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<channel><title><![CDATA[Celiac Disease & Gluten-free Diet Information at Celiac.com - Comments for article: Celiac Disease, Asthma & Dehydration]]></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>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:55 PDT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #1]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3538</link><description><![CDATA[Good stuff!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Tom Powers at 11:11 am, Thu 12th Mar 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Tom Powers)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:11:37 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2 (Reply to Comment #1)]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment7140</link><description><![CDATA[I am a 36 year old man who has struggled with moderate asthma and allergies my whole life.  Since I cut wheat out of my diet both the asthma and allergies are 95% better.  I still hit the inhaler before a surf or bike ride but instead of 4 to 10 times a day (and at least once a in the middle of the night) I use it only sometimes for exercise.  Who knew?!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Chad Palmer at 12:08 am, Fri 10th Sep 2010)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Chad Palmer)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:08:47 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment7140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #3]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3540</link><description><![CDATA[Wish I had known this connection 20+ years ago when I had the same situation with asthma myself. Having been one of the earliest celiac diagnoses over 73 years ago, it wasn't until several of my children were diagnosed (Anne Marie included) that I became aware of the lifelong term of the disease. I've gluten free for almost 15 years and all those nasty symptoms of other illnesses have completely disappeared.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Mary Joan Dunphy at 1:22 pm, Thu 12th Mar 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Mary Joan Dunphy)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:22:44 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #4]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3545</link><description><![CDATA[Unbelievable- this makes total sense when it is explained this way.  Now I understand why I am always dry- have so many allergies and why I literally CRAVE salt!  Thanks for a great article.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Gina C at 1:29 pm, Fri 13th Mar 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Gina C)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:29:57 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #5]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3549</link><description><![CDATA[Hi Anne Marie,

Interesting article! Having acute asthma attacks must be very scary, and I'm glad you've found ways to try to manage them.   You should know that the adrenals are severely affected by accidental gluten exposure in Celiac disease, or accidental exposure to any specific allergen.  The adrenal glands have to manage this anaphylactic reaction by releasing specific hormones, and after repeat 'events' can become fatigued.  Another thing the adrenals manage is fluid balance, through the action of the adrenal hormone aldosterone.  You can get some insight into the gluten-adrenal connection by reading my recent article on celiac.com (under 'W' for Wendy Cohan, articles, 'For Persistent Fatigue on a Gluten-Free Diet, Consider Adrenal Dysfunction', but I also highly recommend reading the book 'Adrenal Fatigue - The 21st Century Stress Syndrome' by Dr. Wilson.

Everything about your story sounds very familiar from the descriptions of adrenal dysfunction he describes, and I've experienced.  Adrenal dysfunction can be determined, at least initially, by having an early morning cortisol level drawn, or by having a saliva-based adrenal function panel done.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by wendy cohan, rn at 1:05 pm, Sat 14th Mar 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (wendy cohan, rn)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:05:52 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #6]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3606</link><description><![CDATA[This makes so much sense.  I have had all the same symptoms you describe! Next time, if there is one, I will try the salt and water solution! Thank you for a terrific article!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Susan L. at 3:23 pm, Wed 1st Apr 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Susan L.)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:23:13 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #7]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3610</link><description><![CDATA[Truly a new insight on why my husband (he has celiac disease) has constant thirst and craves salt.
This article really turned my head around. thanks<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Nancy Smith RN at 5:06 am, Thu 2nd Apr 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Nancy Smith RN)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:06:07 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #8]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3625</link><description><![CDATA[My daughter is undergoing testing for celiacs.  She way over uses salt and I kept saying that's her body trying to get her to drink more to correct something.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Marilou at 6:25 pm, Sat 4th Apr 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Marilou)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:25:36 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #9]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3647</link><description><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading the articles. I just found out I have celiac disease and going to this web site helped me begin to know how to begin with the disease. Start with the water and sea salt.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by alyssa at 8:54 am, Thu 9th Apr 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (alyssa)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:54:16 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #10]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3672</link><description><![CDATA[This article neatly rounds off a few little health conundrums I've experienced.
I had mild asthma as a teenager, but as this went when I was an adult, I had assumed that it was just a childhood illness. It hadn't occurred to me that cutting out dairy when I was 21 might have been the cause.
In the last 5-6 years I also noticed that I needed to drink a glass of water before bed, otherwise I could not sleep, but since I gave up gluten a year ago, I don't need to do that anymore.
2 years ago, I had a bad bout of asthma: it wasn't severe enough to need medication, but it did last over 2 weeks. At that point I hadn't had asthma since a child, so I was rather puzzled. I wondered whether it was the potassium supplement I'd just started taking, I couldn't see what the link would be, but when I stopped the potassium, the asthma went away (along with my puffy ankles, which I'd never had before).
Perhaps it is because potassium plays a counter-balancing role with sodium. So if you have too much potassium, you can have a *relative* deficiency of sodium. This might have been possible in my case because I don't eat ready made foods loaded with salt, nor was I adding salt to my food.
I can assure you I'm adding salt now though!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by JenniferCO at 9:23 am, Mon 20th Apr 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (JenniferCO)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:23:50 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #11 (Reply to Comment #10)]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment8922</link><description><![CDATA[I would check the ingredients on the supplements - many medications contain lactose, and some contain gluten. As far as medications, they aren't required to list 'inactive' ingredients (which is ridiculous as far as I'm concerned), and I'm not sure about supplements which may be classified as a food product, but you might be able to find ingredient info online.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Kristin at 7:50 pm, Sat 25th Jun 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Kristin)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:50:20 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment8922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #12]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3828</link><description><![CDATA[Thank you so much.  I am recently divorced & thought it was stress causing many symptoms you have outlined.  A month ago my 3 year old daughter was diagnosed with chronic celiac disease.  In the last ten years I have always thought there is something terribly wrong with my digestive system, but doctors have said their is nothing wrong with me.  It's only in the past month I have realized an onset of asthma-like symptoms.  I have nearly admitted myself to hospital twice (once after a curry & pasta dish, the other after Pizza & beer, neither of which I ever normally have).  In the last few years I have also started getting hives once in a while, and consistently get diarrhea, stomach cramps, and chronic lethargy after going to particularly Italian restaurants where there is a large emphasis on pasta dishes. You have given me hope that my symptoms are now manageable, and will get myself tested tomorrow.  Thank you again.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Gordon at 6:10 am, Sun 24th May 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Gordon)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 24 May 2009 06:10:11 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment3828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #13]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment4360</link><description><![CDATA[This article fits well with what I am experiencing. I was recently checked our for a thyroid problem but my numbers fell in the "normal range"...even if it was only by .05. Regardless I knew I still felt awful. I've been looking around on my own and it eventually led to celiac with an autoimmune disorder...but none of this explained my EXCESSIVE thirst. I'm so thirsty I cant walk to the bathroom without water. Then I found your article. My great aunt has celiac, and its now been discovered that three of her sisters (my grandmother included) who died from stomach and intestinal cancer had untreated celiac. I have had vague symptoms in the past but they are all peaking now. The GI symptoms, the INSANE thirst, the autoimmune. Your article was a big help, made me feel like I have a better idea of what my body is trying to tell me.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Allyson at 4:33 pm, Sun 6th Sep 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Allyson)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:33:19 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment4360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #14]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment6133</link><description><![CDATA[What I have learned to love about celiac's is our ability to put together so many diverse symptoms and isolated diseases into a coherent system of coordinated events happening inside our bodies. The holistic approach to your asthma and the conclusion you came to make so much sense! Since finding out I was a celiac I've had to think way more about why I have even the slightest symptom of discomfort. It has led me to understand my body better than any of my friends who just go to doctors to have prescriptions filled. Thank you so much for your contribution to this site and for reaffirming that we aren't crazy or hypochondriacs - we actually know what's really going on!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Kelly at 1:44 pm, Fri 9th Apr 2010)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Kelly)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:44:29 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment6133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #15]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment6567</link><description><![CDATA[Thank you for this article. I am celiac and have developed asthma.   I know there is a connection.  After reading this I tried the water and salt.  I am already feeling better.  Better than my puffer made me feel I can't believe it was so simple!!!  Thank you<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by peggy peterson at 5:45 pm, Sun 27th Jun 2010)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (peggy peterson)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:45:20 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment6567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #16]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment7277</link><description><![CDATA[I do not know how I came across this article, but thank God l did. I have learned so much about my own allergies. Food that was my favorite but now has turned on me. Water and sea salt will be my favorite friends now. This information is worth thousands of dollars. I pray that  my God will enrich your health and make you really wealthy.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by JUSTIN WILLIAMS at 2:46 am, Mon 4th Oct 2010)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (JUSTIN WILLIAMS)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:46:12 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment7277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #17]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment7891</link><description><![CDATA[Sad story, but it is good that all it has benefited and has helped to solve a problem. It seems to me that the most part of your illnesses has resulted from treatment only one. Here at my friend too have found an asthma though he and did not complain of it, have prescribed medicine, as soon as it has started it to accept at once there were all signs of an asthma and a situation began to worsen, only the following medicine singular appointed other expert has lowered quantity of symptoms, now almost does not use inhalers<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Wendy Bolanos at 7:33 pm, Wed 29th Dec 2010)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Wendy Bolanos)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:33:09 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment7891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #18]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment8174</link><description><![CDATA[Hello there
Thanks very much for telling your story - I can add I found this page when searching for some connection between dehydration and celiac disease. 
This is REMARKABLE - I just have found out that I need SALT!
When doing physical work I was unnaturally dizzy - just after two hours - doctors ask me if I was drinking enough - and I answered Yes, thinking I was - and urinating the same. But than this happened as I was trying to build an igloo with some friends, just for fun. And I was digging the snow blocks. Just after half an hour I was so dizzy I had to go to the hospital...almost fainting! They took all sorts of tests, and doctor came and said - You need water! And that was true. But what he could have added - and you need salt too.
 I started drinking much water and still not feeling ok. Just got more and more thirsty, and urine was bleek (not so yellow). I started to gooole around finding out that there is a salt situation also.  And that I have to have more salt. I am now drinking salted water. And am feeling better. (I use sea salt in water). Than I noticed that I am not having problems with eating bread anymore. I use to have slight problems - could not eat more than one or two slices at the time. 
 What I have found out is that we need salt to absorb water. 
 I also like cooking - and live in the countryside so there is little option - and I never used much salt in anything. As what I think this dehydration has been going on for a long time. Or should we instead say desalination-dehydration! Anyhow now I am curious if the two other diseases I  have also may improve. I have vasomotor rinitis and high blood pressure. The vasomotor rinitis is very much related to histamines - and I take antihistamines. Actually I once asked a nurse if antihistamines are dehydrative, but she didn't know.
 CONCLUSION: The most basic in our physical life WATER and SALT - it is surely strange this is not more known in common.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Urban Jonsson at 8:11 am, Fri 11th Feb 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Urban Jonsson)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:11:59 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment8174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #19]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment8614</link><description><![CDATA[Thank you for being brave enough to go against the mainstream medical merry-go-round of poor health through pharmaceuticals. ALSO, THANK YOU for posting this information. Fantastic.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Jeannie at 3:09 pm, Thu 21st Apr 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Jeannie)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:09:25 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment8614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #20]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment8923</link><description><![CDATA[To those suffering from fibromyalgia, I would recommend researching the link between fibromyalgia and celiac.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Kristin at 7:52 pm, Sat 25th Jun 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Kristin)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:52:43 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment8923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #21]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment11016</link><description><![CDATA[Thank you. I sit here wheezing. Have coughed all night. Have been off gluten as a test. BUT - I fell to temptation and ate a homemade biscuit and here I am. Stomach upset, coughing, wheezing...wow. I read your story and I thank you. God Bless.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Amanda at 3:25 am, Mon 2nd Apr 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Amanda)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:25:54 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment11016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #22]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment11437</link><description><![CDATA[Thanks for sharing your story. It is so similar to mine. I too had to be a detective with my own health - I had the thirst and the allergies. In my case, I discovered that I had an allergy to corn and anything derived from it - maltodextrin, citric acid, etc etc. (it's in so many things). Once I cut it all out, I was no longer thirsty and stopped getting asthma. It seems the medical establishment is just not clued in to the relationship between food, dehydration, allergies.... so we each have to figure our own case out. I also discovered the salt thing - I was constantly peeing out the water and still thirsty. Milk definitely makes me dehydrated, as well as alcohol, coffee, and chocolate. :-(   Thanks again for sharing!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by heather at 2:54 pm, Tue 15th May 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (heather)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 May 2012 14:54:00 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment11437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #23]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment11468</link><description><![CDATA[I have had similar results. My dad died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and when I later saw myself developing the same symptoms, I quit smoking. THAT's when I discovered my gluten intolerance, (it seems that smoking tobacco can offset some of the symptoms making diagnosis even more difficult - DON'T SMOKE!). Within days of going gluten-free, there was no doubt in my mind that I'd been sick for 30 years and didn't know it. I felt like a new man! I have experienced all the same symptoms, including the unquenchable thirst, but I never made that connection - Thanks for pointing it out, I'll give more water a try.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Stu at 7:43 pm, Fri 18th May 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Stu)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 May 2012 19:43:08 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment11468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #24]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment13021</link><description><![CDATA[Hi, thanks for sharing.  I (also with celiac disease) am going to share this with others in SA as well, if you don't mind.  My son and I also struggle with dry mouth and throat, especially in the mornings. We also drink a lot, but yet not enough. I struggle with dry skin (dehydrated) and hope that the salt and water combination will make a difference.  We do use salt but very moderately.  Nature's Choice in SA has a product (pink salt) where you use salt and water, specific recipe use, drink a teaspoon of that every morning on your empty stomach, get most of your minerals in that way - visit their website.  Could make life easier, perhaps?  I was told about this recently.  My daughter also uses too much salt and I am suspecting that she also has celiac disease for a while now. Even if the test says not, too many other indicators.  Thanks again, going to try this to solve the dry mouth and throat issue.  <br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Teresa at 12:37 pm, Sat 6th Oct 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Teresa)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:37:21 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment13021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #25]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment15978</link><description><![CDATA[Anne Marie, Your hypothesis explains that more water is going to digestion, but does not explain why water is being excreted by kidneys instead of absorbed.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Jesse at 1:22 pm, Mon 6th May 2013)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Jesse)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 13:22:44 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21771/1/Celiac-Disease-Asthma-amp-Dehydration/Page1.html#Comment15978</guid></item></channel></rss>