Hey everybody Dr Hagmeyer here, When it comes to thyroid disease, one of the questions that commonly comes up is about goiters, goitrogens, and nodules.

Many times when reviewing a patient’s 7-day food journal, I notice they are lacking so many of the nutritious foods I like to see people eating, and when I pry a bit and ask why don’t you eat Broccoli, Kale, Cabbage or Cauliflower, I’m told that they read somewhere or they listened to some doctors podcast that cruciferous vegetables (vegetable like the ones you see listed here are harmful to the thyroid because they cause goiters.

Now this is a huge problem because a lot of you out there, are living in fear of eating these highly dense nutritious foods like the ones you saw just a moment ago.

These foods should be enjoyed they should be eaten often especially if you are a woman.

In today’s short video, I want to dispel the myth about these foods and goiters, but most importantly I want you to know the real reasons behind why goiters develop and finally, If you or a loved one has a goiter what you want to do to address the root cause of why you have these goiters.

In the United States- the #1 Cause of Hypothyroidism is Hashimoto’s.

When a person has Hashimotos its important to recognize that you may have symptoms of both hyperthyroidism and symptoms of hypothyroidism– you can almost bet they have Hashimotos even if they have a normal TSH and a normal T4.

Here is a person who I began working with and as you can see. TSH is what? Its normal, can you see T4 levels? They are also what? Normal….

But now look at their antibodies. Are they normal? Absolutely not! Their lab value shows 714. I don’t care what the number is…. Any number out of range- is a serious problem. As you might have guessed, this person’s doctor told them everything was normal because the only testing run was a TSH and Free T4. This is why it is so important to have a full and complete Thyroid panel. Cases like this one are missed every single day!