The RANT Post and Elimination diet for hashimotos

 After having met Amazing Dr.Sandeep Chaudhary (Endocrinologist), I firmly believe the best, way control my Hashi's is through diet, I have been successfully gluten free for more than a month and feel amazing even without starting on medication of any kind. My palpitations/Anxiety has gone and I haven't experienced any joint pain at all. On top of that the intensity of my anger has reduced a LOT!!!But I really want to starting getting a control over my weight now. I have gradually over three years piled up 40lbs and to me that's a lot to lose!!.

I have always had a tough time losing weight even though I have been a very healthy eater for the last ten years!! I've had to eat very little and work out a lot. To me that's a tough act to follow with a full time job as a homemaker in the US. I have not had any symptoms of a indigestion/constipation even before I went gluten free. But I have read that even having Hashimoto's is a sign of leaky gut!

The first step in treating a leaky gut is to stop eating the culprit foods that cause leaky gut in the first place.And the more I read the more I think that an Elimination diet is very important, So as to find out the foods that I am Allergic to. This diet is only to find out what foods I am reacting to, Others may react to other foods too so if you are planning to follow this please tread with caution )  I am planning to follow this elimination diet for 23 days, Since I read that it takes 21 to 23 days for any detox to work completely into our system.

There are chances that the weight that is lost during this elimination diet may even come back after weaning off it. My main goal here is to heal my system by identifying the allergens and prevent me from putting on weight easily for no reason at all. I am adult enough to understand that IF I ate junk I will put on weight, but what stumps me is that I put on weight even when I follow a healthy diet, I lose only when I eat next to nothing or less than 1000 calories, and I don't believe in eating like that!!

I am planning to follow Dr. K's autoimmune diet for my elimination diet and will be posting my menu for every day for the next 21 days and if there are any differences in weight/ emotion/quality of life.

FOODS TO EAT :

Most Organic Vegetables: including anise, artichoke, asparagus, beets, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, chives, cucumbers, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, mustard greens, onions, parsley, radishes, rhubarb, shallots, spinach, squash, sweet potatoes, water chestnuts, watercress, yams, zucchini

Fermented foods: including kimchi, kombucha tea, pickled ginger, sauerkraut, unsweetened coconut yogurt.  You must make your own or buy one of the few brands that are genuinely fermented (not made with vinegar) and free of sugars or additives

Meats: including beef, chicken, fish, lamb, turkey.  Fish should be ocean caught with a low mercury content.  Swordfish, most tuna, and king mackerel are very high in mercury.  Select hormone-free and antibiotic-free chicken, turkey, and lamb.  Select beef that is grass fed, hormone free, and antibiotic free.  Best choice are grass-fed and pastured meats from a local farm.  Second best is organic.  Avoid factory-farmed meats that contain antibiotics and hormones.  For a source of good meat near you, Dr. K recommends the Weston A. Price Foundation as a resource, as well as ordering through his Resources page.

Low Glycemic Organic Fruits: including apples, apricots, avocados, berries, cherries, grapefruit, lemons, oranges, peaches, pears, plums

Coconut: including coconut butter, coconut cream, coconut milk, coconut oil, unsweetened coconut flakes, unsweetened coconut yogurt

Noodles: brown shirataki yam noodles (sold in Asian grocery stores).  Avoid the noodles that also contain tofu

Herbs and Spices: including basil, black pepper, cilantro, coriander, cumin, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, sea salt, thyme

Other: apple cider vinegar, herbal teas, olive oil, olives

FOODS TO AVOID :

Sugars: including agave, candy, chocolate, corn syrup, fructose, high fructose corn syrup, honey, maple syrup, molasses, sucrose

High Glycemic Fruits: including bananas, canned fruits, dried fruits, mango, pineapple, raisins, watermelon

Grains: including amaranth, barley, buckwheat, bulgur, corn, couscous, kamut, millet, oats, quinoa, rice, rye, spelt, wheat, wheat germ

Nuts and Seeds: including almonds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds

Gluten-Containing Compounds: including barbecue sauce, binders, bouillon, brewer’s yeast, cold cuts, condiments, emulsifiers, fillers, chewing gum, hot dogs, hydrolyzed plant and vegetable protein, ketchup, soy sauce, lunch meats, malt and malt flavoring, malt vinegar, matzo, modified food starch, monosodium glutamate, nondairy creamer, processed salad dressings, seitan, some spice mixtures, stabilizers, teriyaki sauce, textured vegetable protein

Dairy Products and Eggs: including butter, cheeses, cow milk, creams, frozen desserts, goat milk, margarine, mayonnaise, sheep milk, whey, yogurt (except coconut)

Soy: including edamame, miso, soy milk, soy protein, soy sauce, tempeh, tofu

Fungi: edible fungi and mushrooms

Alcohol: all alcohol

Beans and Legumes: including black beans, lentils, peanuts, peas, pinto beans, soybeans

Nightshade Foods: including eggplant, paprika, peppers, potatoes, Tabasco® sauce, tomatillos, tomatoes

Other: canned foods, coffee, processed foods

I do realize that it leaves me with very few options as i just tolerate FISH and I am vegetarian otherwise. This is a true challenge :)