Any other Hashimoto people grain-free?

[hashi53]

In my exhaustive reading anything I can find on Hashimoto's it seems many are grain-free with the idea that grains can cause inflamation in autoimmune suffers, maybe not all but any way...I am eating buckwheat instead of rice or other nongluten grains I was using...my stomach seems less distended and that makes me happy...I have hated that pregant look for years. Will keep you posted.

[hashi53]

I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. Yes, I eat cream of buckwheat for breakfast, make baked goods with buckwheat flour and am feeling ter-ri-fic!
I avoid nuts too...I know it seems so limited...but it is worth it...avoiding substances that might potentially inflame my insides or be confused with thryoid tissue and cause a hashimoto attack...no thanks.

no tomatoes, limited potatoes, no grains, no soy, no eggs, no sugar, no gluten, no dairy, no casein, no raw cabbage or broccoli or cauliflower, no nuts, caffeine, no alcohol, no tea (herbal is ok)...I think that's it...wow...it's a lot BUT I feel good so it is well worth it.

somefoodsarenotmyfriends.blogspot.com is where i blog about my food issues/thyroid/hashimoto stuff.

HUGS

[hashi53]

redheadaussie!

GOOD FOR YOU! YOU GO, GIRL! YUP! I am with you...we must overcome in ways that empower us to feel better about ourselves...YES WE CAN! HUGS!

[redheadaussie]

Good for you! I noticed a ton of weight fall off when I gave up gluten.
  For me today is not so good. I went on a big hike and I knew it would affect me today, but I am getting tired of not being out there so did it anyway. I decided this year was the Year of No Ecxuses. So, am doing stuff I normally say, 'Oh but I will be exhausted if I do that' I get exhausted anyway so why not do something fun in the getting!
Cheers!

[hashi53]

Reporting in after a couple weeks of this grain-free with the exception of ingesting rice now and then...and it is really making a difference for me...I make buckwheat pancakes, hot cereal, bread, and even made homemade noodles today...it is making a difference and for me this has been amazing. I enjoy working with buckwheat and eating it too.
I have even lost a few pounds...so win win...I am taking my Levoxyl before bed still and that has helped me to not eat during the evening.
I do some exercises in the morning and in the afternoon try to take a walk.

I know it isn't easy to have hypothyroidism as a result of Hashimoto's disease but I am giving it my all...staying away from substances that cause inflammation and for me I am noticing a better quality of life...how are you all doing? And what are you doing to not exactly beat this disease but not let it beat you?

[hashi53]

One week grain-free and my stomache has been less distended...of course i did coincidentally have a colonoscopy last week so I might want to wait a few weeks and report back then...but I think it is helping me. How are you all?

[hashi53]

AMEN sister...I get that we are stuck with having Hashimoto's for life and you are a perfect example of a person who has it, does not have your thyroid, and yet still has it...I am attempting to minimize the flare ups, if i might offer that as a way to describe the attacks...and improve my quality of life and for me it is by eliminating substances that don't agree with my insides and that has given me a better quality of life as a Hashimoto person. PEACE AND LOVE

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