Gluten and thyroid disease

[TamraW]

A follow up on the 'To Soy or not to Soy' forum. Who also avoids gluten? If so, why?

Thanks,
Tamra

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28%

 (2) 

1. I only eat gluten on rare occasions.

0%

 (0) 

2. I wait four hours after taking my thyroid meds before eating gluten.

28%

 (2) 

3. I never eat gluten.

42%

 (3) 

4. I eat gluten whenever I want.

7 Members voted

[anjalisharma090]

I avoid eating glutten but I seriuosly don't know about the effects of glutten...heard from others it is bad for thyroid

[TamraW]

Thanks for your reply. Right now, I've cut out gluten from my diet. I've heard it's bad for the thyroid. I just don't know why and I'm hoping for some insight.

:) Tamra

[TamraW]

bump....

[Olivia310]

Hello,
My husband and I are both hypothyroid and we only eat gluten on rare occasions such as in a restaurant where we cannot avoid it.  In our case we both have a food intolerance/food allergy to gluten and if we consume it we become what we call, "glutenized".  In our case this means we become overly fatigued and foggy brained until the allergic reaction in our gut subsides.  More people have food allergies like this than one would think.  We never ever thought we had this and even argued against the blood test with our doc because we thought it was a waste of money.  

Now we realize that food allergies and hypothyroidism are not really that different.  They are both autoimmune type problems.  

Gluten is mostly found in processed foods and in carbs, both of which we avoid for health and weight reasons too.  It's hard enough to keep the weight off with hypo and we really don't want to add to the problem we already have.  That's how it is for us.  :)

[anjalisharma090]

are there some other foods which have glutten in them such as rice? grains?.....umm..bread.......I would like to know...thanks olivia

[TamraW]

Rice and corn flour have no gluten. I eat Rice Chex for breakfast. I buy gluten free flour made from rice.

Beware of Chinese food, which contains a lot of soy. Don't mix rice with soy sauce. Read the post, "To soy or not to soy" in this forum. I have listed gluten free sites and links to recipes.

:) Tamra

[Totie]

I had to vote "eat when ever I want".

I technically have "hypo", but I do not get all the symptoms as most do. I only get the:

Cold during the day, and constipation if I do not take my daily medication for it.

My TSH has been below 1.0 (last .68).