I'm interested in this advice what does anyone else think?

[Steni]

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[SeasideSusie Remembering]

About going gluten free and the vitamins and minerals? Both are frequently advised on here when posts about Hashimoto's come up.

[Rennixon]

Hi

I am one the many who have taken this advise. I'm only a week in,and my stomach already feels settled. What has surprised me is how easy it is, there are a lot of products in the supermarkets to help you eat as close to what is normal for you. I will continue for another month as I'm due to have blood taken then & so I'll be able to see if it has reduced the antibodies. My advise would be to give it a go, you can always revert back. Good luck!

[diogenes Remembering]

For what it's worth I have a theory about the way in which Hashimoto's can be developed. I don't believe that there is one solution but many. I think the gut microbiome is important - that is, what species of bacteria you have in your gut and what they are doing. Helping or hindering food absorption in particular ways or causing localised inflammation by producing noxious byproducts? From what I've noticed, it's so frequent that shortly after having children, women develop, like my wife, Hashimoto's. Could this be a genetic clash between genes of the father against the mother from the foetus - we know that we all have even when adult some cells derived intact from our mother and father still active in our bodies. Could this on occasion raise antibodies that attack the thyroid by accident after birth of the child? What about a viral infection whose genes happen to mimic those controlling the thyroid?I think that there are multiple and accidental events like these that can trigger autoimmune reactions and we cannot simply put it down to one cause. I think there are many; they may attack the thyroid, they may attack elsewhere. So I do not think there is one panacea that can limit the disease - it looks like an act of random unluckiness from many possible causes.

[greygoose]

I agree that all Hashi's people should try gluten-free, to see if it helps - although two weeks seems a bit short to me. But, if it doesn't help, I can't see the point in continuing, as some people suggest.

I went gluten-free for three months and, apart from nealy dying of nutritional bordom, I didn't find it made any difference. Not did anything change when I started eating gluten again.

Of course suppléments are important. But it's best to get tested first : vit d, vit B12, folate and ferritin, to see if you need suppléments, and if so, how much.

Some very weird suggestions for breakfast, there. I Don't think I could stomach any of that!