Quick Barbecued Pork Atkins Recipe

Quick Barbecued Pork Atkins Recipe

Nutritional Information Per Serving:

Net Carbs: 5.5 grams
Fiber:  1 grams
Protein:  22.5 grams
Fat:  17.5 grams
Calories: 281

 

Servings: 4 
Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cook Time: 35 Minutes

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons canola oil
1 cup sliced onions, sliced
1 pound boneless lean pork tenderloin
½ teaspoon dried oregano
⅛ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon ground pepper
¾ cup Barbecue Sauce

Directions:

Use no-sugar-added barbecue sauce or the Atkins recipe: Barbecue Sauce.

1. Heat 1 tablespoon canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat.  Add onions and cook 5 minutes or until lightly browned; set aside.
2. Sprinkle pork with oregano, salt and freshly ground black pepper.
3. In a 2-quart saucepan, heat remaining tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook in batches until lightly browned. Remove pork and set aside.
4. Add onions to saucepan and pour in barbecue sauce; mix well. Reduce heat to medium low, add pork and cook 20 to 25 minutes, or until tender.

 

Beef Stew Atkins Recipe

Beef Stew Atkins Recipe

Nutritional Information Per Serving:

Net Carbs: 7.5 grams
Fiber:  5 grams
Protein:  23 grams
Fat:  13 grams
Calories: 316

 

Servings: 6

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Cook Time: 2 Hours and 45 Minutes

 

Ingredients:

 

1 ½ pounds stew beef, cut into 1 ½ inch cubes
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 teaspoon paprika
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup frozen pearl onions (onions do not need to be defrosted)
2 cloves garlic, pushed through a press
2 cups red wine (Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon)
1 pound green beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 carrot, cut into 1 inch ribbons with a vegetable peeler
2 tablespoons Thick-It-Up

 

Directions:

 

Along with the salt, pepper and paprika, season the stew meat with 1 tablespoon of herbs de Provence, found in the spice section of any well-stocked supermarket. Or use any combination of thyme, chervil, rosemary, summer savory, lavender, tarragon, marjoram, oregano, mint or bay leaf. You can order Thick-It-Up thickner online. Eliminate the carrot and this dish is suitable for Phase 2. This recipe freezes well for up to 3 months in a tightly sealed container.

1. Heat oven to 325°F.
2. Toss beef with herbs de Provence, paprika, salt and pepper.
3. Heat half the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Brown half the beef; transfer to a bowl. Repeat with remaining oil and beef. Set aside.
4. Melt butter in Dutch oven. Add onions; cook 7–8 minutes until onions begin to brown. Add garlic during last 2 minutes of cooking time.
5. Add reserved meat and accumulated juices, wine and 2 cups water. Bring to a boil. Cover Dutch oven and place in oven. Cook 2 hours, until beef is tender.
6. Add green beans; cook 15 minutes more, just until beans are tender. 
7. Transfer Dutch oven to stove top over medium-high heat. Add carrot; cook 5 minutes. Stir in thickener; cook 2 minutes more, stirring, until sauce thickens.
8. Adjust seasonings to taste and serve immediately.

 

 

Buffalo Chicken Wings Atkins Recipe

Buffalo Chicken Wings Atkins Recipe

Nutritional Information Per Serving:

Net Carbs: 2 grams
Fiber:  0 grams
Protein:  31 grams
Fat:  78 grams
Calories: 848.5

 

Servings: 6

Prep Time: 25 Minutes

Cook Time: 20 Minutes

 

 Ingredients:

 

Wings:
1 large egg
1 cup cider vinegar
½ cup canola oil
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon celery salt
⅛ teaspoon cayenne
2 pounds chicken wings, separated at joint and wing tips discarded

Blue-Cheese Dipping Sauce:
1 cup mayonnaise
½ cup sour cream
⅓ cup crumbled blue cheese
1 scallion, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon chopped garlic

 

Directions:

 

1. For the wings: Preheat oven to 450F.
2. Beat egg in a medium bowl.  Add vinegar, oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, celery salt and cayenne; stir until well combined.  Dip chicken pieces into marinade and arrange on a large baking pan. Bake 30 minutes, turning and brushing with marinade several times, until wings are crisp.
3. For the dipping sauce: While wings are cooking, mix mayonnaise, sour cream, blue cheese, scallion, lemon juice and garlic.  Set aside until wings are done.
4. Serve wings while hot with dipping sauce.

 

 

Asian Beef Salad Atkins Diet Recipe

Asian Beef Salad Atkins Diet Recipe

Nutritional Information Per Serving:

Net Carbs: 11.5 grams
Fiber:  5 grams
Protein:  41 grams
Fat:  15.5 grams
Calories: 367.5

 

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 15 MInutes

Marinate Time: 12 Hours

Cook Time: 5 Minutes

Ingredients:

Marinade and Dressing Base:
4 green onions, chopped
3 garlic cloves, pushed through a press
¼ cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons no-sugar-added rice-wine vinegar
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 teaspoon granular sugar substitute
½ teaspoon curry powder
¼ teaspoon dried ginger

Salad:
1½ pounds beef sirloin, cut against the grain in 1/8-inch strips
2 tablespoons canola oil
6 cups mixed salad greens
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 can (8-ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained

Directions:

1.    Mix green onions, garlic, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil and sugar substitute in a small bowl.
2.    Pour half into a resealable plastic bag; add steak and marinate overnight in the refrigerator. To remaining soy sauce mixture, add curry powder and ginger.
3.    Heat canola oil in a large skillet over high heat until very hot. Drain beef and discard marinade; quickly stir-fry beef 2 to 3 minutes in hot oil for medium doneness.
4.    Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Add salad greens, bell pepper, water chestnuts and reserved soy dressing. Toss to coat.

 

Atkins Cuisine Waffles - Easy Diet Recipe

Nutritional Information Per Serving:

Net Carbs: 6 grams
Fiber:  3.5 grams
Protein:  15 grams
Fat:  9 grams
Calories: 169

 

Servings: 5

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients:

 

1 cup Atkins Cuisine All-Purpose Baking Mix
1 packet granular sugar substitute
2 teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup half and half
1 large egg

 

Directions:

 

This recipe makes 5 waffles. Assuming your waffle iron makes 4 servings, use four-fifths of the batter and then make a single waffle with the remaining batter. Freeze extra waffles and just pop in the toaster before serving.

1. In a large bowl, blend together baking mix, baking powder, sugar substitute and salt.
2. In another large bowl, mix the half-and-half and beaten egg.
3. Add dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients and whisk batter until any lumps are removed. Don't overbeat.
4. Let the mixture sit for at least 5 minutes to activate the baking powder.
5. Heat the waffle iron and pour the batter in the center of the waffle iron.
6. Close the top and cook waffles for about 1–1 1/2 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Repeat with last waffle.

 

 

Chocolate Mudslide Easy Diet Recipe

Chocolate Mudslide - Easy Diet Recipe

Nutritional Information Per Serving:

Net Carbs:  7.5 grams
Fiber:   2 grams
Protein:  2.5 grams
Fat:   23 grams
Calories: 234

 

Servings: 4

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cook Time: 5 Minutes

Cool Time: 3 Hours

 

Ingredients:

 

1 cup heavy cream
½ cup water
½ cup sugar free chocolate syrup
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan, combine cream, water, syrup and cocoa powder. Bring to a simmer and stir until cocoa powder dissolves.
2. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate and vanilla extracts. Pour mixture into an 8-inch square pan.
3. Freeze until almost solid, about 3 hours.
4. To serve, break up frozen mixture, place in blender or food processor and blend until softened and slushy. Transfer to glasses and serve.

 

 

BROCCOLI PARMIGIANO Easy Diet Recipe

BROCCOLI PARMIGIANO Easy Diet Recipe

Nutritional Information Per Serving:

 

Net Carbs: 4.5 grams

 Fiber:   4.5 grams
Protein:  7 grams
Fat:   7 grams
Calories:  114

 

 Ingredients:

 

2 tablespoons virgin olive oil
2 large cloves garlic, pushed through a press or finely minced
¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 pounds broccoli rabe or broccoli florets
¼ cup water
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 teaspoons fresh grated lemon zest
⅛ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese

 

Directions:

 

Broccoli rabe has 6- to 9-inch stalks and scattered clusters of tiny broccoli-like buds. It has a more bitter taste than its more familiar cousin. It takes beautifully to sautéing or braising. Feel free to substitute broccoli in this recipe if you prefer. Cut a 2-pound head of broccoli into small florets, then peel the stems and cut in ½-inch pieces.

1. In a large, deep skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic and pepper flakes; sauté 30 seconds.
2. Add broccoli rabe, water, lemon juice and lemon zest; mix well. Cover skillet and cook over medium heat 8 minutes or until broccoli rabe is crisp-tender.
3. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
4. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with Parmesan.

 

Beef Stroganoff Atkins Recipe

Beef Stroganoff

Nutritional Information Per Serving:

Net Carbs: 3.5 grams
Fiber:  0.5 grams
Protein:  32 grams
Fat:  24.5 grams
Calories: 379

 

 

Ingredients:

1 ¼ pounds skirt steak or beef tenderloin, cut into 2 x 1 strips
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 tablespoon butter
½ cup finely chopped Spanish onion
3 ounce small white mushrooms
¼ cup dry red wine
1 cup beef broth (not low sodium)  or 3 tablespoons demi-glace mixed with 3/4 cup water
¼ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Directions:

1. Heat oven to warm setting. Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper.
2. In a large nonstick skillet heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown meat in batches, about 1 minute per side. Transfer to a platter and place in oven.
3. Melt butter in skillet; add onion and cook 3 minutes, until softened. Add mushrooms. Cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mushroom liquid evaporates.
4. Add wine; cook 5 minutes. Stir in beef broth and cook 10 minutes, until mushrooms are coated with a thick sauce. Stir in sour cream and mustard. Add meat and accumulated juices.
5. Reduce heat to low and cook 2-3 minutes, until meat is heated through. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

 

 

What is a Low-Carbohydrate Diet?

The theory behind low-carbohydrate diets is that if dieters avoid foods containing carbohydrate—that is, starches or sugars—they will shed pounds. Such diets eliminate or dramatically restrict the intake of fruit, fruit juice, starchy vegetables, beans, bread, rice, cereals, pasta and other grain products, and all other foods containing carbohydrate, leaving a limited diet of foods that contain primarily fat and protein: meat, cheese, nonstarchy vegetables, and very little else. As the diet proceeds, the carbohydrate restriction relaxes somewhat, but fatty, high-protein foods continue to dominate the dieter’s plate.
Despite anecdotal accounts of seemingly dramatic weight loss, the effect of low-carbohydrate diets on body weight is similar to that of other weight-reduction diets. In research studies at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the average participant lost weight during the first six months on a low-carbohydrate diet, but regained some of this weight during the next six months so that the net weight loss after one year (15.8 pounds in the University of Pennsylvania study and 11.2 pounds in the VA study) was not significantly different from that seen with other diets used for comparison.  This degree of weight loss is not greater than that which occurs with programs using low-fat, vegetarian diets. In Dean Ornish’s program for reversing heart disease, for example, a combination of a low-fat, vegetarian diet and exercise led to an average weight loss of 22 pounds in the first year, along with dramatic reductions in cholesterol levels and reversal of existing heart disease.  Five years later, much of that benefit had been retained.  Studies of whether weight loss from low-carbohydrate diets is maintained for more than one year have not been performed.
In a one-year clinical trial reported in JAMA in 2005, researchers randomly assigned 160 overweight individuals to one of four popular diets. Participants assigned to the Atkins diet lost 2.1 kilograms, while Weight Watchers dieters lost 3.0 kilograms, Zone dieters lost 3.2 kilograms, and dieters following the Ornish program lost 3.3 kilograms.
A review of 107 research studies on various low-carbohydrate, high-protein weight-loss diets concluded that weight loss on these diets is not due to any special effect of restricting carbohydrate; rather, weight loss depended on the extent to which the dieters’ caloric intake fell and how long they continued with their regimens. Other reports have also found calorie reduction to be the most important factor in weight loss, with no special weight-loss advantage from the restriction of carbohydrates.
 
A review on the safety of low-carbohydrate diets notes that Atkins-type diets are at a greater risk for being nutritionally inadequate and raise the issue of potential long-term health effects.

Natural Treatment For Under Active Thyroid

Thyroid is carefully affiliated to your allowed system; advantageous allowed arrangement signifies the advantageous thyroid. Thyroid hormones adapt advance as able-bodied as a array of metabolic functions in the body.

Under alive thyroid ataxia and can action at all ages. Thyroid absence best generally affects women over 40, but men and teenagers can additionally accept bargain thyroid function, abnormally if it runs in the family. Thyroid supplementation is a able-bodied recognised, approved and activated way of advantageous the problems associated with a abatement in thyroid function.

Thyroid ache can action in abounding means like bereft or over assembly of thyroid hormones, thyroid gland removal, iodine absence thyroid malfunctioning, complete anomalies etc. Thyroid problems can be catchy to detect, but if you see your doctor for an anniversary or biannual concrete and accept accepted claret assignment done, your doctor will be able to actuate if you accept an beneath or overactive thyroid by account the lab results.

Hypothyroidism, or under-active thyroid, is 10 times added accepted in women than men. Thyroid absence best generally affects women over 40, but men and teenagers can additionally accept bargain thyroid function, abnormally if it runs in the family.

Causes Of Beneath Alive Thyroid

The best accepted account of beneath alive thyroid after-effects from an deepening of the thyroid gland accepted as thyroiditis or Hashimoto's disease. Other accepted causes include: thyroid anaplasty for a complete or fractional abatement of the thyroid gland analysis with radioactive iodine radiation analysis to amusement blight of the arch and close medications such as lithium or too aerial a dosage of antithyroid medication acclimated to amusement hyperthyroidism.

It is able-bodied accurate that a diet low in iodine is associated with hypothyroidism or under-active thyroid. When bodies with beneath alive thyroid glands booty 4mg of iodine and 600 units of vitamin E, it has been begin that the bulk of iodine taken up by the gland increases and the abundance of thyroid hormones in the claret additionally access "almost anon and markedly".

Many patients with beneath alive thyroid accept low levels of zinc, and the abstraction approved that over 50 percent of patients accustomed zinc supplementation accomplished bigger thyroid action which bargain the accident of analytic hypothyroidism. Beneath alive thyroids are usually acquired by Hashimoto's ache or goitre (an amplification of the thyroid gland) area the body's allowed arrangement produces antibodies that advance the thyroid gland, abbreviation hormone secretion.

Under Alive Thyroid Treatments

People in appeal of beneath alive thyroid analysis frequently acquaintance burden by their doctor to use anesthetic for treatment. For those adversity from an beneath alive thyroid, the doctor will usually appoint thyroid hormone backup tablets. The anesthetic your doctor will appoint is meant to be acclimated for activity and best generally times the dosage will access as time goes past.

Natural analysis for beneath alive thyroid could amend and in a lot of cases, added good the activity of the thyroid itself. Through alleviative with accustomed supplements, you're agriculture your anatomy what it's been missing in the way of nourishment.

Natural treatments are added bread-and-butter to use than decree medicine, after a amaranthine account of ancillary effects. It has become added and added accepted and for benign reason, bags of users are accepting outstanding results.

Thyroid Nodules & Neck Lumps

What is the Thyroid Gland?

The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland amid in the lower allotment of the neck, in advanced of the windpipe. It produces and secretes thyroxine, a hormone amenable for acclimation abounding of our actual functions.

What are Thyroid Nodules?

Thyroid nodules are aberrant chastening that advance in the thyroid gland. They can be distinct or assorted and can usually be apparent and felt. They can be of altered sizes and some of the actual ample nodules can abbreviate on the windpipe and gullet causing adversity breath or swallowing. The baby nodules are not accessible and are detected by scans.

The majority of thyroid nodules are amiable cysts or swellings acquired by thyroid inflammation. Some nodules bury an boundless bulk of thyroxine causing a action accepted as hyperthyroidism. Thyroid cancers are adequately accepted with majority actuality papillary or follicular thyroid carcinomas that accept acceptable cure rates. The best advancing variant, anaplastic carcinoma, is rare, added frequently apparent in the aged and is usually incurable. There are several tests that can be performed to appraise a accommodating with thyroid nodules.

Tests for Thyroid Nodules:

1) Accomplished Aggravate Aspiration Biopsy (FNAC)

A accessory action performed in the dispensary area a accomplished aggravate is acclimated to abstract some beef from the thyroid nodule. These are again beatific to a pathologist to actuate whether the beef are malignant. If the corpuscle crop is sufficient, FNAC is an authentic adjustment to differentiate amiable from annihilative nodules. However in 20% of patients, either the corpuscle crop is bereft to access a analysis or the anatomy address does not acquiesce the analysis of blight to be absolutely excluded.

2) Ultrasound of the thyroid gland (U/S)

This is a accessible analysis that uses complete after-effects to actualize images of they thyroid gland. The accommodating is lying bottomward with the close continued while the ultrasound artisan moves a anointed transducer over the neck. Although not as authentic as the FNAC, there are assertive appearance apparent on the U/S thyroid that can advance a malignancy. This analysis additionally provides advice on the exact admeasurement of the birthmark , its agreeable (solid or cystic) and the attendance of added nodules that cannot be felt.

3) Blood Tests

A thyroid action analysis is performed to appraise how abundant thyroxine is produced by the thyroid. Thyroid antibiotic tests are sometimes done to analysis for autoimmune thyroid disorders causing thyroid inflammation.

Treatment of Thyroid Nodules

Surgery

Surgery involves either removing one affiliate of the thyroid (hemithyroidectomy) or abatement of the accomplished gland (total thyroidectomy). If we are ambidextrous with thyroid blight that has advance to the close nodes, a close anatomization operation to abolish the close nodes is performed.

Surgery is performed for:

– Thyroid blight or doubtable thyroid cancer

– Ample thyroid nodules burden the windpipe or gullet

– Thyroid nodules bearing boundless amounts of thyroxine in called patients

Observation

Thyroid nodules that are low accident of actuality annihilative are empiric for a aeon of time. Observation involves consistently assessing the admeasurement and attributes of the birthmark and repeating the FNAC action or alms anaplasty if there are apprehensive charges.

Radioactive Iodine Treatment

This radiation analysis is administered orally. Radioactive iodine concentrates in the thyroid gland and destroys both accustomed and aberrant thyroid cells. It is acclimated for alleviative hyperactive thyroids (hyperthyroidism) and is administered afterwards thyroid anaplasty for thyroid cancers.

Importance of Thyroid Health

Thyroid bloom is all-embracing bloom and wellness. Unfortunately, added than 20 actor Americans accept a thyroid ataxia -- or one in ten is afflicted by some array of a thyroid problem. If, unfortunately, you accept a thyroid disease, you are not alone.

The affliction allotment of thyroid disorders is that there is a abridgement of accessible acquaintance of the accent of thyroid health. This may be due to abounding cases of undiagnosed thyroid disease, or the affinity of thyroid ataxia affection with added ache symptoms. Thyroid bloom is all-embracing health.

What is a thyroid disorder, or what is the thyroid gland?

Your thyroid gland is at the advanced allotment of your throat, aloof beneath your articulation box. It is the admeasurement of a hen's egg. A thyroid ataxia or ache occurs back your thyroid gland malfunctions.

The thyroid gland has abounding functions with account of your all-embracing health. It is amenable for your advance and development through its assembly of hormones and protein for beef growth. Your thyroid hormones adapt your basal metabolic amount (BMR), which is amenable for your anatomy weight. If you are on a austere diet, and yet you abide to accretion instead of accident weight, it may be due to a adulterated thyroid. Your thyroid hormones advance your brainy activity as able-bodied as acclimation your moods. Therefore, optimum thyroid bloom is the foundation of acceptable brainy health. Thyroid bloom additionally affects your affection bloom in that your thyroid gland controls your affection rate.

In short, your thyroid bloom is amenable for the bloom of about every corpuscle and agency in your body. Through its assimilation of iodine from the bloodstream, your thyroid gland produces hormones that advice your anatomy beef and organs catechumen oxygen and calories into energy. The above action of your thyroid gland is to advance a hormone antithesis by a acknowledgment bend system. That is, back there is too abundant hormone production, your academician signals your thyroid gland to abatement the absolution of thyroid hormones. The accent of thyroid gland cannot be overstated.

The best accepted thyroid ataxia occurs back the thyroid gland is underactive (also accepted as hypothyroidism). In added words, the anatomy is accomplishing all its best to break healthy, but there are artlessly bereft thyroid hormones to advance its able functioning. As a result, the absolute anatomy is abnormally affected, consistent in absence of accepted wellness. If you accept an underactive thyroid gland, you eat beneath but still accretion more. Accident of appetence or weight accretion is one of the best apparent signs of broken thyroid health. Another accepted evidence is fatigue. Unfortunately, this is additionally the easiest evidence to dismiss, because you may aspect it to depression, which is a accessory of under active thyroid disorder. Given that bereft thyroid hormones in the claret may abnormally affect your academician health, you may additionally acquaintance beneath bookish function, anamnesis loss, abridgement of concentration, and alike abatement in sex drive. Thyroid bloom plays a cardinal allotment in academician bloom because it food oxygen and nutrients to the brain, after which the activity of the academician is appreciably compromised.

Thyroid ache affects both men and women. However, women accept added problems with their thyroid bloom than men, and women are bristles to eight times added acceptable to be diagnosed with thyroid ache than men. Irrespective of your gender, thyroid bloom is important to your all-embracing bloom and wellness. If you acquaintance a abatement in wellness, address your apropos to your doctor, and accept your thyroid gland arrested to see if there is any botheration with your thyroid health.

Thyroid surgery

Thyroid surgery may be indicated for one of three reasons: cancer, compression or cosmesis. There are about 40,000 new thyroid cancer cases diagnosed per year in the United States. This number has been progressively rising over the last few decades probably because of earlier detection and an actual increase in the incidence with immigrants from areas exposed to radiation. Compression refers to choking or swallowing difficulties resulting from a goiter or from extension of the thyroid to the chest. The final indication, cosmesis, refers to a patient's wish to eliminate an unsightly goiter in the neck.

Aside from anaesthetic risks, the specific risks of thyroid surgery are hemorrhage, wound infection, voice disturbance and hypocalcemia. Hemorrhage refers to bleeding during or after the procedure. It is important that all vessels supplying the thyroid gland are adequately controlled during the procedure. Hemorrhage after the procedure can be life-threatening. Wound infection is uncommon but a few patients may react to the stitch material used for the closure.

The thyroid gland overlies the larynx and trachea. The nerves supplying the vocal cords traverse the upper and deep portions of the thyroid gland. Disturbances of the voice can result from direct trauma to these nerves or cautery. These injuries can be minimized with the use of the intra-operative nerve monitor, which is akin to the monitor used during spinal surgery. By this means, the surgeon can be alerted to even minimal nerve stimulation and thus avoid any significant trauma to the nerves.

The final potential complication is hypocalcemia, which typically may arise after a total thyroidectomy, which is usually indicated for thyroid cancer or a goiter. It is important for the surgeon to identify and preserve the parathyroid glands with their intricate blood supply intact. If there is any concern, the parathyroid gland should be removed and transplanted into the neck muscles. Post-operative blood tests can show if one has parathyroid malfunction and calcium supplementation should be commenced.

Finally, it is important to discuss with your surgeon their experience in thyroid surgery. Like other surgeries requiring meticulous dissection, the greater experience is generally coupled with reduced risk. Similarly, it is important to ensure that the surgeon will be personally performing or attending the surgery at all times.

Underactive Thyroid Diet

Underactive Thyroid Diet - Simple Diet Plan To Help You Regain Energy and Lose Weight

Underactive thyroid or hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland produces abnormally low thyroid hormones needed by the body for metabolism, such as breaking down of foods into energy. The main symptoms of this condition include weight gain, depression, memory loss, hair loss, constipation, hoarse voice, chronic fatigue and weakness.

If you exhibit any of these symptoms or diagnosed with underactive thyroid condition, the best way to improve your thyroid function is by modifying your diet. Underactive thyroid condition can be maintained with appropriate diets that are rich in essential trace minerals such as iodine, selenium and zinc. These elements can stimulate the thyroid gland to produce enough thyroid hormones required by the body to function properly. Moreover, by maintaining appropriate diet will help you to lose weight and regain the much-needed energy for daily activities.

So if you want to live a healthy life, here is a simple diet plan for underactive thyroid condition

Breakfast

Eat whole cereals or whole bread with eggs. For bread, choose a whole-grain and whole-meal varieties of bread. These are high in energy but low in fat. Make sure to take tea, especially herbal tea. Use low-fat milk for the tea. After this, you can take yoghurt. Milk and yoghurt are very rich in iodine. Also include fresh fruits such as strawberries.

Lunch

Eat fresh ground turkey or skinless chicken sandwiches on whole-bread with sliced tomatoes. These will provide you with vitamin B and C and selenium which are essential for normal thyroid function. Make sure to drink plenty of water, at least 8-10 glasses a day. Water helps to flush out toxin from the body and help you to lose weight. You can take apples for snack.

Dinner

Eat brown rice with shrimps and fish, such as salmon. Include plenty of vegetables and dress with tomatoes, lettuce and pepper. Ensure that you cook stew or soup with olive oil. Complete your dinner with yoghurt.

This is just a simple diet plan to give you an idea of what your main diet should contain. The key to healthy eating is to eat a wide variety of foods. To achieve the desired result, make it a habit to follow this diet plan and incorporate the above mentioned foods into your diet at least 3 times in a week.

Fruits and vegetables are high in vitamins, minerals and fibres. Eat green leafy vegetables and fruits regularly. It is recommended that you have at least five potions of fruits and vegetables a day. You should also take vitamin supplements.

A simple diet plan will go a long way in helping you to control the symptoms of underactive thyroid condition and live a healthy life. There is a program which outlines a comprehensive diet plan and other Natural Remedies For Hypothyroidism which will help you to live a healthy life.

Thyroid Nutrition

The Thyroid Diet

If you have a thyroid problem, the way you should eat is very similar to that of an individual who does not have a thyroid issue. Organic foods contain fewer amounts of chemicals and pesticides and can have a negative effect on the thyroid gland. The main goals of a thyroid diet are those which remove any stress from the thyroid gland itself and any systems that may be affecting the thyroid gland. The first major priority in eating to have a healthy thyroid is to make sure you do not have blood sugar swings. This requires consistent eating throughout the day of high-quality protein at every meal without eating too many carbohydrates. Remember that blood sugar swings not only affect the thyroid gland itself but also indirectly affect adrenal gland function which, as previously discussed, is highly connected to thyroid physiology.

The ideal protein/carbohydrate intake for someone with thyroid gland dysfunction is to eat a moderate- to low-carbohydrate diet with the exception of post-exercise carbohydrate consumption. The food you consume after you exercise and the meal following your post-workout meal can contain more carbohydrates than you would normally eat. You can do this because your body is much better at handling carbohydrates and blood sugar after you have participated in exercise.

The next important step in optimizing thyroid function is to alkalize your body. Your body contains approximately sixty trillion cells which are involved in six trillion chemical reactions every second. Your cells work best to carry out these chemical processes in an alkaline environment versus an acidic environment. The machinery in your cells that produce energy and burn fat can most easily do their job when the pH is alkaline. Eating foods that drive you into an acidic environment will put undue stress on your cells leading to sub-optimal energy production and function. The best way to find out if you are in an acid or alkaline state is to do a first morning pH test with Hydrion pH strip paper. You should be aiming for a pH of 6.5-7.5. A pH below 6.5 indicates an acidic cellular environment that could be contributing to a decrease in your metabolism. At the same time, you should not be too alkaline which would be a pH above 7.5. This would indicate a catabolic state meaning your body is breaking down its tissues rapidly due to some kind of metabolic or chemical stress. Start by taking your first morning urine pH for five days consecutively. Eliminate the highest and the lowest of the five readings and then average the middle three to attain your pH.

So how do you become more alkaline? The first thing you must do is eat a vegetable or fruit or both at every meal. Produce contains alkaline-forming substances including calcium, magnesium, potassium and zinc. These are "buffering" agents meaning they help to reduce acid by-products of metabolism. The way foods are designated as acid or alkaline is based on the "ash" that is left over when they are burned: the more buffering minerals in the ash, the more alkaline the food. In addition, the protein content of a food will also determine its acid/alkaline status. The presence of more amino acids (protein) in a food leads to more acidity in the body due to amino acid metabolism in the liver resulting in acidic by-products.

Adding sweet potatoes and yams as well as lentils will enhance your alkalinity. In addition, try to eat at least two cups of alkalinizing greens such as kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, or collard greens each day. Lean towards the three most alkalinizing grains: oats (gluten-free if you have Hashimoto's or Graves'), quinoa and wild rice.

There are many other strategies you can use to become more alkaline. Taking an alkalizing bath of one-cup epsom salts and a half-cup of baking soda will aid in alkalizing your body. The epsom salts contain magnesium which is a buffering mineral that will assist in the elimination of acid residues that result from metabolism and detoxification. The baking soda is also extremely alkaline and will aid in neutralizing acidic compounds that the skin is eliminating. Take one of these baths every day, and if you are an athlete, take one at the end of your training day to enhance healing of acidic muscle tissue that has been broken down.

The next thing you can do to alkalize is to drink a morning cocktail of a quarter- to half-teaspoon of unrefined Celtic sea salt, a juiced half-lemon or lime, a greens supplement and a half-teaspoon of buffered vitamin C powder. This cocktail will flood your system with alkalizing agents that mop up acid residues in the body. Please be sure to use unrefined Celtic sea salt which is extremely alkaline as opposed to table salt or sodium chloride which is extremely acidic. Table salt has been stripped of its alkaline minerals resulting in a toxic and acidic product.

Your evening ritual should consist of taking 200 mg of potassium bicarbonate and 100 mg of magnesium glycinate before bed. Increase by one of each until you achieve an alkaline first morning urinary pH.