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What are the biggest reasons for not healing?


mikemcm22

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Hey all, 

What are the biggest reasons for not healing? I am 110% sure of my diet/cross contamination, eat very clean foods, workout, and I have all the same symptoms as I did two years ago. I've put so much effort in for little change. 

My latest GI says she has no idea what wrong with me - and is not even 100% sure that I have celiac now. I had negative blood tests but positive endoscopy, a year later the villi were all back with a gluten-free diet being the only big change. I was told it is fairly likely though. 

Thanks.   


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Scott Adams Grand Master

The number one reason is not being 100% gluten-free, perhaps because you eat at restaurants, or you've got something you eat regularly that is contaminated.

Other reasons include the following, and we happen to have an article that will be live in a couple of days just this topic:

  • Lactose Intolerance
  • Helicobacter Pylori
  • Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth
  • Yeast Overgrowth
  • Other Food Sensitivities

There are a small percentage of celiacs who have refractory, or non-responsive celiac disease, and here are articles on this:

https://www.celiac.com/celiac-disease/celiac-disease-amp-related-diseases-and-disorders/refractory-celiac-disease-collagenous-sprue/

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