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How Long On A Wheat Free Diet?

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Hi there i was wondering how long it takes for you to feel 100% better after you start the wheat free diet? i have been on it since March now 7 months and i am only just seing a proper improvement, can anyone help me on this i think i read somewhere it could take up to 2 years!! is this true?

Hope you can advise, love Poppet x

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Hi there i was wondering how long it takes for you to feel 100% better after you start the wheat free diet? i have been on it since March now 7 months and i am only just seing a proper improvement, can anyone help me on this i think i read somewhere it could take up to 2 years!! is this true?

Hope you can advise, love Poppet x

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The healing rate depends on how long you were sick before dx, your own healing rate, total damage done before dx, and how strictly you are adhering to the gluten-free diet. Please note that wheat free doesn't mean gluten free! Rye products, barley (and items containing malt which is almost always made from barley) have gluten and must be avoided. And if you are stateside, oat products are severly cross contaminated here. And watch out for cross-contamination in the home, at restaurants and everywhere else. And also there is that pesky hidden gluten - items flavored with soy or terriyaki sauce almost always have wheat added. And check health and beauty aids also. Have you mastered the art of constant label reading? But the fact that you are now seeing improvement is good. By being totally gluten free you will regain your health and life. :)

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Hi there i was wondering how long it takes for you to feel 100% better after you start the wheat free diet? i have been on it since March now 7 months and i am only just seing a proper improvement, can anyone help me on this i think i read somewhere it could take up to 2 years!! is this true?
Have you been diagnosed or tested for celiac disease?
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The healing rate depends on how long you were sick before dx, your own healing rate, total damage done before dx, and how strictly you are adhering to the gluten-free diet.  Please note that wheat free doesn't mean gluten free!  Rye products, barley (and items containing malt which is almost always made from barley) have gluten and must be avoided.  And if you are stateside, oat products are severly cross contaminated here.  And watch out for cross-contamination in the home, at restaurants and everywhere else.  And also there is that pesky hidden gluten - items flavored with soy or terriyaki sauce almost always have wheat added.  And check health and beauty aids also.  Have you mastered the art of constant label reading?  But the fact that you are now seeing improvement is good.  By being totally gluten free you will regain your health and life. :)

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Inaddtion, You might find this list helpfull...

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Hi there i was wondering how long it takes for you to feel 100% better after you start the wheat free diet? i have been on it since March now 7 months and i am only just seing a proper improvement, can anyone help me on this i think i read somewhere it could take up to 2 years!! is this true?

Hope you can advise, love Poppet x

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Poppet,

I fear you are making the same mistake that I made. I thought wheat-free meant gluten-free. It does not. Gluten is in other grains, as someone else mentioned. It is also in other ingredients in foods that you don't typically associate grains with. I've been wheat-free for years. Couldn't figure out why I felt a little better, but would have days, sometimes months of feeling like before. It wasn't until this past summer that I went Gluten-free. Since then I've felt better than I have in ages. My biggest pitfalls were eating oats, spelt, and all the gluten in dressings, sauces, marinades, eating out, etc. You might consider doing a little more research, eliminating gluten (not just wheat) out of your system and see how you feel in a month or so. That's what it took for me. A good month going VERY Gluten-free and I felt like a new girl.

Good luck!

Andi

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Hi there and thanks for your replies, i have yet to be diagnosed, my gp is on at the hospital for my results as the specialist refused to give them to me and i am on yearly appointments, he said i need to know for definate...

I have ulcerative colitis that wasnt changing despite being on heaps of meds, i came of the med after a year as they were making me bleed and then got told to go on this diet...

I have been on it since march, the specialist did a stool and blood tests in march but not got any results yet, i did see an improvement within 2 days with the toileting business and i had a couple of things with wheat/gluten in them and imediatly had terrible cramps like i had been puched in the tummy and then i needed the loo...

I dont even know what i should be looking for to see any improvements, but i have always had exema and spots and greasy skin and hair but this has inproved greatly the only real thing i am concerned about is my weight since march i have lost 5 stone i seem to have evened out now and i am stuck at 9 stone, does this normally happen??..

I have so many question and no answers, so sorry if i appear a bit thick or trying at times...

Poppet x x x

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Hi there and thanks for your replies, i have yet to be diagnosed, my gp is on at the hospital for my results as the specialist refused to give them to me and i am on yearly appointments, he said i need to know for definate...

I have ulcerative colitis that wasnt changing despite being on heaps of meds, i came of the med after a year as they were making me bleed and then got told to go on this diet...

I have been on it since march, the specialist did a stool and blood tests in march but not got any results yet, i did see an improvement within 2 days with the toileting business and i had a couple of things with wheat/gluten in them and imediatly had terrible cramps like i had been puched in the tummy and then i needed the loo...

I dont even know what i should be looking for to see any improvements, but i have always had exema and spots and greasy skin and hair but this has inproved greatly the only real thing i am concerned about is my weight since march i have lost 5 stone i seem to have evened out now and i am stuck at 9 stone, does this normally happen??..

I have so many question and no answers, so sorry if i appear a bit thick or trying at times...

Poppet x x x

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How can you be thick or trying? We're here for each other. Celiac is a complicated disease with a very simple treatment. The gluten-free diet is very simple in principal, but hard at times to execute. And if medicos, dietitians and nutritionists don't understand it, how can we as lay people get our minds to grasp it? And since I'm from across the pond, what's a stone?

And since you've shown such a marked improvement on the gluten-free diet, that in itself would give you a dx - if not full blown celiac, then definitely gluten intolerant.

Keep on taking care of yourself.

Annette

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