Posted February 1, 2019
One in ten women and one in fifty men suffers from Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, an autoimmune thyroid disease (1, 2). Although genetic susceptibility contributes to risk, nutritional factors such as vitamin D, iron, iodine, and selenium are implicated in the induction and pathogenesis of Hashimoto’s, underscoring the role of therapeutic nutrition in potentially reversing autoimmunity (3). Read more.