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AVOID THESE SUPPLEMENTS AND DRUGS
There are many foods, nutritional supplements, and drugs that
hypers should avoid. If you have any to add to this list, please email me or
post on the bulletin board.
FOODS
Canned foods, especially canned fish like tuna --estrogen
mimic, bisphenol-A from varnish inside can increases heavy metal accumulation
like mercury and cadmium which accumulate in fish and other sea foods.
Fruits, at least for a while--depletes copper
High carbohydrate diet--causes thyroid hormone increase to burn up excess
calories.
Too many green leafy vegetables--high cadmium
Rice--seems to be high in cadmium
Canola oil--interferes with normal thyroid functioning
SUPPLEMENTS
Zinc--depletes copper so you need to limit zinc until copper is
built up.
Iron--depletes copper so you need to limit it at the
beginning, but it's essential for making hemoglobin so try to slowly introduce
it after a few weeks of copper supplementation.
Manganese--Assists iron metabolism and a known copper
antagonist. Introduce again if you go hypo.
DHEA
Pregnenelone
Grape seed extract
Proanthrocyanadins--from grape seed or pine bark.
Ephedra--found in weight loss and energy supplements.
Tyrosine--the amino acid that is the basis of thyroxine.
Arginine --stimulates growth hormone production which seems to stimulate thyroid
hormone production.
Ornithine--same as Arginine
Licorice--depletes MAO which breaks down thyroid hormones after use.
Colostrum--seems to significantly increase hyper symptoms
and may induce a thyroid storm.
Stories:
Example of ephedra (ephedrine) reaction:
Date: 10/4/00 11:20:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: point@vramp.net (frances point)
Reply-to: hyperthyroidism@egroups.com
To: hyperthyroidism@egroups.com
Two years ago I had a trip planned and was having sinus problems. I asked the pharmacist what I could take that would not conflict with my present
medications (Tapazole & Synthroid for "Block/replace") and he told me Sudafed Sinus. NEVER NEVER NEVER take this!!!! I took it for two
days...left on my trip and while on the airplane thought I was suffering a full blown heart attack!! I had the LIST of heart attack symptoms...pain,
pressure, clamminess.. I also had a horrible headache at the base of my skull. My heart was racing and skipping. My blood pressure shot sky high.
I ended up at the Emory Heart Clinic in Atlanta having a thallium stress test, EKG, etc. After all was said and done, they said I had a reaction to
the ingredient in the Sudafed Sinus (ephedrine?). It was the scariest experience. I had no blood pressure problems before
this incident. But they could not get it to stay normal without medication following this incident. I now take Atenolol daily. Be very, very careful
about what is in the "over-the-counter" medications for sinus or allergy problems. I now take Allegra..the plain one that you take twice a day..
there are two types of Allegra and one (the one a day?) contains something that my dr. said "might" be a problem.
Good luck..
Fran
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