Primal/Paleo plans to help thyroid?

pen2u

Anyone else out there following a primal or paleo plan to alleviate hypothyroid (specifically Hashi's) symptoms? I've been doing Primal for almost 2 weeks and have noticed a 100% decrease in joint/muscle pain plus more energy & less brain fog. I am wondering if it's a fluke or if others have had similar results?

islandmonkey

Anyone else out there following a primal or paleo plan to alleviate hypothyroid (specifically Hashi's) symptoms? I've been doing Primal for almost 2 weeks and have noticed a 100% decrease in joint/muscle pain plus more energy & less brain fog. I am wondering if it's a fluke or if others have had similar results?

Many people with Hashi's have reported huge relief in symptoms from going gluten-free, which the primal and paleo diets both are!

Autoimmune diseases like to travel in packs, theoretically because one set of antibodies kind of riles up the other kind. The theory with going gluten-free is that calming down those antibodies stops the attack on your thyroid.


I would go get your levels tested to see if those have been impacted. I'd ask for free T3, free T4, and your TPO antibodies to be checked.

pen2u

Thanks, I will make an app't for those tests again. It's been awhile.

I've actually been gluten-free for years and felt better than I did before going GF, but a couple of years ago started having arthritis issues and inflammation, especially after certain kinds of exercise (lunges, running, etc.) I decided to try a Primal diet to see if I could get rid of the inflammation or at least lessen it. Wow, am I amazed!

fiberartist219

I am hypo, but not Hashi's (as far as I know anyway). I don't follow any sort of plan, but I do find that I feel better when I try to avoid refined grains. So, I do ok eating whole grains, but I try to avoid white pasta, white rice, white bread, etc. I suspect that if I get a giant dose of carbs, without any fiber or protein, it makes me feel a little weird, because my body doesn't like a sharp spike of sugars unless there is something else there to digest it.

I don't have the patience to go gluten free or follow a paleo diet, but I do think there is some sort of validity to trying to eat more whole veggies and more protein, because they digest slower and therefore, our bodies go through less hormonal fluctuations trying to deal with the food. I don't know the science behind it, but hormones in general all play off each other, so if you give yourself a bunch of sugar, your insulin will respond, and then all the other hormones respond like a domino effect. I find that I feel best when my hormones in general are stable and if I don't have a huge spike in energy and a crash later... if that makes sense.

pen2u

I have immediate physical reactions (itchy mouth, mild dizziness, jitters) to refined sugar which also makes me suspect candida. Later, I suffer from breakouts and cold sores, and lowered immunity. However, I don't get those reactions from agave nectar or real honey, oddly.

Whatever it is, I know I am feeling really good right now After 2 tough boot camp sessions (Tue & Thurs) I have NO joint pain. Usually I'd be nursing an inflamed knee and wearing a brace just to ride my bike over the weekend. Yay!!

islandmonkey

I am hypo, but not Hashi's (as far as I know anyway).

Have you been tested for TPO and TSI anitbodies? That would let you know if it's Hashi's.

I don't have the patience to go gluten free or follow a paleo diet, but I do think there is some sort of validity to trying to eat more whole veggies and more protein, because they digest slower and therefore, our bodies go through less hormonal fluctuations trying to deal with the food. I don't know the science behind it, but hormones in general all play off each other, so if you give yourself a bunch of sugar, your insulin will respond, and then all the other hormones respond like a domino effect. I find that I feel best when my hormones in general are stable and if I don't have a huge spike in energy and a crash later... if that makes sense.

I agree with this, but just want to mention again that it's more than this for people with Hashi's - there's evidence that gluten riles up the thyroid antibodies, which makes thyroid conditions worse.