Most people would certainly consider natural foods as good for them, enhancing their health and even helping them to lose weight. But there are usually exceptions to most rules. It is not so well known that some foods can actually hinder the thyroid function due to pacific plant compounds in these foods known as goitrogens. There are two in particular you need to know about because they are used very extensively in the food industry, they are peanuts and soy. Soy in one form or another is found in so many manufactured foods these days. You will also find peanuts and peanut oil in a lot of products too. Then add to this the fact that most people eat too many foods that contain sugar and refined carbohydrates that also have a detrimental effect on the thyroid function too, mainly due to the fact that these foods lack the very nutrients needed to convert one thyroid hormone into another more active form.

Most people consume far too much salt without actually realizing how much. There is so much hidden salt in the average diet, most processed foods have quite a lot – bread, cheese, bacon, crackers, chips, etc etc. For some people food is bland or tasteless without salt.

Too much salt can cause all sorts of health problems not least fluid retention and shortages of other minerals, as too much sodium causes imbalances.

You can make a herbal-salt this will reduce your salt needs, helping to re-educate your taste buds.