curious about thyroid people

TheLighterSide · 11-18-2008, 04:09 PM

how many of you have food allergies as well?
my doc said no more dairy or gluten.. *wah!
she also told me no more generic synthroid. only the brand name...

Ilpirata · 11-18-2008, 04:37 PM

I have no food allergies that I know of.
I AM allergic to Ibuprofin
and have had allergic reactions real bad to dye in laundry detergent.
I also have psoriasis and keratosis pilaris (both skin conditions)
but I'm okay on foods as far as I know.

nonstickpam107 · 11-18-2008, 04:40 PM

I don't post often anymore (too busy working/thyroid patient advocation IRL now) but allergies are COMMON when a person is low in T3.

I'm very allergic, high IgE AND I'm superbly allergic to Synthroid (made from corn..I'm allergic to corn). Synthroid is T4 ONLY and I (like about 75% of all thyroid patients) cannot convert it to the essential T3 hormone. Make sure your doc is testing for both Free T3, Free T4 and either adding Cytomel (synthetic T3) or giving you a natural hormone with both T4 and T3 if your T3 lab is low. JUST doing a TSH (pituitary test) doesn't test the actual thyroid levels.

Pam

TheLighterSide · 11-18-2008, 05:40 PM

I actually met this amazing nurse practitioner at a med check type place today because I thought I had an ear infection.. she does once in a while shifts there and took one look at me and started saying everything that you have been saying for years Pam...
when I get insurance in feb.. Im going to her clinic for more testing. She was a wealth of knowledge...
all the tests I asked for and have been told.. I dont need them.. She said.. you NEED those tests!
yeah for you Pam.. theres a few good professionals out there!

Lilgrnize · 11-18-2008, 08:56 PM

I'm hypo and have allergies, food and environmental.

Pam, good to see you...you've been missed!

nonstickpam107 · 11-19-2008, 07:13 AM

Hey Niki! GREAT to see YOU too!! Hope things are going well for you.

If you don't have enough money to get TSH, FT4, FT3 through insurance, Online Lab Tests: blood work, blood testing and laboratory tests has Thyroid Panel/Profile II (TSH, FT4, FT3), you order online from them, they send you to a lab near you, have their doctor sign your lab request and then present the testing results back to you! Upon checkout, please use discount code: 12345. (It's under 90 dollars most of the time..and my insurance has paid up to 350 dollars for those same tests!).

Pam

lisabinil · 11-19-2008, 07:47 AM

No food allergies-sugar makes me sick. But do have seasonal airborne allergies & allergic to dust mites. Why no more dairy or gluten? Are you lactose intolerant & did they do a test for celiac disease?

nonstickpam107 · 11-19-2008, 09:39 AM

Good post Lisa, I was just going to suggest that as well. I'm Celiac but the blood test didn't show it...the small bowel biopsy sure did though. Plus the fact that when I gave up all gluten is when I started to feel SO much better (the 'ah ha' moment!).

Pam

Leo41 · 11-19-2008, 01:14 PM

I am hypothyroid with Hashimoto's, but I have no known allergies to food, although I had a reaction to the antibiotic Cipro and am now considered allergic to that. Did you test allergic to dairy and gluten?

TinaBina · 11-19-2008, 04:06 PM

I have Hashimoto's Hypothyroid also, I have environmental allergies and a milk allergy as well, I recently cut out all dairy and gluten. I was never tested for celiac, but after being hospitalized this summer with diverticulitis I decided to cut out all gluten.

HI PAM!!

nonstickpam107 · 11-20-2008, 07:58 AM

HI TINA!!!! Did cutting out dairy help you? I didn't cut out dairy...but gluten is a very bad thing for me, lol. I've always hated milk (figures...raised by Grandparents on a dairy farm, heh heh) but eat cottage cheese made in a local dairy by an Amish family, and is low in cassein, as well as cream cheese from same source.

Perhaps your doctor is saying limit dairy BECAUSE many of us with Celiac must also avoid cassein...I react to too much cassein (can have it maybe once a week). If you read about Celiac, most who have it also react to cassein in cream cheese, cottage cheese, etc. But I don't feel you should limit dairy UNLESS you have tested positive for having Celiac...even those with wheat allergy can usually have cassein. OP needs to ask the doc WHY the ban on dairy.

Pam

TinaBina · 11-21-2008, 05:21 AM

Hi Pam,

I think it has helped, it has only been about two months so far. I never really had bad reactions to milk and ignored the fact that I have a milk allergy, I forgot about it to be honest. But since dropping it, the scale has moved a little bit, I've lost about 5 lbs. not alot, but more than I have been able to lose recently. My sinuses a clear too

mrs_munro · 11-25-2008, 09:12 PM

I am hypo (third generation) and Celiac, with very low ferritin....we are addressing that succesfully finally, and boy do I feel good these days! It has been a long haul.

Pam, question for you: if a thyroid has been removed, would a patient still request the TPO-antibodies test? I'm just curious.

Lilgrnize · 11-25-2008, 09:43 PM

My coworker lost her thyroid to cancer several years ago, but her doctor just recently told her she has hashimotos, so I'd say it is beneficial to have the antibodies test.

nonstickpam107 · 11-26-2008, 12:11 PM

Many who have Hashimoto's also have thyroid cancer...it just stands to reason when 20% of the adult female population in the USA have Hashimoto's though.

Pam

TheLighterSide · 12-12-2008, 11:23 PM

she told me I had allergic shiners... and I already knew wheat blew me up and dairy well.. its just not very nice.....I will wait for the testing to be sure.

inatic · 12-13-2008, 03:55 AM

I have hashi's. I eat dairy and gluten and have no issues with fat loss.. I do tend to stay away from gluten naturally so though as that is what my coach plans menus to mostly be.

Beth1121 · 12-19-2008, 02:51 PM

I just started another thread about gluten and Hashis. My doc told me yesterday that another doc that he talks w/ that is also "outside the box" in his treatment of thyroid has been telling him that he has been having all of his Hashis patients cut gluten with amazing success in lowering antibodies and making patients feel much better. My doc hasn't done a lot of research on it yet but told me that I could try cutting gluten out of my diet to see if it makes a difference.

nonstickpam107 · 12-19-2008, 04:29 PM

Cutting out gluten hasn't been shown to lower TPO antibodies (Hashimoto's antibodies) that I know of. But even if it DOES..the antibodies systematically kill the thyroid's ability to make enough T4 and T3 hormone...so those with Hashi's...are eventually going to be hypothyroid.

There IS, however, a direct link to Celiac and other autoimmune diseases. I have autoimmune diseases...Hashimoto's, Celiac, HIE and PAN.

Pam

Agee · 12-20-2008, 05:27 AM

When I first stopped eating gluten I also cut out dairy for a year because I couldn't digest it with my damaged intestine. Now, I'm able to eat dairy fine.
I am self-diagnosed gluten intolerant. By the time I saw a dr. about it the only way to get a "real" diagnosis was to go back to eating it in order to re-damage my intestine, and I wasn't about to do that.
Don't know about the thyroid...yet. Am going for tests Monday.
A

Iffy336 · 12-20-2008, 07:28 PM

I was tested for allergies and they came back negative so not sure if it is common in all or just depends on what affects a person and how.

hannahrose123 · 01-09-2009, 12:20 AM

If you are allergic to dairy or gluten how would you know?
Sometimes after I eat I get a really bloated lower stomach
could that be a result of a food allergy?

Also generic synthroid is bad, I was on it for 6 years with horrible symptoms and when I met a doctor who told me to change it, a lot of my symptoms got better.

inatic · 01-09-2009, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hannahrose123

If you are allergic to dairy or gluten how would you know?
Sometimes after I eat I get a really bloated lower stomach
could that be a result of a food allergy?

Also generic synthroid is bad, I was on it for 6 years with horrible symptoms and when I met a doctor who told me to change it, a lot of my symptoms got better.

many thyroid people do have issue with gluten and some dairy as well. The easiest way is to eliminate it for about a month or so and see how you feel.

I pretty much dont eat a lot of gluten but do get some bloating. I've been using digestive enzymes and have much less bloat.

Sometimes the bloat is associated with hormone issues OR not enough thyroid/balance in your body as well. I read on another thread your dr wont test t3, so you have no clue if your body is converting the T4 into t3.

Beth1121 · 01-09-2009, 06:37 AM

Ileen - What brand of digestive enzymes are you taking?

hannahrose123 · 01-09-2009, 11:52 AM

I take Garden of Life Omega Zyme Ultra Ultimate Digestive Enzyme Blend

It works really good. But it is pretty expensive.

inatic · 01-09-2009, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beth1121

Ileen - What brand of digestive enzymes are you taking?

Beth im using PB8, which is a pretty decent one for both quality and price. There are better ones but price wise and efficency, these are fine.

TheLighterSide · 01-14-2009, 12:48 AM

good info thanks ladies.. cant wait for my appt next month when my bennies kick in!

tarianne · 01-14-2009, 08:52 PM

Hi new to LCF just checking in....best of luck

MamaMia · 01-16-2009, 01:50 PM

Hello Everyone,

As for me, I suspect a gluten and lactose intolerance although it was never confirmed medically.

I do know of a cheese that is lactose free which I can only find at Walmart:

Cabot of Vermont 75% Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Cheese

Made with 1% Milk
1 ounce is:
Cals:60
Fat: 2.5
Chol: 10mg
Sodium: 200mg
Carb: <1g
Contains no animal rennet

After ingredients it states: Contains 0g of lactose per serving

11-18-2008, 04:09 PM	#1
TheLighterSide Junior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 11 Gallery: TheLighterSide	curious about thyroid people how many of you have food allergies as well? my doc said no more dairy or gluten.. *wah! she also told me no more generic synthroid. only the brand name...

11-18-2008, 04:40 PM	#3
nonstickpam107 Thyroid Patient Advocate Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 13,937 Gallery: nonstickpam107 Stats: 230/116/120 (BF<26%) WOE: Started w/Atkins/Now BFFM Start Date: Nov. 23 2000	I don't post often anymore (too busy working/thyroid patient advocation IRL now) but allergies are COMMON when a person is low in T3. I'm very allergic, high IgE AND I'm superbly allergic to Synthroid (made from corn..I'm allergic to corn). Synthroid is T4 ONLY and I (like about 75% of all thyroid patients) cannot convert it to the essential T3 hormone. Make sure your doc is testing for both Free T3, Free T4 and either adding Cytomel (synthetic T3) or giving you a natural hormone with both T4 and T3 if your T3 lab is low. JUST doing a TSH (pituitary test) doesn't test the actual thyroid levels. Pam __________________ So many fireworks. So little time. "You can't get a patent on a pig part"

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11-18-2008, 04:37 PM	#2
Ilpirata Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Beautiful San Jose, CA Posts: 7,626 Gallery: Ilpirata Stats: 263/193/170 for now... WOE: Low Carb JUDD (Alternate Day Diet) Start Date: September 2007	I have no food allergies that I know of. I AM allergic to Ibuprofin and have had allergic reactions real bad to dye in laundry detergent. I also have psoriasis and keratosis pilaris (both skin conditions) but I'm okay on foods as far as I know.

11-18-2008, 05:40 PM	#4
TheLighterSide Junior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 11 Gallery: TheLighterSide	I actually met this amazing nurse practitioner at a med check type place today because I thought I had an ear infection.. she does once in a while shifts there and took one look at me and started saying everything that you have been saying for years Pam... when I get insurance in feb.. Im going to her clinic for more testing. She was a wealth of knowledge... all the tests I asked for and have been told.. I dont need them.. She said.. you NEED those tests! yeah for you Pam.. theres a few good professionals out there!

11-18-2008, 08:56 PM	#5
Lilgrnize Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,102 Gallery: Lilgrnize Start Date: 02/04	I'm hypo and have allergies, food and environmental. Pam, good to see you...you've been missed!

11-19-2008, 07:13 AM	#6
nonstickpam107 Thyroid Patient Advocate Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 13,937 Gallery: nonstickpam107 Stats: 230/116/120 (BF<26%) WOE: Started w/Atkins/Now BFFM Start Date: Nov. 23 2000	Hey Niki! GREAT to see YOU too!! Hope things are going well for you. If you don't have enough money to get TSH, FT4, FT3 through insurance, Online Lab Tests: blood work, blood testing and laboratory tests has Thyroid Panel/Profile II (TSH, FT4, FT3), you order online from them, they send you to a lab near you, have their doctor sign your lab request and then present the testing results back to you! Upon checkout, please use discount code: 12345. (It's under 90 dollars most of the time..and my insurance has paid up to 350 dollars for those same tests!). Pam

11-19-2008, 07:47 AM	#7
lisabinil Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: suburbs of Chicago Posts: 10,754 Gallery: lisabinil Stats: 214/194/180 287 in 00 WOE: Lc for optimum health Start Date: SBD 3/5/07,Atkins 4/18/07	No food allergies-sugar makes me sick. But do have seasonal airborne allergies & allergic to dust mites. Why no more dairy or gluten? Are you lactose intolerant & did they do a test for celiac disease?

11-19-2008, 09:39 AM	#8
nonstickpam107 Thyroid Patient Advocate Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 13,937 Gallery: nonstickpam107 Stats: 230/116/120 (BF<26%) WOE: Started w/Atkins/Now BFFM Start Date: Nov. 23 2000	Good post Lisa, I was just going to suggest that as well. I'm Celiac but the blood test didn't show it...the small bowel biopsy sure did though. Plus the fact that when I gave up all gluten is when I started to feel SO much better (the 'ah ha' moment!). Pam

11-19-2008, 01:14 PM	#9
Leo41 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,446 Gallery: Leo41	I am hypothyroid with Hashimoto's, but I have no known allergies to food, although I had a reaction to the antibiotic Cipro and am now considered allergic to that. Did you test allergic to dairy and gluten?

11-19-2008, 04:06 PM	#10
TinaBina MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New York Posts: 1,139 Gallery: TinaBina Stats: 164/148/135 5'2.5" WOE: L/C	I have Hashimoto's Hypothyroid also, I have environmental allergies and a milk allergy as well, I recently cut out all dairy and gluten. I was never tested for celiac, but after being hospitalized this summer with diverticulitis I decided to cut out all gluten. HI PAM!!

11-20-2008, 07:58 AM	#11
nonstickpam107 Thyroid Patient Advocate Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 13,937 Gallery: nonstickpam107 Stats: 230/116/120 (BF<26%) WOE: Started w/Atkins/Now BFFM Start Date: Nov. 23 2000	HI TINA!!!! Did cutting out dairy help you? I didn't cut out dairy...but gluten is a very bad thing for me, lol. I've always hated milk (figures...raised by Grandparents on a dairy farm, heh heh) but eat cottage cheese made in a local dairy by an Amish family, and is low in cassein, as well as cream cheese from same source. Perhaps your doctor is saying limit dairy BECAUSE many of us with Celiac must also avoid cassein...I react to too much cassein (can have it maybe once a week). If you read about Celiac, most who have it also react to cassein in cream cheese, cottage cheese, etc. But I don't feel you should limit dairy UNLESS you have tested positive for having Celiac...even those with wheat allergy can usually have cassein. OP needs to ask the doc WHY the ban on dairy. Pam

11-21-2008, 05:21 AM	#12
TinaBina MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New York Posts: 1,139 Gallery: TinaBina Stats: 164/148/135 5'2.5" WOE: L/C	Hi Pam, I think it has helped, it has only been about two months so far. I never really had bad reactions to milk and ignored the fact that I have a milk allergy, I forgot about it to be honest. But since dropping it, the scale has moved a little bit, I've lost about 5 lbs. not alot, but more than I have been able to lose recently. My sinuses a clear too

11-25-2008, 09:12 PM	#13
mrs_munro Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 405 Gallery: mrs_munro Stats: 167/127/130 Start Date: July 2003	I am hypo (third generation) and Celiac, with very low ferritin....we are addressing that succesfully finally, and boy do I feel good these days! It has been a long haul. Pam, question for you: if a thyroid has been removed, would a patient still request the TPO-antibodies test? I'm just curious.

11-25-2008, 09:43 PM	#14
Lilgrnize Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,102 Gallery: Lilgrnize Start Date: 02/04	My coworker lost her thyroid to cancer several years ago, but her doctor just recently told her she has hashimotos, so I'd say it is beneficial to have the antibodies test.

11-26-2008, 12:11 PM	#15
nonstickpam107 Thyroid Patient Advocate Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 13,937 Gallery: nonstickpam107 Stats: 230/116/120 (BF<26%) WOE: Started w/Atkins/Now BFFM Start Date: Nov. 23 2000	Many who have Hashimoto's also have thyroid cancer...it just stands to reason when 20% of the adult female population in the USA have Hashimoto's though. Pam

12-12-2008, 11:23 PM	#16
TheLighterSide Junior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 11 Gallery: TheLighterSide	she told me I had allergic shiners... and I already knew wheat blew me up and dairy well.. its just not very nice.....I will wait for the testing to be sure.

12-13-2008, 03:55 AM	#17
inatic Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alpharetta,Ga. Posts: 13,806 Gallery: inatic Stats: 182/135 5'4 47!yo 16/4 5 kidlets later! WOE: Coach Supervised Start Date: LowER C since 2/02 wt training 10/15/02	I have hashi's. I eat dairy and gluten and have no issues with fat loss.. I do tend to stay away from gluten naturally so though as that is what my coach plans menus to mostly be.

12-19-2008, 02:51 PM	#18
Beth1121 aka fuelmanswife Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Peach State Posts: 3,889 Gallery: Beth1121 WOE: Basic LC Start Date: Which time?	I just started another thread about gluten and Hashis. My doc told me yesterday that another doc that he talks w/ that is also "outside the box" in his treatment of thyroid has been telling him that he has been having all of his Hashis patients cut gluten with amazing success in lowering antibodies and making patients feel much better. My doc hasn't done a lot of research on it yet but told me that I could try cutting gluten out of my diet to see if it makes a difference.

12-19-2008, 04:29 PM	#19
nonstickpam107 Thyroid Patient Advocate Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NE Indiana Posts: 13,937 Gallery: nonstickpam107 Stats: 230/116/120 (BF<26%) WOE: Started w/Atkins/Now BFFM Start Date: Nov. 23 2000	Cutting out gluten hasn't been shown to lower TPO antibodies (Hashimoto's antibodies) that I know of. But even if it DOES..the antibodies systematically kill the thyroid's ability to make enough T4 and T3 hormone...so those with Hashi's...are eventually going to be hypothyroid. There IS, however, a direct link to Celiac and other autoimmune diseases. I have autoimmune diseases...Hashimoto's, Celiac, HIE and PAN. Pam

12-20-2008, 05:27 AM	#20
Agee Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NC Posts: 838 Gallery: Agee Stats: 175/171/130 WOE: lc old school Start Date: 11/5/09	When I first stopped eating gluten I also cut out dairy for a year because I couldn't digest it with my damaged intestine. Now, I'm able to eat dairy fine. I am self-diagnosed gluten intolerant. By the time I saw a dr. about it the only way to get a "real" diagnosis was to go back to eating it in order to re-damage my intestine, and I wasn't about to do that. Don't know about the thyroid...yet. Am going for tests Monday. A

12-20-2008, 07:28 PM	#21
Iffy336 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NC Posts: 130 Gallery: Iffy336 WOE: LC Start Date: restart 1/21	I was tested for allergies and they came back negative so not sure if it is common in all or just depends on what affects a person and how.

01-09-2009, 12:20 AM	#22
hannahrose123 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 167 Gallery: hannahrose123	If you are allergic to dairy or gluten how would you know? Sometimes after I eat I get a really bloated lower stomach could that be a result of a food allergy? Also generic synthroid is bad, I was on it for 6 years with horrible symptoms and when I met a doctor who told me to change it, a lot of my symptoms got better.

01-09-2009, 06:37 AM	#24
Beth1121 aka fuelmanswife Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Peach State Posts: 3,889 Gallery: Beth1121 WOE: Basic LC Start Date: Which time?	Ileen - What brand of digestive enzymes are you taking?

01-14-2009, 12:48 AM	#27
TheLighterSide Junior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 11 Gallery: TheLighterSide	good info thanks ladies.. cant wait for my appt next month when my bennies kick in!

01-16-2009, 01:50 PM	#29
MamaMia Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: DFW area, Texas Posts: 94 Gallery: MamaMia Stats: 252/223/140 ...Lovin Life ... 5'7" ... 43 WOE: LC - Medi Start Date: Dec 20, 2008	Hello Everyone, As for me, I suspect a gluten and lactose intolerance although it was never confirmed medically. I do know of a cheese that is lactose free which I can only find at Walmart: Cabot of Vermont 75% Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Cheese Made with 1% Milk 1 ounce is: Cals:60 Fat: 2.5 Chol: 10mg Sodium: 200mg Carb: <1g Contains no animal rennet After ingredients it states: Contains 0g of lactose per serving