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Garlic and thyroxine

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Does anyone know if garlic interacts with thyroxine? I am interested in trying a high dose of aged garlic as a recent study found it reduced plaque build up in the arteries and brain better than drugs!

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Kate64,

There doesn't appear to be an interaction between garlic and Levothyroxine but the link below says garlic decreases thyroxine.

rawfoodexplained.com/junk-f...

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Ok, this is very helpful. Thanks once again 😊

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I tried a few bottles of kyolic garlic, but gave up as i noticed no difference.... Its supposed to help with high blood sugars issues..... I hand no advers thyroid effects....

I am on three grains of ndt)

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Thanks so much for your reply 😊

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