiency, so instead of cutting out Whole Plant Foods, especially Fruit, best to get a good source of Iodine. I make sure of this by using Poppyseeds( among a mix of other seeds) in my homemade Oat Milk, that are rich in Iodine and good for Copper, Zinc, Magnesium etc.

From deep diving into studies (due to free time during Christmas) i can say most of these foods wont affect us if they are cooked properly and eaten moderately. I think as an Indian I'll decrease my roti eating habits and go more for rice as i didn't even touch rice before this.

The foods you mentioned are some of the healthiest foods one can eat. It seems like it would be much wiser just to take iodine supplement rather than cut out these nutritious foods that block some iodine absorption.

I have hypothyroidism and iodine intake makes me feel very sick! The nurse at my doctors office told me to eat Himalayan salt without iodine in it and to avoid iodine intake. I noticed that eating shrimp also made me very sick and 2 different times after eating shrimp I had trouble breathing in the night! It was very scary! Come to find out, shrimp contains a lot of iodine! I don't think I will be eating that much anymore if any! I have a valve in the left side of my heart that doesn't work correctly and my heart doctor suggested that I increase my sodium (salt) intake because salt causes your heart to retain more fluid, which in my case is what I need. (The doctor will generally tell someone with a heart issue to steer clear of salt, so be sure to get the advice from your own physician as to whether or not you are to have salt in your diet, as we are all very different) I told my cardiologist- no I cannot eat salt! He said let me guess- you have thyroid issues? I said yes, and he said the iodine gives you problems then? I said yes very much so! He said to eat salt without iodine then. I don't understand why so many of these things that are talking about hypothyroidism seem to say that you should eat things rich in iodine? I know personally that iodine intake gives me significant trouble and makes me very tired, irritable, and plain just makes me feel terrible! So if you have hypothyroidism you may want to check and see how it makes you feel personally when you eat iodized salt or other foods such as shrimp. If it makes you feel sick, tired, or irritable then you might want to make a personal note in your mind to steer clear of it. The nurse from my doctors office said she also has hypothyroidism and iodine intake also makes her feel bad, she is the one that told me about the Himalayan salt. The Himalayan salt actually tastes like regular salt but it is pink in color and it is a bit more expensive, but I like the taste of salt but would definitely rather not feel sick from eating salt so I don't personally mind paying a little more for it, because it is obviously better for me. Sorry for the novel, but if it helps someone it is definitely worth it. I wish someone would have taken the time to explain to me about iodine and how it might possibly effect, or make me feel terrible if I ingested it! Certainly would have kept from feeling terribly sick several times! May God bless and keep you all.

maybe we should avoid eating altogether.

Hii! Can you make a video on what CAN be eaten if we are having hypothyroidism.

Why is there never any guidance videos for hyperthyroidism and Graves disease?

Superb, recently consumed many of these food categories and for sure I have symptoms and it required willpower to overcome and still more to overcome

Literally every thing that's mentioned in the video is a part of my diet

I am still working on getting my numbers to optimal range. But I have found that taking grassfed thyroid glandulars along with my thyroid medication is helping me bring my numbers to an optimal range. I also use Bone and Marrow and my thyroid antibodies have greatly decreased.

Thank you for this. I have hypothyroidism and it was tough to find information. Thanks

I have severe food allergies. The foods you mentioned that are bad for low thyroid are about the only things I'm not allergic to.😳🥺

It appears most of the common vegetables & fruits are responsible for the development of Hypothyroidism. As such, a list of fruits , vegetables & related vitamins / minerals as well as food supplements needs to be communicated that can prevent the development of Hypothyroidism.

Can I JUST join my cows and goats with eating of the Grass????😄😄😄✌God bless us all..

I love reading the comments and being in a place where all people around me are going through hypothyroidism just like me! Im so glad

I’d be curious which foods are worse than others. I am hypothyroid and eat many of the foods mentioned here - in moderation. I love fruit and veggies so those are hard to give up. I was unaware of gluten. I may have to try dialing that intake down. I’ll do just about anything to bring up my energy and get rid of the brain fog.

I've been having problems with hypothyroidism, anxiety, obesity (even though I eat healthy), panic attacks, my hair and nails are horrible, and these foods from the video are literally all I eat. Minus the dairy and mushrooms. I've been vegetarian for 10 years and my every week go-to meals have tofu, almonds, broccoli, cauliflower, pasta, onions. my favourite fruits are strawberries and pears. and I would kill for brussels sprouts. Why. Why all my favourite things got to go :|

Thanks for sharing this Awesome video stay blessed and keep it up. We want more like this information. Big like

This video is 2 years ago but I was diagnosed with this and I find this helpful

All of my absolutely favorite foods you just shot a big hole through! I’m crying 😭

I got hypothyroid at the age of 18 . I do suffer from fatigue even if my tsh level is correct..the mood swings , irritation , intolerance to sunlight , depression sometimes, the fatigue feel in legs are too high sometimes,. Standing under sunlight for longer time feels like I am burning inside, the amount of sweat I shed is really too high, I am really worried how to cure it and have a normal life style, ..some people say it's ok live on it happens but only the one know the pain who suffers it , it really makes me sad that some days I don't have the energy to do house cores, I don't feel charged when I wake up ..I am really worried about my future

Great info! I just started to eat vegetarian just to see how it would affect my digestive system. Obviously, for protein I ate too much soy. Also, I eat a lot of broccoli and onions. And almonds. Thanks for this info.

I can not believe it :-( these are all the foods I like to eat!!! Now what am I going to do :-(

Imagine trying to heal ckd at the same time. Poor dad 😢 but we are going to get it right ❤

Your educational technique is exceptional. Thank you for helping me understand what foods are best to avoid and especially to take the thyroid med hours before eating fiber rich foods. Having had gout just twice in my life I began avoiding many cruciferous veggies. Could there be a correlation between thyroid and gout? Will research.

Several hours 😭 it's hard enough waiting the full hour before drinking my morning coffee and now it seems I have to wait several hours before consuming anything 😭 I was only diagnosed a couple of months ago and really want to stick to a diet which is fine cuz I love healthy food but it's all the healthy food I love that I can't have

I never was told any of this I’ve been eating most of these food no wonder I feel soo bloated and have some other issues as well 🙁

Getting thyroid is god given gift .. he is just directing us to eat healthy and nutritious food with vital minerals and vitamins which can prolong us to withstand the upcoming malcious disorders

They're all my favourite foods, now I'm sad.

I’m hypothyroid and I love onions and broccoli. 😢

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism at a few weeks after birth. Initially, I was put on Thryoid extract. Can I person be athyroid? The pediatrician noted my reflexes were slow. It was great that he knew at such an early time (a few weeks after birth).

thanks, i will avoid those foods totally and will take a TSH test in 6 months.

Good thing I was born without one and my hormone is completely replaced by medication. It can’t swell if it’s not there 🤞🏼

Sir many doctors says that hypothyroid patients can eat almond and you says that should avoid almond..why ? Plz tel me

Thank you Dr Malik,this was so useful

Being a vegetarian who even do not eat onion and garlic, glad I have a further reason to cut my budget.i can't be more positive than this.

I eat all veggies roasted in the oven. I use peppers which are good for hypothyroidism.

I eat all the foods except soy mentioned here, in moderation though I'm a hypothyroid patient since 10 years. Brussels and cruciferous family plant products can be cooked well and consumed omstead of raw.

THIS was very well done and explained everything. I take Quercetin for COVID, but evidently that's a no no!

I Think I have just found my Tribe! I want to cry just knowing I'm not alone.

Thank you for sharing these foods to avoid. It is so crazy that two of the doctors are advising me to eat anything I want because I am taking medication. And I did not listen to them because I knew it and I felt it every time I eat these kinds of foods. I felt something is not right away, especially cabbage.

I really love listening to you speak english its cute😊 same time its very informative ! Thank you so much Dr!❤

What can you eat?

Jazaakallaahu khair for the information presented I really appreciate the effort you put in

I appreciate this suggestion . Recently I have suffering from hyper thyroidism .T3=2.97.T4=24.00/Tsh=0.01 and was very tensed and my father in law suggest me to use hypothyroid care pack from planet ayurveda along with some strict diet that am following fro last 5 months & my tsh levels are normal now

I have hypothyroidism since 1986 now I am 63years old it's really troubling me. Jack you asked does it cause anxiety I will say yes to you

I’ve been on medication for over twenty years and no one ever told me about these food groups. I eat and enjoy all of them. Cut out all the good stuff and what is left to eat?

What's left except meat products, nuts and legumes (and corn syrup)?

sorry but you got this wrong, the part where you say we shouldn't eat fruits from the rosacea family. You got it mixed up. I did a lot of research, and these fruits are the best for people with hipothyroidism beacuse they are the best for mantaining a strong inmune system. Please DON'T avoid blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, plums, almonds, cranberries, apricots, etc. Also eat papaya, zucchini, brazil nuts (these are shown to be specially good for people with hipothyroidism)

Lots is information. Thank you! I eat many of the items on the don't list. I'm glad this earth has a huge variety; so I can explore new favorites.

What to do if you have both Hypothyroidism and elevated triglyceride and cholesterol (LDL/VLDL) levels? Please suggest

Once again Thank you Dr.A am sharing among all who are suffering with this also God bless you.

Almonds are good for hypothyroidism to recheck the facts, please!

im so glad i only like tropical fruits.. except for onions.. i can avoid all these food with ease.

i love peaches. i guess my husband is right. i just need to stop eating

Thank you for wealth of information on hypothyroidism.

This is the most depressing thing I've heard in a long time. These are pretty much all the vegetables that I enjoy! And fruit, too. I'm just going to limit my daily food intake to Pork chops and blueberries and milk for dessert. That shouldn't interfer too much with my pre-diabetic status either, hopefully. I have excellent cholesterol values that my doctor attribute to good genes, so no worries there. But I'm sure there are plenty of other diseases that this diet will cause, but so be it.

Soy including tofu Broccoli cauliflower cabbage bok choy spinach . Gluten Almond apricot raspberry strawberry, cherries Onions

Sir, thanks for the beautifully explained videos, one ques pl. I am 65 femail, wait 83 kg, TSH-7.02 T3,T4 both normal, signs are minors hair fall,itchi skin, but heavy stomach after eating,gastric trouble if I eat out, I too have iurine urgency. I went to doctor for urine urgency, he gave me Thyronorm 25,& Liston to my urine problem secondry. Should I start Thyronorm when THS is bow 10

I give up. I ping pong between hyper and hypothyroidism. All of my numbers hover around the normal ranges, but never quite get there. I do really appreciate the info.

Thank you for a very informative video with really good information. Keep up the good work.

Soo remarkable to see foods that make my throat itch popping up on this list.

Moderation is key 🔑

is moringa (sahjanaa in hindi, saragvo in gujarati, drumstick) bad for hypothyroidism?

I always thought thyroid make you gain weight today the doctor said it also makes you lose so much weight and that's what happened to me So much more

WHAT CAN I EAT THEN? He just listed literally every single thing I consume on a daily basis. I have hypothyroidism, Crohn’s disease and psoriatic arthritis. With the arthritis I tend to fear best when I eat very clean no sugar no gluten no nightshade vegetables… But I’m also an avid runner so I need to fuel up. I tend to eat raw spinach, raw red onions, almonds, red grapes, tons of raw broccoli and I do eat fish. Now I don’t know what kind of vegetables I’m gonna eat because I have the garlic and red onions every day.

Supplementing with b12,zinc for hypothyroidism brings back readings to normal range.

As a vegetarian how can I live without these foods,cant even think about,specially soy foods,all these are 90%of my diet

Not very good if you are vegetarian all the foods we eat. Which are meant to be good for you.

Now I am thinking what should I eat....but he said medicine can be taken after meal.....but it's a big no....my doctors always suggested me to take it 1 hr before the meal...so now I am doubting on the complete video

Agree with this. I did read that cooking can greatly reduce the goitrogens.

I want to thank you cuz this viedo of your helped me alot to fix my TSH raise till 8.3 creating hypothyroidism in me in 4 months. Just by avoiding goitergenic food I recovered alot which was shocking for me as well as I saw lot of people struggle with thyroid problem for ages and here I recovered in just 4 months. Although I did study on hypothyroid diet as much as possible so there were lot more other resources which help me better understand this BUT STILL YOU PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN MY JOURNEY AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT...... #youaremakingachange ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you for this explanation. I'm not diagnosed with hypothyroid, but I have a lot of symptoms of it, so it's highly possible. Which doctor can diagnose hypothyroid? As for food I intuitively avoid gluten ("bread"), cause 'it makes me fat' and onions. Didn't know about other food that you've mentioned. Thank you for this explanation.

Thank you for this information. Now to test it out on myself.