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I'm am new to all of this. I found out about 18 months ago I tested positive for celiac but didn't have any problems until the last month when I got very ill. I had scopes, scans, and many other test. Now they are treating me for celiac and crohn's. I don't know what to do, eat, etc. I need some help. Jenny :blink:

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I'm am new to all of this. I found out about 18 months ago I tested positive for celiac but didn't have any problems until the last month when I got very ill. I had scopes, scans, and many other test. Now they are treating me for celiac and crohn's. I don't know what to do, eat, etc. I need some help. Jenny :blink:

I don't know about Crohn's but a lot of people start out with mashed potatoes until their tummies settle down. Jello, hot rice, some fruits and well cooked veggies and grits are good starters while you heal.

Hope you're better soon

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Start with the basics. Nothing processed. Plain meats, fruit, vegetables, rice. You might want to limit dairy for awhile. Once you start feeling better there are processed foods that are safe. There are many threads on this board that will help you. This is a great place for help. Lots of experience to offer you advice.

Stick with the diet. It will work but probably not overnight. Hope you start feeling better soon! :)

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Stick with whole fresh foods and stay away from processed foods and sugars. Any fresh fruit and fresh veggies, any meat, poultry, fish. If your tummy is really bad, apple sauce, rice, ground turkey are easier to digest. Red meat is difficult to digest, so maybe stay away from that for a while too.

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Lots of potatoes (if you can do them), bananas, rice, plain chicken or turkey, eggs, white fish like talapia maybe? And I always have a stock of Progresso Chicken Wild Rice soup on hand! I'd also recommend no dairy!!! It makes it a bit harder, but a lot of people have trouble with any dairy for a long time.

Feel better soon...

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Yep--the basics are the way to go right now. After the symptoms subside somewhat, you can try (slowly) some more processed things and see how you do. I still do the best on whole, naturally gluten-free foods.

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If you have Crohn's I highly, highly recommend the SCD diet--it is a diet (gluten free of course) that allows only certain carbohydrates which in turn promotes healthy gut bacteria levels and GI healing. This diet has improved and or healed some folks with Crohns and has helped several here with just non-responsive (or less responsive) Celiac. Go here to read about the book and see many reviews that credit the diet with healing from Crohns or other GI diseases: Open Original Shared Link Go here to read about the diet and what it entails: Open Original Shared Link There are also some SCD threads on here that can offer help as well. I can point those out if you are interested...

Initially or if you choose not to do the SCD, I would stick with whole foods--fruits, vegetables, plain meats, maybe some nuts or beans if you can tolerate them. I would go easy on the gluten-free baked goods, but you could try some rice breads or crackers to start off with...depending on how you can tolerate them.

This can all very overwhelming initially, but you will get the hang of it. Ask away here....

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PS--do you have the safe and forbidden ingredient lists from this site yet? They are a huge help when starting off looking for gluten-free foods: https://www.celiac.com/st_main.html?p_catid=12

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