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- Aretaeus Cappadocia commented on Scott Adams's article in Spring 2026 Issue1How Social Media Algorithms Are Fueling Gluten Anxiety: TikTok, Reddit, and Instagram Trends
Good, balanced analysis. I liked the comparison of the different platforms in this context. Fwiw, the same essay largely would work if you substitute any of many contemporary topics. As a moderator of this site, have you stepped back and considered how this site fits into this essay? Personally, I don't think I have enough visibility into the comments...- 1
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- DebD5 commented on Scott Adams's article in Spring 2026 Issue3The Dark Side of Gluten-Free: Counterfeit Labels and Global Food Safety Failures
Interestingly enough, while I hear you. I completely disagree. Gluten has not been 100% removed. There’s still trace amounts under the regulated amount per millions allowed. I gave only figured out in the last year, while reading chats on this site, of other celiacs still having issues and how they figured it out. If enough companies allow slight amounts o...- 1
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By Scott Adams · Posted
Genetic testing for celiac disease (the HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 genes) usually takes about 3–10 days to come back, depending on the lab your doctor uses, though some places may take up to two weeks. The test itself doesn’t diagnose celiac disease—it only shows whether you carry the genes that make celiac possible. About 30–40% of people have one of these genes, but only a small percentage actually develop celiac disease. However, if the test is negative for both genes, celiac disease becomes extremely unlikely, which is why your doctor mentioned possibly canceling the endoscopy if the result is negative. If it’s positive, it just means celiac remains a possibility and further testing, like a gluten challenge followed by endoscopy, helps confirm it. Since you have an identical twin, it’s definitely useful information to share if the genes are present, because twins share the same genetic risk. It sounds like you found a very thorough GI doctor, which is great, especially since she’s also monitoring nutrients and looking at the whole picture. -
By knitty kitty · Posted
@Heatherisle, You're not a bother at all. What "Vitamin B medication" is she taking? Is it just B12 and folate? All eight B vitamins, Vitamin D and other vitamins and minerals need to be supplemented because the malabsorption of Celiac disease affects all the nutrients. All the B vitamins work together. Just supplementing one or two can throw the other B vitamins out of balance causing worsening deficiencies in other B vitamins. Doctors are undereducated about nutrition. Heavy sigh. This is worrisome. These are all symptoms of Gastrointestinal Beriberi caused by Thiamine deficiency. An Erythrocyte Transketolace Activity Assay needs too be done to check her Thiamine level. But because this test is so expensive and takes so long for the results to come back, it's much simpler to administer 500 mg Thiamine Hydrochloride several times a day for several days and look for health improvement (WHO recommendation). Doctors can administer Thiamine Hydrochloride by IV along with a "banana bag" with all the B vitamins in it. (Riboflavin gives it the yellow color.). I've experienced vitamin deficiencies which my doctors didn't recognize. When thiamine and B12 deficiencies started affecting my brain function, my doctors wrote me off as a depressed hypochondriac. I had Gastrointestinal Beriberi myself. I took over the counter thiamine hydrochloride at home and had health improvement within an hour. High doses (500 mg) of Thiamine are needed to "jump start" the body into proper functioning. Apologies if I was curt. I get very frustrated because the nutritional deficiencies that occur with Celiac disease are not addressed properly. All I can do is tell people about what I learned on my Celiac journey. Have you visited my blog? Tap on my name, look for pull down menu Activities and go to blog. I do hope your daughter can get the nutritional support she needs. I'm very worried. Please keep us updated! -
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By Scott Adams · Posted
I think a key thing here would be to ensure that the prescription(s) she started taking are actually gluten-free, as some contain wheat starch. In the USA we have a site you can check, not sure about the UK, but possibly. You can search this site for prescriptions medications, but will need to know the manufacturer/maker if there is more than one, especially if you use a generic version of the medication: To see the ingredients you will need to click on the correct version of the medication and maker in the results, then scroll down to "Ingredients and Appearance" and click it, and then look at "Inactive Ingredients," as any gluten ingredients would likely appear there, rather than in the Active Ingredients area. https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/ -
By Heatherisle · Posted
Hi again Sorry to be a pain but my daughter started on her Vitamin B medication a week ago, not sure what dosage as she hasn’t said. However she has been feeling much worse the last couple of days with back pain, bowel and tummy problems, blurry vision, tingling. Had GP appointment after work and has been sent to hospital for scan of head and bloods. She should have had other bloods done when she had her B12 and folate done but GP didn’t put them on the list, ie Vitamin D levels, ferritin, thyroid function tests, glucose. She phoned us this morning very upset and worried. Told her it was probably the body’s reaction to the medication and that it might get worse before it gets better. My husband and I live in the Western Isles and she’s in Glasgow so we can’t exactly jump on a bus and be there at the moment. Hoping you have some words of wisdom for me and sorry again for annoying you. Thanks
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