I just recieved Dr. Friedman's on the Thyroid yesterday...and I had been noticing that I was feeling discomfort in my thyroid area, well, I was reading the book about our medications and how to take them and I may have found the possible answer. He said ( we know not to take our vits and minerals, iron supplements witin 4hrs. of meds) that food that are fortified with iron and minerals will do the same thing...he said a serving of cheerios has about a day's worth of iron in them! I've been eating cheerios for the past months almost every morning! I looked at those and a box of another cereal I just bought and they both are loaded with added iron!

He said we'd just have to find what we were sensitive too in this regard...so, if I have a bowl of cereal I'll need to separate it from my meds by 4 hrs. I suppose. Now, I know some are very sensitive to soy and I do avoid it but had never given this a thought!

Dr. Friedman's book is very good...understandable but very informative. He has Hashimotos' himself...