196 // Freshly Milled Flour & Hashimoto's: Loophole or False Hope?

196 // Freshly Milled Flour & Hashimoto's: Loophole or False Hope?

From Health with Hashimoto’s - Holistic Root Cause Solutions for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease by Esther Yunkin - Registered Nurse, Hashimoto’s Coach, Holistic Health

April 23, 2026 · 21 min · Episode 196

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Esther Yunkin explores the implications of freshly milled flour for women with Hashimoto's and shares insights from her research and personal experience.

Is freshly milled flour a loophole for women with Hashimoto's who don't want to give up gluten? It's a common question in the Hashimoto's community. The research on Hashimoto's and fresh milled flour is mixed, the community stories are all over the map, and the answer is genuinely different from person to person. In this episode, Esther shares what she found when she dug into the science, what she learned from her own 12-year journey with gluten, and what real women in the freshly milled flour community are actually experiencing. In this episode, you'll learn: What fresh milled flour actually is and why it's so different from the processed flour sitting on your grocery store shelf What the research says about gluten, molecular mimicry, and Hashimoto's — and why gut health has to come first How to figure out whether fresh milled flour is something your body can handle, and the one tool that will help you know for sure Hit play to get the full picture including Esther's personal story and the real-life results women are sharing from the freshly milled flour community. Related Episodes: 143: I tried freshly milled flour with Hashimoto's after 11 years gluten free 178: The…

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Organizations: Hashimoto's community, freshly milled flour community

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