i have hashimoto’s and symptoms of adrenal problems, and i personally have symptoms from a number of foods that do not* contain gluten. all grains but brown rice, as well as most fruits and vegetables, to be exact. put simply i have a reaction of some kind to most foods, and exposure to one thing seems to increase my reaction to other things.

raw, unfiltered honey seems to cause symptoms for me, possibly because it stimulates the immune system. so i use it only sometimes.

aerobic exercise improves my energy and mood, and clears my head a little. but this became true only after (at least temporarily): modifying my daily diet to eliminate most foods, most chemicals, and some vitamins and minerals; increasing my water intake, switching to distilled or purified water, switching to sea salt, and slowly working up to more active exercise like dance and running. previously, strenuous exercise often made me so fatigued that i could lie down and go to sleep at any hour.

i do consume a wider variety of fruits, vegetables, vitamins, and minerals on a weekly rather than daily basis, because i am worried about malnutrition, poor antioxidants, and cancer!

In an effort to ease your mind however, I want to make it clear that I am NOT trying to dismiss legitimate factors beyond our control (environmental, viral, etc.) that can result in disease, but to recognize ways you might be contributing to the problem yourself (ie. intense work or demands on the body, too little sleep, poor eating habits, cigarettes, caffeine, etc.) as Mary Shomon has previously admitted. Why would we NOT try to figure out what fault we might have in our own health? That is a troubling thought to me.

The bottom line for me is this: (as stated in my post)

It’s admitted that we can be predisposed to illness (when extra stress is given to the body). Could it be that we are also predisposed to healing (given the right support to the body)? I encourage you to think about the implications of such a possibility.

And I am sorry if you took it that I think anyone is stupid for not doing certain things to help themselves. I am only hoping that medical doctors and those in the field of thyroid management admit to their patients that there IS something they can do. I was told point blank by many doctors until this point that I could diet till the cows come home but it ain’t going to change my antibodies. I bought the lie for years… I can now say with confidence, this is not always the case and a patient should be able to have hope they have some control over their symptoms if there is hope to be given. And I believe there is. I have seen more than one friend reverse their antibody count by diet which is a great hope for this disease. Thank you for your comment.