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I voted in the Paleo catergory although I'm not ultra low carb. I eat low-moderate carbs with starchy vegetables and some fruit. I've been off and on primal/paleo since march of this year and it's actually how I learned about my gluten intolerance. I never knew how many stomach/digestion issues I had until they were gone for a while and I would "slip" off...

It really depends on you. I know I can only eat about half an apple with cheese or nut butter because if I eat a whole one it messes with my blood sugars. You have to try some different snacks and food combinations and just pay attention to how you feel after, if you get a crash after apples and PB that may be too much sugar for you(apples have quite a bit...

Just to add if you're still feeling inflammation of your digestive tract some of the best things you can eat for that are also low carb. Fish, especially salmon is very anti-inflammatory and I find it easier to digest than other meats. I often eat salmon for breakfast with a few olives. Spinach and other leafy greens are anti-inflammatory. RICE, white or...

If you're experiencing hypoglycemia the absolute worst things you could eat are grains, white potatoes, fruit, or juice of any kind, especially without eating fat and protein at the same time to help balance it. Everyones advice here is right on. More protein, more healthy fats. Cut way back or eliminate grain and sugar carbs and eat squash, sweet potatoes...

Have you ever had tests for hypothyroidism? Not just TSH but the antibody tests as well? low thyroid can cause a lot of symptoms that overlap with Celiac like GI symptoms, vitamin D deficiency, bone disorders, and other hormones being off balance. It is strongly related to PCOS which you may have with the ovarian cysts? That's my only thought other than...

Hi again. Good to hear that you're done with the endoscopy! Now that's out of the way and you can hopefully start healing on this diet. I also started researching this because of chronic pain I've had for almost 3 years now. It started at the end of my pregnancy with my twins and just never went away. I also have lower body pain. It is SEVERE in my hips sometimes...

Hi. I had really bad reflux for years. Cutting back on spicy,fatty, or fried foods did not help at all. When I went completely grain free with no fried foods for a while it completely cleared up. No problems even with spicy food or meat as long as there are not grains. Just being gluten free for me does significantly help but not eliminate the problem. I...

That study is total bs. you can be just as healthy or healthier than others who can eat gluten. I've read over and over that the increased risk of malignancy drops down to that of the general population after going gluten free for 6-12 months. You don't need to worry about that. And your husband is so sweet to go gluten free for you, I'm sure he didn't marry...

I don't know why someone would be offended if you can't eat something that you have an intolerance to. That just doesn't make sense to me. I've never had this happen, or maybe I just don't care enough to pay attention since I am not an easily offended person I never really think about silly things like this offending others. Does that make sense Bringing...

Oh, that reminds me I've heard the Carlson's D drops work really well but I'll look into that brand too and see which is cheaper. At this amount I'll be out of the one's I have really soon. I hope you're right and my thyroid problems are just from low D causing it to not work right. My mom has autoimmune thyroid disease so that's something for me to look...

well, that's good to know. And, yes. For me I know I already have an answer. If that's the case and my doctor wants to do an endsoscopy just to test for Celiac then I don't know. I absolutely would never touch gluten again for anything after how sick it made me this last time around so maybe they will find something, maybe not. I've read a lot of people on...

I do wonder just how many of my symptoms are caused by the low vitamin D and Iron. I know vitamin D is so important. I was supplementing before I even started trying elimination diets to see if it would help and it hasn't but clearly I'm not absorbing it well, or at all. I'm starting on 10,000 IU a day now in liquid capsule D3 form. I wonder if I should take...

I guess I didn't know that gluten intolerance can cause malabsorbtion just like Celiac but it makes sense. All of my life I have tried to eat nutritionally dense foods and get vegetables, meats, fish, etc... because I have always felt so crappy, always had off and on GI symptoms and tiredness and I figured I was eating wrong but all along it had nothing to...

Thank You for all the information. Good to know that the Gastro can check for enzymes nad other possible causes. I've had such bad experiences with doctors I think he'll just want to to do the endoscopy and if I haven't been eating gluten/don't want to then he won't want to bother doing anything else. Yes, this is how I think of doctors. Maybe I'll have better...

I got some blood work done a week ago. My doctor tested for celiac with two blood tests IgG-tTG, and IgG-DGP. She said those are the most sensitive and specific. And she tested my vitmain D and did a CBC. So, the tTG test came back at 3. The DGP is not back yet. I was eating gluten as much as I could before the test which was full gluten for 2.5 weeks before...