Natural Therapies for Hashimoto’s Disease
If you are one who prefers a more natural route then you may be in luck. As with most medications, at the beginning it might take a while for an individual to adjust to their synthetic hormones. In the meantime, in order to deal with the associated symptom’s, one can take certain natural therapies such as probiotics and certain herbs under the guidance of a naturopathic healer. Many people who have thyroid levels that are borderline low also choose more natural treatments as in these cases synthetic hormones are not necessary.
According to Dr. Raphael Kellman, who wrote the book titled The Microbiome Diet and founded the Kellman Center for Integrative and Functional Medicine, there is a relation between an individual’s consumption of gluten and and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. However, that does not mean that a person should take drastic measures and cut out all gluten from their diets (or other foods found to be related to lowering thyroid hormone levels such as eggs, peanut butter, and soy) without first seeking the advice of an integrative health center along with your primary doctor’s still being in the know.
