Soy is a natural goitrogen, which is not a problem in people with healthy functioning thyroid glands. But in people with thyroid problems, soy and other goitrogens can severely affect the efficacy of thyroid hormone replacement therapies. I’ve been hypothyroid for ten years now, and within the past year started severely limiting soy and other goitrogens in my diet. Cutting out broccoli and strawberries and a number of other foods didn’t seem to make much of a difference, much to my delight because those are some of my fave foods. But when I cut down or cut out soy completely, the difference is amazing. When I eat a lot of soy, I feel terrible.

I read somewhere that children with a family history of thyroid disease should avoid soy products. It worries me because my son was fed a soy formula for a short while as an infant (due to a milk protein allergy). And I recently found out that I was fed a soy formula as a baby, and here I am with thyroid disease 30 years later.

Something to think about…

Soy is a natural goitrogen, which is not a problem in people with healthy functioning thyroid glands. But in people with thyroid problems, soy and other goitrogens can severely affect the efficacy of thyroid hormone replacement therapies. I’ve been hypothyroid for ten years now, and within the past year started severely limiting soy and other goitrogens in my diet. Cutting out broccoli and strawberries and a number of other foods didn’t seem to make much of a difference, much to my delight because those are some of my fave foods. But when I cut down or cut out soy completely, the difference is amazing. When I eat a lot of soy, I feel terrible.

I read somewhere that children with a family history of thyroid disease should avoid soy products. It worries me because my son was fed a soy formula for a short while as an infant (due to a milk protein allergy). And I recently found out that I was fed a soy formula as a baby, and here I am with thyroid disease 30 years later.

Something to think about…