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Is cabbage allowed on the Tayyibat diet?

No

No. Dr. Al-Awadi excluded this food himself.

Cabbage, not allowed on the Tayyibat diet

Why cabbage is off the list

Cabbage can stop your thyroid taking in the iodine it needs. And its sugars ferment into gas.

The detail

Goitrogens interfere with the thyroid's uptake of iodine; raffinose ferments into gas.

The rule behind the verdict

The cabbage family

Did the doctor say this himself?

He ruled on this himself.

Eat this instead

Vegetables · The cabbage family

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