General Chat

Low ferritin , iron supplies can thin hair,
Ros xx

I'd be careful with that then Liz, especially since people with FM are more prone to thyroid problems.

I take kelp tablets often and it helps my hair grow, as it is fine and thin, helps more hair grow through.
Lizx

Ros is that a tetley one thats advertised?
I have a free sample some place, cant find it. If I do I will let you know.

Marion

ANYONE TRIED REDBUSH TEA?
Ros xx

I just wanted to concur with Athena. I was warned to avoid things like kelp because of the amount of iodine in it. Iodine and thyroid problems are not a good combination.

Also with regards the Valerian tea, if you're on other medications you need to check with the doctor as valerian can interfere with certain meds.

lol, Maybe I should send them to Puss, she loves her baths.

Marion

LOL, I wonder if you'd end up looking like the jolly green giant :)

Sounds complicated to me Mick and Athena.

pmsl Claire.

Oh, and for the record I had another one earlier, nope, it's not for me lol

Maybe I should put the rest in my bath lol

Marion

Mick - too much iodine in the diet also causes thyroid probs, unfortunately. Thyroid probs are very common and I'm sure that a lot of it is down to our diet and the chemicals we ingest on a daily basis.

I had a friend who thought taking iodine supplements was good for her to help her lose weight. She ended up with a thyroid goiter and now has a scar from the op running halfway around her neck! Her consultant was horrified when she told him she had been taking those supplements and some days she'd taken double the dose (wanting to lose weight quicker she said - doh!).

Anyone with a suspected thyroid condition should really limit their iodine/fluoride/soya intake.

My advice, as someone who's battled thyroid cancer, is "moderation in all things" - if you enjoy green tea don't stop drinking it, just limit the amount you drink. There are so many things in our diet that are bad for us that if we stopped everything there would be very little for us to survive on LOL!

Take care - Athena

Iv got some body lotion with Green Tea in,,,from what you have said ,i think it must smell nicer than it tastes..

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I like green tea! Maybe thats why the quack was put me on thyroid hormones though?! But if you get enough iodine in your diet fluorine shouldnt be a problem - flourine is chemically very close to iodine, and will replace it if no iodine is there.

I too tried it and didn't like it! I quite like valerian tea to help me sleep altho I do add a little honey to it sometimes. Have several boxes of different ones I have bought and only used a few bags, then it gets stuck at the back of the shelf, as you say lol
It is so hard to know what to eat, drink, put on your skin etc etc as there are so many different theories all the time.
One thing I do know is that I will avoid aspartame like the plague.
Have actually been drinking filtered water for a week or more, which is most unlike me as I always hate plain water, even bottled water I don't like, but thought I had better try when I had the uti last week. Think I will make an effort to continue with water more than tea and coffee etc I do like the highjuice 'squashes' which don't have aspartame in, there is a raspberry, cranberry and blueberey one, which is tasty.
Lizx

I have tried a peach flavoured one and that was lovely. I also tried jasmine green tea and it tasted like I was eating flowers, did not like it. Have tried plain green tea and don't have it often as sometimes I can't stand the taste

xxxxx

Think I best avoid it then, I've only got half a thyroid left and I sort of want to hang on to it. That op was not nice and I don't want to go through it again lol.

I'll stick to my tetley decaf

I dont like green tea - but I do like Apple tea - the Turkish type and cinnamon and orange.

I like it if it has something like lemon, in it - on it's own yuck.

Buy a box drink a few cups - shove it back in the cupboard and forget it is there - then buy another box - I have three boxes now LOL

Green snow??? Is that what happens when a dog drinks green tea then..pees in the snow lol

Orange and cinamon sounds nice.

Marion

i got orange tea with cinamon in
thats nice,

green tea sounds like sumut you shoud advoid
like green snow