I have hyper thyroid, with a swollen right side of the gland. It presses inward so it's not visible to other people. I can no longer wear turtlenecks, T-shirts or any kind of collar or jewelry against my neck because I feel like its choking me. Sometimes it's better, sometimes it worse. I've had it get much better at times. It's a source of annoyance and mild discomfort. If it's really bad, it's difficult to swallow, but I've also got raging symptoms at those times and need medication which help reduce it.
I love kale and the swelling got much worse when I was eating a raw kale salad daily. Turns out foods in the kale family can badly impact goiter if eaten raw.
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More than four cups/week of the following foods—in the RAW form only—will interfere with your thyroid gland function. You can eat as much of these foods cooked as you want to—except tofu and soy products which we will talk about later.
The foods are: Brussels sprouts, cabbage of all kinds, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, peaches, pears, rapini (a vegetable similar to broccoli,) spinach, strawberries, radishes, rutabagas and turnips.
Other foods that have goitrogenic activity are soybeans (tofu), pine nuts, peanuts, millet, and rapeseed (Canola Oil.)
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It's also important to get adequate amounts of iodine.
I recommend reading this article:
An Up-to-Date Look at Goitrogenic Substances in Food