How Much Gluten For A Reaction.

[Wheatlover]

Hi All,

I am awaiting my TTG test results but I know deep down ( way down!) that I have at the least, a gluten sensitivity. I am wondering how much gluten needs to be consumed for a reaction. I am sure it differs from person to person but would a crumb cause a reaction?

I just had a banana and peanut butter for breakfast and feel horrible...I am slowly trying to go gluten free but it is sooo hard. However, I feel so bad lately that I know I have to do it.

Would love to hear your input.

[lovegrov]

You've already answered your own question -- it depends on the person. Some people are set off by a crumb and others can eat a sandwich with no problem.

richard

[ravenwoodglass]

I'm a react to a crumb person. It might be a good idea to be as strict as you possibly can for a bit at first. Once you have healed you will have a better idea of how careful you need to be. One thing to keep in mind is that even if you do turn out to be someone who seems to tolerate stuff like a doughnut once in a while or a beer on the weekend you are still doing damage to yourself.

[crampy girl]

Hi All,

I am awaiting my TTG test results but I know deep down ( way down!) that I have at the least, a gluten sensitivity. I am wondering how much gluten needs to be consumed for a reaction. I am sure it differs from person to person but would a crumb cause a reaction?

I just had a banana and peanut butter for breakfast and feel horrible...I am slowly trying to go gluten free but it is sooo hard. However, I feel so bad lately that I know I have to do it.

Would love to hear your input.

I can not eat bannanas either. They give me horrible cramps, maybe it's the fructose? would be nice to know how common that was.

I am gluten free for a month and most of my cramps and diarhea have gone away, but I tested neg on scrreening. Maybe your intestines are so damaged that you can't digest bannanas - lactose is anothercommon offender.

[anabananakins]

Hi All,

I am awaiting my TTG test results but I know deep down ( way down!) that I have at the least, a gluten sensitivity. I am wondering how much gluten needs to be consumed for a reaction. I am sure it differs from person to person but would a crumb cause a reaction?

I just had a banana and peanut butter for breakfast and feel horrible...I am slowly trying to go gluten free but it is sooo hard. However, I feel so bad lately that I know I have to do it.

Would love to hear your input.

I am a crumb person :-(

I took a weekend to go gluten free. Pigged out on Friday night and Saturday, spent Sunday de-glutening the kitchen and giving stuff I wasn't going to eat up in time and cookware I didn't trust away to friends; then I ate my final gluten-y meals Sunday night and finished off the kitchen. Monday morning I drank my final favourite flavour of (gluten-containing) energy drink and went to work and my new gluten free life. By Tuesday I was already starting to feel better and by the following week people were commenting on my appearance, the deathly black shadows under my eyes were almost gone.

I needed to give myself a few days, but I also needed a fixed deadline. The weekend that I did this was a day or so after I got my final results and I knew that I didn't have celiac and that there would be no further testing so my doctor was happy for me to go gluten free. If you're still likely to have a biopsy, you should wait until after that's been done.