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Thyroid and leaky gut

  • 28-01-2012 6:14pm
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    esperanza1
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    I've been reading that people with thyroid issues may also suffer from a leaky gut, which affects how well nutrients are digested. Has anyone here suffered from a leaky gut and how did you get it diagnosed (i.e. which specialist offers diagnosis)?

    Many thanks for any helpful replies!


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  • #2
    Orla K
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    esperanza1 wrote: »
    I've been reading that people with thyroid issues may also suffer from a leaky gut, which affects how well nutrients are digested. Has anyone here suffered from a leaky gut and how did you get it diagnosed (i.e. which specialist offers diagnosis)?

    Many thanks for any helpful replies!

    I don't know too much about this but there's a link between gluten and thyroid problems (Hashimotos) I've also heard/read about problems like leaky gut caused by wheat/gluten.

    Some sites you could read more about would be wheat belly, Chris Kresser just had a quick look at his site and saw this the thyroid-gut connection From what I remember Robb Wolf had a good piece written about thyroid, don't remember if he mentioned leaky gut might be worth checking his website too.


  • #3
    Transform
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭Transform


    Orla K wrote: »
    I don't know too much about this but there's a link between gluten and thyroid problems (Hashimotos) I've also heard/read about problems like leaky gut caused by wheat/gluten.

    Some sites you could read more about would be wheat belly, Chris Kresser just had a quick look at his site and saw this the thyroid-gut connection From what I remember Robb Wolf had a good piece written about thyroid, don't remember if he mentioned leaky gut might be worth checking his website too.
    i would also look at www.thedr.com who deals with many of the damaging effects gluten has on the body.

    Very strong links with celiac disease and autoimmune thyroiditis - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19324373

    and hashimotos (very high chance you are going to get this if you are celiac and i would add in crohns) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22238404

    Solution - cut out the gut irritants (gluten being the number 1 culprit there), up your probiotic intake (pill or eat fermented foods) and take a digestive enzyme with every meal (this is absolutely essential and i like the now foods and source naturals ones)


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