Todays Hashimoment: How to Explain Your Diet to Friends and Relatives Hey people! Hope you are all enjoying yourselves during all these holiday parties and remembering that sugar and gluten are the express train to Hashimotos misery. Look the other way! I recently got a request from someone who asked if I could create a brief handout for people that they can give to loved ones to ...explain why certain foods are bad for us with Hashimotos. So, here it is. Please feel free to copy, share and pass it out, at will. Dear Loved Ones, I am writing this note to explain why I must be so careful about the foods I eat. Well, as you may know, I have Hashimotos. This is an autoimmune disease that causes my immune system to slowly destroy my thyroid (and often other parts of my body). And I have to be really careful not to get my immune system all riled up because every time that happens, my thyroid (and other parts of my body) get attacked. And, unfortunately, my immune system lives in my tummy. So whatever I eat can have a huge impact on it. And heres what happens: when I eat certain foods, like gluten, and sometimes other grains, and sometimes dairy and soy and other foods, this gets my immune system all riled up. And when that happens, I get ambushed. Its like a hundred little terrorists have bombed my brain and my thyroid and my intestines (and other parts of my body). And it just wipes me out. And the more this happens, the worse it gets. You see, if Im not careful, these little terrorists will take my life away and I wont be the person you know me to be. Because this whole autoimmune thing will take me down if Im not careful. I dont mean to be dramatic, but for me, what I eat really is a matter of life or death. Because the truth is, autoimmune disease is progressive. It keeps attacking and if I dont stop it or slow it down, it could move on to other parts of my body and to other autoimmune diseases. This is a slow process and its always going to be there. So, if you love me, as I know you do, please be patient with me and understand Im not doing this just to be difficult. Im doing it because I want to be here for you and be a good parent, a good sibling, a good friend and a good spouse. And if I get defeated by this, I cant be any of those things to anyone. Its really that simple. Thank you for understanding and for supporting me in this challenging process of healing. Thoughts, comments, suggestions? I hope that helps. Best, Marc
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:52:42 +0000
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