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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 2550837" data-attributes="member: 88961">I use a low carb diet, which my Endo (who looks after me, related to my hypothyroidism) is fully supportive of it.  After some investigations he suggested I use a gluten-free diet in addition., so I do that too.There is a school of thought that says we need carbs to function, but that isn't very modern thinking these days, where low carb living is becoming better understood.When your symptoms appeared,did your doctor test to see what was actually happening to your thyroid levels?As you say, Hashimoto's is an auto-immune condition.  By it's very nature, your antibodies can, and likely do fluctuate from time to time, irrespective of any dietary changes.To be honest, as someone who uses diet to manage my T2, I would be miffed if I was being encouraged to prioritise one condition over another.  Your body and some of it's functioning will take time to get used to any changes in diet.</blockquote>

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