Re: Studies Suggesting Gluten's Role in Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

July 10, 2012

Brain and ,

Glad to see you have done your own research on gluten and the thyroid.

Hopefully, now you understand how important a gluten-free diet will be to your

daughter and the entire family unit.

A bit of advice, a gluten-free diet and lifestyle will only work for your

daughter, if the entire family changes their diet, too. No gluten can be in the

house, period. This is way healthier for everyone in the family to eat

gluten-free and refined food-free. The bottom line, for your child's well-being

the entire family's lifestyle must change to accommodate her needs, too. Hashis

is NOT fun but it is manageable!

Many of the same studies that you posted are what I had planned to post for your

benefit. Thanks! Many others should benefit from these links.

Best wishes,

~Bj

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> 1. Study (from Pediatrics) showing that antibodies against the thyroid and

pancreas disappear on a gluten-free diet.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Gluten-dependent%20diabetes-related%20an\

d%20thyroid-related%20autoantibodies%20in%20patients%20with%20celiac%20disease

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> 2. Study (from Gastroenterology) showing that the greater the gluten

exposure, the higher the risk of autoimmune thyroid disease.

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10419909

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> 3. Here are two studies (including one from a Columbia group published in the

journal Thyroid) showing that gluten-related antibodies can bind to thyroid

follicles and the thyroid matrix suggesting a potential cause of Hashimoto's.

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19014325

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19352315

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> 4. Here is a multicenter Italian study (from The American Journal of

Gastroenterology) of patients with thyroid disease and gluten-sensitive

enteropathy. One year of gluten-free diet associated with a dramatic

normalization in thyroid function while a gluten-rich diet was associated with

continued thyroid problems. Their conclusion was that " gluten withdrawal may

single-handedly reverse the (thyroid) abnormality " .

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11280546

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> 5. Italian study (from The Journal of Pediatrics) showing that in patients

with gluten-sensitive enteropathy Hashimoto's, thyroid antibodies resolve with a

gluten-free diet.

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10931424

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> 6. This is an excellent comprehensive review article (from Endocrine Reviews)

about endocrine disease and gluten sensitivity. It says that most studies

suggest that gluten plays a direct role in Hashimoto's.

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> http://edrv.endojournals.org/content/23/4/464.full.pdf+html

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> 7. Study (from Diabetes & Metabolism Research and Reviews) showing that

gluten-free diet prevented/delayed autoimmune pancreatic disease (type-1

diabetes) in mice.

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10585617

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> 8. This study (from The American Journal of Gastroenterology) presented

evidence that gluten is a trigger for antibodies against the thyroid and

pancreas.

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10925978

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> 9. Study (from Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology) showing that celiac

patients on gluten-free diet had less autoimmune disease in other organs (like

the thyroid) than those who ate gluten. Authors concluded that " gluten-free

diet has a protective effect on endocrine organs. "

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18255352

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> 10. Study showing that among gluten sensitive patients the greater the gluten

exposure, the more significant the antibody response against the pancreas.

Authors concluded that " the development of antibodies against the pancreas is

associated with the length of the exposure to gluten. "

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15478300

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> 11. Study showing that children with gluten sensitivity have less endocrine

autoimmune disease if they follow gluten-free diet.

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15709993

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> 12. Excellent summary article (from popular magazine) about the role of

gluten in autoimmune thyroid disease.

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> http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/110310p52.shtml

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July 10, 2012

also learn more about how the body's cells do their jobs.

including the cells that make up the Intestines/walls.

http://www.enzymestuff.com/methylation.htm

http://www.enzymestuff.com/opiatereceptors.htm

and read this page; as the heart doctor found the work of DR AMY YAsko

http://www.heartfixer.com/AMRI-Nutrigenomics.htm

the lining of the intestines must be Sulfated. or you get Leaky Gut

and thence the immune system takes a hit from even foods

including foods like Wheat and Dairy that not only have a 'chemical' called

gluten

but also the 'protiens' in both wheat and milk which mimic/affect our Beta

Endorphin Receptors!

beta enorphin is a 'stress hornmone and many types are part of the HPA Axis.

and our Immune Cells do have Beta Endorphin receptors on them; thus these foods

can get into our body Via Leaky Gut (From Unoptimal methylation and sulfation)

where the proteins then affect our immune cells and immune system as a whole.

Unoptimal Methylation turns ON genes , such as Autoimmune genes.

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