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    If you're having problems with labels and want to get well fast, by far the quickest way to do it is to go "label free" (if it has a label, don't eat it! In other words, just don't eat any processed foods at all. After doing this long enough to get completely well, you can then try things one at a time. It's vastly easier to sort things out that way...
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    MORE on why grains are most definately NOT essential to our diets and why we can get along perfectly well without any of them at all!: **** There is no essential or important nutrient present in grains that cannot be found in ample amounts in non-grain foods. The total elimination of all grains from a diet cannot be responsible, in and of itself, ...
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    ---------- Great post! Nothing whatsoever wrong with long when it's useful and informative! RE: rice and corn: do try them eventually but be prepared for a possible disappointment. I tried after 15 years without any exposure to any grains, starting with the "safest" ones and still could not tolerate even rice or corn. (interestingly I got different...
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    As far as I can tell (and I've read a lot of the research) there is no evidence whatsoever nor any scientific reason for stating that none of those with celiac disease react to other grains, including some or even all of the ones considered "safe" for celiac disease patients (rice, corn, etc.) Nor have I seen any evidence (except in the case of oats) of...
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    Chlorine is in the same chemical family as iodine and right next to it in the periodic table. Usually it is tightly bonded to something or other and this may be why it doesn't usually have the effect on us that iodine does. But table salt, even pure table salt with nothing else whatsoever in it, is half chlorine. And when dissolved in water, this...
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    The NZ doctors, IMHO, are exceedingly knowledgeable and up-to-date on celiac disease issues (at least compared to US doctors - I've been to many of both). I would suggest seeing if you could get one to do the iodine patch test (full details and references in my other post on this list). Or maybe they know a newer better test to use. I doubt you'll...
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    PCBs react in some ways very similarly to iodine (and other halogens) with the difference that they are much more active in some reactions. In addition, exposure to PCBs causes skin problems ("chloracne") very similar to DH. I am wondering if it is possible for DH to be initiated or aggravated in celiac disease patients by exposure to PCBs. Are there...
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    For those without organic or bio chemistry, a polychlorinated biphenyl is like "chlorine on steroids". Chlorine, like iodine is a halogen (i.e.: very similar chemically). Iodine is more active than Cl in some reactions but when you attach chlorine to a phenyl, the effect of sharing electrons between six carbon atoms and their substituents (made possible...
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    A way to test for DH (to distinguish it from similar afflications) mentioned in older publications is the iodine patch test: a patch wetted with a 50% solution of potassium iodide is applied. DH is indicated when a blister or lesion forms within one or two days. I am attempting to get this done myself. Although potassium iodide would appear...
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