Healthy Thyroid: The Secret Ingredient
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- Dr. Barnard joins “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll today to talk all things health and gives the secret ingredients for thyroid health. Plus he will answer your questions!
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Yes, in my experience a typical doctor doesn't want to help you, they just want to put you on a pill for this, a pill for that, a pill, a pill... and no thank you, I don't need or want to be put on pills. I am so thankful for PCRM and now you are available in Texas, thank you all so much. I have to add, Dr. Barnard is such a wealth of information and compassion. I wish all doctors took a note from him.
I live in Houston, Texas. Where is PCRM?
@@AlexiHolford Washington
I’m confused. If you have hyperthyroidism do you need more iodine or less iodine?
@@AlexiHolford --- been MANY places& I don't know either
Physicians aren't trained in medical school for such
Dr. Barnard is without reservation my favorite human being on the planet. He is incredibly smart, funny, and the kindest man. His real talent is taking complex issues and present them so that any lay person can understand them. Sara Ross
Mine too!!!!
One can always have a conversion problem..can't convert t3 to t4. That was me .My t3 wasn't even measuring it was in the basement. Dessicated thyroid was the answer. Got rid of all My thyroid problems. I finally felt Normal . Went to a functional medicine doctor. Best thing I ever did. I also went gluten free. Very low sugar. Eat fruits and veggies. Very little red meat. I like this doctor. He makes sense.
Thank you so much for all you do! Health is the most important thing and I hope all the best to everyone!
Dr Barnard is wonderful. Wish he was my Doctor. I’ve been on Synthroid for 60 years none of my doctors have tried to encourage me to go off my thyroid. I sometimes have anxiety and depression but they just say you have to live with it and once your on thyroid your on for life. Thank you Dr Barnard, Marguerite
Thank you my dearest Doctor! From Buenos Aires, Argentina. You are the best 💗💗💗
Well. So far out of all the doctors I've been listening to some I Do like . But He's the Best. Thumbs up ! Thanks for Sharing !!!
So thankful to Dr. Barnard! You are the best!
Love the show. Dr. Barnard is greatS!
Thank you so much, Doctor! You gave me inspiration to move on. I'll follow your advice.
God bless!
Very informative video - thank you!
The bottom line is change the diet, such good info, Thank you.
Thank you so much for this information. I just got diagnosed with hypothyroidism, I am reluctant to start taking medication, I will start the plant based diet.
Wonderful video! Thank you very much!
Greetings from South Africa ! thank you for an excellent presentation and information . Wish everybody worldwide with thyroid health issues can watch AND APPLY your advice !
Always excellent skills interviewing Chuck!
I am from Indonesia and your video so helpful for me and my daughter because we have had hypertiroid...thanks a lot chuk
I love Dr Barnard!!! So knowledgeable and such a good human🌱🙏🏼💗
Yeah, almost makes me wonder what he is like in real life.
I do like him a lot too! He passes so good energy... thank you!
He’s my favorite, and the original reason I went vegan/ plant based about 9 years ago!
Even his voice feels good to hear
Wow.... I have not been able to lose a lb.... I trie to go on a high meat diet, no wonder I felt worse. Vegan here I go again... I was fine on vegan... Thanks so much
Thank you so much for these videos
Thank you ❤for sharing such important information
I'm listening to you because I have thyroid issues and I'm dealing with very limited means. Which caught my attention most videos and the crux of the advice is beyond my means financially
Me too but I think changing diet is just the best to cure it I was feeling worst but just oatmeal and potatoes and fruits is God works is helping me
@@asmarusheriff6166 don't forget beans, best source of protein 😃
Physicians Committee. Can you do an episode with Dr.Barnard on Women's health and Iron Deficiency? I find a lot of his work has been about endometriosis. What about more common women health problems? How does diet affect hormonal health more precisely?
You need to be careful with iron supplements because there are cancers that are driven by too much iron.
If you already know what to eat, and you exercise, doctors need to know that eating less and exercising more does not help if you have a Leptin imbalance. In a study at Tufts, a patient participant was eating correctly, they did not have one thing to change...And, the person was exercising...running 6 to 8 miles a day and lifting 8 pound weights and doing calesthenics, and, was not losing weight. Neither was the person eating too much. It turns out the lepting-ghrelin hormones were out of balance. The same person was being told by the doctor to eat less and exercise more... Told that for years... Fortunately she had the ability to tell the doctor if she ate any less she would not be eating. THEN, the doctor checked what she was eating (She ate well (healthily) before following the doctor's advice. When the doctor checked the data, he said eat more. Doctors need to be current on the research and use DATA!
I developed Celiac disease in 2009 and had to cut out all gluten. I never felt well and always tired. In 2015 I developed rheumatoid arthritis.
I started a totally plant based diet, no oil, in June 2016 and reversed the RA by 90% in 10 months. At the same time I had a TSH test which was 8. My doctor said we would watch it before attempting treatment. In December 2017 my TSH was 17.
Because I’m trying to avoid all medication and synthetic thyroid began taking a naturopathic thyroid supplement which crashed my thyroid twice! I switched to using an Ayurvedic thyroid support which seemed to help and my TSH test was under 2. Then in January 2021 it escalated to 22.1. I began eating raw vegetables only but because I’m very thin I couldn’t sustain it. However by July my TSH was 12. Last December it was 9.2. I had a test recently-May 2022- and it had slightly increased to 9.6.
I now feel very I’ll. Lethargic, more hair loss, papery lizard skin on my arms and legs and increasingly unbalanced and dizzy as I walk.
I’ve always tried my best to be active, working hard physically and staying mentally astute, but I’m mentally and physically exhausted.
I’m still using the Ayurvedic treatment which I doubled in dose last year and my practitioner said iodine supplementation would probably not help my condition.
I have come to understand that
Estrogen dominance, chronic stress and anxiety, adrenal fatigue and overproduction of cortisol can seriously impact the thyroid.
I’m only 68 and feel as though I’m fighting for my life right now.
Great truths to common problems!
Chuck Carroll you have the most perfect skin 👏🏻👍🏻
This was so packed full of great information. Thank you also for clearing up what the Keto diet is. I had my suspicions but having never been an Adkins fan (tried it once for a few days, maybe a week) and felt so horrible I gave it up. I did not care for all the artificial sweeteners and Adkins specific products as well as the amount of soy that was in them (seemed high). I have a few magazines about Keto and like the veggie recipes but having dental issues makes it extremely hard to consume the amount of salads or other raw veggie dishes. Good thing I really like soups.
Now, however, I see I am on the right path incorporating more veggies in my diet. I've never been a big meat eater although carbs can be a vice. I do like a sandwich at lunch. I eliminated sugar in nearly everything (lots of label reading) aside from my spoon of honey in my morning tea or on cereal if that's breakfast.
I’ve lost a lot of weight and my roseasa and skin problems are gone. Not to mention my eyes doing better from no sugar. Sorry it didn’t work for you. It takes a few weeks feeling like crap for sure. I had real bad brain fog for the first couple of weeks
@@michiperkins144 Hmm... perhaps I should take a new look at it them. I gave up white sugar, white flour, etc. eons ago. I may not have the same poor reaction.
@@sandyp2485 I actually think the way you eat is more healthy. I believe just cutting back on sugar helps overall but my goodness we have to have some sweets like fruit and honey good for us. I suppose being really big a person needs to take drastic measures but it’s not too balanced 🌹
@@sandyp2485 I was so big but couldn’t go back to just 20 carbs a day. Every now and then we have to have something sweet is my thinking 😁
@@michiperkins144 Yeah, I love my berries for sure. I have wild strawberries in my yard and they bear all summer. They're small but oh so sweet.
I like my spoon of honey in my morning tea or on muesli/oatmeal the mornings I have it for breakfast.
As for losing weight, once I get on my bike, it drops off pretty quickly. I just need to get past spring allergies to begin. I'm always amazed that having such fun is so good for me. I keep a little journal and try to beat my own records.
❤️Very Informative Thank You❤️
Thank you, I saw Jeanne on another video... as I mentioned on her video my doctor told me I'd never get off or reduce my meds but I've reduced my levothyroxine from 110 mcg to 75 mcg within a year... eating 3 lettuce leaf w banana and a few strawberry smoothies, all organic and I'm growing the lettuce myself along with 1/2 clove of garlic and 3/4 serving protein powder that contains the amino acids -- I do this 3 times a week, have cut down meats, cheeses, oils and butters... make sure to drink a lot of water, garlic is known as a phase 1 & 2 toxin remover (go research) but it also really dropped my BP so I drink a lot of water prior, during and after to keep flushing those toxins.
LOVVEEE this Show 🙏🙌🙌💕🌱
I buy seaweed chips and kelp alternative salt.
You explain things so well I wish you had been my science teacher
Thank you So much. Hypo here and trying hard to be plant based.
I am so excited I am here.
Amazing Dr Barnard, this is what happened to me, may to august, really sick with DX of graves disease, and Afib, though everything off, hospitalized and everything, Iodine, wow, I have cut out of my diet the White Salt and using Pick Himalayan , thank you, thank you, thank you as always God Bless you and your family, Thank you Chuck
You need2 watch Dr Greger& Himalayan salt🤷🏽♀️
Awesome job you two!
I love this opening music.
One thing that's remarkable is how beautiful the complexion looks with plant based diet. People literally glow (compare before & after images with celebrities....including Chuck Carrol)
I agree as to people I've seen in person but Chuck's skin looks too pale and shiny to me. Maybe it's the camera.
Dr. Barnard💞
Thank dr for information 💕💕💕💕🌺🌸
i dont like seaweed and i dont eat salt so i just buy a packet of wakami...grind it to a powder in my coffee grinder and sprinkle 1/2 heaped teaspoon (150 mcg daily) on my oats every morning...(or lunch or dinner)...it has NO taste used like that & solved my iodine deficiency
That's amazing. Thank you.
Love! Gonna use this!
rapid weight loss as well some 27 lbs, by the way i have followed Jean thanks to you all, LOVE you guys
Since I avoid MDs, I got my own bloodwork done as I was suspicious I might have hypothyroid. My TSH was good but my T4 was only BARELY okay and my T3 was definitely low. Thankfully, I didn't have thyroid antibodies but I've also been off gluten for many years. I'm treating myself with supplements: high zinc, selenium, ashwagandha, guggul, L-tyrosine, and iodine. I was taking eluthero too, but quit it. I may add it back. I need to recheck my blood soon, but I'm feeling like my thyroid is functioning better. I probably should have also had my blood checked for reverse T3 but didn't. Gluten attacks the thyroid in many people. It's often seen that people with Celiac Disease also have Hashimotos.
Thanks for your comment. I have a gluten allergy, no celiac. Now my thyroid is low. I’m back to doing gluten free 💯.
Where do you get your own labs done? The Labcorp here requires a doctor's order. I want to get them on my own and I want to learn how to read them. Any tips are appreciated.
I’ve hypothyroidism. Which vegetables should I avoid? Thank you.
Fabulous topic
This must be why when I take my multivitamin I seem to lose weight faster. Has 100% DV iodine and everything else I need. I take Deva, a vegan multi, but just one every other day. I dont eat bad so dont feel I need it everyday.
Careful if you have Hashimoto's and take an excess of iodine you get worse.
@@aileenmayers6443 oh no I'm ok, I only take it everyother day. I also try to avoid salts so that helps. Thank you though, very good advice
Thank you for your information well said and I received it in jesus name 🙏
Can this work for someone who has had the thyroid burnt out?
Its so crazy to go from listening to dr axe saying not to have iodized salt and then listen to you saying its okay. Im so confused . But i do know after listening to dr ace for two years now and still not doing good i think ill start taking your advice!
Jada, I ordered a Thyroid supplement on amazon that includes iodine among other things.
@@peaceandlove61 whats it called? I found a sea salt that has iodine ive been using that. I also started making my own vegetable sushi . Nori has iodine.
@@jada8944 those salts don't really have enough so I've been taking Nutriflair Premium Thyroid Support with Iodine and BioPerine from Amazon. 120 count for $14.99--2 capsules daily. It has a pretty comprehensive amount of nutrients for the thyroid.
@@jada8944 Sadly Nori sheets could b contaminated due2 nuclear fall out!!!!
Awesome,Video, a true, Thumbs Up, sincerely, Diana Lipski a 9 years Vegan, I love this Loving, Lifestyle 👍
I went on levothyroxine in 2009 for hypothyroidism. Didn’t help me lose lose any weight. Been fighting it since. I also went on low salt diet too.can I take kelp while on levothyroxine
Instead of ice cream, I blend up frozen mangoes, banana, vanilla & plant milk. It's like frozen yogurt. So yummy.
Pure sugar! Be careful your blood sugar doesn’t skyrocket. People pass out from high blood sugar.
@@juanmonge8 I don't have any reaction to it. I am of normal weight.
@@juanmonge8 Fruit is not problematic unless you have insulin resistance (caused mainly by high fat diets).
@@juanmonge8 nonsense, sugar from fresh fruit doesn’t compare to processed sugar. There are people who live on nuts and fruit only and doing ok.
Doc, I just want to ask if monggo beans is really acidic or not?
thank u so much
So for hypERthyroid should we avoid iodine? I have your book Your Body in Balance and it seems like it says to consume sea veggies in either case? Missing info for hypERthyroid because it’s less common. I’ve been plant based for half my life (15years)
What are foods or proper diet for thyroid nodules and how to heal thyroid nodules Doc? I've been taking euthyrox 50mg. for the past 12 yrs but no cure.
I eat as clean as I can. I cannot eat any mammals or anything derived from them either. I had no symptoms going through menopause. I don’t eat anything processed or any soy at all.
Seawed salad yummy.. U can easily buy in the wet market 2 dollar per kilo..
Seawed salad yummy.. We can easily buy in the wet market 2 dollar per kilo..
Do you have a link to that research?
I believe, at Physicians Committee or Dr.Nel Barnard's website 😉
What about oxalates ? I went for green and end up with kidney stones ! is there any help for me ? Thank you .
What about hyperthyroidism due to toxic nodule no autoimmune component. Does a plant base diet help?
How much seaweed should i eat daily? I don't eat salt. Salt raises my blood pressure.
Do these results indicate possible primary hypothyroidism? (tired legs and no energy)
TSH 3.92 IU/L
Free T3 4.95 pmol/L
Free Thyroxine 13.3 pmo/L
my name is Dorothy Crossway and I was just diagnosed with a thyroid problem. My thyroid is too high. What can I eat to get my thyroid back in order without taking medication. My doctor put me on propylthiouracil 50mg. I hate taking pills but if I know what I can do to help me naturally I will do it. Can you tell me what I can do to be healed from this problem. I take 6 pills a day, two after each meal. I have lost 30 pounds and I don't want to lose anymore. I didn't have an appetite but it has picked up a little.
LOVE U 2! THX
You can eat a sea weed and carrot salad it is so good. Look up recipe on you tube. I always get it when I go to a Chinese restaurant. It is delicious.
Interesting, thanks 😊
Hi Dr Barnard What is going on with me. I am doing Whole Foods since 7 months ago and my thyroid went up to 7.2 so I started medication again. And I am too tired. Not feel well very sensitive to cold. What’s wrong with me and how can I fix it
I look forward to the physician's committee coming to Ohio! I really need help
WHEN?? and where?? 😃😃😃😃
Nori - how often should one eat it to get the balance needed?
He said 150 micrograms a day (mcg) and this website says it varies, but it looks like around 3 sheets per day. Man, I love sushi (vegan sushi) so this would be easy for me to eat 😋 . You could double the sheets if you can’t eat that much, so it’d only be 1.5 rolls from 3 sheets (if that makes sense)
findanyanswer.com/how-much-iodine-is-in-a-sheet-of-nori
Nori from Japan is contaminated due2 nuclear fall out!!!!
My TSH is 35 but I feel fine. I’m fully plant based & have a healthy diet... 🤷♀️
Then don’t worry about it, and if you do add some seamoss and bladderwrack and you’ll feel perfect and your results probably end up perfect as well! I’ve had hashimotos and I cured it with a WFPB diet!
@@kamilmusalat What's a WFP diet? Please explain.
@@edefante1 whole food plant based diet
What about foods to eat?
Do you need iodine for hyperthyroidism? Or will that be too much?
MY HAIR FULLY REMOIVING, DUE TO THYROID IT HAPPENING, PLEASE SEND ME THE DETAILS
I was hypothyroid with low T3, T4 normal and TSH normal, after taking thyroid supplements my TSH became low and I lost 18 lbs. I started with vegan diet but I became thinner from 115 lbs to 95 lbs and became weak, and liver enzyme was up. I stopped taking all supplements and resumed eating rice with vegetables and chicken and fish. I use extra virgin olive oil too. Am I on the right track?
I use iodine drops and eat Brazil nuts for selenium daily. Don´t enjoy algae that much.
I got brazil nuts a couple years ago. Shelled from the grocery store at Christmas time. I smelled or tasted toxins. I don't even know how to find good ones. And they are so hard to break in the shell. They are a cancer fighter
I have been a vegan for about 1 year. I have developed symptoms of hives, headaches, fatigue that leads me to believe I have a food allergy. It was suggested to me to go on an elimination diet. It seems almost impossible to achieve this without starving myself. Help!
Try starch solution diet so u aren’t starving
Are you still eating processed food? Oils? Look into leaving them behind, if so.
I have been on a healthy wholefoods plant based Diet for over 10yrs. I went into peri menopause at 46 (I’m now 52) and found out i tested positive for autoimmune but not thyroid autoimmune, yet my thyroid was very Very low. Despite my best efforts to help my thyroid naturally, I ended up having to go on Nature thyroid. Now two years later I’ve had to increase my dose recently. My triglycerides are elevated as well on my recent blood work? I am seeing a naturopath but would like to see someone else who eats the way I do. There is no one in my area unfortunately. I do not want to be on a medication my whole life but just dont know what else I can do? I started limiting my carb intake as suggested from my dr in hopes this will help. I’m extremely frustrated since i work so hard to stay healthy with my diet and exercise. Now my dr wants me doing cardio 6 times a week, i was only doing 3 days a week.
I also have been gluten free for many years
Which area are you in? Are you still eating oil? Are you drinking coffee and also non dairy coffee creamer?
Hello, Who was the Dr that treated Nancy the 19 year old woman with hypothyroid and got her off the medication? I would like to see her and do the same.
A few months ago I had a high TSH and the doctor put me on levothyroxine. I started getting heart palpitations in January and weaned myself off it. Now my TSH is showing too low 0.1 and T4 1.87 which nurse said was high?
In South Africa, I aim for T4 between 5 and 16 and TSH 0.5 and 5. I started with undiagnosed Hyperthyroidism a year ago, which then flipped to Hypothyroidism 6 months back. (TSH >50 and T4 0.05.)
I couldn't handle Eltroxin and was overdosed between 150mg and 100mg. Weight and hair loss and raised blood sugar.
Changed to Euthyrox 100mg and I have slowly been reducing the dose.
6 months in, (T4 now 0.15 and TSH 15.) now taking 62.5mg and eating a plant based diet since that last blood test.
Endocrinologist wanted me to increase dose to 75mg again.
I feel great, so will keep testing and hopefully find a good balance for all the numbers - weight, cholesterol, blood sugar and Thyroid hormones.
How does one submit a question? I got my blood test results and my iron was low. I thought maybe it was due to drinking coffee, (aside from being female), so I quit coffee. Not sure if that correlation is accurate. Also, my vitamin D was low. Very low. Is it true that you should take your vitamin D supplement with a meal that includes healthy fats? (like avocado and/or tofu or oatmeal)? Because I'm still trying to lose weight. I lost 50 pounds but I still have at least 30 to go. It is very hard, but my thyroid levels appear to be normal. I assume my lack of energy is because of the vitamin D and iron. (I average 1400 calories a day, some days up to 1800). Also, what is a good calorie goal? I eat low calorie density so I do eat lots of food.
Flattlander Montgomery at my last doctor's appointment my vit D level was low even though I take a supplement. My doctor said to make sure to take my vit D supplement with a meal that has at least 15 g of fat. I was taking mine with breakfast but my meal of oatmeal with ground flax seeds, raisins, and oatmilk was no where near 15g of fat. I added a quarter cup of walnuts. I will be retested in October to see if it worked. Since you mentioned tofu and avocado, you can get 15g of fat from 3/4 cup of sliced avocado or 1 and 1/2 cups tofu. Oatmeal is not a good source of fat. Since you may not want to add additional fat if you don't have to, maybe you could calculate the nutritional data for each of your meals to see if there is already one where you are getting more than 15 g of fat.
@@donnaw1835 Thank you so much Donna W, I really needed to know how much fat to aim for. I will look at what I eat and see what is the highest in fat and tweak it. I got a prescription of vitamin D that I only have to take once a week, so I can work it in pretty well I'm sure. Many thanks!!! It makes sense, that vtiamin D is fat soluble, that there needs to be some fat present.
Because sea salt, pink salt, etc don't have the official legally-required measured amount of iodine, those products are legally required to have the official 'this salt does not contain iodine' label. I like this because I want the proven amount. When these iodine laws were passed, the whole Midwestern USA was having deficiency goiter, the prominent neck swelling which is the extreme manifestation. Glad I didn't live back then. Yay for good science.
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I'm looking for harbal medicine for Thyroid
Every time I’m tested I’m told my tests came out good. Yet I have hairdloss for around 10 years. Will it return if I get my thyroid right?
A better test is the Basal Thermometer thyroid test. It shows how your body is functioning for you and not a range of standard hormone levels. It will show if your thyroid is actually working good for you. Plus it's an easy and painless way to measure.
@@cbawake5312 Thank you for the info. It's certainly good to know that. Does Basel mean a particular thermometer? I have noticed my temperature has gone up to what is normal range since taking kelp for a month.
@@susankovach8927 Yes that's the most accurate thermometer the rest are off by a degree or 2 and that's a huge deal when measuring. Kelp has iodine which is a great supplement.
Take MSM organic sulphur for hair loss. (Methylsulfonylmethane)
@@seeminkhan9347 Thank you!! 😇
I need your help because I would like to stop taking these thyroid pills I am on these pills since 2004
If have thyroid problems no sleep?
Did they ever do a test with grass fed meat?
I have 2thirds thyroid removed because of non cancerous massmy weight is out of control. Help!
We have book healthyful living i think and the first book was printed 1900 and now i dont know how many volume have now.. Our organization r teaching about healthy and vegetarian but not all adventist are vegan 🤣🤣 like me i eat fish.. Balance diet we consider because not all can afford and having a land to plant our own food..every countries and places has difference cost of living
What is a plant based diet? And amount of what food.
Can't live on plans only because your brain needs meat. That's from great doctors I trust. The doctors that healed their Metabolic system.
It's a vegan diet.
It’s a diet of whole plant foods (beans/legumes, whole grains, fruit and vegetables, and herbs and spices) excluding animal flesh, dairy, and eggs. When you eat this way, you can eat until satisfied, no weighing or measuring necessary! 👍
@@peace9537 Funny, here I am vegan for three years and I’ve never felt better! 😀
Another reason vegans aren't having so many problems is, and its a no brainer. Meats are full of gmo feeds, antibiotics, and a life of stress before they are butchered. I have worked from feed lots to meat (all kinds) productions. I ran dairy farms and food farms. I am now vegan and I buy totally ǹoooo foods with GMO's in them. I supplement my plant diet with herbs and seasonings. I use only healthy oils. I also supplement with a B12 vitamin. I had cancer and a triple bypass in 2016, now, I feel pretty healthy, and happy. And vital wheat gluten is higher in proteins then meat.
yes doc i have hypherthyroisdm pls help me tnx a lot
I am diagnosed hypo thyroid for almost 2 decades, I just got my thyroid blood report today, my dr called me to discuss on Thursday 10/21/21 - my TSH level is low TSH 0.106 - I am on a two different dosage for three days 112 mcg and four days I am taking 125 mcg / Synthroid! Can you please advise me what’s my result suggests
Permanent cure to hypothyroidism with the help of Dr iyaremoses herbal medication no side effect
I feel terrible every day. Had thyroid tested a year ago, Growth biopsied, negative . Roux N Y 9 years ago. Lost 120, still at 100 lbs down . HAD CHF previously. Take vitamins. What could be wrong?
68 years old, female.
I use an iodine supplement each day derived from kelp.
Dangerous source as can easily overdose with kelp. Stick to dulse wakame Nori arame
As I m listening about thyroid, I have thyroid, its about 7,I just had a blood work,I m vegan,don't eat much grains, have type 2 diabetes, which also was 7,2,which I m working on, have just half cup of coffee with almond milk,my coffee is organic, I m in thyroxine medicine, my weight is 104 pounds, mostly eat salads,sometime cooked food,eat sometimes millets, but surprisingly my thyroid isn't coming down,please show me the way.
I became vegan 14 years ago, but in the last 6 months moved to more of a pure whole food plant based diet and am feeling so much better because of it. So basically I cut out almost all processed foods. I also, increased legumes/pulses (beans etc), grains and leafy greens (I was already a big potato and sweet potato eater). Your weight is quite low make sure that you eat good quantities of wfpb. If you can't eat a big meal, try eating 4 - 6 meals through out the day. Also, add a vegetable smoothie or two. It would be interesting to see how much refined carbohydrates you currently consume (refined sugars) - look at beverages and food.
So many excellent questions here. But, sadly, no responses from Barnard or Carroll. Very disappointing.
@@CJ-vk4le that's really not low weight. I weighed 95 most of my life at 5'3". I ate plenty and very active.
Dr Barnard, If taking levothyroxine how would you get an accurate blood test result to see if plant based eating has been effective enough to discontinue med? this is the only med I take and would love to discontinue.
Me too exactly. Hoping to hear a answer
me too!!!
Me too
Can you just quite the eltroxin?
I’m tapering off little by little- seeing how I feel and getting tested ~ I’ve gone down from 100mcg to 88mcg and have been at 88 for a while. I’m either going to cut pill in half or go down to 50 next.
I feel that BMI chart is bogus and I am sad as a Holistic Integrative Nutritionist that the PCRM is using it. :( According to the chart I am Overweight and that is just not true. Weight is not just weight. These charts are what cause a disordered relationship to food. Just disappointing that my network encourages the scale and this chart. LYFE Nutrition (Living your full experience)
I understand ypur point, but for me, on my weight loss journey, it was one of msny tools to judge my progress.
How can I control my high blood pressure without taking some many medications?
Mary, I had the same issue---make sure you get minimum 400mg Magneseum daily. And potassium....we need 4300mg potassium! Nobody I know gets this much potassium from their food. I take 400mg magneseum and 2 -595mg potassium supplements at bedtime and cut out processed carbs and sugars and my BP is in the normal range now. The processed carbs and sugars always raised my BP more than salty food, BUT their is a fine dance between potassium and sodium in your body so if you eat something salty make sure to counter it with a potassium rich food or pop a supplement. It affects hundreds of processes in the body and is so important to heart function and BP.
Are you consuming a whole food plant based diet?