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I had a small bite of cheese while in Peru 20 minutes later I could feel the effects coming on, though great!!! But only slight headache and to the bano only twice and then pretty much gone except that yucky feeling. I ate 1/2 teaspoon of heinze steak sauce once and I was going to dye for 2 days. Any ideas
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Light Cases Of Celiac
is it possible to have a slight reaction to a small amount of gluten.
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Amyleigh0007 
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Posted 08 August 2009 - 11:48 AM
I have never heard of a light case of Celiac. I have heard of people reacting differently to different foods. When I ate 100% whole wheat pasta I would spend the next 2 hours in the restroom and have to spend the next day in bed. When I ate something that wasn't so concentrated with gluten I would still get ill but it wouldn't be as extreme. Sometimes people react differently to different amounts of gluten or some people may have bad reactions to wheat but not so bad reactions to barley. Maybe that is what you experienced.
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1989: I am diagnosed with IBS.
3/08: 8-year-old son diagnosed with Celiac (blood test and biopsy) and allergies to corn, egg whites, soy, peanuts, walnuts, wheat, and clam.
6/08: My Celiac test is negative.
7/08: I go completely gluten free despite negative test and NO MORE IBS SYMPTOMS!!
7/09: My Enterolab gluten sensitivity gene testing results indicate I have one Celiac gene and one gluten sensitivity gene.
8/09: I am diagnosed with Celiac based on gene testing results and positive response to diet.
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Posted 08 August 2009 - 01:44 PM
fletch22, on Aug 8 2009, 03:26 PM, said:
I had a small bite of cheese while in Peru 20 minutes later I could feel the effects coming on, though great!!! But only slight headache and to the bano only twice and then pretty much gone except that yucky feeling. I ate 1/2 teaspoon of heinze steak sauce once and I was going to dye for 2 days. Any ideas
It's possible to be celiac and to have no apparent symptoms. However, there's no such thing as a slight case of celiac disease. If you're celiac and you eat gluten, your intestines are being damaged whether or not you can tell that it's happening.
Cheese doesn't normally have gluten in it. Heinz Steak Sauce (or anyway, Heinz Traditional Steak Sauce) is on this list from Heinz as being gluten-free: http://www.glutenfreehomemaker.com/2009/06...luten-free.html (Heinz 57 isn't, though.)
Maybe you have another sensitivity. It's quite common for celiacs to be sensitive to dairy foods, such as cheese. If cheese is sending you to the bathroom in 20 minutes, it sounds like lactose intolerance; that was exactly how long it took to send me there when I was lactose intolerant. You can probably get lactase enzyme (called Lactaid in the US) to take when eating cheese and the problem goes away entirely (if it's only lactose intolerance).
In the case of the steak sauce, presumably you got the kind with malt vinegar. Gets you every time.
Welcome to the board, and good luck finding a solution.
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About '02, lactose intolerance hit. Quit gluten in late '07. Immediately had better energy, less anxiety.
By '09, no lactose intolerance, but I gave up dairy 7/18/09 anyway (and in August soy). Restarted dairy, Nov' '10; stopped for good, December.
9/12/09 Wound up in the emergency room with what turned out to be hypothyroid symptoms. Resolved quickly when I got my iodine levels up. If you're on a whole foods diet, make sure you get enough iodine. Believe me!
PS: Fluoridation sucks.
PPS: You might enjoy my blog, Writing When The Cat Lets Me.
About '02, lactose intolerance hit. Quit gluten in late '07. Immediately had better energy, less anxiety.
By '09, no lactose intolerance, but I gave up dairy 7/18/09 anyway (and in August soy). Restarted dairy, Nov' '10; stopped for good, December.
9/12/09 Wound up in the emergency room with what turned out to be hypothyroid symptoms. Resolved quickly when I got my iodine levels up. If you're on a whole foods diet, make sure you get enough iodine. Believe me!
PS: Fluoridation sucks.
PPS: You might enjoy my blog, Writing When The Cat Lets Me.
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Posted 09 August 2009 - 05:57 AM
I think you are experiencing a mild reaction to cc (cross contamination). Maybe the cheese had come into contact with bread or was on a cutting board used for bread, maybe whoever handled it had touched gluten before, etc.
And even thought the steak sauce might have been fine, perhaps the steak was not (grilled on a contaminated pan/ grill, etc.) There are lots of hidden ways gluten can sneak in.
I also have both mild cc and severe full out reactions, depending on how much I ingest. I think that is kind of common.
Good luck figuring things out for yourself.
PS-- Perhaps a "slight glutening" would be a good way to say this.
And even thought the steak sauce might have been fine, perhaps the steak was not (grilled on a contaminated pan/ grill, etc.) There are lots of hidden ways gluten can sneak in.
I also have both mild cc and severe full out reactions, depending on how much I ingest. I think that is kind of common.
Good luck figuring things out for yourself.
PS-- Perhaps a "slight glutening" would be a good way to say this.
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