Gf, Healing, Immune Response

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In a couple days, it'll be 3 months my being gluten-free. One of the things that really surprised me was; that my immune system and healing process jumped into 'hyper-activity'. I believe this happened because of my being sickly for decades, and being fairly close to my body shutting down. Even my hair and nails had almost stopped growing. That's when I knew there was 'real' trouble, they say even dead people's hair and nails grow for a short time!

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Like most, I had no clue as what to expect when going gluten-free, and was amazed when my appetite kicked in like never before. At first, I assumed I should eat a balanced diet, not give in and over-eat. After thinking about it a few days, I figured I needed extra food to help heal the damage from Celiac... and to make a long story shorter, I ended up eating almost double the norm, and even eating stuff I knew wasn't the best food choices or a healthy amount to begin with. But, thinking my body was going through something it'd never gone through before, and not likely to do so again, I ate accordingly. Within weeks, my gum disease began reversing, my hair and nails began growing, and after roughly 10 weeks; I noticed my shoulders, wrists, legs and even my bum were filling out. Alot of this is not uncommon, but from what I've read, it does seem to have happened somewhat sooner than some people speak of. The point and question I have is; have any of you noticed, heard, of read of people having a quicker healing when these people are near death and/or sicker? This must happen kinda like what happens when people go through Kemo and radiation with cancer... which more than anything else; just kicks the body's rejuvenation process into 'high gear'. Also, for those without certain problems that wouldn't allow it, do you think it's a good idea for most going gluten-free, to start (I assume within about 1-2 weeks for most) eating some level of extra high quality food to take advantage of the body's propensity to engage the healing response at times of greater distress...when the body is most active in this regard?

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