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Question:
Have you ever seen/heard of anyone's so-called autoimmune
thyroid condition changing/improving with SCD?
Elaine
writes: Before I go on please be aware that if you are on
thryoid medication and you have not had your thyroid destroyed,
then improvement of IBD and using the SCD may mean your thyroid
medication will need adjustment. Also, if you are using sea
salt, it does not have any iodine in it. Sounds crazy, but
in fact, iodine SUBLIMATES (evaporates) as the sea salt is
harvested from the ocean. That is why I advise using iodized
salt even with the legal dextrose in it, The thyroid gland
makes T3 and T4 with an iodine atom at each corner and if
you are not getting sufficient, the poor gland works itself
to exhaustion trying to do right by you. Freeda's Ultra Freeda
without iron has safe amounts of iodine in it. As far as autoimmune
type of throiditis (I'm too lazy to look up to see if that
is Hashimoto's) IBD is thought by leading researcers to be
autoimmune in that a theory called molecular mimicry is at
work. The antibodies produces by the B cells of the immune
system are trying to attack the overgrowth of the bacteria
in the gut and because they have molecules on their cell wall
which mimic the molecules on the host cell membraness, the
antibodies attack self and together with another immune function
called complement destory one's own tissues. Therefore, if
you decrease the bacteria, you decrease the quantity of antibodies
produced to fight them and therefore you decrease the autoimmune
desruction. This is the hot theory on rheumatoid arthritis
as well as other autoimmune diseases. Since the diet has addressed
a few cases of lupus (classical case of automimmunity),
why couldn't the thyroid be also affected? You are right about
the different types of bacteria making a difference because
of their cell wall molecules but I have a feeling, in light
of so many culprits being identified in this molecular mimicry
that the little devils can change their cell surfaces and
the diagnositic tools available may not be sophisticated enough
to detect these variables. Deanna found some wonderful websites
for me giving more details on the molecular mimicry work.
But if you use a search engine and look for Dr. Alan Ebbringer,
Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Middlesex Hospital, University
College, Hospital School of Medicine, I do believe you will
find lots more.
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