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  1. KevinG
    After 4 years off dairy, I have reintroduced it into my diet with no problems! The problem now is that I don't know how to incorporate dairy into my gluten-free diet. I'm looking for simple, quick gluten-free snacks or meals such as: - Nachos: tortilla chips + salsa + shredded cheese, microwaved - Cottage cheese & peaches or cantaloupes...
  2. KevinG
    My sister (who is gluten intolerant, like me) thinks that dairy might be giving her mild brain fog and making her feel jittery. Has anyone else noticed cognitive/neurological symptoms from dairy?
  3. KevinG
    Thanks for the informative replies. I still have a lot to learn about gluten & celiac disease. The reason I've considered allowing a bit of gluten into my diet is that I've always considered myself to have gluten intolerance but not celiac disease. I've believed this because: (1) I hardly get side effects from small amounts of gluten, whereas...
  4. KevinG
    Very informative post, Skylark. I pasted this into my personal notebook. Thanks.
  5. KevinG
    THANK YOU Tiffany. I love reading replies from people who know their stuff.
  6. KevinG
    I am fed up with the lifestyle restrictions of staying 100% gluten and dairy free, especially when combined with the restrictions of my other health conditions. I wonder if this strict approach might be unnecessary, since some tests suggest I don't have celiac. My gastroenterologist (an IBS researcher) downplayed the risk and said that my body might just...
  7. KevinG
    Sometimes you discover you accidentally ate a trace amount of gluten; in other cases, you discover you ate a lot. How much of a difference in your symptoms is there between those two cases? If you ate something that contains 1 ounce of flour, do you think your symptoms would be 5 times worse than if it had only contained 1/5 of an ounce? I'm trying...
  8. KevinG
    I know I have a mild/moderate reaction to dairy products, but I've never been able to isolate whether my reaction is to casein, lactose, or something else. Last week I tried some cheese (high casein/low lactose) and didn't have much of a reaction. To further isolate the source of my symptoms, I bought pure lactose powder, and plan to consume about 10 grams...
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    I might have the option to live in a foreign country for a year. Among my other priorities, I want to live in a place where it's super easy to keep a gluten-free diet. I have identified the following countries as places where gluten is seldom used in the ethnic cuisine: 1) Thailand 2) Vietnam 3) Malaysia 4) India Any others to add to the list...
  10. KevinG
    I recently had an interesting discussion with a gluten-free friend about the following question: What is safer to eat? 1. A dish from a grocery store that lists a tiny amount of gluten at the end of a long list of ingredients (e.g. caramel color) 2. A supposedly gluten-free dish at a restaurant that seems low-risk (e.g. Thai/Vietnamese/Indian) and may...
  11. KevinG
    Thanks so much for the detailed reply, FeelingAlone! I just saw it now. Will check out those resources and Dr. H.
  12. KevinG
    Who are the most prominent celiac disease researchers? I have a complex medical situation, and would like to see a doctor who is at the forefront of research in this field.
  13. KevinG
    My Enterolab test was positive for Celiac but negative for casein intolerance (my results here). However, I know that I have a reaction to dairy products: mostly bloating and maybe some numbness, eyelid twitching, and thirst. I get this even with low-lactose dairy products, so I suspect it's caused by casein. I'm trying to decide whether it's safe to incorporate...
  14. KevinG
    My gastroenterologist ordered some blood tests for celiac; my results are below. His nurse told me based on the results that I don't have celiac and am not at risk for developing it. However, I had been on a gluten-free diet for months prior to the tests. (Occasionally some gluten slips in, but I am pretty careful.) Does that render the below tests invalid...
  15. KevinG
    I am prone to get sick of a food if I eat it multiple times in a short timespan (e.g. days/weeks). For example, I found a delicious quinoa dish at a local store. I ate it around 10 times over the course of a couple of months. I now am almost repulsed at the thought of eating it again. The exception would be things that I've eaten my whole life. I could...
  16. KevinG
    What nutritional deficiencies should people on Gluten-free Casein-free diets be most careful about?
  17. KevinG
    Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA (normal is <10): 52 Units Fecal Anti-tissue Transglutaminase IgA (normal is <10): 30 Units Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score (normal is <300): Less than 300 Units Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA (normal is <10): 6 Units HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 1: 0201 HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 2...
  18. KevinG
    Interesting, tarnalberry. On the flip side, are there any foods that contain high lactose but low casein? In one of your other posts, you mentioned 4 types of adverse reactions to dairy (temporary lactose intolerance, genetic lactose intolerance, dairy allergy, and casein intolerance). Is there any kind of ad-hoc dairy elimination diet I can try in order...
  19. KevinG
    I'll just add to the list the embarrassing symptom of my pee having bubbles in it. I got it checked out by the doctor, and I think I had slightly elevated levels of albumin in the urine.
  20. KevinG
    Hello, I tested negative for Celiac disease, but definitely have an adverse reaction to gluten. I have been on a gluten-free diet for months now. I would like to ask if there is any pattern to the following symptoms. I know most of them have already been discussed on this forum, but I'm wondering if they fit together in any meaningful way (i.e....
  21. KevinG
    Hello everyone, I'm looking for a resource that describes the timeline of progress on a diagnostic gluten-free diet; one that describes how many weeks/months it takes to see change in GI symptoms vs. change in central nervous symptoms, and how much longer it takes someone who has had minimal damage vs. someone who has had long-term damage form gluten....
  22. KevinG
    Hi everyone, I started my gluten-free diet because a sibling had a positive celiac blood test. My blood test was negative, but I decided to try the gluten-free diet anyway because I have other symptoms (hypersensitive bladder) that I figured might be secretly caused by gluten. I have never had bothersome GI symptoms apart from some gas and a small feeling...
  23. KevinG
    Thanks for the replies everyone! I restarted the gluten-free diet and have noticed the same GI symptoms. But I'm very interested to see what unfolds a few weeks from now!
  24. KevinG
    Hi all, This is my first post here. I have an interesting story: I got worse on a wheat-free diet. I have very few gastrointestinal symptoms except for a bit of bloating. My big problem is interstitial cystitis, though. My sister was recently diagnosed with celiac disease (two independent positive blood tests + negative biopsy). So, I decided to...
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