In the world of functional medicine, we often hear that all disease starts in the gut. (This assertion is attributed to Hippocrates, the Greek founder of medicine himself, who lived over 2000 years ago.) When looking for root causes of Hashimoto’s, we often uncover imbalances in the gut, whether it be Candida, SIBO, leaky gut, or other conditions. A few …
Molecular Mimicry
Infections As Hidden Triggers For Hashimoto’s
I love getting messages from you with your success stories! As I opened up my inbox this morning, I just received a message from a lovely woman who said that she "HAD" Hashimoto's and that she was able to get it into remission through changing her diet! After going gluten and dairy free, she is no longer testing positive for thyroid antibodies, feeling …
Infections and Hashimoto’s
Molecular Mimicry—An Autoimmune Theory Molecular mimicry is the theory that bacterial cells or other microbial “triggers” have a similar appearance to the cells that make up parts of our physiology or “self” antigens. When an infection occurs, these infectious cells are recognized as foreign. This is really great for getting rid of the infections, but …
Lyme and Hashimoto’s
A Thyroid Root Cause Finding and eliminating chronic infections can eliminate the symptoms of many conditions like Hashimoto's, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and other conditions... Eliminating the infection can even put the conditions into remission! A message from a reader inspired me to go deeper into one of these infections, which can …
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