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Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2019, 7(8), 584-591
DOI: 10.12691/jfnr-7-8-6
Open AccessReview Article

Supplementation in Autoimmune Thyroid Hashimoto’s Disease. Vitamin D and Selenium

Paulina Ihnatowicz1, , Paweł Wątor2 and Małgorzata Ewa Drywień1

1Department of Human Nutrition, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

2Department of Food Technology and Human Nutrition, University of Agriculture, Krakow, Poland

Pub. Date: August 19, 2019
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Paulina Ihnatowicz, Paweł Wątor and Małgorzata Ewa Drywień. Supplementation in Autoimmune Thyroid Hashimoto’s Disease. Vitamin D and Selenium. Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2019; 7(8):584-591. doi: 10.12691/jfnr-7-8-6

Abstract

This review aims to present the importance of nutrients for thyroid health in light of autoimmune Hashimoto’s disease. Authors focus mainly on vitamin D and selenium function in the body, metabolism, serum concentration in patients, replenishment outcome after singular or combined the treatment and dose. Vitamin D is essential for immune regulation and yields inflammatory properties. Selenium plays an important role in thyroid metabolism by protecting it from oxidative damage during iodine metabolism and by taking part in thyroid hormone production. Hashimoto is a complex disease and cross-curricular therapies probably will find more interest than one-way therapy.

Keywords:
cholecalciferol calcitriol hypothyroidism myo-inositol antithyroid antibodies selenomethionine

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