How long did it take till your body return to normal??

[Jane07]

How long did it take on a Gluten free diet your body and stomach return to normal.  The nutrition improves you gained weight .

I’m finding it very hard to gain weight . Is anyone else have an issues like me. I’m really trying to improves my diet and still have some treats 

[Nick Cheruka]

1 hour ago, Jane07 said:

How long did it take on a Gluten free diet your body and stomach return to normal.  The nutrition improves you gained weight .

I’m finding it very hard to gain weight . Is anyone else have an issues like me. I’m really trying to improves my diet and still have some treats 

Hi Jane, I don’t think my stomach has ever gotten back to normal but I wish you well! I’ve been on a gluten-free diet for over 20 years and I’m very strict no cheating! I eat all meals at home , home cooked and all gluten free, I’m on a low fodmap diet as well! Some Celiacs are whats referred to as hard gainers meaning it’s hard to gain weight or even maintain it and I’m one of those! I also have a high metabolism even at the age of 53 so whatever I eat even high in protein and calories it is a struggle to gain and or maintain weight unfortunately, I also go to the gym regularly and it’s still almost impossible for me to gain weight! I even add in protein shakes at 30grams of protein as well and still I won’t gain! My heaviest was 165lbs. prior to Celiac Diagnosis in 2003 at the time of diagnosis I was down to 117lbs. It took approx 4 yrs to get my Celiac Diagnosis back then! I’m up to 145lbs. now but I normally don’t go higher than 149-150lbs. then I can drop back down to 140lbs. just like that doing nothing different! So I fluctuate between 140-150lbs. I’d like to get up to 185lbs which was my goal prior to falling ill before the Celiacs Diagnosis but trust me when I say I try! I’m just a person that has always found it hard to gain weight/muscle and keep it on! Good Luck☘️I know the feeling! The Struggles Real!🤙

[Jane07]

Thanks for your input I just found out this year I have celiac disease it a struggle everyday I’m a vegetarian too it very hard . I miss so much of the non gluten free food. At least I can enjoy a haagans Dazs and make my smoothies . I lost like so much scary I’m eating alit better I used to a few years ago. I just want to Improve my nutrition I’m low in some areas I’m trying 

[newtonfree]

1 hour ago, Jane07 said:

Thanks for your input I just found out this year I have celiac disease it a struggle everyday I’m a vegetarian too it very hard . I miss so much of the non gluten free food. At least I can enjoy a haagans Dazs and make my smoothies . I lost like so much scary I’m eating alit better I used to a few years ago. I just want to Improve my nutrition I’m low in some areas I’m trying 

Be careful with the Haagen Dazs. As a recently-diagnosed celiac, you might not realize which foods you're cross-reacting with. I'm much more recently-diagnosed than you, but am already aware of two of my own cross-reactions since I had been on an elimination diet with continual food challenges over the last year or so.

Dairy is an issue for many celiacs, because casein (one of the two main proteins in milk) has a sequence within it that is very similar to gliadin (the component of gluten we react to). What this means is that for some celiacs, the same antibodies that react to gluten react to dairy. I've read studies where the cross-reactivity with casein was as high as 20%.

The non-dairy Haagen Dazs is not without its own issues, despite being gluten-free, because it's oat-based, and oats are similarly a food a subset of celiacs react to directly (as high as 10-15% in some studies).

So if you're eating dairy or oats and are continuing to suffer celiac symptoms including weight loss on a GFD, it may be worth eliminating them and seeing if you notice an improvement.