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Supplementing with the eight essential B vitamins can help stop gluten cravings. Wheat products are required by law to be enriched with vitamins and minerals lost in processing. In other words, wheat products have vitamins added to them. Celiac Disease damages the small intestine where the B vitamins are normally absorbed. We often do not get enough B Complex vitamins while we are healing because of the damage done by Celiac and because the gluten free diet can be deficient in these vitamins. By supplementing with B Complex vitamins, the body will be ensured of getting all the B vitamins it needs to recover and function properly. I became very ill with vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The doctors I saw did not recognise vitamin deficiency symptoms. I'm a microbiologist, so I had studied this stuff at university. I knew the pharmaceuticals the doctors threw at me were not helping, the pharmaceuticals only covered up the symptoms, but the real problem remained. And I craved gluten, not for the gluten, but because they were a source of the vitamins my body was craving. I started supplementing with all eight essential B vitamins. Our bodies can't make them so they must be consumed every day, hence they are called "essential". Deficiency in many of the B vitamins will cause altered mentality. It's rare to have just a single vitamin deficiency. I've had Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency that resulted in Wernicke's- Korsakoff syndrome and was written off as crazy by doctors and psychiatric "experts". High dose (more than 500 mg/day) thiamine therapy was the only thing that corrected that. Thiamine deficiency is associated with Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge and Purge disorders, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I've had Niacin deficiency that resulted in Pellagra and had mental changes with that. I've had Cobalamine deficiency (Vitamin B12) and experienced B12 deficiency dementia. Vitamin D deficiency caused severe depression. Magnesium deficiency caused horrible nightmares. Vitamin C deficiency caused skin problems and delirium. If we give our bodies the building blocks of essential nutrients, our bodies can heal themselves. I was ill because I was deficient in vitamins and minerals, not because I was deficient in pharmaceuticals. Doctors don't recognize vitamin deficiency symptoms. Doctors are trained in medical training institutions funded by big pharmaceutical companies to prescribe pharmaceuticals. I've posted previously in this thread studies done on mental health and vitamin deficiencies. Please read them. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies will affect your mental health. Correcting vitamin and mineral deficiencies will help more than putting a bandaid antidepressant on the problems. Correcting deficiencies promptly is important. Deficiencies left untreated can cause permanent brain damage which can be seen on MRIs. Here's some helpful reading... Nutritional therapies for mental disorders https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2248201/ And... Bread and Other Edible Agents of Mental Disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4809873/#!po=18.0556 And... The Role of Vitamins and Minerals in Psychiatry https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3046018/#!po=10.0000
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Celiac.com 01/19/2022 - A number of researchers have encouraged screening children with celiac disease for vitamin D status, but, so far, studies to support these recommendations have not been definitive. A team of researchers recently set out to assess the vitamin D status in newly diagnosed children with celiac disease and in a non-celiac disease control population and relate them to vitamin D intake. The research team included Rajni Ahlawat; Toba Weinstein; James Markowitz; Nina Kohn; and Michael J. Pettei. They are variously affiliated with the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center; and the Department of Biostatistics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, NY. For their study, they team assessed levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) in children with newly diagnosed celiac disease, and compared them against non-celiac children seen for functional abdominal complaints. The team calculated vitamin D intake based on milk and multivitamin ingestion. The researchers studied nearly forty newly diagnosed celiac disease patients ranging from about eight to thirteen years old, and evenly divided between girls and boys, along with just over eighty control subjects. Except for average daily D intake and BMI, both groups were similar. There was no meaningful difference in average 25-OHD levels between celiac disease patients and control subjects. Nearly seventy percent of celiacs and eighty percent of control subjects showed high percentages of suboptimal D status. 25-OHD levels reflected patient age, and estimated vitamin D intake. The data showed no significant difference in 25-OHD levels between newly diagnosed celiac disease and control subjects, with both groups showing inadequate 25-OHD levels. Patient 25-OHD levels correlated strongly with vitamin D intake, indicating similar vitamin D absorption between patients and control subjects. Because celiac disease is associated with low vitamin D levels and with bone disease, the researchers suggest that doctors should work with patients to maintain optimal levels of vitamin D, including screening vitamin D levels upon diagnosis for celiac disease. Read more in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, October 2019, Volume 69 - Issue 4 - p 449-454 -
Celiac.com 02/27/2020 - One interesting question we see regularly here at Celiac.com is: Does having no half-moons on your fingernails mean you have celiac disease? Certainly, symptoms of celiac disease include problems with skin, hair and nails, and even seemingly harmless defects in dental enamel. The Celiac Disease and Gluten-Free Forum includes numerous entries on celiac disease and various finger nail abnormalities, including Beau's lines, brittle nails, clubbing of toenails, ridges in fingernails, and more, but the science here is thin. There just haven't been many studies on fingernails and celiac disease. These conditions B-12 Deficiency is Common in People with Celiac Disease B-12 deficiency is one of the most common vitamin deficiencies faced by people with celiac disease. While B-12 deficiency is common among people with celiac disease, evidence regarding nails and people with celiac disease having no half-moons on their fingernails is largely anecdotal. Claims pop up in a number of health web sites. Here are a few examples: Low Vitamin B-12 Signs Blue Nails: Window to Micronutrient Deficiency Whatever effects low B-12 may have on half-moons on fingernails, vitamin B-12 deficiency may cause potentially serious symptoms including: Bleeding gums Bone Pain Brown spots on skin Burning sensations, especially on the thighs Depression Diarrhea Difficulty walking Exhaustion or fatigue Heavy menstrual bleeding Loss of Balance Memory problems Nose bleeds Numbness Pain or twitching in legs Sensitivity to noise Tingling in feet or hands So, while there is no solid scientific answer to the question, the anecdotal evidence is abundant, with many people with celiac disease claiming a connection. Could low B-12 cause changes to your fingernails? Possibly. In any event, if you experience a loss of half-moons on your fingernails, or suspect vitamin B-12 or other deficiency, see a doctor. -
To All, I came across this article again recently. I think it will explain itself well entitled "Vitamin deficiencies may be the only sign of Celiac disease" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-celiac-diagnosis-idUSKCN1TQ287 I wrote a blog post about it once....and it garnered concern at the time....but I think for me it is clear that Vitamin deficiencies are happening in Celiac's and the the doctor's should be aware of these deficiency so they will know to begin testing for them. IF no test(s) are done....then no one will know that they could be having these Vitamin deficiencies going undiagnosed as part of their Celiac diagnosis. I hope this is helpful but it is not medical advise. Posterboy, -
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Celiac.com 07/29/2020 - Vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies are common in people with both treated and untreated celiac disease. Fortifying processed foods with vitamins and micronutrients is common method for enhancing public health. In the latest iteration of that practice, researchers Dr David Aldridge and PhD student David Willer, from Cambridge University and UK company BioBullets, have figured out a way to deliver fortified levels of vitamins in bivalve shellfish such as oysters, clams and mussels by using new micro-encapsulation technology. The resulting shellfish offer a way to get high levels of vitamins into people with vitamin deficiencies. The results offer promise for people with chronic vitamin deficiencies, including those with celiac and other diseases. The team is now working with major seafood manufacturers to further test and optimize the efficacy of their "Bio Bullets" micro-encapsulation process. Shellfish fed Vitamin A and D fortified microcapsules for eight hours while being held in cleansing tanks after harvest, showed the most promise. Aldrige and Willer found that fortified oysters provide about 100 times more Vitamin A, and over 150 times more Vitamin D, than natural oysters, and far more than Salmon, a good natural source for these nutrients. In fact, a serving of just two supercharged shellfish a day met the U.S. recommended daily allowance for both vitamins A and D. The shellfish are also environmentally friendly, and highly sustainable, with a lower energy demand than animal meat, fish, or many plant crops such as wheat, soya, and rice. Fortifying shellfish with vitamins offers a "cheap and effective way to get micronutrients into a sustainable and delicious source of protein. Targeted use of this technology in regions worst affected by nutrient deficiencies...could help improve the health of millions," says Willer. Obviously, some people cannot eat shellfish, but the vast majority of people can, including people with celiac disease. For people with celiac disease who face challenges with vitamin and micronutrient deficiency, fortified shellfish could offer a tasty, easy way to load up on essential vitamins, which will likely improve overall health and wellbeing. This technology could be a gamer changer for both celiacs, and for other people across the globe who are suffering from vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies. Read more in Newfoodmagazine.com -
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The Grey Science of Nutrition in a black and white world of Genetics and disease or the Elegant Neat IE Key method to (uncontrolled) inflammation in the body or How/Why low micronutrients IE Vitamins and restoring micronutrients aka(B-Vitamins) are key to maintaining good GI health or Why Vitamin Deficiency Test often fail to give us a black and white answer. The Purpose of this Blog post Is To Educate for “To Educate is to Free” for those who want to know and would try a Vitamin for their health…(sorry about the formatting I will endeavor to add breaks but the flow of the matter might not be concise) This Posterboy blog post is to encourage you to be tested for a B-Vitamin deficiency…but I betting you won’t test low… Through my research on Nutrients/Vitamins/Minerals IE Nutrients I with other deep researchers have come to similar opinions from different perspectives or journeys… For now …I just wanted to float the idea…of an “Elegant” theory of supplementation and how it can help people’s GI problems…. Last time I spoke of KIA’s and Jaguar’s… This time I am writing/speaking on “The Grey Science of Nutrition”…referring to an early DRAFT version of a “White” paper (new idea) not spoken or discussed before…. This will be wrong as much as right hence….the Grey Science…thought provoking ideas… though while sound in their logic and reasoning….totally unproven as to the science… the difference between an Hypothesis… and a theory… Even good working theories can take years let’s say 20+ years for this model/example… to be proven more than a good hypothesis… I will refer you to the “hormone smatter” site if you want to know more about Thiamine…which I will cite at the end regarding how and why vitamin deficiency test often fail us.... https://www.hormonesmatter.com/mitochondria-energy-not-genetics-underlies-health-disease/ Where they will say similar things …only having Thiamine aka B1 as their focus… I have spoken about my experience with Niacin aka B3 here before so I will not belabor that point now… What I want to discuss/talk about is how these B-Vitamins B1,B2, B3 together ---- work in a neat/elegant way to help control our immune system… Without which our immune system becomes disordered…IE attacks itself…. B3 was an easy target….because without it you will die…it is a medical fact… A short summary of why this is so can be seen here by a 2nd Year biology student that says it well you find “Pellagra in unexpected places” today every where are bodies needs energy… eventually Pellagra will show up… https://pellagradisease.wordpress.com/ Described here as “Pellagra: A Non-Eradicated Old Disease” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019925/ But you do not have Pellagra but more like Pellagra Sine Pellagra aka Ariboflavinosis or a severe Riboflavin deficiency… Without energy…we can’t manage our bodies properly and stress kills us…but it maims us first… We all know stress kills but rarely do we think of it maiming us. “Fight or Flight” right! Well all these fleeing or fighting causes use to use up great amounts of energy (think Adrenaline and a young child lifting a car). Our body has a instant decision to make. Think for yourself when your GI flares up … are not you going through some personal stress in your life. Who has ever heard of the phrase – “A place for everything and everything in its place” We like for things to look neat and be neat most of the time right??? When we are low in B-Vitamins our bodies place for things get’s disordered… More importantly it should make sense to us IE be in black and white. We want to be able to find things in a moment’s notice. And why nutrition is a “Grey Science” Admit it you have gone to google and typed in a few symptoms on webmd etc (web) and diagnosed yourself of the latest plague to hit the airways. But seriously, the medical community does this almost to the extreme. If you have xxx, then it is yyy because zzz happens when you are allergic, sick, etc ad naseum. They are called “keys” in the medical community. That is why the doctor in 15 minutes can diagnose low body temperature as a thyroid problem because it is our thermostat…but nutrition rarely can be reduced to just one thing/Vitamin right? But We want these quick hits. Because it make’s sense and is easy(ier) to diagnose that way. But what if a disease is more general in scope say malaise (celiac)/NCGS or has a possible nutrition base then it get complicated (messy) more test’s (keys) are needed to see which one fits. The problem with Celiac disease today is there are many “keys” than can fit in the door and seemingly all the keys work. 200 symptom’s all least by some estimates. So it can be hard if you are not looking at the right key’s to determine if have the right diagnosis. … IBS, Chrons, NCGS etc…. The problem with this solution is the more (longer) the doctor/practitioner/clinician looks for the right key the more their patients suffers. The “key” solution works fine if the medical problem is “Neat”. “ A place (key/symptom) for Everything and everything in it’s place.” But those of who have ever been diagnosed with Celiac disease or a gluten allergy know it is anything but “Neat”. It is a very messy process at times. But if you find/are a “good” doctor/practitioner/clinician who has been through the process with another patient then luckily your diagnosis goes more smoothly. Or not? Maybe they haven’t learned the keys yet. They have seen them before maybe. IBS, NCGS, Celiac Disease, UC etc all look a lot of like. Now remember for the most part these are all “general” practitioner’s. They have a lot of keys to juggle. And after a while they all look the same. Especially if it is a “sprue” tropical or non-tropical in nature disease like Celiac is. According to the medical dictionary “sprues” are a chronic form of malabsorption syndrome Time for a little vocabulary lesson chronic what does – Chronic mean? According to google dictionary “(of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.” … most doctor’s will call it chronic if it lasts more than 6 months. So now we have a disease/syndrome of symptom’s (more on that later) that does not fit a “neat” picture in fact it can be very messy for the patient at times (and the clinician) who is doing his/her best to help you one key at a time. INSTEAD of 15 minutes it might take 5 to 10 years until a doctor/practitioner/clinician makes sense of all his or her keys. The fact that the problem is chronic “of an illness persisting for a long time or constantly relapsing” tells him/her that she has not found the right key yet right??? Is there a better way more Elegant way? (The Answer is YES there is – It is called Vitamins/Nutrition) Disease need not be CHRONIC when one understands the underlying cause. Indeed I believe we need got to all the way back to the root cause of nutrition — Pellagra Sine Pellagra presenting as digestive disorder which is healed (put in to remission) with supplementation in as little as 3 to 4 months depending on how many times a day it (B-complex) is taken. Knowledge is power as they say….use this new found knowledge to have your doctor test for B-Vitamin deficiencies is all I ask …. have them test for Vitamin B1, B2, B3 you might be surprised…or not depending on what you expect to find... or how well the test(s) are done... The researchers where who said “Pellagra, an Almost‐Forgotten Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Diarrhea: More Prevalent Than We Think” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ncp.10418 That is too Elegant to theorize/propose/diagnose Vitamins’ (more correctly the lack thereof) as the (possible) cause of (Celiac) disease/GI/digestive problem’s? Vitamins are the very definition of ‘elegant’ a nutrient needed in a minimum amount without which we become sick and develop malaise, disease and syndromes (like Pellagra) or Pellagra Sine Pellagra presenting as Celiac Disease or even Beri Beri etc). See this research on a Thiamine deficiency in someone with IBS and Chronic Fatigue… Entitled Thiamine and fatigue in inflammatory bowel diseases: an open-label pilot study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23379830 The researchers were surprised to find it and your doctor probably will be too! And the doctor’s can’t find there keys/studies in the medical record until more patients are diagnosed with these Vitamin deficiencies in (More) GI patients….because a “small cohort” is not deemed to be medically significant ….you can change the future today by being tested for these Vitamin deficiencies…it is really up to you now! But you we can educate them so they will begin looking! For this key nutrient Vitamin deficiency/dependency for “To Educate is To Free” …the next generation…. But note: Pellagra did not happen in a uncomplicated way (single nutrient) IE elegant way but in complicated Triad of nutrient deficiencies….a syndrome of symptom’s…from a complex of Vitamins… hence the “Grey Area” of Nutrition have left doctor’s/clinician’s in the dark as to the true cause of your syndrome of GI symptom’s… https://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/9/e230972 **** Note: This is not medical advice. I am not diagnosing, treating or recommending you change your routine before consulting your doctor but only advocating that nutrition needs to be rediscovered today as possible cause of your GI problems….More testing will need to be performed to confirm this analysis…. I meant this to be shorter than it is but you can only cover so much in one blog post I guess. It is important to note I do not NOW take Niacinamide or Riboflavin or Thiamine and have not for several years now. If it (B-complex) is the missing ingredient/nutrient(s) you will get better UNLESS more stress/trauma occurs robbing you of your God given burp indicating to you stress is now a problem again for you. If it helps (you find you have these deficiencies) and you feel better…tell someone else who is not better yet… get your doctor to do a key/study on your experience so future doctor’s will have the key/study in the medical record to find that Pellagra Sine Pellagra or Pellagra or Beri Beri is more prevalent today than once realized… presenting together (I believe) in the capstone disease Pellagra or Pellagra Sine Pellagra (without skin manifestations) much more commonly…as It did in me…as/with Angular Cheilitis…. It (Ariboflavinosis) low Riboflavin could of presented with many other symptom’s…and I wouldn’t have and (and doctors don’t) didn’t recognize it then…until it presented with a “Capstone” symptom… with it’s many other earlier symptom’s most doctor’s (and myself) did not know Geographic tongue for instance was an early sign of low Riboflavin aka Pellagra Sine Pellagra… https://glutenfreeworks.com/health/tongue-magenta-swollen/ The earlier you recognize any disease/syndrome the more symptom’s you can spare yourself of… Knowledge is power…pass it on…hopefully to your doctor ….and you have put your “key” diagnosis in the medical record so other doctor’s can find their keys for the next patient…we can’t wait another 15 to 20 years… (has been my thing) till this nutrition(al) knowledge filters down to the medical/clinical practitioner’s level…. I am not a doctor but I like most other sufferers have armed myself with knowledge. I studied every day diligently for 4+ years before the Lord being my help …. I was able to figure out I had a Vitamin deficiency (many reallly)… now it is up to those still suffering to put it in the/your medical record(s) for others doctor’s to find it in the future! In black and white! Praise be to God! To those who hear and listen. 2 Tim 2:7 “Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things” this included. 2 Cor 1:3,4 3)Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God Posterboy by God’s Grace, Addendum: This Posterboy blog post is/was to encourage you to be tested for a B-Vitamin deficiency… but I betting you won’t test low…but I hope and pray you will get tested...to see if (it) is happening...and if you only needed a test to diagnose you...why wouldn't you do it...even a low normal test can be helpful to guide you...in your journey back to health....right now I am low normal in Vitamin D...but I didn't know until I got tested... See this Hormones Matter blog post about why most people (even when low in Thiamine) will test normal… http://www.hormonesmatter.com/thiamine-deficiency-testing-understanding-labs/ the same is true for Riboflavin (and Niacin often) as well….depending on the factor you used in the test … a deficiency might show as being normal… see this study in the UK… https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19102813 factor’s have not (at the time of their test (yet)) been standardized to determine what constitutes a Vitamin deficiency (for many B-Vitamins)...so we guess often...(at least when it comes to B-2 aka Riboflavin) though we know what to test for... soooooo many people go undiagnosed……they (UK researchers) estimated as many as 1/3 of the (UK) population might have a “hidden” deficiency depending on the “factor” used to determine a Riboflavin deficiency….etc… Note: I can't tell how much a cow weighs by looking at it...I have to have it tested/weighed to see if my guess is accurate... and neither will you be able to "guess" what deficiency (if any) you have without being tested for them... I wish everybody well....I hope this is helpful but it is not medical advise. I must stop for now...but good luck and God speed on your continued journey...and if you do test low at least then you will know.... Posterboy,
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Hello everyone, I'm new to the site. Can anyone shed some light on a.) why I am not gaining any weight? I'm 5'6 and weigh 90lbs and still loosing. This is what I eat in a day. 4 sweet potatoes with cooked veggies for breakfast. 4 sweet potatoes with cooked veggies for supper. Snacks a cucumber or an apple. Drinks: water. The potatoes and veggies are nutrient dense and the former aid weight gain. This has been my diet for about 3 weeks but I am still loosing weight and fast. I also keep getting crazy heart palpitations. What could I be doing wrong? b.) Does anyone know if Celiacs can consume potatoes? I heard Celiac's should avoid potatoes because they can feed the overgrowth of bad bacteria in the gut but I find them so soothing to my stomach. c.) Also my haemoglobin is at 7.3. Range is 12-14. I have been taking iron tonic but I am getting chest pains and heart palpitations. I had a dream that something was applying a lot of pressure on my chest this night. Don't know if that was taking place in real life while I was asleep and then came up in my dream. Should I be concerned? I recently did a PET Scan of my heart and ultrasound and both results came back fine. So I don't know what's going on with the heart. d.) Lastly I am so weak despite going off gluten and playing it very safe with my foods as you can see from my diet above. What am I doing wrong? Should I go for drips? Is there a particular weight where I would need to be hospitalized? Your advise/tips on how to stop further weight loss and weakness would be welcome. Thank you.
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Hello I am on gluten free diet for 2 months and recently my vitamin tests results came. Vitamin D (7.36) ng/ml Deficiency = less than 20 sufficiency = greater than 30 Iron (71) ug/dl Range= (65 - 170) Ferritin (33.3) ng/ml Range= (22 - 322) B12 402 pg/ml Acceptable= greater than 201 Folic Acid 6.30 ng/ml Range = (2.6 - 12.2 ) What amount of D3 should I take? Iron and Ferritin levels are in the lower range. Should these numbers lie in the middle or at upper range? Please suggest the vitamin brand also. Thanks
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