It's crazy when you think about all the different kinds of foods we eat.

We just swallow and hope it all works out for the best.

Well, it turns out there are better ways to think about keeping our bodies humming healthfully

along.

Welcome to Nutrition Facts.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we've got more from our series and the best diet for thyroid functions starting

with research on plant-based foods and thyroid health.

There are several autoimmune diseases that affect the thyroid gland, the most common,

being graves disease and Hashimoto's thyroid diet.

Graves disease results in hyperthyroidism and overactive thyroid gland, though slaughterhouses

are supposed to remove thyroid glands.

There should some neck meat slip in.

You can suffer a similar syndrome called hembergrythyritoxicosis, but that's not from your

body making too much thyroid hormone.

Graves disease is much more common and meat-free diets may be able to help with both as plant-based

diets, maybe associated with a low prevalence of autoimmune disease in general, as observed,

for example, in rural, sub-Saharan Africa.

Maybe it's because plants are packed with antioxidants, which are possible protective factors

against autoimmune diseases.

Maybe it's because plants are packed with anti-inflammatory compounds.

After all, a whole food plant-based diet is basically synonymous with an anti-inflammatory

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