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endocrine system
hyperthyroidism
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• diet should be high caloric until normal weight has been reached and may be high in protein initially, until tissue wasting is stopped

therapeutic foods:
• foods rich in Vitamin B-complex, Calcium and Phosphorus
• foods that calm the Shen (Spirit), tonify the Heart, sedating foods
• foods rich in Iodine, Silicon, Phosphorus: kelp, dulse, Swiss Chard, turnip greens, egg yolks, wheat germ, cod roe, lecithin, sesame seed butter, seed and nuts, raw goat milk
(Jensen, p. 61)

fresh juices:
• carrot juice
• pineapple juice, egg yolk, wheat germ, and dulse (Jensen, p. 61)
• black cherry concentrate, egg yolk, wheat germ,and chlorophyll (Jensen, p. 61)
• clam juice with celery juice (Jensen, p. 53)


supplements

• Vitamin A 200,000-400,000 IU per day
• Potassium iodide
• protomorphogens: thymus, spleen, pituitary
• Calcium
• Phosphorus (Bastyr)


footnotes