Jump to content
This site uses cookies. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. More Info... ×
  • Welcome to Celiac.com!

    You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.




  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):



    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):


  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Where Your Contribution Counts!
    eNewsletter
    Support Us!

Is your area great for eating out gluten free?


Michelle1234

Recommended Posts

Michelle1234 Contributor

My husband and I are searching for retirement areas. We currently live in CO and feel it is pretty good for gluten free. Unfortunately as I age I am becoming less tolerant of the altitude. So we have made a few visits to places to look for a retirement location. I have been using findmeglutenfree as a way to evaluate the number and type of gluten free restaurants before spending money and time on a trip. I have found some truly awesome places, better than were we are in Denver, and some that were supposed to be good but were really dismal. But I haven't yet found our retirement location. So I figured I would ask on this forum for people to rate the place they live in terms of the gluten free restaurant offerings. What I consider good it the availability of independent and/or ethnic restaurants that know what gluten free is and how to properly prepare it. Places that treat it like a fad diet are dangerous and that is where, for instance, Boulder CO falls apart.

My thoughts are:

Loveland Colorado - pretty good both restaurants and selection.

Denver Colorado - not bad but not as good as you would think

Boulder Colorado - pretty bad, not as good as you would think

Grandrapids MI - Surprisingly good

Traverse City MI - Excellent

Prescott AZ - Surprisingly bad. Very hard to eat out there even though findmeglutenfree indicated there were places, in reality when attempting to eat at them they denied they were truly gluten free

Northwest Arkansas - Surprisingly good

Please let me know your thoughts on where you live. As mentioned above I'm trying to find some other locations to look at for gluten free living.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):



Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):



kareng Grand Master

Seattle is fabulous for eating gluten-free.  Kansas City has quite a few choices and a couple of bakeries.

 

If you like Colorado - Ft Collins has been good to me.  And Longmount area has been good, too.  But the altitude might not be good for you?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
cyclinglady Grand Master

Prescott is way too small of a town to support a 100% gluten free restaurant.  I would look at Tucson.  There are two completely dedicated gluten free restaurants.  It is not as hot as Phoenix, prettier (Sonoran Desert), and is minutes from Mt. Lemon, so you can still experience pine trees and snow.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Michelle1234 Contributor

Thanks for the input. I appreciate the responses.

Karen, I agree that Fort Collins to Longmont is pretty good. We really like Loveland but I just don't know if I should stay here with my altitude issues.

Cyclinglady, in terms of Prescott I wasn't looking for 100% gluten free, just a restaurant that could serve a meal. By the end of the week we were eating at only in and out burger. The only other place that could prepare a meal was the Indian food restaurant and it was loaded with flies buzzing around the buffet. I will look at Tuscon. Good to know they have good options for gluten free.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TexasJen Collaborator

Austin, Texas would actually be a pretty good choice.  We have 3 gluten free restaurants and several others that are almost completely gluten free. We also have 3 additional gluten free bakeries spread out around the area...... Downside is that everyone else has figured out that Austin is a pretty great place to live so you'll have to compete for housing and space on the freeways!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TexasJen Collaborator
8 hours ago, kareng said:

Seattle is fabulous for eating gluten-free.  Kansas City has quite a few choices and a couple of bakeries.

 

If you like Colorado - Ft Collins has been good to me.  And Longmount area has been good, too.  But the altitude might not be good for you?

Karen - what restaurants do you like to frequent in KC right now?  My in-laws live there and we are headed up next week.  I have not found too many places in the northeast part of town that I feel comfortable at.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
kareng Grand Master
19 minutes ago, TexasJen said:

Karen - what restaurants do you like to frequent in KC right now?  My in-laws live there and we are headed up next week.  I have not found too many places in the northeast part of town that I feel comfortable at.

I bet your "northeast"  isn't the same as mine.  What area are you looking at?  If you don't want it public, you can pm me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):



Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):



TexasJen Collaborator
50 minutes ago, kareng said:

I bet your "northeast"  isn't the same as mine.  What area are you looking at?  If you don't want it public, you can pm me.

Between Worlds of Fun and Liberty.....

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
cyclinglady Grand Master
2 hours ago, Michelle1234 said:

Thanks for the input. I appreciate the responses.

Karen, I agree that Fort Collins to Longmont is pretty good. We really like Loveland but I just don't know if I should stay here with my altitude issues.

Cyclinglady, in terms of Prescott I wasn't looking for 100% gluten free, just a restaurant that could serve a meal. By the end of the week we were eating at only in and out burger. The only other place that could prepare a meal was the Indian food restaurant and it was loaded with flies buzzing around the buffet. I will look at Tuscon. Good to know they have good options for gluten free.

Heaven.  That’s a gluten free restaurant.    Ordering anything off the menu.  No discussions about gluten free.   No worries.  Just dine and enjoy!   I love 100% gluten free restaurants!  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
kareng Grand Master
15 minutes ago, TexasJen said:

Between Worlds of Fun and Liberty.....

 

I am not real familiar with that area.  I know there is an Indian restauruant that's is almost entirely gluten-free.  If that is of interest, I will ask my friend that goes there for the name.  I think there are the usual suspects like Red Robin, too.  

 

If you go to the Plaza for the lights,   there are many more choices - Seasons 52, PF CHangs, Larkburger, etc.   But it will be  busy, so get a reservation.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
GF-Cheetah Cub Contributor

Maui is quite a gluten free paradise.   It has a 100% gluten free restaurant, as well as a 100% gluten free bakery.   Many restaurants offer gluten free menu or options, generally, great awareness of gluten-free dinning at most restaurants.   Some ice cream shops even offer gluten-free cones, kept sealed in a container in its own area!

We live in Northern Cal, which has pretty good gluten-free dining options.  We visit Maui at least once a year.   We were thrilled to learn about their generous gluten-free dining options after my daughter was diagnosed.   My celiac daughter tried to lobby for us to move there, ha ha.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
GF-Cheetah Cub Contributor

Oh, we are actually going to Ft. Collins this weekend to attend a funeral service.   If anyone know of any good gluten-free restaurants there, please let me know!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
kareng Grand Master
8 hours ago, gluten-free-Cheetah Cub said:

Oh, we are actually going to Ft. Collins this weekend to attend a funeral service.   If anyone know of any good gluten-free restaurants there, please let me know!

I haven't been back in a year and a half because I don't have any kids in school there but I think these will still be good . I assume you can look up addresses.  ^_^  They have Whole Foods and Natural Grocers and many nice grocery stores.

These are the ones I have actually been to, they have a bunch of chains that are good like Red Robin, too. a few years ago, they had the most restaurants per person of any city in the US?

Larkburger - nice fast food , burgers, chicken sandwich, fries - everything gluten-free except beer in cans and buns.  Tell them medical reasons.   They should bring only gluten-free things on one tray to your table.  To be certain, Order the gluten-free as a separate order if its a big group.  I get them lettuce wrapped, but they have a gluten-free bun.

 

Blue Agave - Mexician type.  Quiz the waiter - I don't remember the chip/fryer situation.  I think there were gluten-free chips but not the blue ones?  Or vice a versa?  WE had something like nachos and they had to use the other chips

Beau Jo"s - pizza. The garlic cheese bread is a meal

 

Snooze - expect a wait., breakfast

Austins - ate at the one in old town several times - lovely salads and the rotisserie chicken dinner are what I like

Bisetti's - nice Italian place,  gluten-free pasta

Scrumpys- I have never eaten there.  they make gluten-free hard cider!  If you can, stop in with a friend and share a sample flight

Spoons - soup and salad.  I only ate at the one on campus and it was very busy.  Usually you can get a salad, but it looked like a tornado went thru.  Soup was a bit separate and covered - so I enjoyed a bowl of tomato soup with my Go Picnic.  I imagine the ones off campus will be better.

 

TCBY - frozen yogurt - lots of flavors you serve yourself

 

Not eaten at but have good reviews - 

Urban Egg

Stuft

Rodizio's

Twisted Noodle

Link to comment
Share on other sites
GF-Cheetah Cub Contributor

Oh, thank you so much!!

The Larkburger and Beau Jo's are perfect.   They both have locations in Ft. Collins.   We will be having a few family gather catered meals and a church pot luck lunch, so I need to be able to go somewhere and pick up a quick burger or pizza to go just for my daughter.   Thanks!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jmg Mentor
On 7 November 2017 at 2:18 AM, TexasJen said:

Austin, Texas would actually be a pretty good choice.  We have 3 gluten free restaurants and several others that are almost completely gluten free. We also have 3 additional gluten free bakeries spread out around the area...... Downside is that everyone else has figured out that Austin is a pretty great place to live so you'll have to compete for housing and space on the freeways!

Austin was one of my favourite places when I was in the US. It has so much going for it. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Michelle1234 Contributor

Thanks! We went over the suggestions last night and are going to look further into Austin and Tucson. Any particular side of town or area that has more of the gluten free restaurants?

More suggestions are welcome.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Gemini Experienced
On 11/7/2017 at 8:47 AM, kareng said:

I haven't been back in a year and a half because I don't have any kids in school there but I think these will still be good . I assume you can look up addresses.  ^_^  They have Whole Foods and Natural Grocers and many nice grocery stores.

These are the ones I have actually been to, they have a bunch of chains that are good like Red Robin, too. a few years ago, they had the most restaurants per person of any city in the US?

Larkburger - nice fast food , burgers, chicken sandwich, fries - everything gluten-free except beer in cans and buns.  Tell them medical reasons.   They should bring only gluten-free things on one tray to your table.  To be certain, Order the gluten-free as a separate order if its a big group.  I get them lettuce wrapped, but they have a gluten-free bun.

 

Blue Agave - Mexician type.  Quiz the waiter - I don't remember the chip/fryer situation.  I think there were gluten-free chips but not the blue ones?  Or vice a versa?  WE had something like nachos and they had to use the other chips

Beau Jo"s - pizza. The garlic cheese bread is a meal

 

Snooze - expect a wait., breakfast

Austins - ate at the one in old town several times - lovely salads and the rotisserie chicken dinner are what I like

Bisetti's - nice Italian place,  gluten-free pasta

Scrumpys- I have never eaten there.  they make gluten-free hard cider!  If you can, stop in with a friend and share a sample flight

Spoons - soup and salad.  I only ate at the one on campus and it was very busy.  Usually you can get a salad, but it looked like a tornado went thru.  Soup was a bit separate and covered - so I enjoyed a bowl of tomato soup with my Go Picnic.  I imagine the ones off campus will be better.

 

TCBY - frozen yogurt - lots of flavors you serve yourself

 

Not eaten at but have good reviews - 

Urban Egg

Stuft

Rodizio's

Twisted Noodle

Go to Blue Agave!  I was just there a month ago and there are so many gluten-free choices your head will spin.  I am very sensitive and nary a problem.  The food was delicious!  The nachos, which were yellow corn, were gluten-free. 

Snooze was another place we ate at about 3 times and their brekkies are excellent.  I stayed away from the gluten-free pancakes because the odds of cc are too high when eating out but all their savory egg dishes were delicious.  They have gluten-free bread for toast and put it in the broiler/oven because they do not have a dedicated toaster........I've never been to a place that does.  But it worked!

I also went to Austin's but have to say I was not impressed.  I was craving a buffalo burger and thought as this was Colorado, I would get a nice fat, juicy burger.  What arrived was a Wendy's type square, flat burger.   :angry:  The chicken dinner might be a lot better.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
kareng Grand Master
1 minute ago, Gemini said:

Go to Blue Agave!  I was just there a month ago and there are so many gluten-free choices your head will spin.  I am very sensitive and nary a problem.  The food was delicious!  The nachos, which were yellow corn, were gluten-free. 

Snooze was another place we ate at about 3 times and their brekkies are excellent.  I stayed away from the gluten-free pancakes because the odds of cc are too high when eating out but all their savory egg dishes were delicious.  They have gluten-free bread for toast and put it in the broiler/oven because they do not have a dedicated toaster........I've never been to a place that does.  But it worked!

I also went to Austin's but have to say I was not impressed.  I was craving a buffalo burger and thought as this was Colorado, I would get a nice fat, juicy burger.  What arrived was a Wendy's type square, flat burger.   :angry:  The chicken dinner might be a lot better.

Sorry about Austins.  did you go to the one in Old Town?  we always went to that one and my boys said the burgers were delicious (maybe they got cow not bison?)   I loved the Cobb salad - it had avocado!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TexasJen Collaborator
10 hours ago, Michelle1234 said:

Thanks! We went over the suggestions last night and are going to look further into Austin and Tucson. Any particular side of town or area that has more of the gluten free restaurants?

More suggestions are welcome.

In Austin, all the gluten free eating is pretty spread out. In central Austin/downtown, Wildwood Bake House which is 100% gluten-free. There are also restaurants that are mostly gluten free - Piknik and Casa de Luz are almost 100% gluten-free.  There is a new bakery called Zucchini Kill that is 100% gluten-free. 

In north Austin, GuacoTaco is 100% gluten-free. Fresh Heim is almost 100% gluten-free (they serve cheesecake for dessert but that's the only thing). 

There are 2 local restaurants: The Salt Lick and Jack Allen's which have several locations and are relatively safe. Salt Lick's menu has bread as their only item with gluten. Your waiter can pull the meat straight out of the pit so there is no CC.

In Round Rock (northern suburb), there is a new gluten-free bakery called Pie Jacked. In Lakeway, there is a gluten-free bakery called Blackbird.

Other restaurants that I have been told are fairly safe but not 100% gluten-free : Odd Duck, Uchi, The Steeping Room, Koriente, and Taco Deli. 

Good luck!

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Gemini Experienced
6 hours ago, kareng said:

Sorry about Austins.  did you go to the one in Old Town?  we always went to that one and my boys said the burgers were delicious (maybe they got cow not bison?)   I loved the Cobb salad - it had avocado!

No, we ate at the one that was further out from town........I can't remember the road it was on but it was away from the town center.  I know where that other one is.........we stayed right down the street on Mountain Rd.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Michelle1234 Contributor

If you want safe gluten free pancakes in Fort Collins try the Original Pancake House. My favorite are the Georgian Pecan because of the orange tropical syrup. I also like the pumpkin pancakes.

Open Original Shared Link

Unfortunately I have gotten glutened at Snooze twice so had to take if off my list of acceptable places. But I probably ordered pancakes.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Michelle1234 Contributor

Thanks TexasJen,

We have relatives in Texas so were talking to them about Austin today. They encouraged us to also check out San Antonio. What do you think of the gluten free offerings there (if you are familiar with them)?

Probably we will try to make it out there early next year.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TexasJen Collaborator
10 hours ago, Michelle1234 said:

Thanks TexasJen,

We have relatives in Texas so were talking to them about Austin today. They encouraged us to also check out San Antonio. What do you think of the gluten free offerings there (if you are familiar with them)?

Probably we will try to make it out there early next year.

San Antonio is a lovely place. I lived there for a couple of years but I didn't have celiac at the time, so I can't really comment on eating out there with celiacs.  It definitely would be on my list of cities to live in, though.  There are a lot of fun celebrations in SA so you should visit during Fiesta, or at Christmas time - the riverwalk is beautiful then......

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 3 weeks later...
mateo2099 Rookie

I live in Houston and travel around Texas frequently.  I have family in Austin and I would agree Austin is the top spot for Gluten-free dining.  There are options in more place than not!  Its a bit surreal at first since we are always second class citizens everywhere else.   Everyone in Austin is so accommodating and knowledgeable about dietary restrictions.   

I would say San Antonio is a close cousin and close second to Austin in Gluten free options.  The best gluten-free breakfast I ever had was at Las Canarias in the Omni La Mansion hotel on the Riverwalk.  They had Gluten-free waffles, pancakes, crepes, sausage, and even Mexican breakfast choices and desserts.  

I would say Houston is probably third on the list of Gluten-friendly cities but many options are growing.  It isn't difficult to find good gluten-free choices for dining, even in the outskirts of town.  However, we lack a lot of the boutique gluten-free bakeries that Austin and SA have.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jmg Mentor
On 11/10/2017 at 2:53 PM, TexasJen said:

San Antonio is a lovely place. I lived there for a couple of years but I didn't have celiac at the time, so I can't really comment on eating out there with celiacs.  It definitely would be on my list of cities to live in, though.  There are a lot of fun celebrations in SA so you should visit during Fiesta, or at Christmas time - the riverwalk is beautiful then......

I loved San Antonio when I visited. Second only to lovely Austin on my Texas city list. :)

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.


  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):



  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      120,500
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748

    fine one
    Newest Member
    fine one
    Joined

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):


  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      120.2k
    • Total Posts
      1m

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):





  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):



  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • SuzanneL
      It was tTG IGG that was flagged high. I'm not sure about the other stuff. I'm still eating my normal stuff. 
    • cristiana
      Thank you for your post, @Nedast, and welcome to the forum. It is interesting to read of your experiences. Although I've not had TMJ, from time to time I have had a bit of mild pain in my jaw, sharp stabbing pains and tingling in my face which appears to have been caused by issues with my trigeminal nerve.  I read that sometimes a damaged trigeminal nerve in coeliacs can heal after adopting a gluten free diet.  I try to keep out of cold winds or wear a scarf over my face when it is cold and windy, those conditions tend to be my 'trigger' but I do think that staying clear of gluten has helped.  Also, sleeping with a rolled up towel under my neck is a tip I picked up online, again, that seems to bring benefits. Thank you again for your input - living with this sort of pain can be very hard, so it is good to be able to share advice.
    • Julie Riordan
      I am going to France in two weeks and then to Portugal in May   Thanks for your reply 
    • Nedast
      I made an account just to reply to this topic. My story resembles yours in so many ways that it is truly amazing. I also suddenly became lactose intolerant, went a little under 10 years attributing all my symtoms to different body parts, never thinking it was something systemic until much later. I had the same mental problems - anxiety, depression, fatigue, etc. In fact, the only real difference in our story is that I was never formally diagnosed. When I discovered that my myriad symtoms, that had been continuous and worsening for years, all rapidly subsided upon cessation of consuming gluten, I immediately took it upon myself to cut gluten out of my diet completely. I live in America, and had lost my health insurance within the year prior to my discovery, so I could not get tested, and I will never willingly or knowingly consume gluten again, which I would have to do in order to get tested now that I have insurance again. But that is not the point of this reply. I also had extreme TMJ pain that began within months of getting my wisdom teeth out at - you guessed it - 17 years old. I was in and out of doctors for my various symptoms for about 5 years before I gave up, but during that time I had also kept getting reffered to different kinds of doctors that had their own, different solutions to my TMJ issue, an issue which I only recently discovered was related to my other symptoms. I began with physical therapy, and the physical therapist eventually broke down at me after many months, raising her voice at me and saying that there was nothing she could do for me. After that saga, I saw a plastic surgeon at the request of my GP, who he knew personally. This palstic surgeon began using botox injections to stop my spasming jaw muscles, and he managed to get it covered by my insurace in 2011, which was harder to do back then. This helped the pain tremendously, but did not solve the underlying problem, and I had to get repeat injections every three months. After a couple of years, this began to lose effectiveness, and I needed treatments more often than my insurance would cover. The surgeon did a scan on the joint and saw slight damage to the tissues. He then got approved by insurance to do a small surgery on the massseter (jaw) muscle - making an incision, and then splicing tissue into the muscle to stop the spasming. It worked amazingly, but about three months later it had stopped working. I was on the verge of seeing the top oral surgeon in our city, but instead of operating on me, he referred me to a unique group of dentists who focus on the TMJ and its biomechanical relationship to teeth occlusion (i.e. how the teeth fit together). This is what your dentist did, and what he did to you was boderline if not outright malpractice. There is a dental field that specializes in doing this kind of dental work, and it takes many years of extra schooling (and a lot of money invested into education) to be able to modify teeth occusion in this manner. Just based on the way you describe your dentist doing this, I can tell he was not qualified to do this to you. Dentists who are qualified and engage in this practice take many measurments of your head, mouth, teeth, etc., they take laboratory molds of your teeth, and they then make a complete, life-size model of your skull and teeth to help them guide their work on you. They then have a lab construct, and give you what is called a "bite splint." It looks and feels like a retainer, but its function is entirely different. This is essentially a literal splint for the TMJ that situates on the teeth. The splint is progressively modified once or twice per week, over several months, in order to slowly move the joint to its correct position. The muscles spasm less, stress is taken off the joint, as the joint slowly moves back into its proper position. The pain reduces each month, each week, sometimes even each day you go in for a visit. The joint has to be moved in this manner with the splint BEFORE the modification to the teeth begins. They then add to your tooth structure with small bits of composite, to keep the joint in its proper place after it has been sucessfully repositioned. Subtracting from your teeth, by grinding down bits of your natural tooth structure, is done very conservatively, if they have to do it at all. This process worked for me - after six months, my face, jaw, neck all felt normal, and I had no more pain - a feeling I had not had in a long time. It also made my face look better. I had not realized the true extent that the spasming muscles and the joint derangement had effected the shape of my face. The pain began to return after a few months, but nowhere near where it had been before. This immense reduction in pain lasted for a little over two years. The treatment still ultimately failed, but it is not their fault, and it is still the treatment that has given me the most relief to this day. Later on, I even went about three years with very, very good pain reduction, before the joint severely destabilized again. This field of dentistry is the last line treatment for TMJ issues before oral surgery on the TMJ. There aren't as many denists around who practice this anymore, and the practice is currently shrinking due to dentists opting for less espensive, additional educations in things like professional whitening, which have a broader marketability. Getting this treatment is also very expensive if not covered by insurance (in America at least). My first time was covered by insurance, second time was not, though the dentist took pity on me due to the nature of my case and charged like a quarter of usual pricing. Most cases seen by these dentists are complete successes, and the patient never has to come back again. But occasionally they get a case that is not a success, and I was one of those cases. A little over a year ago, I began seeing the second dentist who keeps my TMJ stable in this manner. The first dentist retired, and then died sadly. A shame too, because he was a truly amazing, knowledgable guy who really wanted to help people. The new dentist began to get suspicious when my joint failed to stay stable after I was finished with the bite splint and his modifications, so he did another scan on me. This is ten years after the first scan (remember, I said the surgeon saw "slight" damage to the tissue on the first scan). This new scan revealed that I now no longer have cartilage in the joint, on both sides - complete degeneration of the soft tissues and some damage to the bone. The dentist sat me down and had a talk with me after these results came in, and said that when he sees damage like this in cases like mine, that the damage to the joint is most likely autoimmune, and that, in his experinece, it is usually autoimmune. He has sent patients with cases like mine to Mayo Clinic. He said he will continue to see me as long as the treatment continues to offer me relief, but also said that I will probably have to see a dentist for this type of treatment for the rest of my life. He is not currently recommending surgery due to my young age and the fact that the treatment he provides manages my symptoms pretty well. I still see this dentist today, and probably will see this kind of dental specialist for the rest of my life, since they have helped with this issue the most. I did not inform him that I am 100% sure that I have celiac disease (due to my complete symptom remission upon gluten cessation). I didn't inform him because I thought it would be inappropriate due to not having a formal diagnosis. I was disappointed, because I had believed I had caught it BEFORE it had done permanent damage to my body. I had never suspected that my TMJ issues may be related to my other symptoms, and that the damage would end up complete and permanent. Luckily, I caught it about 6 months after my other joints started hurting, and they stopped hurting right after I went gluten free, and haven't hurt since. I of course did the necessary research after the results of the second scan, and found out that the TMJ is the most commonly involved joint in autoimmune disease of the intestines, and if mutliple joints are effected, it is usually the first one effected. This makes complete sense, since the TMJ is the most closely related joint to the intestines, and literally controls the opening that allows food passage into your intestines. I am here to tell you, that if anyone says there is no potential relationship between TMJ issues and celiac disease, they are absolutely wrong. Just google TMJ and Celiac disease, and read the scientific articles you find. Research on issues regarding the TMJ is relatively sparse, but you will find the association you're looking for validated.
    • trents
      Welcome to the forum, @SuzanneL! Which tTG was that? tTG-IGA? tTG-IGG? Were there other celiac antibody tests run from that blood draw? Was total IGA measured? By some chance were you already cutting back on gluten by the time the blood draw was taken or just not eating much? For the celiac antibody tests to be accurate a person needs to be eating about 10g of gluten daily which is about 4-6 pieces of bread.
×
×
  • Create New...