[Anonymous]

#1029018

Please understand that by removing dairy products from your diet you have eliminated your best natural source of calcium at precisely the worst possible time — i.e. when your illness is causing you to lose calcium from your bones. I do not know what the rationale for eliminating the dairy was, but you should speak to your doctor about how to get an appropriate amount of calcium in at this point in time.

Bobbi — NGDF Online Facilitator

[Anonymous]

#1101615

I have done some reading and was told by my endrocronoligist that 1400 mg of calcium w/ 200 mg magnesium was sufficient.

[Anonymous]

#1101616

I have replaced dairy with soy milk, rice milk and goats yogurt, all of which are high in calcium. I also take calcium, vitamin D and multi vitamin supplements.

The ratoionale is to strive for a diet that has all the nutrients that are required from foods that are natural, fresh and are easy to digest. I do not believe saturated fats to fit with in this catagory.

Any modifications that I have made to my diet have been with the support oof my Doc.

As too whether it works? At the present time I feel good.

[Anonymous]

#1101617

What kind of vitamin supplements do you take? My daughter took a vitamin supplement and in a couple of days she had hand tremors, so I told her maybe she can’t take them and discontinued the vit. and the tremors left. mom

[Anonymous]

#1101618

Feeling better is not necessarily the best way of judging whether the treatment approach you are taking is “working”. Don’t get me wrong, doing things that make us feel well is important. But what is MOST important is getting our thyroid hormone levels back into the normal zone AND under control. When I was first ill, my thyroid problem went undiagnosed, and I was put on beta blockers to help with the symptoms of rapid heart and tremors. They made me feel MUCH better. But what they were doing was masking the illness. Had I not pressured my doctor into coming up with a diagnosis, had I simply continued the drug that was making me “feel better”, I would actually have been getting sicker, not better. So, as long as you are doing what you are doing with a doctor advising you, as long as your thyroid hormone levels are under control, additional things which do, indeed, help you to feel better and stronger are really helpful. Just understand that they are not a substitute for a treatment that controls thyroid hormone levels.

Bobbi — NGDF Online Facilitator

[Anonymous]

#1101619

You mentioned that you gave up dairy and wheat. The dairy seems easy to replace, but how about the wheat?

[Anonymous]

#1101620

At times the Wheat Free has been really challanging. I started reading labels on food packets (it is amazing what goes into processed food). They will say if there is wheat in it. Health food shops were really helpful. Fortunatly I have two close to me that sell a huge range of wheat free products. There is rice bread which is not good fresh but tastes great toasted especially with hummus,tomato and advocado yum. There is pasta made from either corn or rice (not as good a taste as wheat pasta). I have never eaten very much in the way of sweet foods but there are wheat free cakes and biscuits avaliable. If I desire I can even get a wheat free vegtable pie. There are also wheat free flours and raising agents.With working, lunches have been a real challange but I now tend to cook something like rissotto, pad thai, vegtable dhal rice or pasta and have fruit with it.

The biggest change is that I have had to be really concscience of everything that I eat. Instead of eating take out I now cook fresh natural foods that taste great. My diet is 100% better than it was before. I feel better, not as bloated and heavy and regardless of the Graves I will proberley stay wheat free. It’s a great journey as you discover all those great new tastes.

[Anonymous]

#1101621

Sorry I can’t really help you as I don’t live in the States and won’t have the same brands as you. I did read that some supplements are high in Iodine. I phoned the manufacturer of the ones that I am taking to check that Iodine had not been added.

Hopefully somebody else may be able to help you with this.

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