What Does The Following Health Check Up Result Indicate?
Dietary Guidelines to manage Thyroid,Low sodium and Chloride and Vitamin D
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The attached medical reports shows indications of Thyroid, Low sodium and chloride levels, Vitamin D Deficiency. Properly planned diet can cure or control these conditions.
Dietary Guidelines to Manage Thyroid
It is important to follow a diet and activity routine that provides just the right calories to manage weight and keep the thyroid activity under check. For your convenience, here are some dietary guidelines that may help you in meal planning:
• Add Fluids like fresh lemon juice, green tea, coconut water, and fresh soups in between the meals. These fluids keep the body hydrated and boosts metabolism. Aim at consuming at least 3 liter fluids every day.
• Minerals- Always use the iodized salt, as Iodine deficiency is the most common reason of thyroid problems. Also include barley, sesame seeds, wheat germ to increase the copper and selenium content in the diet.
• Avoiding Goitrogens- Foods that contain Goitrogens should be avoided. Avoid Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, reddish, sweet potato, turnip etc. in raw form. However, these may be taken after cooking. But completely avoid Soy and its products as they interfere with normal thyroid function in all forms. Strawberry, peach pear and grapes are also not allowed in this thyroid dysfunction.
• Avoid Cashew, almond, walnuts, pine nuts, flax and pumpkin seeds. You may however take Hazelnut, sesame, sunflower seeds and in limited quantities coconut also.
Go for regular exercises, brisk walk for 45 min is considered ideal for weight loss. You may start with 15 min and gradually add 2-4 minutes every day to reach 45 minutes. Try sit ups and abdominal crunches to tone up the abdominal muscles. Certain yoga asana, like Sarvangasana, janushrisasana, matsyasana and halasana are helpful in improving thyroid function.
Dietary Guidelines to Manage Low sodium and Chloride Levels
Sodium is essential for many functions including the maintenance of fluid balance and, regulation of blood pressure and normal function of the nervous system. Chloride in the blood is an important electrolyte and works to safeguard the body’s metabolism. Chloride also helps the acid and balance in the body.
The foods which are rich in sodium and chloride are,
• Table salt
• Tomatoes, lettuce, celery, and olives, sweet potato, spinach, guava, passion fruit etc.
• Tender coconut water with a pinch of salt, lemon juice with salt, clear soups with salt
• Processed foods, tomato ketchup, soy sauce, cheese. etc.
Dietary Guidelines to combat Vitamin D Deficiency
• Rich sources of Vitamin D are milk and milk products, Whole eggs, liver, fish like salmon, Herring and sardine, soya products, UV treated mushrooms, fortified cereals.
• Always check the food labels to make sure that the food that you are buying has been fortified with Vitamin B12, Vitamin D or Both.
• A sensible exposure to Sun is also important to get Vitamin D as our body synthesis it under the sunlight.
Hope this would help you.
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Neethu.