<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Elizabeth, You asked: >Does anyone have any experience dealing with Hashimoto's disease, aka >(I think) lymphocytic thyroiditis? Is there any potential remedial >connection with a gf diet, or documented connection with celiac disease? I've met lots of people with Hashimotos, and have been puzzling over the same issue. I just have the sneaky suspicion that the connection might lie hidden in the reasons why it is more likely for a person who has one autoimmune disease to get another than for an ordinary person. It is possible this may involve some factors that cause a problem with the normal process of eliminating self-reactive T cells in the thymus, or (more likely in my thinking) it could relate to a breakdown in the usual sequestration from the immune system of the tissues that become autoreactive. How gluten might play a role in this process might be anyone's guess at this point. Many things about wheat are intriguing. I don't know if you've heard of the study from Cornell by Dr. Gates et al. which found that the women in China who lived in rice eating areas had very different levels of sex hormone binding globulin than the women who ate wheat and millet. The levels of this hormone are known to influence factors that lead to heart disease and estrogen-related cancers. Other studies have indicated that wheat yielded some surprises compared to other grains when they studied ratios of different starches and their effects on insulin metabolism. Then there is also the opiatelike effects that researchers of the opiate excess theory are associating with peptides derived from wheat (and milk, too). So I guess I'm saying that wheat probably holds a lot of secrets it hasn't yet been willing to tell! Intrigued by wheat, Susan >Does anyone have any experience dealing with Hashimoto's disease, aka >(I think) lymphocytic thyroiditis? Is there any potential remedial >connection with a gf diet, or documented connection with celiac disease? > >Elizabeth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Walter & Susan Owens) [log in to unmask] Dallas, Texas USA