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From: Chris on 1 Feb 2006 20:29 Someone on a low-carb group stated this in regard to my slow thyroid: "You could encourage your thyroid by eating a brazil nut a day - selenium is important in the T3->T4 conversion, and a single nut provides all you need." Do you eat brazil nuts and find them beneficial? Chris
From: Richard on 1 Feb 2006 21:08 "Chris" <northwoodssinglegal(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HbdEf.23488$wk5.18711(a)news02.roc.ny... > Someone on a low-carb group stated this in regard to my slow thyroid: > > "You could encourage your thyroid by eating a brazil nut a day - selenium is > important in the T3->T4 conversion, and a single nut provides all you need." > > Do you eat brazil nuts and find them beneficial? > > Chris > I eat them for that purpose and so do others here. Just don't O.D. on the stuff if you buy it in pill form. I eat 2 or 3 brazil nuts a day.. its more natural. If you're hypo or lacking selenium in your diet, its something to consider. But I don't like the idea of "encourage your thyroid" coming from a low-carb newsgroup. Don't let them convince you to start taking T4 or crazy herb cocktails for your thyroid, because the next group you might be stopping could be sci.med.cardiology. FYI. Just be healthy but don't over do it. Richard
From: Chris on 1 Feb 2006 22:30 "Richard" <no_valid(a)spam.invalid> wrote in message > I eat them for that purpose and so do others here. Just don't O.D. on the > stuff if you buy it in pill form. I eat 2 or 3 brazil nuts a day.. its > more > natural. > > If you're hypo or lacking selenium in your diet, its something to > consider. I take a multiple vitamin and I looked and it has Selenium in it. The One-a-Day vitamins (Weight Smart formula) has 70 mcg of Selenium in it. Do I need more? Do you happen to know how much a brazil nut offers? Chris
From: Richard on 1 Feb 2006 23:20 "Chris" <northwoodssinglegal(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8ReEf.13118$qg.12550(a)news01.roc.ny... > "Richard" <no_valid(a)spam.invalid> wrote in message > I eat them for that > purpose and so do others here. Just don't O.D. on the > > stuff if you buy it in pill form. I eat 2 or 3 brazil nuts a day.. its > > more > > natural. > > > > If you're hypo or lacking selenium in your diet, its something to > > consider. > > > I take a multiple vitamin and I looked and it has Selenium in it. The > One-a-Day vitamins (Weight Smart formula) has 70 mcg of Selenium in it. Do > I need more? Do you happen to know how much a brazil nut offers? > > Chris Its my understanding that brazil nuts can contain anywhere from 75mcg to 140mcg of selenium each. The recommended daily intake is 75mcg. I've read that going over 400mcg for a long time can be bad and some on this group say they've had problems with more than 200mcg. I guess it depends on how much selenium you have already. You can get a hair or urine analysis test to check your selenium level. I don't know exactly how accurate these tests are, but it can give you a good idea. If its around 2 standard deviations under/over then you could guess that its either too high or too low. Richard
From: Kevin G. Rhoads on 2 Feb 2006 08:39
>But I don't like the idea of "encourage your thyroid" coming from a low-carb >newsgroup. Don't let them convince you to start taking T4 or crazy herb >cocktails for your thyroid, I don't think most "low carb" groups or people would do that. The rare exceptions will always be present. So let's keep balance in these issues. Thyroid meds are NOT a way for normal people to lose weight easy. HYPO-s will find proper levels of thyroid hormone replacement necessary in order to lose weight usually. But for people with intact thyroid glands, thyroid meds are NOT a magic weight loss supplement. Nor are things which, in proper levels, aid in proper metabolism of thyroid hormones, such as selenium. |