Low levels of the mineral selenium are linked with an increased risk of thyroid disease, ineffective T4 to T3 conversion, and are associated with an increased
risk of autoimmune thyroid diseases.
Izabella Wentz, PharmD, FASCP, is an internationally acclaimed thyroid specialist, licensed pharmacist, and medical adviser to Pure Encapsulations, who has dedicated her career to addressing the root causes
of autoimmune thyroid disease after being diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in 2009.
For years, my own health journey to finally getting a diagnosis
of autoimmune thyroid disease came to a screeching halt because I couldn't find a doctor in my area who understood thyroid disease and I couldn't get a referral to a specialist unless I went through a doctor.
Bioinformatics support the possible triggering
of autoimmune thyroid diseases by Yersinia enterocolitica outer membrane proteins homologous to the human thyrotropin receptor.
Izabella Wentz, PharmD, FASCP is an internationally acclaimed thyroid specialist and licensed pharmacist who has dedicated her career to addressing the root causes
of autoimmune thyroid disease after being diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in 2009.
Dr. Izabella Wentz, PharmD, FASCP is a pharmacist who has dedicated herself to addressing the root
causes of autoimmune thyroid disease after being diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in 2009.
However, a retrospective epidemiological study by Fort, et al. showed that teenaged children with a
diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid disease were significantly more likely to have received soy formula as infants (18 out of 59 children; 31 percent) when compared to healthy siblings (nine out of 76, 12 percent) or control group children (seven out of 54; 13 percent).
Taking iodine or foods and supplements that contain iodine to help your thyroid can be problematic because many
cases of autoimmune thyroid disease — by far the most common cause of thyroid conditions in the U.S. — are not due to iodine deficiency.
(In rare cases, if celiac disease is the trigger cause
of autoimmune thyroid disease, going gluten - free may also cause a remission of the thyroid condition.)