What types of foods is known to inhibit thyroid function and cause goiters?
These foods include such things as turnips, cabbage, mustard, cassava root, soybeans, the skin of peanuts, pine nuts and millets. Prescription drugs that are known to depress thyroid function include lithium bromide, tricyclic and moamine oxidase inhibitors, anti-depressants, dopamine and adenosine. Environmental contaminants include dioxin and PCBs can also inhibit thyroid function.
