Hi just wondering what to have diet wise for Hashimotos? My diet is pretty poor - correction - terrible, usually nothing for breakfast as too early for my stomach to digest anything, sandwiches for lunch and takeaway for dinner (we both work and often tired when we come home)
Since realising today I have Hashimotos I understand the importance of cutting out gluten but because of my dietary habits it's no longer possible to eat what I usually eat. I also ate a ginger and dark chocolate cake today as a treat and my stomach feels like it has a cement brick in it, so no more ginger and dark chocolate cake! Any advice appreciated!
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Pink1123, as your diet currently is pretty bad, if I were you I'd focus on cleaning it up generally before thinking about going gluten free. Put that off for a month or two.
Make sure both of you have 2 or 3 things you're comfortable to cook quickly, and figure out what to have for lunch and breakfast. I think this is quite a difficult process!
When you want to try gluten free, the important thing is to be strict, so there is no point in suffering with it until you're ready to completely commit.
When deciding to go gluten free, I hadn't realised that some of my diet was gluten free already.
Veg, meat & fruit are gluten free. I was already on the journey and not realised.
Wasn't all plain sailing, I did have a tantrum because it meant I'd have to give up the goodies that I loved & thought I couldn't possibly live without!
But I did find GF alternatives. Yes, they are more expensive but to keep the cost down I spread the treats out throughout the week. I'm not eating half as many treats now, so now only buying them twice a month.
I've been impressed by how quickly I adapted. I buy quite a bit of fruit because I know it's got to be eaten as I can't leave it to go off & chuck out, as I hate waste. So I use the fruit in between the treats. Didn't think I could do it but now it's second nature & hand on heart I don't feel left on the food front. I've become quite clinical about it & it's works for me.
You can get GF tortilla chips, lovely with cheese & grapes.
Yoghurts with blueberries is a lovely.
Egg on GF toast for lunch. Banana on GF toast for breakfast/snack.
Tuna mixed with chopped red onion & mayo is soooo nice on GF toast. Sorry, but I do love my food.
A tip about GF bread, I have mine toasted for sandwiches & have it on a number 4 & a half setting in the toaster. Needs to be really well toasted much tastier toasted than not.
Supermarkets sell own brand GF flour. So I make pancakes. A huge batch of this left in the fridge will last 3 days for myself, husband & 2 children. Again topped with fruit.
When you decide to go GF you'll be surprised that it's easier than you think.
If you struggle with cooking, I would very much recommend a slow cooker. It's minimal prep (I chop veg the night before), then just switch it on before work, and come home to a cooked dinner. That way, you won't fall back on a takeaway if you can't be bothered cooking.
Gluten is a trigger food for most, but there are other trigger foods to look out for too (some need to avoid dairy or soya), but I agree that sorting out your overall diet and maybe looking at some gut healing diets would be your best place to start (gut makeover and clever guts recipe books are good)
My understanding is that everyone should avoid soy. Gluten is a thing almost everyone with Hashimotos struggles with. But not everyone, 10 or 20% or something like that are fine with it. Then dairy is more like 50/50.
Some people feel improvement straight away. But I think about 3 months is the kind of trial you need to do.
Izabella Wentz found 74% benefit from gluten free, 54% dairy free, and I think 40-odd% soya free, although i know unfermented soya is just generally a good thing to avoid, even if you don't find it helps symptoms!
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