Tahini for breakfast

[Charly1999]

I’m new members with under active thyroid over 20 years now , taking 100 mic levothyroxine, there last 3month feeling very bad blame my diet, please tell me if I can eat tahini ? (my favorite food) for breakfast with porridge

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Perhaps you are not on optimal dose....things change ...frequently conversion of Ft4 to Ft3 gets worse as we age and/or at menopause

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if you have autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's) diagnosed by raised Thyroid antibodies

Ask GP to test vitamin levels

You may need to get full Thyroid testing privately as NHS refuses to test TG antibodies if TPO antibodies are negative

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .

Last dose of Levothyroxine 24 hours prior to blood test. (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip, best not mentioned to GP or phlebotomist)

Is this how you do your tests?

Private tests are available. Thousands on here forced to do this as NHS often refuses to test FT3 or antibodies

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

For thyroid including antibodies and vitamins

Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin or Blue Horizon Thyroid plus eleven are the most popular choice. DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw. Both companies often have special offers, Medichecks usually have offers on Thursdays, Blue Horizon its more random

If you can get GP to test vitamins and antibodies then cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3 £29 (via NHS private service )

monitormyhealth.org.uk/thyr...

If antibodies are high this is Hashimoto's, (also known by medics here in UK more commonly as autoimmune thyroid disease).

About 90% of all primary hypothyroidism in Uk is due to Hashimoto's.

Low vitamins are especially common with Hashimoto's. Food intolerances are very common too, especially gluten.

So it's important to get TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested at least once .

Link about thyroid blood tests

thyroiduk.org/tuk/testing/t...

Link about antibodies and Hashimoto's

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

List of hypothyroid symptoms

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

Come back with new post once you get results

[greygoose]

The thing with sesame seeds is that they contain quite a bit of both zinc and copper. I'm sure you know that zinc and copper need to be kept balanced. However, hypos tend to have high copper and low zinc. Eating foods rich in zinc would be good, but you don't really need to add more copper, because that could make you feel awful. So, if you've been eating a lot of high-copper sesame seeds, you could now have pretty high levels of copper. Maybe a good idea to get zinc and copper tested, to see exactly where you are.

[Charly1999 in reply to greygoose]

Thank you 🙏

[greygoose in reply to Charly1999]

You're welcome.

[Hidden]

Just read a book about ayurvedic treatment for thyroid and tahini is not recommend for a lot of reasons, its residue may remain in a lot of places in your body and block it/slow it down. A lot of nut butters cause it too. When you eat it a teaspoon of it, it clings onto everything in your mouth, imagine what happens to it in your esophagus. I'd say eat it sporadically

[Charly1999 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you 🙏