I hope it's okay to post this since it's not Q related but I've seen similar posts so here goes. On my last bloodwork I had a slightly elevated Thyroid Stimulating Hormone level, indicating my thyroid is getting sluggish. I have no symptoms of hypothyroidism otherwise. The NP wrote me a prescription for levothyroxine but after doing my own research I found an NIH article about some studies that showed there is little benefit to starting levothyroxine for subclinical cases. So I didn't fill the prescription. But now I'm second-guessing myself. My question to you all is do you know of any supplements or natural treatments to promote thyroid function? I really don't want to be on another prescription. I appreciate your help.
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Iodine. When manufactured breads cakes etc started using bromine instead of iodine people started getting gissues w thyroid . The bromine clings to the thyroid a d inhibits iodine to be absorbed. Bake you're own goods take iodine.
I recently noticed that the salt I've been using (Morton) for baking is non-iodized. That was a surprise to me because I'm from an era where salt was always iodized. I usually use sea salt for cooking meat and stuff and I just looked it up and it's not iodized either. Again I just assumed all salt has iodine in it so shame on me. Thanks for the info!
Eat eggs (yolks) for iodine. Eliminate processed food and seed oils from your diet