TY - JOUR AU - Kalia, Rishi AU - Kalia, Ravi AU - El-Naji, Abdullah AU - Musih, Joshua AU - Patel, Soham PY - 2022/01/12 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Reversal of Hyperthyroidism in Graves’ Disease with a Whole Foods Plant-Based Diet: A Case Report JF - International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention JA - ijdrp VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.22230/ijdrp.2022v4n1a241 UR - https://ijdrp.org/index.php/ijdrp/article/view/241 SP - 6 pp AB - <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'AGaramondPro';">The benefits of a whole-food, plant-based diet (WFPBD) include, but are not limited to, improvement of cardiovascular health, decreased inflammation, as well as enhanced endocrine system function. We present the case of a 51-year-old pre-diabetic female with a 22-year history of Graves’ disease who reversed her conditions following the ini- tial 28-week WFPBD period. In this time, she was able to reduce her thyroid stimu- lating immunoglobulin (TSI) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and discontinue methimazole and </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'AGaramondPro'; color: rgb(5.610000%, 6.196500%, 7.599000%);">cetirizine </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'AGaramondPro';">intake. It was also found that maintaining vitamin D levels are beneficial for promoting a more balanced immune response to help lower thyroid antibodies. </span></p></div></div></div> ER -