Include these foods in your diet to maintain a healthy thyroid

With the number of thyroid disorder cases on the rise, it is most necessary to change your lifestyle. Giving attention to diet and exercise helps maintain and regulate your thyroid function. Choose the right food for the same.

Iodine Seafood (clams, shrimp, haddock, oysters, salmon, sardines), as well as iodized sea salt, eggs, asparagus, lima beans, mushrooms, spinach, sesame seeds, summer squash, garlic.

Selenium Brazil nuts, mushrooms, tuna, organ meats, halibut, beef, soybeans, sunflower seeds.

Zinc Fresh oysters, sardines, beef, lamb, turkey, soybeans, split peas, whole grains, walnuts, ginger root, sunflower seeds, pecans, Brazil nuts, almonds, maple syrup

Copper Beef, oysters, dark chocolate, shiitake mushrooms, lobster, sunflower seeds, crabmeat, tomato paste, pearled barley, nuts, beans (soybeans, white beans, chickpeas)

Iron Clams, oysters, white beans, blackstrap molasses, organ meats, soybeans, pumpkin seeds, lentils, spinach

Vitamin A Kale, liver, sweet potatoes, spinach, cantaloupe, broccoli, asparagus, carrots, winter squash/pumpkin, lettuce

Vitamin B2 Brewer's yeast, almonds, wheat germ, wild rice, organ meats, , mushrooms, egg yolks

Vitamin B3 Brewer's yeast, rice bran, wheat bran, peanuts (with skin), liver, poultry white meat

Vitamin B6 Brewer's yeast, sunflower seeds, wheat germ, fish (tuna, salmon, trout), liver, beans (soybeans, lentils, lima beans, navy beans, garbanzos, pinto beans), walnuts, brown rice, bananas

Vitamin C Guava, papaya, parsley, greens (kale, turnip, collard, mustard) peppers (chili, Bell, sweet), kiwifruit, citrus, strawberries, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts

Vitamin E Whole grains, almonds, soybeans and other beans, sunflower seeds, peanuts, liver, leafy green vegetables, asparagus