FIR Episode 50: The Gut and Hashimoto’s disease connection

Learn about the gut and the brain’s contribution in sustaining and perhaps even triggering Hashimoto’s disease and some possible things to look into if you haven’t already.

Hashimoto’s disease is the most common autoimmune condition globally.

Discover how autoimmunity works and how it relates to the thyroid and the symptoms of Hashimoto’s disease.

For example, when the immune system mistakenly destroys thyroid cells, the function of the thyroid is directly affected. Consequently, this affects nearly every organ of the body and how they function!

It’s no wonder people with Hashimoto’s disease don’t feel well. The whole body is slowing down!

Find out more about how this creates problems in the digestive system, which rebound, potentially worsening the immune system’s distaste for thyroid cells.

For example, did you know that over fifty per cent of Hashimoto’s disease patients have gut issues such as small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)?

SIBO is caused, in part, by a slower transit of food through the digestive system, which then ferments at the end of the small intestine.

Learn more about how changes in the bacterial environment of the gut affect your condition.

For example, did you know that some bacterial conditions in the gut interact with the absorption of thyroxine?

One study even found that people using probiotics could reduce the number of thyroxine adjustments compared to those that weren’t.

Find out more about this and a whole lot more in this episode of Free and Inspired Radio!