I'm on a gluten free diet, but not because of Hashimoto's. It is for my Ulcerative Colitis. I don't really know if it has helped my throid or not, but overall it has been great for my family.

The biggest problem with it is the convenience. I can't just go to the store and buy quick food. There is a new cookbook "The Allergen Free Bakers Handbook" by Pascal. Everything we have tried in it so far has been delicious.

A lot of the recipes that we have tried have coconut yogurt in it and I have noticed that the coconut products are helping my throid.

I hope this helps.

hey there.. yes I have read alot about gluten free helping hashimoto's . Gluten can trigger the illness.. I had blood tests done which showed sensitivies to gluten so I try to say off gluten (and dairy) and over the past say 4 years my amount of antibodies has decreased from 12,000 to 5000 (I am not on medications though yet as it is only my antibodies showing activity of hasimotos at the moment. I believe being gluten free will only help with the prevention of developing hashimotos and not actually improving your thyroid once you are on medication, because by then your thyroid has stopped functioning all together.

Hi, I have Hashimoto's and I just started with a gluten free diet as well as eliminating soy, corn and dairy. Its very frustrating and requires alot of planning from what I can see. Any suggestions?

Yes, gluten free helps keep my bloating and irritable tummy upsets to a minimum...I also eat every 2-3 hrs a day (small meals) and drink all day long...oh, and I try to stay away from carbonated beverages...and fried food - and beer - beer and my system w/ Hypo doesn't go well together....One of my favorite sweet gluten free foods I can buy all the time cuz of the kiddos is fruit snacks, fruit leather, roll-ups, that type of stuff...:) And, also I've heard (as Ninja stated) that Coconut can work wonders for an upset tummy...oh, and I don't drink milk anymore - I don't know what it is about milk specifically, but since I've quit drinking it, my bloating is just about gone. I can still eat cheese, and minimal yogurt.

Great to hear! I'm hitting the gluten/organic food store tonight...what an exciting Friday night right!?! I'm going to look into the coconut yogurt. I guess I never really paid attention to these things in the past as nobody ever explained how my body would react to foods when you have hypo.

Hi I started my gluten free diet 3 weeks ago. I've had stomach problems for years though, so I'm not seeing much results yet. It's a really hard diet for me, since most of my diet before then consisted of everything gluten. My lactose intolerance test for 3 weeks wasn't nearly as hard. Maybe staying away from milk while going gluten free will make all the difference. Also definitely going to look into coconut yogurt! Is that in normal stores like walmart? I definitely agree with 2boyzmom, all those things like carbonation and beer should be avoided. I went gluten free to test for Celiac since my doctor didn't do the correct blood test, and i don't feel like pushing her when i can just do the diet. But if it helps other health issues i'm all for it. Just wish i would start seeing some results.

The coconut yogurt rocks! I love it. It isn't at regular stores tho. At least in Cali. You have to go to Whole Foods or something of the like.

Brennabear, I went and found a health food store to buy gluten free. I was tired of going through the store and reading labels. I don't have that kind of time! LOL I do have Celiac Disease and going gluten free and easing up on dairy has helped tremendously. I don't have flare ups of rash/sore muscles/IBS nearly as much. Now I get to focus on quitting coffee! Grrrrrr.

I saw gluten free pasta in the pasta aisle at target yesterday.

I was able to pick up some coconut yougurt in "Stop and Shop." They have a small gluten free area. The best stores I've seen are "Fairway," "Wild by Nature," and "Whole Foods."

I've been gluten free for years ( mostly) It is hard in the western world. not sure that it has helped tho as my symptoms keep on coming
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Yes my daughter was diagnosed with Celiac last year. There IS gluten free pasta, it's really not bad with sauce and whatever on it. It can take longer to cook though. It seems to be harder. You have to experiment to see what kind you like best. Also the only bread that is good is called UDI'S. I found a store near my other daughter's house where I can find it. In R.I. it is very hard to find. You can eat it right out of the freezer (once thawed out) you don't have to toast it like all the others. That's the HARD part mostly, the bread and pasta. They do make gluten free beer. They also have a bakery not too far from me that sells some gluten free breads and pastries. I tried some egg biscuit type things, they were very good. The cake my daughter said wasn't too good. It's something about gluten free cake that just doesn't taste like regular cake! The brownies are better. There are a lot of food you CAN eat though, it's mostly baked stuff you have to avoid, anything made with wheat,rye or barley. Also stay away from anything with malt in it. My daughter went to a nutritionist that gave her a lsit of foods to avoid etc. The Chex line makes cereals that are gluten free. Vitacost online has a lot you can order. You just type in gluten free food in the search. Oh, a lot of candy you can eat too! Like Milky way ( I'm not sure though about this one), M&M's,Almond joy bars,Baby Ruth. You can have most potato chips. I'm telling everyone about the junk food...sorry hehe.There's also a site"my gluten facts.com" that has list of stuff that is fine. They test it first. You put something in the search engine and see if it's gluten free. You learn more as you go along.