My advice is to go gluten free b4 it's too late. I've been gluten free for about 5 months and my horrible digestion symptoms have gone a way. Although... it's too late for my thyroid. It's completely dysfunctional at this point with no coming back. When I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's about 10 years ago my tsh was 9. Just recently I had my blood tested and it climbed to a tsh of 103.. showing my thyroid was no longer working. and of course I had been having my digestion problems b4 I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's.. I can't help but think about how my health would be like today if I would have gone gluten free when I first had the digestive problems so long ago. I've been working real hard at a new eating plan for life and exercise. over the last year I've lost 30 lbs even with a dysfunctional thyroid. I neglected to have my tsh tested for way too long. while it's great that I still managed to lose 30 lbs.. I can't help but think of how much easier it would have been with a working thyroid or adequate thyroid hormone. and I'm positive I would have felt much better. I'm working on getting my thyroid hormone up to the max, (it must be done gradually) and I'm hoping to lose an additional 10 lbs and have my hair grow back.. :(. my hair has thinned a bit at the part. The other problem I've had is that even with a gluten free diet and being on a somewhat low carb diet I still have stomach bloating.. which I also hope to have go away once I'm able to be at the max thyroid hormone level. I guess with a non functional thyroid you are not able to digest adequately. What I've heard from others that have gone gluten free is that their stomach bloating goes away pretty quick.
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "artofthefire" <bbarndogz@...> wrote:
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@> wrote:
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> > I've given a lot of thought to whether this is "OT" or not ... I'm not sure
> > either. For those of us who have a major problem with gluten, gluten is
> > THEN dietary issue that messes us up. It's not the only issue, but it needs
> > to be said, because it is a problem for a lot of people and like you say,
> > it takes decades for it to be found (hopefully this is changing).
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> I do think it's on topic here. When I think of the YEARS gluten has had a chance to destroy my body it makes me cringe. I'm thankful the word is getting out there so others don't have to go through the same frustrations.
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