While the gluten-free diet has been found to improve Hashimotos symptoms and reduce the autoimmune attack on the thyroid, its important to note that selenium deficiency can be caused or worsened by gluten and grain-free diets, as demonstrated in nutritional studies involving people with celiac disease
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