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A Woman Was Followed By Doctors For Over 12 Years

Her Hypothyroidism Was Confirmed As Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Doctors Raised Her Thyroid Pill Dose Again And Again

Thyroid Pills Are Absorbed Mainly In The Small Intestine

Some Gut Disorders Can Limit That Absorption

In 2018 She Came In With Stomach And Digestive Symptoms

Blood Tests That Year Came Back Positive For Celiac Disease

Celiac Disease Damages The Lining Of The Gut

Doctors Put Her On A Gluten Free Diet

Her Digestive Symptoms Improved But Did Not Fully Clear

Thyroid Results Still Fluctuated On The Same Pills

Doctors Then Switched Her From Tablets To A Liquid Dose

A Liquid Dose Does Not Have To Dissolve In The Stomach First

Her Symptoms Resolved Within Two And A Half Months

No Increase In Her Thyroid Hormone Dose Was Needed

The Authors Credited The Diet And The Liquid Dose Together

Both Changes Steadied Her Thyroid Levels

She Was On The Diet Because Of Her Celiac Disease

The Authors Suggest Celiac Testing When Thyroid Control Stays Poor

People Without Celiac Disease Face A Different Question

Does A Gluten Free Diet Help Hashimoto's On Its Own?

A Team In Istanbul Tested That In A 12 Week Trial

The Team Recruited 40 Women With Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

None Of The Women Had Celiac Symptoms Or A Diagnosis

They Were Split Into Four Groups Of Ten

One Group Ate A Gluten Free Diet For 12 Weeks

Another Followed A Mediterranean Diet

The Combined Group Followed Both Diets

A Control Group Received No Special Diet At All

Researchers Measured Thyroid Antibodies Before And After

In The Three Diet Groups Antibody Levels Fell

The Drop Was Not Significantly Different Across The Groups

A Separate Team Reviewed Selenium Supplements

That Review Pooled 35 Studies

Doctors Test TSH And TPO Antibodies To Check For Hashimoto's

Selenium Lowered TPO Antibodies Across The Pooled Trials

In People Not On Thyroid Pills It Also Lowered TSH

The Authors Called Selenium Safe And Effective For Lowering Both

Other Thyroid Hormone Levels Showed No Significant Change

Three Major Thyroid Associations Leave It Out Of Their Guidelines

Lower Lab Numbers Are Not The Same As A Cure

Hashimoto's Itself Remains A Lifelong Condition

Experts Have Pushed Back On Two Other Ideas

One Is That Stress Can Exhaust The Adrenal Glands

The Idea Is Called Adrenal Fatigue

A Naturopath Coined The Term In 1998

The Endocrine Society States It Is Not A Real Medical Condition

One Endocrinologist Said Charlatans Scam Patients With It

He Added That Its Promoters Are Harming Patients

The Other Idea Is That Thyroid Treatment Removes Extra Weight

In The US Hashimoto's Is The Most Common Cause Of Hypothyroidism

Researchers Reviewed Weight In Newly Diagnosed Hypothyroid Patients

About Half Lost Weight Within Two Years Of Starting Treatment

The Researchers Described The Weight Loss As Modest

On Average The Loss Was 8.4 Pounds

Treatment Is Not Linked To Major Weight Loss In Most People

A Professor Noted Patients Often Blame Their Obesity On Their Thyroid

He Said That May Not Be The Case

Cleveland Clinic States There Is No Special Diet For Hashimoto's

Treatment Replaces The Hormone The Thyroid No Longer Makes

Patients Will Probably Need It For The Rest Of Their Lives