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[TotalFitness]

I got sick almost 4 years ago out of the blue. I had a lot of work stress and long overs, developed a sinus infection and took antibiotics, after that all hell broke loose. I had so many things wrong with me. Unbearable fatigue, stomach pains, body turns red, severe constipation, foggy head, hair thinning, wounds slow to heal, both my big toes were numb at one point, memory issues, cold hands and feet, really bad irritability,etc.

I went through so many doctors and all my blood work was good. Before all this I had went to a doctor because I always felt tired and I was only 28 years old. Only thing the doctor found was low T. My gastro did upper and lower GI and only found a hiatal hernia and abnormal tissue color at the opening of my stomach to my small intestine. He said he found nothing wrong and I did not have celiac.

I dealt with 8 months of pure hell not knowing what was going on before my trial and error dieting started working. I found I was lactose intolerant and they helped give me a little relief. Then biggest help that got me back to almost normal was a paleo diet. I did that for over a year and was feeling pretty close to normal. Missing carbs, I wanted to try and put them back in my diet, but after about a week, i get fatigue, red skin, irritable, constipation. After awhile longer, I start having digesting problems. Carbs, sugars, anything hard to digest makes me feel sick. I also have become allergic to soy. So now I am at the point where I can tolerate a handful of foods. Turkey, chicken, avacodo are the staple of my diet. i used to be able to eat nuts, but now i cant digest them properly and get weird stomach feeling followed by horrible smelling gas a hour after eating them.

I am thinking of getting retested for celiac, it seems like gluten is destroying my small intestine causing lots of other problems in my opinion. I take probiotics and digestive enyzmes with every meal but thats not cutting it. Anyone have any advice or similar experience?

[Ennis-TX]

Celiac would require a gluten challenge......eating gluten daily for 12 weeks straight to get your antibodies up. Not much just a half slice a day but would be hell after being gluten free so long.
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I have the constipation issues...or used to with my celiac...it now flares the other way. same with my other disease Ulcerative Colitis. Magnesium Citrate by Natural Vitality helps with the C issues. Just start off with small 1/4tsp (1-2g) dose and over a week slowly bring it up another 1-2g at a time til you get loose stools then dose back down (doseing to tolerance) Damaged intestines can have issues getting magnesium from your foods and signs can be nerve pain. constipation, cramps, and in some extreme issues I found fire like skin feeling with red prickly dots.

B-vitamins are another issue, I use a liquid version, and a blend of 2 for helping with my fog, stress, and mental clarity. Liquid Health Stress & Energy and Liquid Health Neurological Support 1tbsp each 3 times a day.

I manage with a Paleo/keto diet myself Ulcerative colitis I have flares to carbs, sugars and the stanard gluten, soy, dairy....So I know your pain with the foods and missing things, the nuts might be a bit hard right now, after flare ups I have to go to a blended diet, with nut meal/nut butter porridge, sometimes sunflower butter is easier..whole nuts and seeds become to rough on the gut. I do get rolling intolerances but most go away in a few weeks...perhaps your lucky and a few weeks on your current safe diet and you can go back on nuts?  I can not eat meats other then small amounts of fish or crab, I have pancreas issues and can not digest them, I get undigested meat in my stool, vomiting, and really foul body odor from meats. Dairy...been intolerant to it with a whey allergy going on 11 years now.
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Enzymes I found I have to take Porcine Enzymes, and take betatine HCL to make my stomach more acidic to break down food and activate the enzymes.
https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/119919-digestive-enzymes/
PS if you need help finding low carb, grain free foods...I have sources for many, Pizza crust, muffins, breads, etc...but most use coconut flour and egg whites some use almond meal. extracts that make drinks/porridge/smoothies taste like deserts etc. I pray you can get back on nuts soon....I live on them since I can not eat much else other then leafy greens, egg whites, and avocados.