Hello, I'm Monica Rinegal, and you're listening to The Nutrition Diva Podcast, a show where

I take a closer look at nutrition trends and headlines, explain what the latest research

means for you, and answer your nutrition questions.

Welcome.

Today's episode is a continuation of a conversation that was prompted by nutrition

Diva listener Sandy.

She wrote to ask me about some surprising dietary advice that she came across in Dan Butiner's

Blue Zones Kitchen.

The Blue Zones Project is an attempt to codify the dietary and lifestyle habits of the planet's

longest living populations, with the hopes that we might learn how to live longer ourselves.

My previous episode, that was episode number 714, includes a bit more background on the

Blue Zones Project, as well as an exploration of the idea that diets with less variety

might actually be healthier.

So if you missed that, you might want to check that out.

Today, I want to dig into the claims that eating cruciferous vegetables can help you live

longer by suppressing your thyroid function.

Johnny Pess, he's one of the researchers involved in the Blue Zones Project, explains it this

way.

Low functioning thyroid may help you live longer in the way that a cricket lighter with the

flame turned down lasts longer.

In response to this, Sandy wrote to me, I take prescription medication daily to increase

my thyroid function.

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