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• Balancing Out Those Dietary Acids
  on Feb 11, 2011 in Introducing Experts Thyroid Diet Weight Loss
  The North American diet is very acidic. From most proteins to many dairy products (especially cheese) to most grains, we take in far more dietary acids than we do bases. And this imbalance between acid and base can cause some serious long-term health...
• Gut repair
  on Jan 30, 2011 in Thyroid Autoimmunity Thyroid Diet
  Low thyroid hormones make it difficult to heal the gut. At the same time, an inflamed intestine and leaky gut syndrome contribute to thyroid diseases such as hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. In the process of restoring the integrity of t...
• Gut health and thyroid autoimmunity
  on Jan 24, 2011 in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Thyroid Autoimmunity
  Good bacteria perform a range of essential and health critical functions that support thyroid, digestive and immune systems. The intestinal lining is an important immune barrier that is responsible for more than 60% of the immune defence. Imbalances...
• Does gluten make you sick?
  on Jan 15, 2011 in Associated Diseases Thyroid Autoimmunity
  Celiac disease or gluten sensitive enteropathy is a permanent intolerance of dietary gluten. Until recently, the disease was considered to be rare mainly because many of its patients have very subtle or no symptoms and remain undiagnosed. The prevale...
• Say goodbye to your skin rash
  on Jan 12, 2011 in Associated Diseases
  Dermatitis herpetiformis is a gluten induced extremely itchy and blistering rash. About 25% of patients with celiac disease have dermatitis herpetiformis. The blisters appear on the elbows, knees, face, scalp, trunk, buttocks and occasionally within...
• Triggers of autoimmune thyroiditis. Part 2. Environmental factors
  on Jan 8, 2011 in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Thyroid Autoimmunity
  Hashimoto thyroiditis occurs as a result of a complicated interaction between susceptibility genes and environmental factors. A wide variety of environmental agents adversely affect the thyroid gland and hormone production. The following environmenta...
• Triggers of autoimmune thyroiditis. Part 1. Genetics
  on Jan 4, 2011 in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Thyroid Autoimmunity
  The incidence of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis has been linked to risk factors such as gender, age and heredity. While the exact mechanism of the autoimmune thyroiditis remains unknown, it is stated in current research that the genetic predisposition com...
• Who is at risk for Hashimoto’s disease?
  on Dec 31, 2010 in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
  Autoimmune thyroiditis affects between 2% and 5% of the general population in Western countries. A combination of heredity, gender and age are the main contributing factor to the occurrence of this disease. There is genetic predisposition for develop...
• Should you be concerned about autoimmunity?
  on Dec 26, 2010 in Thyroid Autoimmunity
  One of the basic functions of the immune system is to recognize and eliminate foreign antigens or intruders such as viruses and bacteria in order to protect the body from their harmful actions. Autoimmunity is an over reactive response of the immune...
• Stages of hypothyroidism
  on Dec 11, 2010 in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis hypothyroidism stages
  According to symptoms and test results patient could be euthyroid, transintly hyperthyroid, subclinical, moderate or severe hypothyroid. The extreme manifestation of hypothyroidism myxedema coma is a rare condition and occurs most often in...

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