Thyroid Tonic Recipe: 6 carrots, 1 cucumber, 10 radishes, 1/2 lemon Radishes contain a substance called Raphanin. This is what Wikipedia says about Raphanin... "Given that Raphanin can be chiefly responsible for keeping the production of thyroxine and calcitonin in normal balance, in Russia, radishes have long been used for treating both types of thyroid problems."