flax seed

[mandy72]

is it ok to have when hypo?

i just got a juicer thing and it has recepies in that sound good but some contain flax seed

[Hidden]

Well I have flaxseed both ground and whole and have had Hashimotos Thyroiditus for 4 years but I must admit I don't know if there are any contraindications or not!

I will follow this post.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Just googled it and found foods that have a good balance of omega 3 & 6 are beneficial to people with auto immune dusease.

[mandy72 in reply to Hidden]

i googled earlier and found diff veiws, this one says no

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[greygoose in reply to mandy72]

OK, so there they are talking about goitrogens - flaxseed has goitrogenic properties - but the problem is, nobody really understands goitrogens!

As I see it, from my own experience and from talking to lots of people on the subject, a goitrogen is only a problem if it affects you. (And forget the bit about cooking it! If it affects you it'll affect you whatever you do to it!) If it affects you, you will know about it. Within a few hours you will feel like you're coming down with flu, you'll feel very cold, shivery, miserable, perhaps stomach ache, and very, very tired. If this doesn't happen, carry on eating it!

Goitrogens are not silent killers that sneakily attack your thyroid - or the hormone you're taking - without you knowing about it. Nor do they have a permenant affect. The symptoms die off in about 24 hours. So just ignore it all unless you find they make you ill. Simple.

However, none of this applies if you Don't have a working gland. Goitrogens only affect you if you still really on your gland for some of your hormone.

[Northie]

I'm no expert but I used to have them every day in a smoothie but was advised they weren't the best thing if thyroid, I switched to sunflower seeds and sometimes chia when I'm feeling flush, lol. I'm just crossing pinkies they are ok.

[greygoose in reply to Northie]

Northie, read my reply to mandy, above. People talk a load of rubbish about goitrogens.

[vanillanice]

Flaxseed = PUFA = thyroid suppressive. Look up Ray Peat, he has some good articles on this.

[Angel_of_the_North]

Your best bet is to try the recipes and monitor whether you get worse over 5 or 6 weeks. Generally, flaxseeds are good for health as they contain omega 3s and protective estrogens (that don't cause cancer) and are a good dose of fibre. They may be goitrogens, but so are a huge number of green vegetables, and strawberries. Some people are very sensitive to these things and others aren't

[mandy72 in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

i think your right

im not going to be having tonnes just a teaspoon now and then

ill just keep eye on how i feel

[Hidden in reply to mandy72]

mandy72

Me too.

[mandy72 in reply to Hidden]

im allways up for taking a chance, if i notice anything 'odd' ill stop using it

[siannie]

Hi

I've just bought a juicer too ☺️

Just had my first slimming juice. How you getting on with yours, I think it's going to take me a while to get used to it. Jason vale dies it so quickly on his, took me 20 mins and then the cleaning 😳 but on the plus side thd juice was actually ok.

Let me know how you get on

[mandy72]

i got the ultramaxx nutritional extractor and i love it, did a banana kiwi spinach and celery this morning

i got a cheapo argos juicer but the waste was aful and like you said its the set up and cleaning that took forever

my new one cleans in seconds