A member asked:

Is garlic good for thyroid disorders?

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Dr. Pouya Shafipour answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

It depends: Garlic and onions are both goitrogens, meaning they can cause an enlarged thyroid gland and low function of it. So for a normal functioning or low functioning, it could make the function worse but for hyperthyroidism, it will have more of a controlling event.

Answered 1/31/2020

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