Has anyone with autoimmune thyroid disease tried the GAPS diet with any success?

[Flutegal]

I was looking into veganism and then I read about the GAPS diet. It sounds like it could work.

Has anyone dedicated themselves to this diet and had relief of symptoms?

Flutegal

[pegorama]

I've been vegetarian most of my adult life. My studying on the internet indicates that vegan and veg diets are among the worst for hashi patients. I read about gaps "changing my life" on a lot of hashi forums. One thing is certain, if you are a hashimitos patient, you must go completely gluten free right away. It takes 2 months for the gluten to get out of your gut, ends 6 months to leave your cells. I'm doing bone broths, sauer kraut, probiotics, wild caught salmon, fish oil capsules... And getting ready to find a way to make my own yogurt and plan to order fermented cod liver oil. I'm working up to go total gaps. Also, read about the Weston A Price Foundation (wapf) diet.

I do have one friend who switched to gluten free vegan diet, with thyroid issues, but she wasn't hashi. After 3 years being gluten free, she was allowed by her doc to wean off of her anti-depressants. I'm happy for her.

I want to my life changed, too- I want to feel better, too. I went gluten free 6 months ago- now this vegetarian is gonna try gaps.

[Flutegal in reply to pegorama]

Thanks for that info. In fact, I have been also reading that you can tweak the Paleo diet for autoimmune disease and it sounds like the GAPS diet. I will try it, but will be very hard to give up my beloved coffee!

[Flutegal in reply to pegorama]

Thanks for that info. In fact, I have been also reading that you can tweak the Paleo diet for autoimmune disease and it sounds like the GAPS diet. I will try it, but will be very hard to give up my beloved coffee!

[Flutegal in reply to pegorama]

Thanks for that info. In fact, I have been also reading that you can tweak the Paleo diet for autoimmune disease and it sounds like the GAPS diet. I will try it, but will be very hard to give up my beloved coffee!

[Flutegal in reply to pegorama]

Thanks for that info. In fact, I have been also reading that you can tweak the Paleo diet for autoimmune disease and it sounds like the GAPS diet. I will try it, but will be very hard to give up my beloved coffee!

[Xanthe]

I haven't tried the GAPS diet as such but I do follow a paleo diet with no gluten or dairy and I include fermented foods like kefir and make my own bone-broth soups.

I have been recovering slowly but surely during this time. I very quickly felt (and looked) better with this diet.

My TPO level has come down close to normal but I can't tell how much that is due to the diet as opposed to other things: I started on LDN earlier this year and this is known to help autoimmune conditions. I also take milk thistle which I think I read somewhere also helps reduce TPO (you might need to check on that).

Good luck!

Xanthe

[Joyia]

Twenty months ago after testing via Red Apple, it indicated I was insulin resistant which was a shock. I studied the subject and went on an insulin resistant diet. I also came across Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride's book Gut and Psychology which sparked my interest in the Gaps diet together with a Gaps dvd I found on Amazon.

I cannot state I followed the latter entirely but I took what I wanted from the diet, along with the insulin resistant diet, I gave up all starchy foods i.e. bread, potatoes, rice and pasta and sugar in any form. I ate (and still do) organic meat/fish/cheese/goats whole milk and made my own goats yoghurt which is easy peasy. I reduced the amount of fruit I ate and just had a small portion with my yoghurt once a day. To compensate for the lack of starchy foods I ate more vegetables and salads. I also, like Pegorama above, made bone broths (delicious) and had fun making sauerkraut.

Weight reduced by one and half stone, blood pressure and sugar levels normalised.

My only deviation in twenty months is of late when I fell off the bandwagon and ate a cake with icing sugar on it, triggering off my sugar addiction. I am annoyed with myself but am psyching up to go cold turkey once again as once sugar has been tasted cravings start.

I cannot say there has been a huge dramatic change in my health but I do feel better, one for losing weight and no stomach bloating after eating starches; concentrating on gut health also with the gaps diet adds to a general feeling of wellbeing. I do still get tired if I overdo it and have to pace myself but generally I have definitely benefited and would well recommend.