Step 1: Wheat Elimination To Take Control Of Your Health

Debra’s story highlights a common issue in our wheat-free experience: Eliminating wheat is an exceptionally powerful way to take back control over weight and health. But many people have had their health so disrupted by grain consumption, as well as other factors such as endocrine disruption from exposure to industrial chemicals, that additional steps need to be taken to fully recover health. In Debra’s case, she had to battle Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and the resultant hypothyroidism (commonly caused by wheat consumption via autoimmunity), depression and anxiety, and get off medications before she began to feel and look good again. “2011 was a year of personal heartache and extreme stress: I had to quit my job because of a nervous breakdown (I now know that it was an under-treated Hashimoto triggered meltdown). My anxiety was through the roof and my body was miserable. After taking the summer of 2011 off and trying therapy, I finally was calming down enough to see things differently and thought I was getting better mentally. But then I fell back into another episode around Thanksgiving in which I got the flu and they forced me to take Zoloft to calm down. I had just eliminated wheat on November 4, 2012 after my husband read your book and said, “You know, these symptoms sound like you.” My joint pain went away within a few weeks of eliminating wheat, my eyes were white and my nails got strong. I lost a few pounds, but not much and I got st...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Thyroid disease Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs