Real Effect of Raw Cruciferous Vegetables on the Thyroid

[linaeable]

Thank you so very much!!!!!

[medinalba]

cruciferous are vegetable from the cabbage family, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage red, green, rumanesque etc... all are cruciferous and very good for you ... anti cancer properties.

[medinalba]

dulce and other see weed and algae give you iodine and minerals.

[BadgeBunnyDiva]

I forgot to unlude my question lol! I don't think I can eat these veggies raw, is it still beneficial to get them frozen and steam them?

[BadgeBunnyDiva]

Wow thank you so much for this! I've been trying to learn how to eat healthy and this helped alot. thank you

[NatureBuiltProducts]

Good job explaining this. Complicated subject made simple, clear. I eat kale, broccoli, etc all the time. Supplement with kelp extract or angstrom iodine to boost your iodine, especially if you drink fluoridated water. Very difficult to get iodine into the body.

[ClearOutSamskaras]

DO NOT PUT A LAPTOP ON YOUR LAP!!

[cocoa8872]

Iodine rich foods shouldn't be consumed if you have hypothyroidism due to Hashimoto's...it worsens the immune response.

[TickleMehNancy]

@cocoa8872 not if you take selenium and vitamin c with it and you work up to taking higher doses of iodine.

[cocoa8872]

@TickleMehNancy Really?? I've been all over the internet researching and I've never seen this info. Where did you find it Tickle and do you have anymore info about Hashimoto's?

[xsliceofheavenx]

so it will be dangerous to eat cruciferous vegetables cooked on the thyroid?

[xsliceofheavenx]

i like brussel sprouts but if im going to eat them ,i will cook them

[jjayhole]

If you suffer from thyroid disorders or low iodine levels, the best synergistic form of meal for you would be fermented crucifers (eg, sauerkraut) that has been wild lacto- fermented with sea weeds, for at least 4 weeks, and then eaten with brazil nuts. This combines selenium, iodine, fats and a host of other compounds to aide in thyroid health.

[2healthnuts]

For all the information you'll ever need on Iodine go to iodine4health

[RenGrayson]

Thank you, Kevin, for clearing this up :-)

[broadcastmyass4u]

is spinach cruciferous?

[paco461]

This reminds me of the youtube show "Brule's Rules"

[giaofnature]

I just finished a book called "Organic Inc." by S. Fromartz. A strawberry farmer discovered that if he grew broccoli before strawberries, verticillium disease was abated. That's due to the compound glucosinolate, a natural fungicide in brassica spp., (brassica do not form mycorrhizal associations, w/c is rare for a plant). These are mostly toxic in very high doses, w/c almost no one gets. Bottom line: I just like my lightly steamed broccoli soooo much! I eat more that way, w/c is healthy.

[ladyjung1]

This is the first time I've heard the term cruciferous vegetables. But I know that if your a female and your dominate hormone is estrogen, the estrogen will not allow iodine to be absorbed. That's why you should load up on iodine rich foods when your dominate hormone is progesterone. That's what my fertility doctor told me.

[thallious9876]

@ladyjung1 what are iodine rich food.. can ya name a few

[ladyjung1]

@thallious9876 sea kelp, seaweed, sea foods, just to name a few. I hope this helps.

[fallonharr]

According to what i have read in various sources- correct uptake of SELENIUM blocks the chemicals that decreases the thyroid's function of converting the hormones into thyroid hormone. So once you're eating your selenium and iodine in its correct balance- you should be good.

[gojiberries1]

This is a great video, but I am reading about the halogen called, "Bromine," which also prevents iodine synthesis in the thyroid.

Some people think that our society of "over brominated."

It is in so many things and it is toxic. Read about the replacement of iodine for bromine in commerical breads. Where do these people find these studies? Who can we believe. I eat seaweed, Dulse to get more iodine, and alot of cruciferious veggies..UNCOOKED. I seem to have alot of energy and no goiter.

[jessveganmamma]

Thank you soo much Kevin your awesome you helped me out so much in my personal research issue

[adina2269]

what kind of treatment do you recommend for a hypo thyroid person

armor thyroxin where can I get natural medicine

[domenicomason77]

I dont have a thyroid so but i take thyroid medication to make up for the thyroid so does this matter to me even doe i dont have a thyroid please help.

[thomastadlock]

Thank you so much for putting this video up! A lot of my clients have concerns over eating raw cruciferous veggies. Thanks again!

-Thomas

[Beepinsqueekin]

I add Dulce flakes to my food, yummy and high in iodine.

[harold333100]

There's not just the 2: either cook them or eat them raw. The 3rd choice, make sauerkraut out of them, add a little kelp (lots of iodine) or dulse to the finished product and enjoy without gas. Dr. Ann Wigmore was teaching that decades ago. They gas off outside of your body in the crock, not inside! One of the problems with many women is that they try to eat the cruciferous veggies and they gain weight and have tremendous bloating. Not so when they are krauted.

[PennyRoyaleTea]

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[81manitoba]

head is spinning is right.

I'm hypothyroid and I recently made the decision that I wanted to work towards eating raw. A couple days into it and I got freaked out worried about all the broccoli, spinach, etc. that I was consuming. Still can't say that I feel any better after watching this. There is just such a mixture of information it's hard to know what is right or wrong anymore now days. The way i see it veggies vs. processed foods. Can veggies really be worse? lol.

[PennyRoyaleTea]

I feel you. It's like that with EVERYthing. Follow your heart. You'll know what's right. (unless something is blocking that too. (Then you're screwed).

[thallious9876]

@81manitoba wow!! i hear ya

[ty99999returns]

Does this increase our need for selenium too?

[watershed11]

Raw Cruciferous are fine to eat. I eat some almost every day. Some days, 50% of my diet is comprised of Raw Cruciferous foods. Iodine is a problem for vegans. Only kelp really has enough. I recommend Angstrom Iodine. But if you're having trouble with Cruciferous foods it's because you are so far out of balance that healthy foods now react negatively with you. Good info.

[istotatora]

I wrote it down there, but wouldn't it just be wiser to consume more raw pickled cruciferous vegetables? It seems like a balanced answer to the problem.

[SunscreenAndVitamins]

I'm hypothyroid, too

I've been taking 2 dropperfuls of angstrom iodine per day... not sure if I should take more?? I know that the body uses iodine quickly, it doesn't stick around long.

[SunscreenAndVitamins]

good news! :) thanks kevin

[7llazaren]

My Dr. never told me to stop eating Cruciferous vegetables.....But I did read not to eat them.....THANK YOU....I have stayed away from them for over a year.......Broccoli here I come.........

[roxxyplays1]

Excellent presentation of a somewhat complicated concept, Thank you for all your energy and information sharing!!

[annatacha]

very helpful!! thank u...

[suziesmoothie]

Thanx for this info... Isee plenty of border line thyroid people and I always get them to avoid the raw cruc. family...It takes a while for the body to build up their iodine levels. The latest studies now say that most of us are deficient in iodine! Nascent Iodine is a great product to use for this...it is a highly energised , bio-available form of pure iodine...which means the thyroid receptor sites recognise the iodine and use it 100%......magic !(:

[TheHippiemuffin]

Well said, Kevin. I have a minor thyroid issue and I actually crave kale, cauliflower and cabbage. Now I don't have to feel bad eating about eating it.

[scottsteezo]

Never heard of the term "Cruciferous" but any study saying vegetables are not good for you (aside from sprayed ones) sounds like a drug company bias study. They also said apples are linked to diabetes which is a bunch of bs too.

[istotatora]

they just refer to the goitrogens in the foods, or what supresses iodine intake. You're best bet would be to raw pickling veggies like cabbage r soaking your nuts, also decreases the phthalates, which both increases the mineral consumption if you use sea or Himalayan salt

[thallious9876]

@istotatora phthalates and mineral consumption is now a bad thing?? explain please!

[gojiberries1]

@scottsteezo Very perceptive. That is what I was thinking. They replaced Iodine for Bromine in breads and it causes lethargy and impaired thinking. We now have a society of zoombies.

[cashwavestudios]

@scottsteezo i dunno scott, my personal experience, is cruciferous equal bloating, and parsley, dandlelion greens, make ME feel good. it's interesting, i'm not sure though.

[trz541]

@scottsteezo Vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) are called cruciferous vegetables. The vegetables are widely cultivated, with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, cress, bok choy, broccoli and similar green leaf vegetables. The family takes its alternate name (Cruciferae, New Latin for "cross-bearing") from the shape of their flowers, whose four petals resemble a cross.

[ty99999returns]

Thanks for dubunking that study for the most part and give the truth about this. I learned a lot from this.

[NovembersGrace]

Thanks for the speedy reply. Very helpful information. Your show is awesome!!!

[labamba7]

Great show this one. One of the best! One of the major dilemma's of being raw for many of us.

Thank you for shedding some light onto this subject. I stopped eating dark green leafy vegetables for that very reason, so maybe I need to look into the iodine levels then. I know I have a hypothyroid problem for sure.

[histerics3]

I've been making sauerkraut, and I get no digestive problems from it, in fact, sometimes I can't stop eating the stuff and today I threw some dulse into it intuitively. Does the fermentation process break down the goitrogens by any chance? I found the chapter on this is G. Cousens' Conscious Eating, "Some Food Factors with Bad Reputations" very helpful.

[MsSheilaC]

wow, all well said Kevin. Thanks.

[ru4fallenidol]

Not only difficult to chew but quite a strong taste. Wondering if their benefits could be found in a more palatable choice.Then there's the gas! An indication my body is trying to tell me something!

[feralkevin]

Cole slaw is a good way to eat raw cruciferous vegetables (cabbage).

[dethtongue]

Yes, that you're not eating raw food in the ideal manner. I'm still working this out for myself.

[simplegrl86]

Thanks for all the infromation Kevin and ButchBerryMusic! I learned a lot!!

[StarFlower99654]

Make sauerkraut and add pureed dulse in the mix, it is very good!!!

[thallious9876]

@StarFlower99654 everyone is saying sauerkraut.. So is sauerkraut high in iodine. Or does it just NOT lower iodine levels

[ButchBerryMusic]

I had never read anything on cruciferous vegetables causing a thyroid condition, so this is good to know. However, before we lay to bed that cruciferous vegetables cause no harm there is another issue to consider. According to Dr. Douglas Graham cruciferous vegetables contain cellulose and other difficult-todigest or even indigestible fibers. By indigestible fibers he means that our digestive system cannot break down these materials andmust therefore eliminate them.

[ButchBerryMusic]

cont...And unlike soluble fibers, these indigestible fibers are rigid and may scratch and scrape our delicate digestive lining as they pass through.

[ButchBerryMusic]

cont..However, he goes on to say that they are best digested in their youngest and most tender state.

[ButchBerryMusic]

And of course, for best results as always thoroughly chewed or mechanically predigested via the use of a blender or shredding device gives best results for digestion. Problem being, in order to assimilate completely, we need to digest completely, and every time we eat foods that are more difficult to digest, like mature cruciferous vegetables, we compromise our nutrition and over time, our health.

[ButchBerryMusic]

We can surely swallow vegetation that contains cellulose and other rough, insoluble fibers, but such foods put a great load on our organs of digestion and elimination. He goes on to say that they are not are most ideal foods to eat as fruits and tender leafy greens. It sounds like there are a lot worse things to eat but if one wants to know of optimal digestion then this information can be helpful if one is really being strict on what they want to eat for optimum results.