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Zoe Saldana Battling Autoimmune Disorder; Forced to ‘Eat Clean’

Actress Zoe Saldana attends the premiere of Paramount Pictures' "Star Trek Beyond" at Embarcadero Marina Park South on July 20, 2016 in San Diego, California.
Actress Zoe Saldana attends the premiere of Paramount Pictures’ “Star Trek Beyond” at Embarcadero Marina Park South on July 20, 2016 in San Diego, California.

*Zoe Saldana is opening up about suffering from Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues.

“Your body doesn’t have the energy it needs to filter toxins, causing it to believe that it has an infection, so it’s always inflamed,” Saldana, 38, told the Edit. “You create antibodies that attack your glands, so you have to eat clean.”

Saldana and husband Marco Perego have gone gluten- and dairy-free to help keep the disorder at bay.

Zoe Saldana's ode to Prince for Edit
Zoe Saldana’s ode to Prince for Edit

Raphael Kellman, MD of the Kellman Center in New York, who has never treated the actress, explained to Page Six that Saldana’s clean diet is a good tactic in tackling the autoimmune disease.

“[Hashimoto’s thyroiditis] can be healed by addressing the root causes,” Kellman said. “Cutting out gluten if you have a gluten intolerance, and avoiding refined and processed foods can help. Find poultry, dairy and meat without antibiotics. Eating organic can make a huge difference because organic foods won’t have pesticides or chemicals that nonorganic foods have, which can trigger reactions.”

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