Questions on diet

[Guest guest]

I am struggling with eating right. I know certain foods are not good

for thyroid like ones in the cabbage family. But I am having a hard

time trying to find the right foods that will help both hypothyroidism

and adrenal fatigue.

Since I am sensitive to gluten (leaky gut possibly), I am eating GF

grains but it seems when I eat them, I don't feel as good as when I eat

more leafy greens and salads.

Could someone point me to a good resource or website that might help

show me how to eat better to support these?

thanks so much,

Tina

[Guest guest]

Tina,

In the book Specific Carbohydrate Diet I found some interesting info

that I've not seen elsewhere (not recommending the book's diet, but I

did find this info extremely interesting).

" .....it appeared the real culprit in grains had been identified and

that the biopsy samples were proof.......only one food component,

gluten, would have to be eliminated, simplifying the difficult problem

of keeping people on a more restricted diet.

Unfortunately, things were not so simple. It soon became apparent

that grains which contained proteins other than gluten were having

deleterious effects on the intestinal cells. At the same time, corn,

containing large amounts of gluten, appeared to be tolerated. Some

patients suffered relapses and exhibited damaged intestinal cells

(mircroscopically) upon eating soy products. Oats and barley were found

to contain gluten-like proteins which offended many celiac sufferers.

British clinics, therefore, have customarily eliminated wheat, rye,

barley, and oats and have allowed rice and corn. Additional reports,

however, have implicated rice as well as the other grains as being

harmful to intestinal cells.

................the underlying basis for diagnosing " true celiacs "

according to the appearance of the intestinal biopsy tissue under the

microscope has been seriously questioned. The flattened or blunted

intestinal surface has been reported in innumerable disease states:

infections hepatitis, ulcerative colitis, parasitic infections of the

intestine, including various types of worms and one-celled parasites,

Kwasiorkor, and in conditions such as soy protein intolerance,

intolerance to cow's milk protein, intractable diarrhea of infancy,

Crohn's disease, and even after strict reducing diets by obese people.

Bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine ahs also resulted in patchy

broadening and flattening of the small intestinal surface. Just about

all conditions associated iwth diarrhea seem to result in the same

appearance of the small intestine as is seen in the so-called " true

celiac " . " pp. 33-36 [FWIW, reading further in the book, the author

doesn't seem to be denying celaic, but is intending to show that there

are or can be other causes for the damage to the intestinal villi--at

the time the book was written, I don't know if the DNA test for celiac

existed].

The above was so interesting to me because when I tried the no gluten

diet, eating allowed grains, and gluten free grain products, I got

WORSE, immediately. Gluten substitute products give me IBS-D on the

level celiacs experience from gluten (or worse!). So that is some

personal experience that other grains can cause the same overt symptoms

as gluten in some people.

The unwelcome solution if any grains make you worse, is to avoid

grains and sugars (including fruit) entirely for at least a period of

time. I have been surprised by how many people with thyroid and/or

adrenal problems must follow a low-carb diet. Why not just try it and

see if it helps? If it doesn't help after 8-12 weeks, you're home free.

If you seriously try it and it does help you, then you have to make

choices between what you prefer to eat, and what makes you healthier.

sol

Tina Chapek wrote:

> Since I am sensitive to gluten (leaky gut possibly), I am eating GF

> grains but it seems when I eat them, I don't feel as good as when I eat

> more leafy greens and salads.

>