Zoe Saldana shared what it was like to be diagnosed and live with Hashimoto’s disease.
“I had a great time in my 20s,” Saldana said Porter magazine July 2016.
Zoe, also called Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, has the condition along with her sisters and mother. “Your body doesn’t have the energy it needs to filter toxins, which makes it think it has an infection, so it’s always inflamed.”
“You produce antibodies that attack your glands, so you have to eat clean,” she explained.
It’s tough for foodies like Saldana, but she has opted for a gluten- and dairy-free diet. “I had a great time when I was 20,” says the actress.
The Avatar actress continued, “Then your doctor says you’re losing calcium in your bones. What the hell is that?! I heard those conversations with my mom and grandma, thinking I’d never get there. I’m going to live forever! But suddenly it dawns on you; it’s night to day.”
“I learned early on that to be OK, I had to surround myself with better people than me,” she said.
Explaining her stance further, she added, “I’m not hard on myself, I’m honest with myself. I tend to get lost in the environment I create for myself. And I’m an artist; I’m prone to vanity. So I look to better people than me: my husband, my sisters, my parents and my friends.”
“And I think as long as I’m surrounded by you guys, every time I want to get shallow, you always remind me that it’s not about me,” Zoe Saldana concluded.
