scholarly journals Are Nutritional Patterns among Polish Hashimoto Thyroiditis Patients Differentiated Internally and Related to Ailments and Other Diseases?

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 3675
Author(s):  
Paulina Ihnatowicz ◽  
Paweł Wątor ◽  
Jerzy Gębski ◽  
Joanna Frąckiewicz ◽  
Małgorzata Ewa Drywień

There is not any diet recommended for Hashimoto’s disease, despite that those patients are often undernourished. Because of the high heterogeneity of Hashimoto’s patients, insight into dietary patterns might shed some light on the patient-tailored dietary approach, thus improving their treatment and helping to identify patients with the highest probability of particular nutritional deficiencies. The aim of this study was to identify Hashimoto’s patients’ dietary patterns and their characterization based on both socio-demographic variables and dietary self-assessment. We collected data online from patients with Hashimoto’s disease. The questionnaire formula used in the study was developed based on a validated food frequency questionnaire KomPAN®. K-means pattern analyses were used to characterize patients into patterns based on the frequency of particular types of foods consumption and socio-demographic factors. Four patterns were identified. We labeled them as ‘Convenient’, ‘Non-meat’, ‘Pro-healthy’, and ‘Carnivores’ with participants proportions at approximately one-fourth per each pattern. The patients were mainly of the female gender (94.08%), with a female: male ratio of 15.9. Hashimoto’s patients differed in their food product choices, food choice motives, dieting experience, nutritional knowledge, smoking habits, food allergies and intolerances, and lipid disorders, and thus represent different eating patterns. However, these patterns were not determined by comorbidities or the majority of ailments.

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guzek ◽  
Pęska ◽  
Głąbska

Young women are vulnerable to a number of factors which influence their food choices, including beliefs about food products, or information about nutritional value, while information, that product is free from specific component generates consumer perceptions of its healthfulness. Among the factors which may influence such perception, there is food neophobia (FN). The aim of this study was to determine the influence of FN and information about allergens on the food product choices in the Polish cohort of young women, in the choice experiment when given a model restaurant menu. The web-based choice experiment, in a group of 600 women, aged 18–30 years, with no food allergies diagnosed, was conducted using a mock Italian-style restaurant menu. For 2 starters, 2 soups, 3 main courses and 3 desserts that were included, the allergen content, neophobic potential and perceived lack of healthiness, for a Polish population, were defined. Each respondent randomly received the version containing only a description of dishes, or a description accompanied by the allergens listed. The FN was assessed using the Food Neophobia Scale (FNS). The type of menu (with or without allergens listed) did not influence the choices of dishes. The highest FN level was observed for the women being inhabitants of villages (median of 32). The respondents characterized by a high level of FN less commonly chose dishes characterized by neophobic potential as a starter (Carpaccio), main course (Risotto ai frutti di mare) and dessert (Zabaglione). At the same time, the highest FN level was observed for respondents who chose dishes with no neophobic potential (median of 34.5). However, for allergen content and perceived lack of healthiness, no association with FN was observed, so it may be stated that for neophobic respondents, only neophobic potential is a factor limiting the choice of dishes. It may be concluded that food neophobia in young women may limit the consumption of dishes with unknown food products, and the influence is observed independently of other features of a dish, such as allergen content or perceived healthiness. The problem may appear especially for inhabitants of villages, who are characterized by the highest level of FN.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. e000251
Author(s):  
Ahmed Atia ◽  
Rihan Alathream ◽  
Abdulwahab Al-Deib

Background and aims. Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune disorder in which the body produces antibodies that attack the thyroid gland, leading to chronic inflammation, destruction of the gland, and hypothyroidism. This study aimed to assess the epidemiology of this disease among Libyan patients. Methods. A cross-sectional retrospective study conducted from June 2012 to April 2020 in order to examine the anti TPO level among Libyan population. Data was collected from eastern and western part of Libya, and were analyzed from available sample for 244 apparently patients with thyroid disorders collected from different private clinic’s laboratories. The analysis for serum anti-TPO was done by electrochemiluminescence protein binding assay (ECLIA) using Roche diagnostics and Cobas e411 analyzer. Results. The current results showed that females predominate the study, and most of them were in the age group of (>40) years old. About 49.18% of these cases were suffering from Hashimoto's disease (High ATPO level). The mean value of anti-TPO status among females was (0.5±2) nmol/L, while among males it was (0.45±3) nmol/L. Significantly, more women (81.66%) had Anti- TPO Above (34 IU/ml), compared to (18.33%) of male participants. Conclusion. Hashimoto disease is common among patients with thyroid dysfunction especially females. Our findings suggest that different interventional strategies are needed to reduce the chances of developing Hashimoto’s and its associated negative health outcomes in Libya.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Lizis-Kolus ◽  
Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk ◽  
Anna Sowa-Staszczak ◽  
Anna Skalniak ◽  
Aldona Kowalska ◽  
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The Lancet ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 268 (6947) ◽  
pp. 820-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.M. Roitt ◽  
Deborah Doniach ◽  
P.N. Campbell ◽  
R. Vaughan Hudson

1960 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-NP ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. IRVINE

SUMMARY Human thyroid cells were grown in tissue culture in media containing normal human serum, Hashimoto serum, and rabbit sera containing antibodies to purified human thyroglobulin and to crude thyroid extract, respectively. The thyroid cells grew equally well in all media, with the exception of the rabbit serum containing antibodies to crude thyroid extract. Intact thyroid cells obtained from tissue culture failed to fix Hashimoto antibodies in the presence of complement, whereas the constituents of disrupted thyroid cells gave a strongly positive complement-fixation test with Hashimoto serum. It is therefore suggested that the intact thyroid cell is impermeable to complement-fixing Hashimoto antibody. The evidence afforded by the present work adds further weight to the belief that Hashimoto's disease may not be due to a simple auto-immunizing process consequent upon the interaction of thyroid antigen and the known circulating auto-antibodies. Evidence in support of an alternative hypothesis involving 'cell-bound' antibodies with disruption of the follicular basement membrane is discussed.


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