Is it necessary to avoid Hashimoto's thyroiditis? Accounts differ and opinions vary. In fact, strictly speaking, diet is a problem that most diseases should pay attention to, and it is this reason that the disease comes from the mouth, which is to tell us whether the food meets the health requirements.
Protect the immune system, protect the gut first!
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease, the most direct explanation is that the immune system is disordered, there is a "malfunction", resulting in the inability to accurately identify the substances entering the human body, indiscriminately produce antibodies to destroy the thyroid tissue, resulting in the fragile thyroid cells continue to be damaged, thyroid hormone secretion continues to decrease, and eventually lose thyroid function, resulting in hypothyroidism, or even lifelong hypothyroidism.
Many people only know that the intestine is an important digestive organ of the human body, but they do not know that the intestine is also the immune organ of the human body. However, more than 7 percent of immune cells, T cells, B cells, and natural killer cells are concentrated in the gut. 60% of Hashimoto's patients suffer from intestinal diseases, such as diarrhea, indigestion, etc., which are caused by intestinal mucosal damage, intestinal flora imbalance, too many harmful bacteria enter the intestines, and viruses can also lead to chronic inflammation, including Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Therefore, the intestinal tract is a barrier for us to resist viruses and bacteria, most of the viruses and bacteria enter the body, will be blocked by the intestines, the intestine with a thick immune barrier - intestinal mucosa, to prevent viruses and bacteria from entering the human body, damage the immune system, so once the intestinal mucosa is damaged, it is very harmful to the immune system, and it will also affect the recovery of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Do you have gluten in your staple food?
Gluten is actually a kind of gluten, this protein has a complex structure, it is easy to intercellular space in our intestines, which will lead to harmful bacteria and toxins in the intestine entering our body, causing an imbalance in the immune system, but many Hashimoto patients themselves are not easy to absorb and digest gluten, if you eat too much, it will stimulate the immune system, which will lead to antibodies not falling but rising, aggravating Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Foods containing gluten: rye, barley, oats. Many people will have rye bread and wheat bread in the morning, and if Hashimoto's thyroiditis sufferers suggest that such staple foods be replaced with brown rice, millet, corn and other foods to avoid burdening the intestines.
3 foods that silently aggravate inflammation, have you paid attention?
1. High-salt and high-iodine foods
Normally, Hashimoto patients should adhere to the principle of less iodine and selenium supplementation in their diet, which is often mentioned, such as seafood, kelp, seaweed, dried shrimp, and marine fish. And here, I also want to mention in particular, in addition to high-iodine food, there are also high-salt foods, this kind of food generally refers to pickled products, such as kimchi, pickled meat, etc., this kind of food will breed a large amount of nitrite, a carcinogen in the pickling process, the Institute of Nutritional Sciences of the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences published an article in the "Cell Research" pointed out that the high-salt environment will lead to an increase in the expression of genes related to inflammation, and the expression of anti-inflammatory genes will be relatively reduced, which means that the body has an inflammatory response.
IIFried food, grilled food
Food baked at a high temperature of 120 degrees will produce acrylamide, benzopyrene and other carcinogens, which have been listed as a class of carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and regular consumption of such foods can lead to gastrointestinal diseases such as diarrhea and damage to immune cells. Smoked, charcoal-grilled foods contain a certain amount of pro-inflammatory substances, which are very bad for Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
3. Alcohol products
The cytotoxicity of ethanol and its metabolites will directly damage the structure of the intestinal mucosal epithelium, affect the secretion of intestinal mucus, lead to increased permeability of the intestinal mucosa, weaken its barrier effect, and lead to a large number of viruses and bacteria entering the human body, affecting intestinal health and destroying the immune system.
In addition to avoiding alcohol, foods containing alcohol in daily life, such as tofu and milk, should be reduced as much as possible.
How can Hashimoto patients protect their gut and immune system?
1. Supplement probiotics to strengthen the immune barrier
Probiotics can not only regulate intestinal health, balance intestinal flora, promote the absorption of nutrients, but also inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, prevent intestinal syndrome, protect intestinal mucosa, and establish a healthy intestinal barrier.
Eating yogurt, cheese, nuts, and potato foods such as sweet potatoes and purple potatoes can all supplement probiotics for the human body.
2. Immune intervention, repair of immune damage, ** inflammation
Usually we face patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, in addition to telling patients to supplement with less iodine and selenium in their diet, we can also intervene with immunosuppressant drugs through the widely used immunological drugs in the field of thyroid expertise, so that immunosuppressant drugs can intervene in the thyroid gland, so as to directly regulate immune function, let drug factors enter the immune system through blood circulation, correct immune damage, thereby reducing antibody levels, restoring thyroid function to normal, and completely solving Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Conclusion
Hippocrates once said, "All diseases begin in the gut." "Until today, with the increasing development of science and technology, people gradually realize the importance of intestinal health, intestinal diseases will not only cause chronic inflammation, Hashimoto's disease, but also cause harm to health, this article explains the food that is not conducive to the recovery of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, if you have other questions to consult, welcome to leave a message or private message.