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- knitty kitty replied to lizzie42's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease6Son's legs shaking
Blood tests for thiamine are unreliable. The nutrients from your food get absorbed into the bloodstream and travel around the body. So, a steak dinner can falsely raise thiamine blood levels in the following days. Besides, thiamine is utilized inside cells where stores of thiamine are impossible to measure. A better test to ask for is the Erythrocyte... -
- lizzie42 replied to lizzie42's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease6Son's legs shaking
Neither of them were anemic 6 months after the Celiac diagnosis. His other vitamin levels (d, B12) were never low. My daughters levels were normal after the first 6 months. Is the thiamine test just called thiamine? -
- knitty kitty replied to lizzie42's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease6
Son's legs shaking
Yes, I do think they need a Thiamine supplement at least. Especially since they eat red meat only occasionally. Most fruits and vegetables are not good sources of Thiamine. Legumes (beans) do contain thiamine. Fruits and veggies do have some of the other B vitamins, but thiamine B 1 and Cobalamine B12 are mostly found in meats. Meat, especially organ... -
- lizzie42 replied to lizzie42's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease6
Son's legs shaking
Thank you! That's helpful. My kids eat very little processed food. Tons of fruit, vegetables, cheese, eggs and occasional red meat. We do a lot of rice and bean bowls, stir fry, etc. Do you think with all the fruits and vegetables they need a vitamin supplement? I feel like their diet is pretty healthy and balanced with very limited processed food.... -
- Scott Adams replied to Russ H's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms1Anti-endomysial Antibody (EMA) Testing
That is interesting, and it's the first time I heard about the umbilical cord beings used for that test. Thanks for sharing!
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