Patients with hypothyroidism can eat seafood, because seafood is rich in trace elements and nutrients that patients with hypothyroidism need to supplement. Seafood is mainly rich in protein, low in cholesterol and various trace elements, which is superior to meat in nutrition and health. There are many seafood, such as oysters, lobsters, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, fish eggs and shrimp eggs. Because they are rich in nutrients such as zinc and protein, they all have the function of strengthening yang and essence. So hypothyroidism patients can eat seafood.
However, even with hypothyroidism caused by Hashimoto's disease, during pregnancy, iodine is needed to ensure the supply of raw materials for children's thyroid hormones for the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Otherwise, although the child's thyroid function is normal, it may be because the mother did not provide iodine, but she could not synthesize enough thyroid hormones. Thereby affecting the development of children, especially the development of the brain.