What foods are recommended for someone who has a goiter?

Answer 1

No specific food requirements for goitre. Some food of Brassica family like cabbage, kale, cauliflower, broccoli, mustard seeds and rapeseed have goitrogens and can cause goitre, so you can avoid them.

Answer 2

Oranges, apples, pinapples, grapes, cabbage, carrots, garlic, tomatoes, and whole rice can help.

Avoid white flour foods, fried or greasy foods, tea, coffee, alcohol, white sugar, and flesh foods because they can be injurious when you have goitre!

Answer 3

Goiter may be associated with a deficiency of iodine, but fruit is not the best type of food from which to obtain iodine; you should be eating more fish. You can also use iodized salt instead, if you don't want to eat fish.

Also note that your goiter, if it has not been examined by a doctor, might have a different cause than iodine deficiency. It could also be a tumor, for example. So it is a good idea to have it examined.

Answer 4

Foods rich in iodine are good for persons with goiters. (i.e. kelp, dairy, shrimp).

Answer 5

Prevent food rich in iode (sea food ,kelp..) and idodized salt

Answer 6

Make sure you use only iodized salt.