"What's the best underactive thyroid diet ?"

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How to select a thyroid diet plan

The choice of underactive thyroid diet plans is enormous.

From cutting back on calories, avoiding food groups, protein based, having to go and be weighed, etc.

Bear in mind the most important fact - if you have a slow metabolism or thyroid then you will need to select a plan specifically designed for weight loss and boosting metabolism.

As a starting point focus on four key issues:

  1. Diet Plan

    You face the same issues as anyone wanting to lose weight.

    Quite simply it is designing a diet which reduces calories without loss of energy, prevent hunger as well as providing essential vitamins and minerals.

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  2. Low Glycemic Index Plan

    In addition you need a plan which will provide long lasting energy.  That means containing the right foods which have the right calorie levels to lose weight, but the right ingredients to help you boost your energy levels.

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  3. Vitamins, minerals and nutrients

    Your body tends to look for all the essential 'building blocks' it needs to be healthy and survive.  By reducing your calorie intake there is a real danger of reducing all the essential vitamins and minerals you need. That is why a plan which provides enough essential nutrients will help you to not only feel better, but will also prevent hunger.

     

  4. Metabolism 

    But in particular you need to focus on your metabolism.

    When the thyroid is underactive (hypothyroidism), it produces too little thyroxine, producing symptoms such as extreme tiredness, an intolerance to cold, mental drowsiness, weight gain (even with a poor appetite), constipation, etc 

 		 

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1. Exercise

Exercise stimulates the thyroid function.

 

2. Avoid Carbs/ Up Protein

Up your protein intake, protein is digested slowly helping to slow down the release of insulin.

 

3. Increase Fibre

Make sure you eat 30-40g of fibre per day as many people with an under active thyroid suffer from constipation.

 

4. Avoid certain foods

Avoid foods that interfere with thyroid function including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, peanuts, pinenuts and linseeds.

 

5. Up antioxidants

Eat food high in antioxidants, such as blueberries, cherries and tomatoes.

This sounds a lot more difficult than it is - for example our most popular under active thyroid plan (shown below) contains the right products to tackle all of these.

 

Why are low Glycemic Foods so important ?

Well if you have an under active thyroid then you need to do all you can to boost your energy levels.

All carbohydrates convert to blood sugar-some fast, some slow -and the Glycemic Index measures the rate the conversion takes place.

Eating high-glycemic carbohydrates (ones that turn to sugary quickly) will hinder the fat burning process and will decrease energy levels.

Here's why:

When you eat high-glycemic carbs, your blood sugar levels soar ; when this happens your pancreas produces insulin. One of the roles of insulin is to keep your blood sugar levels regulated -but its also a storage hormone. When your sugars go up, your body produces the storage hormone to clear the excess sugars. Those sugars end up in fatty tissue. Ultimately, your gaining fat, because internally, your telling your body to store.

Here's how it relates to energy levels:

  • When you overproduce insulin, you clear the sugars out of your blood-the end result is that you are now hypoglycemic.

  • What does that mean?

  • Blood sugar levels are lower than they should be,

  • "you crash" or get lethargic, and now your body craves sugars.

  • So what next? You end up overeating , and the cycle continues

By switching to low-glycemic carbs, the energy release is gradual and long lasting which is ideal if you have an underactive thyroid, you do not tax your pancreas, you do not over-produce a storage hormone, you feel better and you're in a better position to lose weight or more accurately, burn body fat. For more details of low GI index foods click here

 

How can we help ?

We specialise in providing one to one advice, help and support.

Either follow the links at the bottom of this page for more information,

or the easiest way to get started is to visit our main product site ( click here ) and get a free recommendation.

All you do is simply fill in the questionnaire and we will email you with our advice.

Alternatively why not have a look at the popular low GI index underactive thyroid plan below ...

 

 

"The Natural Thyroid Diet"

If you eat the right foods you can boost your metabolism and lose weight naturally.

The 'natural thyroid diet' provides step by step advice on how to select the right foods, when to eat and what else you can do to boost results : 

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