Green tea

[Sharon-1152]

Hi does anyone know if drinking green tea is safe to drink if you have hashimotos/ hypothyroidism?

Thanks

[Jax1605]

Hi Sharon I drink green tea peppermint tea and chamomile . I use these to help with gastric issued from medication and inflammation. I have has no side effects from this

[Caroline888]

Hi Sharon

I drink green tea every day, also nettle tea and peppermint tea. None of them has caused any problems for me. I have Hashimoto's.

Best wishes

Caroline

[Baobabs]

I drink only green tea and water daily with no side effects. Remember green tea does contain caffeine if you are trying to avoid this substance.

[BadHare]

Just make sure it's more than an hour after your thyroid meds, & iron if you take that.

I drink white tea, too. Both are lower in caffeine & tannins than black tea, but there's enough to mess up our thyroid hormones & iron absorption if taken too close.

Drink it with a slice of lemon for better catachin absorption.

From Women's Health: healthunlocked.com/womenshe...

[Margareta3]

There are high fluoride levels in black, green and white teas. Fluoride is bad for thyroid.

[G2G2 in reply to Margareta3]

I read an interesting scientific article explaining the difference between organic & inorganic forms of minerals. Organic fluoride form, like that found in tea, is not harmful.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to G2G2]

Flatly contradicted by this detailed paper:

An abundance of fluoride can be released during tea infusion and the bioavailability of the released fluoride is nearly 100% to consumers, owing to the soluble fluoride ions from tea are easily adsorbed through the gastrointestinal tract.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Tea might additionally contain organic fluorine compounds.

[G2G2 in reply to helvella]

Thanks. Good to know.

[porter5]

And consider tap water. How safe is that? Broadly there are a number of beliefs about water. 1 the government view, 2 the plastic bottle users(millions) and 3 the glass

bottle users. 1 is lies number 2 omits the endocrine disrupter BPA which can cause

a raft of issues including weight gain, pcos, fibroids, infertility etc.

the glass bottle users probably get the best water. Or you could get a distiller and add in minerals or a proper filter that gets rid of most pollutants.