5 Iodine-Rich Drink Recipes to Boost Your Underactive Thyroid
- Healthy Life
- Jun 17, 2015
- 3 min read
Spur your underactive thyroid into action with these drinks loaded with iodine-rich fruits and vegetables. These can be used in conjunction with other treatments for hypothyroidism, or in an attempt to avoid using synthetic hormone medication. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1. Mango Juice Mango is one fruit that is not a major source of iodine but can help you in your pursuit of a healthier thyroid. It’s good at helping to stimulate the thyroid thanks to its Vitamin E content. A one cup serving of mango will get you about 12% of the Vitamin E you need each day, so it’s not a magic bullet by any means. You’ll want to eat a varied diet full of fruits and veggies to meet your requirement each day.
What You Need: 1 Organic Mango, cubed Purified Water
This isn’t a smoothie or a shake, it’s going to have a thinner consistency more akin to a juice than anything else. The natural sweetness of the mango makes this a great choice for a pre or post workout beverage.
2. Thyroid on the Beach This is a play on the Sex on the Beach cocktail, without the alcohol, but with a good serving of iodine to help keep your thyroid healthy. The main ingredient that helps with the iodine intake is the cranberries. You’re also getting a good dose of Vitamin C from the cranberries as well as the orange.
What You Need: 1/2 cup Organic Cranberries, chopped 1/2 Organic Peach, diced 1/2 Organic Orange, peeled and diced Purified Water (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); All that’s needed to to submerge the fruit in the water and let sit for at least 30 minutes. The longer you let it sit, the better it will taste, and you can refrigerate it overnight for best results. You can continue to add water to the fruit until it loses its taste.
3. Yogurt Up That Smoothie Yogurt is a good source of iodine, as well as protein, calcium, and digestive bacteria that all help you lead a healthier life. A smoothie is one of the best ways to eat yogurt, because you’re actually drinking it, so it’s quicker and even easier to digest. By adding yogurt to a pre-existing smoothie recipe you add just one more simple step and help your thyroid out at the same time. That simple half cup of yogurt is contributing 29% of the total iodine you need for the day.
What You Need: 1/2 cup Organic Yogurt Your Favorite Smoothie Recipe
Chances are you have a great smoothie recipe already, and if it doesn’t already call for yogurt, simply add some in the next time you blend it up. You’ll be helping to smooth it out even more, add a bit of tartness, and increase your iodine intake.
4. Strawberries and Cream The classic combination of strawberries and cream is recreated here in a healthier format that provides you iodine from both the milk and the strawberries. Strawberries are a fruit that contains more iodine that just about any other fruit, so they can make a great addition to your diet, both in this concoction and as part of your regular eating.
What You Need:
1/2 cup Organic Strawberries, sliced 1 cup Organic Milk Ice
Blend together the three ingredients until they’re nice and smooth. If you want to doctor it up you can always add other fruit to it. The single cup of milk gives you 37% of your DV of iodine, while the strawberries chip in an extra 4.5%. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 5. Seaweed Green Smoothie Seaweed is such a good source of iodine that they use it to make iodine supplements. In this take on a green smoothie you’re replacing the spinach that is usually used with kelp, a more iodine-dense vegetable. Going organic is preferable when selecting your seaweed, so if you have the choice always opt for it since the water in which it was harvested will be cleaner than conventional seaweed.
What You Need:
1/2 cup Organic Kelp, chopped 1 Organic Apple, sliced 1/2 Organic Avocado 1 cup Coconut Water (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Note: You can also follow any green smoothie recipe that includes spinach (most do) since spinach is a good source of iodine as well, and more easily accessible. It may be easier than finding seaweed locally.
Comments