I’ve been a fan of The Healthy Skeptic (Chris Kresser) for quite some time now and always look forward to his posts. All of them make you stop and think about what you think you know about your health. This article in particular about the role that gluten intolerance plays in Hashiomoto’s and Grave Disease and is really an eye-opener. This was originally posted back in July, 2010, but I thought that it would be a good one to repost again as it’s something that has been coming up in conversation more frequently lately.
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“In the first article in this series, I showed that hypothyroidism is an autoimmune disease in 90% of cases. In this article we’re going to discuss the connection between autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and gluten intolerance.
Several studies show a strong link between AITD (both Hashimoto’s and Graves’) and gluten intolerance. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] The link is so well-established that researchers suggest all people with AITD be screened for gluten intolerance, and vice versa…”
1 comment
Lisa Keeley says:
Jan 26, 2011
Thanks for posting this article. I’ve had Hashimoto’s for many years. After reading Dr. Datis Kharrazian’s book “Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms?” in which he strongly makes the connection between Hashimoto’s and gluten sensitivity, I stopped eating gluten. It’s only been one month, but already, many of my symptoms have improved dramatically.