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Thank you ALL for your responses. It helps having others share their experiences & knowledge. I love forums for that reason! Anyway, "knowing" it's a lifelong thing helps me right now. I know I felt better being completely off gluten for months after finding out I had a problem with it so I guess it will be encouraging to see how I feel after...

I really need some help here...... I am currently seeing a naturopath and an MD that practices holistic medicine. One is telling me that my gut can be healed and eventually I can ingest gluten again (naturopath) and the other is telling me after staying off gluten for 6 months, I can then ingest, but only once a week for life - if I can tolerate (holistic...

So, does the sister-in-law refuse to take her to "any" doctor, or only her own naturopathic doctor? If it's the latter, please know that in many cases a naturopathic doctor can be of more help than a traditional doctor. I don't think it's fair for the sister-in-law to refuse to let "traditional" doctors help (if needed), but a naturopathic doctor (if well...

As recommended by my naturopath, I had some saliva testing (along with stool analysis) done by Diagnos-Techs because of chronic constipation, chronic fatigue etc. My SIgA Gliadin test came back positive @ 34. I have posted about this before, but now I am more confused. So, is this an indication of Celiacs or not? Or could it mean that I just have an intolerance...

Thanks everyone. Having a "window" of time helps me a lot. I don't think it will be too hard for me to go 100% gluten-free really. My diet has been really strict considering my food sensitivities and I'm used to hunting for offensive ingredients. I did copy the forbidden and allowable food lists off this site and have been double checking my kitchen....

I realize some people notice a difference sooner than others, but what is a general time frame that I should shoot for to determine what gluten is doing to me and/or affecting me? How soon have some of you noticed relief of symptoms. The symptoms I am dealing with are chronic fatigue, brain fog, bloating, constipation (never diahrrea!), sinus/ear issues...

Thank you Peter for your help on that. I didn't think pop had gluten, but wasn't sure. I don't drink much, but if I'm going to try this diet, I want to get it right. How is it that oats contain wheat? Can someone explain this to me? I just buy Quaker 100% rolled oats. Do those have wheat in them? Does anyone else have any input re: my test...

I am going to try eliminating gluten from my diet and I have some questions: 1. Can Celiacs or gluten intolerant people have pop/soda? 2. Is it okay to have oats/oatmeal? While I'm here, I just noticed on my GI panel that the anti-gliadin test that I had done was actually SIgA (saliva). Is that as accurate as testing stool? Seems like from what...

Thank you Michelle. I would like to locate that book and read it. ~Shelly Ursula, What is your naturopaths normal range for the gliadin antibodies?

I have been seeing a Naturopath for approx. 5 months now. I have been tested for food sensitivities and also had a GI panel done. I do not know much about Celiacs, but started to look into in when my Gliadin came back positive (34). My Naturopath doesn't think at this point that I am dealing with Celiacs, because in his opinion, that number is rather low...