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I tested positive for celiac, what vitamins and minerals I should check?


NEEDVITAMINS22222

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NEEDVITAMINS22222 Newbie

Hello,

Title explains the question pretty much.

Go diagnosed with celiac, problems with nails and hair also so probably some malnutrition problem. Now I would like to go and check what vitamins and minerals I should check.

So what are the most common vitamins and minerals a person with celiac is missing?

My lab doesn't have any general vitamin test so I have to tell them what I want to test.

All I could think was iron, zink and calsium, ferritin and folate.


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Once you go 100% strict gluten free your celiac levels should go down to normal and your nutrient deficiencies should also go back to normal. Others will have to give you vitamin info as I just take magnesium, d3 and a multivitamin.

Posterboy Mentor
  On 8/8/2018 at 4:49 PM, NEEDVITAMINS22222 said:

So what are the most common vitamins and minerals a person with celiac is missing?

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NeedsVitamins,

I would add to what Tessa25 said a good B-complex.

B-Vitamins are known to help Celiacs'.

https://www.celiac.com/celiac-disease/celiac-disease-diagnosis-testing-amp-treatment/b-vitamins-beneficial-for-celiacs-on-gluten-free-diet-r1416/

But we don't often know how to take them.

2/day works well for most people.

B-Vitamins are water soluble and we quickly pee them out and have no good way for long term storage.. . .and why frequency is more important than the amount.

A B-50 2/day will work well to get a good balance of your B-Vitamins through out the whole day.

You might not notice much of a difference in the first month but by the 2nd month you should notice your urine turn from mostly clear to a bright yellow almost orange (neon) color.

This is when you can taper back to once a day or back off of them completely.

It is excess B-2 bypassing the kidneys a sign you have filled up your liver (our main place to store B-Vitamins) with it's normal 3 to 4 month reserve.

Here is a good link on appropriate supplementation for celiacs.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24195595

Here is also on newly diagnosed celiac's entitled "Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are highly prevalent in newly diagnosed celiac disease patients."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24084055

and what it great about this research it breaks out exactly the percentage of celiac's low in each of the various vitamins.

quoting their conclusion and sadly their advice is is  not followed way  tooo often.

"Vitamin/mineral deficiencies were counter-intuitively not associated with a (higher) grade of histological intestinal damage or (impaired) nutritional status. In conclusion, vitamin/mineral deficiencies are still common in newly "early diagnosed" celiac disease-patients, even though the prevalence of obesity at initial diagnosis is rising. Extensive nutritional assessments seem warranted to guide nutritional advices and follow-up in celiac disease treatment."

It is hard except for Iron (Anemia), B-12 and Vitamin D levels to get an accurate nutritional assessment on post diagnosis.

Each time I wanted to know my Vitamin D levels since my diagnosis I had to prompt them to test my levels.

I think my insurance will pay once a year for follow up testing.

I have on more than one occasion been low in my Vitamin D levels.

Vitamin D levels is critical in Auto-immune diseases so you should definitely have your Vitamin D levels checked if you haven't already.

Here is a link that explains how Vitamin D important as an Immune Modulator in the body entitled "Vitamin D: modulator of the immune system."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20427238

It is also important in thyroid health.

see this research https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921055/

entitled "Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Association with Thyroid Disease".

This is enough to get you started in the right direction.

I/we (Ennis_tx (Magnesium) and Knitty Kitty (Vitamin D) could say this in also every question on nutrition and celiac's.

They really do seem to help.  A good B-complex, a Magnesium Citrate or Magnesium Glycinate plus a D3 will help your nutritional status immensely.

I hope this is helpful but it is not medical advice.

quoting the abstract from this research https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24195595 entitled "Appropriate nutrient supplementation in celiac disease."

Which should answer most of your questions.

"Reduced levels of iron, folate, vitamin B12, vitamin D, zinc, and magnesium are common in untreated celiac disease (celiac disease) patients probably due to loss of brush border proteins and enzymes needed for the absorption of these nutrients. In the majority of patients, removal of gluten from the diet leads to histological recovery and normalization of iron, vitamin, and mineral levels. Iron deficiency anemia is the most common extra-intestinal sign of celiac disease and usually resolves with adherence to a gluten-free diet. However, deficiencies of both folate and vitamin B12 may persist in some patients on a gluten-free diet, thus requiring vitamin supplementation to improve subjective health status. Similarly, exclusion of gluten from the diet does not always normalize bone mineral density; in these cases, supplementation of vitamin D and calcium is recommended. Resolution of mucosal inflammation may not be sufficient to abrogate magnesium deficiency. Since gluten-free cereal products have a lower magnesium content as compared with gluten-containing counterparts, a magnesium-enriched diet should be encouraged in celiac disease patients. In this article we discuss the frequency and clinical relevance of nutrient deficiency in celiac disease and whether and when nutrient supplementation is needed.

Again I hope this is helpful but it is not medical advice.

2 Tim 2:7 “Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things” this included.

Posterboy by the Grace of God,

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