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Thyroid autoimmune disease begins with the diet

Health, Supplements November 4, 2018November 4, 2018autoimmune, diet, disease, gut, health, nutrition, thyroid 0 Comment

Graves’ disease and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis are two common forms of a larger family of diseases called Autoimmune Thyroid Disease, or AITD.

How autoimmune thyroid disease develops remains a mystery. However, research has concluded that some individuals are genetically predisposed to develop Autoimmune Thyroid Disease whereas others are overcome by AITD via environmental toxicity. Still, many people with a family history of AITD as well as those with high levels of environmental toxins in their bodies do not develop AITD. This fact led researchers to look deeper.

What they discovered is that diet has the most profound effect of either promoting AITD or preventing it in spite of genetic predisposition and environmental toxicity.

If you can’t avoid them – save the carbs for last!

Health November 4, 2018November 4, 2018carbs, diabetes, diet, glucose, hunger, insulin, weight loss 0 Comment

You may already know that eating certain foods can make your blood glucose levels rise faster than eating other foods. But did you know that the order you eat a meal can also influence how your body metabolizes the food?

Scientists from Cornell University recently reported on how the order a meal is eaten can directly affect blood sugar levels following the meal. Specifically, the study showed that consuming the carbohydrate portion of a meal last significantly reduced blood glucose levels after the meal.