thyroid raw winners?

[lsav1]

Hi All

I was born with hypothyroid and have been taking thyroid meds forever and am told I will have to for the rest of my life. I've recently adopted a vegan-raw diet and i've been doing a lot of research online. I have come across several natural thyroid supplements was wondering if anyone has tried any of these : Thyrax, Alvidar, Thyromine and Thyroid Essentials. I'm new on here and I would appreciate any advice or info anyone has to offer. Thanks!!!! :)

[rawbutterfly]

bumping up...anyone?

[domestic goddess]

I have used Armour Thyroid now for a bit and it works for me. It is natural but not vegan so that may not be an option for you. Never heard of those you mention.

[Veganforlife]

Read my testimony. You do NOT have to take thyroid meds the rest of your life...that's bullspit!!! I'm proof and I dare any medical professional to dispute this...

[kaybee]

look into bladderwrack seaweed. there was an article in the raw magazine "purely delicious" about seaweed that said that up to 5 grams a day of bladderwrack has been shown to have similar effect to thyroid meds. sorry, dont have any further references on this.

[MrGreenJeans]

I read somewhere that eating raw cabbage like in cole slaw tends to slow down the thyroid. The article did not say how much one had to eat though. I think it probably has to be eaten on a daily basis but not sure.

[Veganforlife]

I personally have eaten raw cabbage (in the form of sauerkraut and also slaws) from day one going raw. My thyroid is healed. But, every BODY is different...

I know if you increase your sea greens that will definitely help.

[Clare]

The plant family that slows thyroid function includes cabbage, broccoli, cauli, turnip greens, mustard greens, kale, brussels, arugula. (crucifers)

A little of these could definitely be overcome by sea veg for iodine. But for me, i was green smoothie-ing various kales and turnip greens every day plus having homemade saurkraut, coleslaws, brocolli basically all day long :-) and I wondered why the raw diet wasn't helping my thyroid. So I will report back when I am off my armour thyroid!

[lsav1]

Thank you all so much for your advice. I'm going to try some of this stuff out. I'm not sure if I should stop taking the meds all together and try it or try it while taking the my meds??