Thyroid Med and what foods to avoid.

I have been on Levothyroxine for nearly 5 years, dosage of 75 mcg. Is is safe to drink soy milk when on thyroid medicine? I take my med at night when I go to bed and drink the soy milk in the morning at breakfast. The soy milk has helped lower my cholesterol significantly in the past year.

There really isn't any food you need to avoid, but do take your medication at least 30 minutes before eating in order to maximize its effectiveness.

was told to take the med in the am and if can wait 1hr before anything to eat and wait 2 to 4 hrs and taking certain vitamins. something i will take up with a couple of my doctors to make certain. u know at least 3 imputs and then i take one of them and see if it works. i think a lot is kept from us by doctors who pharmaceutically practice and are tought to just mask symptoms instead of getting to the core of diseases and treating. I heard of a study that they take a group of thyroid, hoshi's, and other patients and give half of them a sugar pill and the other half actual hormones to see if mind over matter play a roll and get such 50/50 numbers that they don't have significant proof that these symptoms some people have aren't even there. they wanta make $ off the antidepressants then to get people to have control of how to deal and heal with there will of mind.

I was told simply to take it in the morning and not to eat/drink dairy for about an hour after. Otherwise, you can eat and drink all foods, including dairy, 100% percent of the time.

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Hi Prettysmile,

There are some foods that are considered "goitrogenic."  They can promote goiters and

result in hypothyroidism by reducing the amount of iodine in the body that is available to

help synthesize T4 and T3.  But they seem to only present a problem when eaten raw and

in large quantities.  Some of the more common goitrogens are raw cruciferous vegetables

such as broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and cabbage, and kale, turnips, soy and others.

Soy products can be a problem but only if eaten in excess. I have read that 1 to 2 servings of

soy a day should not cause thyroid problems.

I've been on Levothyroxine for 11 years and always take it in the morning. I was never told about the non-eating timeframe. Maybe that's why I've recently had to up the dosage. I'll be more careful about when I take it. What vitamin/mineral supplements interact? I usually take all my "pills" at once.