Re: Alternative Remedies

[Guest guest]

That's impressive, ! Someone else told me about selenium, too, but I

have not looked into it myself. I also am a vegetarian and used to crave

seaweed. When I learned it wasn't good for my thyroid, I started cutting it out

so now I don't crave it anymore. I would love to get rid of the sugar and salt

cravings, though. Unfortunately, for my blood type is says to eat meat, and I

can't do that. When I did eat meat for the first 26 years of my life, I was so

sick. It was disgusting so I won't go into it. When I stopped with the meat,

it totally cleared up.

I did very well with an ayurvedic diet I went on for a short time to control my

hot flashes. They disappeared when I ate that diet but it's hard to stick to

unless you have the time to make your lunch at home every day and bring it in to

work.

Thanks for sharing your good results, though! It's encouraging and I will look

more into changing things in my diet now.

Diane

>

> Good Evening Y'all,

> I'm glad to be here )I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in January '09. I'm on

a low dose of thyroxine and I have had good results when used in conjunction

with naturopathy and/or acupunture. I also take selenium drops.

>

> A neighbour mentioned to me the Blood Type Diet and after reading the book, I

decided to give the Type B diet a try. It's been 3 weeks and I feel great, I

have more energy and I'm not craving as much sugar. I have had to give my diet a

spring clean to avoid wheat, buckwheat, corn, tomatoes, coconut, lentils,

black-eyed peas etc but it's been worth it.

>

> I'm curious to know if anyone might have had any success reducing their

antibodies with the Type B diet or any other therapy?

>

> My antibody levels were very high but they have nearly halved within a year.

So, I'm hoping to eliminate them altogether.

>

> I was a heavy soy & gluten dependant vegetarian for close to 20 years and I

wondered why I was craving nori and seaweed salad. Little did I know what I was

doing to my thyroid. I'm now reformed ;o)

>

> Thanks and Blessings for Easter,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane,

I am a laxed vegetarian....I now include seafood & eggs into my diet but that's

as far as I can go. I was vegan for the 10 years prior to my diagnosis.

I was also told that iodine (seaweed)wasn't good for my thyroid, but later found

that to be untrue. Some experts suggest that the overconsumption or the

deficiency of iodine (and/or selenium)can be a cause of Hashimotos. In my case

it was the later, my 3+ times a day soy dependency deplete my iodine and my

craving for seaweed was my body trying to tell me to snap out of it.

Supplementing with spirellina wasn't enough. Cutting all soy from my diet was

very complicated but I didn't have a choice.

My naturopath advised me to do a skin patch test to check how quickly the iodine

was absorbed and it disappeared in 3 hours. I now do the skin patch test weekly

and it usually stays visible for up to 10 hours. Not great but better.

I've heard good things about the ayurvedic diet, but I haven't tried it.

When I cut out wheat & corn (Type B diet)I noticed the biggest improvement with

my sugar cravings. I suspect that I was self medicating with high energy foods

to compensate for my undiagnosed hypothyroidism. Sugar is addictive too.

Have you tried avoiding the foods suggested in your Blood Type's diet?

Even though B says to eat red meat I don't but I do try to avoid the foods I can

and make choices from the list of beneficial foods.

Thanks for the kudos, I have a long way to go.

Cheers,

> >

> > Good Evening Y'all,

> > I'm glad to be here )I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's in January '09. I'm

on a low dose of thyroxine and I have had good results when used in conjunction

with naturopathy and/or acupunture. I also take selenium drops.

> >

> > A neighbour mentioned to me the Blood Type Diet and after reading the book,

I decided to give the Type B diet a try. It's been 3 weeks and I feel great, I

have more energy and I'm not craving as much sugar. I have had to give my diet a

spring clean to avoid wheat, buckwheat, corn, tomatoes, coconut, lentils,

black-eyed peas etc but it's been worth it.

> >

> > I'm curious to know if anyone might have had any success reducing their

antibodies with the Type B diet or any other therapy?

> >

> > My antibody levels were very high but they have nearly halved within a year.

So, I'm hoping to eliminate them altogether.

> >

> > I was a heavy soy & gluten dependant vegetarian for close to 20 years and I

wondered why I was craving nori and seaweed salad. Little did I know what I was

doing to my thyroid. I'm now reformed ;o)

> >

> > Thanks and Blessings for Easter,

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I'll have to look up my blood type to see what foods to avoid. I only saw the

" needs meat " part and stopped reading right there. I'm an O neg or pos (I

forget -- I'll have to ask my sister who has the same blood type).

Where does one get these skin patches to test for the iodine?

I'll have to read again what foods contain selenium. I know I looked it up once

but it's been so long that I've forgotten what the foods were.

I also crave the seaweed and actually do eat some once in awhile. I get those

Japanese avocado or cucumber rolls with the sushi sticky rice and the seaweed

wrapped around it. Maybe I should listen to my body, too, and eat it more when

I get the urge.

It's great learning new information on diet, etc. Thanks for sharing!

Diane

>

>

>

> Hi Diane,

>

> I am a laxed vegetarian....I now include seafood & eggs into my diet but

that's as far as I can go. I was vegan for the 10 years prior to my diagnosis.

>

> I was also told that iodine (seaweed)wasn't good for my thyroid, but later

found that to be untrue. Some experts suggest that the overconsumption or the

deficiency of iodine (and/or selenium)can be a cause of Hashimotos. In my case

it was the later, my 3+ times a day soy dependency deplete my iodine and my

craving for seaweed was my body trying to tell me to snap out of it.

Supplementing with spirellina wasn't enough. Cutting all soy from my diet was

very complicated but I didn't have a choice.

>

> My naturopath advised me to do a skin patch test to check how quickly the

iodine was absorbed and it disappeared in 3 hours. I now do the skin patch test

weekly and it usually stays visible for up to 10 hours. Not great but better.

>

> I've heard good things about the ayurvedic diet, but I haven't tried it.

>

> When I cut out wheat & corn (Type B diet)I noticed the biggest improvement

with my sugar cravings. I suspect that I was self medicating with high energy

foods to compensate for my undiagnosed hypothyroidism. Sugar is addictive too.

>

> Have you tried avoiding the foods suggested in your Blood Type's diet?

> Even though B says to eat red meat I don't but I do try to avoid the foods I

can and make choices from the list of beneficial foods.

>

> Thanks for the kudos, I have a long way to go.

>

> Cheers,

>

>