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<channel><title><![CDATA[Celiac Disease & Gluten-free Diet Information at Celiac.com - Comments for article: How Much Gluten is Safe for Folks with Celiac Disease?]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com</link><description /><language>en-us</language><copyright><![CDATA[http://www.celiac.com]]></copyright><generator>N/A</generator><webMaster>scott@celiac.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:38:27 PDT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #1]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2944</link><description><![CDATA[This article is great! I've always wondered about the 20 ppm issue.
Thank you.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Anna at 9:05 am, Wed 8th Oct 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Anna)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:05:14 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2953</link><description><![CDATA[Very Good... I am going to forward this to my sisters.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by patty Brandt at 9:20 am, Thu 9th Oct 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (patty Brandt)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:20:51 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #3]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2954</link><description><![CDATA[I can not have even one micron of gluten per month without being sick for the whole month! To suggest that there is an acceptable daily level is mind-boggling!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Diane at 10:54 am, Thu 9th Oct 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Diane)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:54:49 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #4]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2957</link><description><![CDATA[I eat foods like cornflakes. It's only barley malt, and it's not like I eat the cereal excessively, so I figure there's nothing worth getting too worked up about with this food in terms of gluten.

My blood test is negative for celiac disease despite this 'cheating' (so far I have only tested positive during two separate 'on gluten' trials, when major stuff like pasta or bread was included in my diet). I am asymptomatic, but I do accept the fact that even if I can't feel it, bread is actually damaging my insides. However, I genuinely believe that there might be different levels of sensitivity, and I that I might actually be tolerant enough to not have to worry about cross-contamination, or using a toaster that's also used with regular bread. I feel quite alone in this belief. Is there no one out there who thinks a toaster not devoted to gluten free use is not the end of the world?<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by All at 2:06 pm, Thu 9th Oct 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (All)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:06:16 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #5]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2961</link><description><![CDATA[I agree that there may be varying levels of sensitivity, just as in asthma and other allergy -  related health issues.  When I was first diagnosed, I tried to keep to the strict gluten free diet - and hated it.  I came to the conclusion that a longer life, lived miserably, was not worth it.  I can eat wheat products occasionally with few side effects; if I plan ahead, I take Imodium beforehand to stave off the worst of it.  I have not had other body systems involved thus far, no rash or such.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Lori Smith at 9:17 pm, Thu 9th Oct 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Lori Smith)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:17:20 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #6]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2965</link><description><![CDATA[I too have been diagnosed with Celiac and was asymptomatic up to now. When I went on the gluten free diet I too was as miserable as Lori and also felt alone in my belief that some gluten was OK - I too have decided that a longer more miserable life was not worth the misery now. So really glad to hear I am not alone in those beliefs. Also when I was on the gluten free diet I GOT the symptoms I did not have before!! Which was REALLY strange to me.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Maggie at 10:44 am, Fri 10th Oct 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Maggie)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:44:23 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #7]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2974</link><description><![CDATA[I could imagine that a person with no symptoms would think that a person reacting from a crumb in a toaster is paranoid. But there are certainly different levels of sensitivity. As long as you are keeping up with the testing, don't worry. But, don't think that someone else is over reacting because they use a separate toaster and watch every ingredient.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Kim at 3:43 pm, Sat 11th Oct 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Kim)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:43:31 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #8]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2975</link><description><![CDATA[I agree with Diane. I am so hypersensitive to gluten I have to avoid the bread aisle in the grocery store. That's No Joke. I was diagnosed in 2004 but I suspect I had been active for many years. You know.... like you think you have the stomach flu or ate something really bad. I can recall several incidents of lying on the bathroom floor in severe pain over the years. It wasn't until my youngest sister was diagnosed two years before I was, that I realized I had celiac disease. Unfortunately, I have passed it on to my only child who was confirmed in 2005. I hope and pray that she hasn't passed it on to my two grandsons. Genetics being what they are, she probably has. I just want to make the point that even a so-called minimal amount of gluten contamination will destroy parts of your small intestine whether you feel it or not. Extreme vigilance are the words to good health. The consequences can be deadly.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by ColoradoSue at 11:00 pm, Sat 11th Oct 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (ColoradoSue)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:00:50 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #9]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2985</link><description><![CDATA[I would never purposely take the chance and consume even 2mg of gluten daily. Any trace amounts and I retain fluid, feel moody, and  chance getting a yeast infection. I was diagnosed in Aug. 2004 and from the time I was 15-24 I had a yeast infection almost every month. Since the start of a strict gluten free diet I haven't had one, I just wouldn't chance it, it is just not worth it for me.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Gina at 9:28 pm, Tue 14th Oct 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Gina)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:28:20 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment2985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #10]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment9412</link><description><![CDATA[Site answered most of my concerns. Thank you.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by peter at 5:15 am, Thu 8th Sep 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (peter)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:15:54 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment9412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #11]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment9552</link><description><![CDATA[I am so glad to see that some others feel as I do that there must be a spectrum of reactions to gluten. I decided to broaden my menu and now when I'm out or confronted with gluten containing foods I go ahead and eat. As long as i am on a MOSTLY GF diet the rest of the time I'm fine! Life is much easier that way! I don't think all of us need to be as super-strict as I first thought.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Alice at 1:03 pm, Thu 29th Sep 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Alice)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:03:06 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment9552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #12 (Reply to Comment #11)]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment9559</link><description><![CDATA[Alice: I would not recommend your approach to anyone with celiac disease or even gluten sensitivity...<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by admin at 5:09 pm, Fri 30th Sep 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (admin)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:09:52 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment9559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #13 (Reply to Comment #11)]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment9974</link><description><![CDATA[I do so hope you are right. I was just diagnosed with celiac although I have never had any symptoms (I went to the doctor suffering from what turned out to be food poisoning and he tested me for celiac without telling me he was doing so).  I have always lived for food and cannot IMAGINE going the rest of my life without a slice of baguette or a piece of chocolate cake.  I'm happy to strictly limit gluten, but never eat it again? I cannot fathom it.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Susan at 3:11 pm, Sun 27th Nov 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Susan)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:11:56 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment9974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #14]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment9663</link><description><![CDATA[Very helpful article thank you! And all these folks who claim they can eat gluten and enjoy life must not be truly sensitive and if they are, somehow, they will all be very sorry someday....<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Andrea at 9:16 pm, Sun 16th Oct 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Andrea)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:16:50 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21655/1/How-Much-Gluten-is-Safe-for-Folks-with-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment9663</guid></item></channel></rss>