Re: New member with questions re food and drink with Hashi's...

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Welcome, Mare. Sorry to hear about your nodules. A lot of times those are benign

though - hope that continues to be the case and they shrink w/ treatment.

All of us have different diet sensitivities. I think the main thing to avoid is

soy (almost completely) and gluten (completely). There are various things you

should not have within a few hours of taking your thyroid pill (like caffeine,

calcium or iron-fortified stuff). As for the goitrogenic stuff, I've never

noticed a big issue with them, but all in moderation, and cooking even a bit

helps get rid of goitrogens. Alcohol definitely aggravates autoimmune

conditions.

Many of us are intolerant to gluten. There is solid medical research linking

gluten intolerance to autoimmune disorders - some say it may even cause them. So

that's something to look into. Make sure you educate yourself on what actually

has gluten in it though before you try to go gluten-free (check out our Files

and Links sections in the blue bar on the left).

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> Hi all,

> Just joined as although I've personally suspected from sumptoms and tests for

a long time, have only just been formerly 'told' that I have Hashi's (symptoms

go back to the '80s and possibly even as long ago as the onset of menarche in

late 60s(sigh). Anyhoo, ya can't go back,

> can only go ahead, so...

> Had a 2nd FNA biopsy last week as endo hadn't done one since the first

> last year March 2010 at my first visit 'cause he'd been shocked

> and a bit taken aback that no one had done anything before 'cause when

> he palpated my thyroid and felt the 3 huge calcified nodules that were

> confirmed on ultrasound, he also immediately did the biopsy as he said

> he was very worried at the time from the looks of the ultrasound. Anyhoo,

last year he'd said he wanted to do a repeat biopsy in 6 months but I guess he

forgot as he's very very busy and I guess I was content to hide my head in the

sand and be a fraidy cat. Anyhoo, I don't know this fellow very well yet but

decided to risk ridicule this time which is what I've been used to from family,

friends, and docs in the past

> so just came out and asked if all this 'buzzing' activity (he'd compared the

first biopsy results to 'an angry hive of bees getting ready to attack whatever

was disturbing their nest') going on in my thyroid was Hashimoto's - he looked

at me with surprise and said 'most definitely!'

> Have had confirmed FMS/CFS and a whole host of other hormonal and

> other ills particularly since '99 but can't say which came first -

> did all the other stuff happen because of Hashi's or is it the other way

'round - who knows for sure? No one that I can tell and does it really matter?

I don't think anyone can ever pinpiont the exact

> cause(s) of Hashi's as it's dependent upon one's genes, health history,

environment, lifestyle, etc etc etc - all individual to THAT person.

> Ok, sorry for going on so long - what I need to know though is what I can and

cannot eat and drink 'cause I read all kinds of conflicting

> views?!

> Don't drink coffee, never have but what about tea? Does ALL tea have

> to be avoided due to its fluoride content and the fact that fluoride displaces

iodine in the thryoid? I thought green and white tea had

> all these fantastic health benefits so that maybe one cup a day would be ok

for Hashi's patients?

> Also, I thought the goitregens in cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower etc etc etc

were completley destroyed when these foods are cooked so that made them safe to

eat for Hashi's patients but then I see other folks think not? I only ever

steamed them so as to not totally lose their enzyme and nutritional values but

maybe I should avoid them

> completely?

> What's a good book and/or website specific to Hashi's patients?

> I don't think it's taken seriously enough by the medical community

> 'cause to my mind, it makes more sense to act preventatively and not

> wait 'til the thyroid is so badly damaged that symptoms become unmistakenly

overt or it turns to cancer even! Guess that's too much to hope for though so

just have to make do.

> Good news is that endo and myself (meaning my lifestyle) must be doing

something right though 'cause as far as I can tell from this 2nd

> biopsy report, the 'follicular lesion' that was present in the first biopsy is

no longer there a year and 2 months later, so, I am thankful for my

blessings!:-)

> Peace

> Mare

> S. Ontario, Canada

>