Hashimoto\'s Thyroiditis Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause

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Sample Introduction Diet (Days One to Three)

Breakfast Chicken stock, chicken meat,

puréed zucchini

Lunch

Chicken stock, chicken meat,

puréed carrots

Dinner Chicken stock, chicken meat, puréed zucchini

Snack Chicken stock, chicken meat,

puréed carrots

Introduction Schedule

Fiber is limited in the first two to four weeks, allowing for the intestinal
lining to heal. Potentially reactive foods are introduced every three days,
starting with eggs, which are introduced after three weeks and continued
if there is no reaction.

Grains, dairy, beans, and legumes are excluded for the first ninety days. The
goal of this diet is to heal the intestinal lining, allowing the body to have
fewer food reactions, so if a particular food is not tolerated at first, the heal-
ing diet is continued and the food is reattempted in one month.

For more guidance and proposed meal plans, recipes, and food journals
for the Advanced Healing/Elimination Diet, go to
thyroidpharmacist.com/guide.

Supplements

Protein molecules are the most difficult to digest of all foods. Their di-
gestion is a multi-step process, starting with the stomach and the gastric
enzyme pepsin (discussed in the Digestion & Depletions chapter).

Proteins are further broken down by proteolytic enzymes secreted by the
pancreas. The pancreas releases enzyme precursors that must be activated
by enterokinase, an enzyme secreted by the small intestine to finish the
final step of protein digestion—conversion of proteins into free amino
acids. Due to SIBO and other issues affecting the small intestine, these
enzymes do not become activated in many individuals with Hashimoto’s.