4 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THYROID HEALTH When it comes to healing your thyroid condition, it can be very frustrating because most of the time you feel you are doing the right thing. “I have hashimoto’s thyroiditis , so I need to focus on the thyroid.” Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disorder, not a thyroid issue. Yes the thyroid is being affected and should not be overlooked, however to achieve long term healing more attention needs to be placed on building up the immune system. Focus on eating digestive metabolic foods to heal the gut (where 80% of your immune system is housed) and to regulate your blood sugar. “I have cut out soy, gluten and dairy.” The reductionistic way of thinking doesn’t work when it comes to healing your thyroid. Just cutting out food doesn’t have much of an effect on the state of your physiology. It might help to reduce some inflammation but it won’t heal the system. Yes these foods are triggers for most and should be removed unfortunately most people still suffer severe symptoms following the removal of these offenders due to the effects of chronic inflammation/stress in the system. “I eat a clean organic diet.” This is probably the most common thing we hear from people on a daily basis. We get it, you have a love and appreciation for quality food, and so do we. Unfortunately, as a result of being in a hypothyroid, stressed state most people are unable to efficiently break down the food they eat and convert those foods into usable energy to fuel the trillions of cells that make up every tissue and organ in the body. “I have no thyroid and on medication.” Not having a thyroid is not the end of your life. Yes you need medication - BUT the bottom line is this, thyroid gland or not, the hormones still need to be converted. If there are blocking factors like cortisol, estrogen, lack of glucose, etc., the proper conversion will not happen. #cleaneating #thyroidhealth #hashimotosdisease #cutoutdairy #ihavenothyroid #thyroidproblem https://www.instagram.com/p/BzIxbXeAzlw/?igshid=b2u4mdor8wme
