little flower

Hello,

I'm O- and have just been told about a possible blood type connection by some swiss friends who had a book about blood types. Unfortunately its in german which I don't read very well, but they said roughly the same as somebody else about it being the oldest blood type and the hunter gatherer thing.

little flower

That's pretty much my thinking as well. I haven't read much about it - have just been so relieved to know what it was. I've never had dermatitis herpetiformis, but 'autoimmune anything' these days makes me wonder if Celiac is involved.

Interestingly, I felt "glutened" all day Friday (headache, big D all day), and had eaten out (safely, I thought, on Thursday). Saturday at 3 AM I woke up with the blisters. I'm guessing there is a connection.

Hello,

I have some at the moment. They occur a few days after I've been glutened and come up on the sole and side of my right foot. This time a few have joined up and become a biggish blister which makes walking painful. I keep sticking a needle in to let the clear liquid out. I don't know what else to do about it, except try not to get glutened!

Julie

If I'm reading this right....its saying that IgA antibodies to both gluten and casein (without Celiac) are a direct result of leaky gut. If the leaky gut is healed....these IgA antibodies can disappear...even with gluten and casein being included in the diet.

Thanks Rachel for a very interesting post. It would explain all my problems perfectly. I've been gluten free for almost three years and last spring I went on a very strict anti candida diet for six months. It didn't resolve the candida but I did feel lots better. I got worried though that I was building up deficiencies and stopped in the autumn. Since then I have digestive problems and my skin has gone to pot, I also had bad nightmares for a while when I went back to sugar/fruit/yeast products. I had decided that I'd go back on a modified form of the diet including fruit because I find that the hardest thing to stop eating and from time to time wine when I eat with friends. I don't think I can completely rid myself of Candida as I've realised its stress related and there's something that I can't change in my life at the moment. A big thanks anyway, its nice to know that there's a logical reason to whats happening and I'm not just imagining it!

I take fish oil capsules and eat anchovies as well as other fish. I just recently started the anchovies for the omega 3 benefit =now I really like them. Get them at Costco. The only recipe I have is on a salad. Does anyone have any good recipes for them?? They are good for dry eyes, inflamation,etc.

Nini, I used to not like anchovies also. Love them now.

There is an anchovy dip they make in the south of france which is delish. I make a bastard form of it: mush up anchovies in a mortar and pestle if you have one, if not then chop and mush as much as poss with a big knife, add very finely chopped onion, garlic and herbs (if liked) and finally dribble on olive oil while mixing and finish up with some lime or lemon to taste, also black pepper. A chopped hard boiled egg can be added or tuna as well as anchovy. You can do it as thick or thin as you like. I dip raw, chopped veggies in it or have it spread on toast or rice cakes with thinly sliced tomatoes on top. Its called Anchoiade.

My ancestors were Swiss, German, English, French, and whatever people are called from Luxembourg. Luxemburgers? Luxembourgians? They both sound funny. No Irish as far as I know. Too bad, I really liked Ireland and the people when I was there.

Lynn

Luxembourgeois?

Regarding gluten in Kahlua, I found out from my local liquor store, - they checked with the manufacturer. The store manager has a long history of Celiac disease, so she and her staff go out of their way to educate and guide their customers with any form of gluten intolerance. Before finding out that Kahlua had gluten in it, I purchased a bottle of Kahlua from someone there that didn't know I couldn't have gluten, when the store manager found out, she had me drive 17 miles home and bring the bottle back. Same with Irish Cream. It was a sad day. I've learned to be a lot more careful since then.

I got accidently glutened by vodka. I never drink it, but the husband of a friend had hidden his secret supply in a bottle of mineral water... on a hot day I poured myself a glassful and took a big slug. I thought I'd drunk poisen, infront of his wife he said it was fertiliser so I phoned the anti-poisen centre and told them that; they said it shouldn't be a problem, so I didn't do anything about it. It burnt my throat, nose and ears, the only reason it didn't hurt my eyes was because I cried so much. He only told me it was vodka after I phoned him up and said it couldn't be fertiliser as it would kill the plants. A couple of days after I had the rash come up. Six months later I still have hearing problems. I only ever drink wine and don't have a problem with it.

Hello everybody,

The best thing for me, that I appreciate every day, is going to the toilet in the morning! It's bliss having a digestive system that works. I'm also much happier and more positive, full of energy etc and willing to tackle lots of new things. Life is great. Gluten and milk free for a year and a half now.

According to what I've read, the average time to diagnose celiac disease in the US is 11 years, in Europe, it's 3 weeks. So, I agree, we need to educate people, including the medical community.

There is apparently a radio talk show host in Chicago who is celiac disease as well, but I don't know that for a fact.

It took me 20 years to find out I was gluten intolerant and it still isn't accepted by the doctors here in france as I had started the diet before having the blood tests and biopsy. I have since got my brother and sister on the diet in england, I tried to talk them into having the tests first but they were discouraged by my results. We are all 100% better on the diet, but no way is it recognised and talked about a lot here. Perhaps in Italy where I've heard they test at birth.

According to what I've read, the average time to diagnose celiac disease in the US is 11 years, in Europe, it's 3 weeks. So, I agree, we need to educate people, including the medical community.

There is apparently a radio talk show host in Chicago who is celiac disease as well, but I don't know that for a fact.

It took me 20 years to find out I was gluten intolerant and it still isn't accepted by the doctors here in france as I had started the diet before having the blood tests and biopsy. I have since got my brother and sister on the diet in england, I tried to talk them into having the tests first but they were discouraged by my results. We are all 100% better on the diet, but no way is it recognised and talked about a lot here. Perhaps in Italy where I've heard they test at birth.