Foods to avoid with Graves' Disease
With Graves' disease the thyroid is already overactive, so iodine-dense foods and stimulants draw the most caution. Caffeine in black tea and coffee can worsen palpitations and anxiety, while iodized salt, seaweed and iodine supplements can feed excess hormone production.
Commonly asked about
- IodineFlare: Limit / Caution
- Iodized saltFlare: Limit / Caution
- Black teaFlare: Avoid
- King mackerelFlare: Limit / Caution
- MSGFlare: Limit / Caution
- SucraloseFlare: Limit / Caution
- Titanium dioxideFlare: Limit / Caution
- Hydrogenated vegetable oilFlare: Limit / Caution
- NitratesFlare: Limit / Caution
- LecithinFlare: Limit / Caution
All Graves' ingredients (14)
Avoid during a flare (1)
Limit or use with caution (13)
- Hydrogenated vegetable oilFlare: Limit / Caution
- Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)Flare: Limit / Caution
- Industrial trans fatsFlare: Limit / Caution
- IodineFlare: Limit / Caution
- Iodized saltFlare: Limit / Caution
- King mackerelFlare: Limit / Caution
- LecithinFlare: Limit / Caution
- Mechanically separated meatFlare: Limit / Caution
- MSGFlare: Limit / Caution
- NitratesFlare: Limit / Caution
- SucraloseFlare: Limit / Caution
- Titanium dioxideFlare: Limit / Caution
- Xanthan gumFlare: Limit / Caution
General guidance, not medical advice. Individual tolerance varies — talk to your clinician before changing your diet.
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