Hashimoto’s Disease: Causes, Symptoms And Natural Treatment

Hashimoto’s Disease

Hashimoto unfortunately, is a kind of autoimmune diseases where the body immunity begins attacking the thyroid gland or its cells and organ. Normally, in a healthy body, the immune system works to protect your body to fight with virus, bacteria and infections. But in Hashimoto’s disease, the immune system in the body attack eventually its thyroid gland, not create antibodies and ultimately leaves it unable to make the hormones the body needs.

Common Causes Of Hashimoto’s Disease

Hashimoto’s disease (Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis) is an Autoimmune Disease in which the body’ immune system attacks the thyroid gland. There are many reasons that cause Hashimoto disease in the body.

• Nutrient deficiencies can cause Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
• Due to emotional stress, Hashimoto’s disease may develop in the body.
• If a person has an addiction to grains or many other foods, then there is a higher risk of Hashimoto’s disease.
• Some common allergy in food like dairy and gluten may promote to attacks the thyroid gland.
• If you have a problem in digestive function and leaky gut syndrome are causes to Hashimoto’s disease.
• Hashimoto’s thyroiditis affects more women than men. Some other factors include heredity, sex as well as old age.

Common  Sign & Symptoms Of Hashimoto’s Disease

A goitre is a first  common sign of Hashimoto’s disease when the thyroid gland becomes enlarged. It is painless and the front of your neck look swollen. Other symptoms of Hashimoto’s disease include:

• Tiredness (fatigue)
• Sleep problems, brain fog
• Sweating, Weight gain
• Feeling cold, acid reflux
• Muscle pain and Joint stiffness
• Depression
• Puffy eyes/face
• Dry skin, thinning hair and hair fall
• Irregular periods
• lack of concentration
• Slow heartbeat and constipation

Natural Treatment of Hashimoto’s Disease

Eliminate Gluten Foods

 If you want to reverse Hashimoto’s disease naturally, first of all, you have to discard the gluten food from your diet and go for a gluten-free diet. It might be hard but it can be many benefits to treat Hashimoto’s disease. If you are going gluten-free or overall grain-free, for some time first start about 90 days and then follow this diet for a long of period time. Gluten-free grains like Arrowroot Amaranth, Buckwheat, Flax, Millet and  Hominy (corn). Rice, soy, corn, potato and bean flours are part of Gluten-free flours.

Consume Gut Healing Foods

If you can include gut healing foods in your diet, it will good to your health who are suffering from Hashimoto’s disease. Gut healing diet is high in vegetables, fruits and nutrient-rich foods like organic meats, bone broth. Hence it is best to follow these foods that are easiest to digest and least likely to cause autoimmune reactions.

Avoid Fast Foods And Too Much Sugar

If you take excess sugar in your diet, you will be troubled by blood sugar fluctuations, weight gain, nervousness, inflammation and other symptoms. You have to avoid fast food and packaged food made from refined oils like vegetable oils such as safflower, sunflower, canola and corn oil as all these products are least nutrients. They are the major causes that harm your autoimmunity.

Reduce Your Stress level

Leading a stressful life causes a big problem for a person who suffers from Hashimoto’s disease. To keep your stress under control, you can do mindfulness and breathing exercises that help to reduce cortisol, you will be stress-free. Apart from this walking, light exercise and spending time with friends also reduce stress and anxiety.

So if you also want to reverse Hashimoto’s disease naturally, make a  plan to assess your symptoms and treat your hypothyroidism with holistic methods. You will certainly manage your  Hashimoto’s disease.