Celiac Disease &amp; Gluten-Free Diet Blogs

The Beginning Of The End Of Celiac Reigning In My Life. Two Years Of Progress.

When I was 19 I fell ill with mononucleosis. From than on I carried what seemed like 100 lbs of fatigue on my back. I tried many natural ways to relieve and energize me. You see that I tried to take care of a large family. Yet, sometimes it seemed that it took more energy to make a meal than I got out of the meal. I felt tired, but the doctor said, "Of coarse you are, you have a big family to care for." I often taught home school, in my living room, lying on the couch. While sitting up, I fell a

May 4, 2014

Inspiration

A Broken Body Isn't A Broken Person

Elimination Diet Challenge

April 30, 2014

The Patient Celiac

Gluten Intolerance Can Actually Be Subclinical Celiac Disease

I think most of us have met people who have symptoms of celiac disease, but when tested, are told that their celiac antibody blood tests and biopsy results are negative (normal). Some of these people are labeled “gluten intolerant” or “gluten sensitive” by their doctors, others are told they may have “early” celiac disease, or “pre” celiac disease, and the rest are told that they have nothing wrong and are often advised to continue to eat gluten. Many continue to eat gluten and find themselves

jebby

April 30, 2014

Week 1: Monday April 28, 2014

I have been lactose intolerant since about 2010. Since giving up gluten in July of 2013, I have not seen any improvements in my sensitivity to lactose. I decided to blog my progress/results that I hope to see from giving up most dairy/all lactose. The only dairy I will eat is the casein found in my almond/rice cheese substitutes. That's it! No more chocolate, pizza, gluten free calzones, nothing...for at least 6 months, possibly a year if I see a lot of progress. I plan on posting a weekly entry

Waitingindreams

April 28, 2014

Gluten Busters: Gluten-Free Product Alerts by Celiac.com

The Celiac Project Documentary Film

As someone who appreciates film, and obviously spends a lot of time spreading the work about celiac disease, I just wanted to share this Kickstarter possibility: Open Original Shared Link

Scott Adams

April 22, 2014

KCG91's Blog

Wonderful Friends

The last few weeks have been a bit fraught over here with uni finals and The Job Hunt beginning, to the point where I ducked out of a dinner and night out with old school friends on Saturday because I didn't want to join in with the chat about uni and jobhunting, or to once again grill waiters in front of my friends. My friends are fine about it, I just hate having to do it. So just as I was planning a night in on my own with a tub of ice cream my boyfriend's friend rang and invited us to a gath

KCG91

April 21, 2014

Inspiration

Turn It Around

I can't get this song out of my head.

April 19, 2014

Trials and Tribulations

Holiday Challenge

This is a short vent. The assisted living my mom is in had a party Thursday night. They have one every month which has been good for the residents and the families. This time, it came right before Easter. I've got to tell them not to put their events so close to a holiday. It's not unusual for the main caregiver to also struggle with their health. There are three of us who are having a tough time. I'm the least of them. It is difficult to pull two events so close together. Thursday w

April 19, 2014

jldurrani's Blog

Gluten Ataxia

Hi Guys, I am new on this blog; this is my first post. I am an anesthesiologist. My son has ataxia ( impaired wobbly gait) with poor core strength, inability to stand still without support and abnormal arms movement; he is seven years old now and these movements started since he was four years old. He has seen pediatric neurologists multiple times; he had an MRI of the brain done and it was normal. They think he might have ataxia telangiectasia. Recently he had lab work done for gluten sensitivi

jldurrani

April 17, 2014

Trials and Tribulations

Gluten-Free Bread

Well, last night, hubby and I thought we'd treat ourselves to a little gluten-free bread. He had problems after eating it and I'm having issues today. Not leaving the house kind of issues. It's not something that is on my diet and I really didn't think a little gluten-free bread would bother me much. Oh well. Back to eating no grains? Or maybe just not gluten-free bread. Wondering if this is just temporary or from now on. 4/18: been having bad headaches for several days and have s

It's the Most Gluten-Free Time of the Year - Sing Along, Folks!

April 12, 2014

For people with celiac disease like my wife, Jackie, eating gluten-free is serious business. That's why she looks forward to grocery shopping before Passover and being able to choose from the expanded selection of cakes and cookies made with potato starch or coconut and other foods that replace wheat with ingredients she can actually digest. The season has inspired her to compose this jingle sung to the tune, usually heard around Christmas, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year." It's th

Michael Antonoff

April 11, 2014

Where Oh Where, Is My Tummy?

I recently started on glutamine to help to heal my leaky gut. I had been experiencing general inflammation and that is what the doctor said to do. Love it when my body gets dramatic. But, my tummy is now shrinking so fast that I don't know how to stand right. I stick out my tummy in order so that it will look "normal" to me, but I give myself a back ache pushing it out way too far. I never noticed before that I judge my posture by how my tummy looks! It looks like this is one lady that wil

April 9, 2014

Inspiration

Cultivating Health During Crisis

I enjoyed this article from Mark's Daily Apple. It's good advice for those of us dealing with our health during a time of crisis: Open Original Shared Link

April 8, 2014

Memories Of Nowhere

I say that I am back from Nowhere. Actually I existed right here. I stayed mostly in a house. Everyday I woke up in the morning and felt as exhausted as when I lay down the night before. Throughout the day I dragged my feet and used my cloudy mind to think of ways to make life seem easy again. I placed my refrigerator on cement blocks. I could reach the lower shelves that way. I couldn't squat down like my friends did, because I needed to breath! Nowhere overtook me during a bout with mono w

April 4, 2014

Springing Into Exercise

For decades I kept improving my diet in the hope that the energy and alertness I craved would come and stay. In my desperate way I cut junk food, baked my own 100% whole grain natural bread, and even moved to a farm. Lately, I have been thinking about the desperate way I controlled my diet, while I left exercise to chance. By chance I got quite a lot of exercise. I am a mother of 7. I help to take care of the house and get people out to their events. I believe I run the staircase about 20 ti

March 29, 2014

Mia'smommy's Blog

Celiac Blood Work Negative. Should I Have Endoscopy Done?

I was diagnosed with IBS when I was 12 years old. I am 37 now. I have what I call "IBS episodes" of diarrhea, SEVERE pain, sweating, chills when I eat certain foods. I can't pinpoint it to wheat alone. It doesn't happen all the time, but I suffer from these "episodes" at least 4-5 times a week. My 4-year-old was just diagnosed with Celiac. She was asymptomatic. She has a genetic disorder that we were about to start HGI in her. One of the tests they run before starting HGI is a celiac panel.

Mia'smommy

March 28, 2014

Blues Boulevard

I Want The Ride To Stop

Alright, I'm ready to get off the ride now. I had some dairy a few weeks back and reacted to it. I'm going on a trip and thought it would be a good idea to reintroduce some intolerant foods so that I might try the swanky hotel gluten-free food. *ouch!* It was around the same time my mom went on hospice and a few other potential disasters came in that day. Just as I was dealing with the hospice evaluation, the director at my mom's place said she wanted to move someone into my Mom's room (a ro

March 25, 2014

nana b's Blog

Need Feedback On Demand For Gluten-Free B&b's

I'm wanting to open a gluten-free B&B in either Bullhead City, AZ or Laughlin, NV. The question is: Is there a demand for this service. Would really appreciate your comments.

nana b

March 22, 2014

Blues Boulevard

How Long In The Penalty Box?

3-12: I eat two slices of a three cheese gluten-free pizza. | | | ¥ 3-20/21: still paying for it daily with changing symptoms. Even things I normally eat hurt. Argh I feel like one of those squeeze toys where, when you squeeze the stomach, the eyes pop out. Never again cow dairy. In time, I'll have some goat yogurt but never again cow cheese. "Said the Raven...". 8-o Maybe it's stress compounding it too. The things I'm dealing with, worrying about. Who's stomach wo