Standard Process Supplements

[lillyanna]

I just went to a nutritionist after 2 years of nauseas,acid reflux , severe bloat etc. I was diagnosed and have been glue /dairy free….. I was so excited for nutritionist and she gave me supplements from Standard Process Supplements….. but when I got home I realized it said the supplement are processed in same facility as wheat, soy , dairy….. are YOU KIDDING ME!!!??? Why would she give me this!!?

[trents]

Welcome to the forum, Lillyanna!

What were you diagnosed with?

[lillyanna]

21 minutes ago, trents said:

Welcome to the forum, Lillyanna!

What were you diagnosed with?

Celiac disease 

[trents]

Bear with me, please. What kind of testing did the nutritionist use to diagnose your celiac disease? Do you know the specifics of the tests that were run? There are specific serum antibody tests that are used to diagnose celiac disease and that is the first stage of diagnosis. If there are positives in the serum antibody tests then, normally, an endoscopy with biopsy of the small bowel lining is done to provide confirmation. Celiac disease damages the lining of the small bowel and the biopsy is used to check for this. I'm not sure that a nutritionist can order the serum antibody testing and I'm reasonably sure a nutritionist cannot order an endoscopy/biopsy. All this to say I'm skeptical that proper testing was done to confirm you have celiac disease.

[lillyanna]

8 hours ago, trents said:

Bear with me, please. What kind of testing did the nutritionist use to diagnose your celiac disease? Do you know the specifics of the tests that were run? There are specific serum antibody tests that are used to diagnose celiac disease and that is the first stage of diagnosis. If there are positives in the serum antibody tests then, normally, an endoscopy with biopsy of the small bowel lining is done to provide confirmation. Celiac disease damages the lining of the small bowel and the biopsy is used to check for this. I'm not sure that a nutritionist can order the serum antibody testing and I'm reasonably sure a nutritionist cannot order an endoscopy/biopsy. All this to say I'm skeptical that proper testing was done to confirm you have celiac disease.

I’m went to a Gastro before nutritionist and they did n endoscopy and blood tests and found I had celiac disease 

[trents]

2 hours ago, lillyanna said:

I’m went to a Gastro before nutritionist and they did n endoscopy and blood tests and found I had celiac disease 

Thanks for that clarification. Yes, you should certainly make sure all vitamins and supplements are gluten-free. Costco's Nature Made and Kirkland brands are good choices. They will clearly state on the bottle if they are gluten free. For supplements like magnesium glycinate I get them on Amazon. Nutricost and Doctor's Best are brands I get there that offer many gluten-free supplement products.

[knitty kitty]

Doctors and other health care professionals get kickbacks (money) for promoting those supplements.

https://www.standardprocess.com/practitioner-benefits

 

[lillyanna]

5 hours ago, trents said:

Thanks for that clarification. Yes, you should certainly make sure all vitamins and supplements are gluten-free. Costco's Nature Made and Kirkland brands are good choices. They will clearly state on the bottle if they are gluten free. For supplements like magnesium glycinate I get them on Amazon. Nutricost and Doctor's Best are brands I get there that offer many gluten-free supplement products.

Yes I always make sure they’re gluten free! But I’m wondering about the cross contamination in factory it’s made in possibility 

[trents]

Theoretically, cross contamination is possible in a shared facility but most often it's a "we're covering our backsides here" disclaimer. If it's produced on "shared equipment" that's more of a concern than just being produced in the same factory that "also produces tree nuts, wheat, dairy, etc." And it may also depend on how sensitive to minute amounts of gluten you are. I mean, we have people on this forum that get a gluten reaction from walking down the bread isle in the supermarket and smelling the aroma of fresh-baked bread. I'm not kidding.