Soonerman

Celiacs are commonly low and/or deficient in a few vitamins/minerals, such as B12, D, K, Magnesium... Having low magnesium levels can severely disturb sleep. I have been taking Magnesium Citrate pills for my magnesium levels and the sleep is amazing. This was mentioned above and is a big problem that is never really dealt with, especially since there aren...

Great sites, thank you very much.

Is that the IgA Serum level that will demonstrate if you are IgA deficient?

Ok that clears it up some and now I understand better how the body responds differently based on whether it is an allergy, intollerance, or celiacs and what makes them different. Thank you for your responses! However I am still a little confused on the testing...are there different tests to check for allergy, intolerance, or celiacs? It sounds like...

I know this isn't probably a simple issue, but it is difficult for me to get a clear understanding of whether you have to be a celiac to have a gluten allergy. I assume the genetic test demonstrates Celiac's Disease, while the antibodies test/biopsy can look at gluten allergy. So you may not have the genes (DQ2 or DQ8) but you can still test positive for...

I am hoping to learn of a good, common, and relatively accurate test for Candida, does anyone know of one? Please let me know of the best way to go about seeing if I have this problem, and if I can get the test through my GP or an allergist. Thank you

I have low B12 and am taking monthly shots. What you need to understand is that if you are not a vegetarian and you eat regularly and a normal healthy diet, you should not have low B12. If you do it is from malabsorption and taking B12 pills/supplements will not help as the initial problem is with you absorbing the vitamin. That is why b12 shots are the...

Sounds like you know alot. Can you give me an easy to understand explanation of the difference between wheat allergy, celiacs disease, gluten intolerance, and gluten allergy? How do you tell the difference in symptoms (if you can) and how do you tell the difference with testing and which tests you would do for each? Sorry for the many questions, but...

How did you find out the wheat allergy, did they do a prick test? I only ask because I want to know best way to see if that is my problem. Thanks

I have a post about my test results, which the only thing I am sure of is that I have the DQ2 gene; I don't know what the antibody results show if anything. I haven't really got a good answer on what the positive DQ2 means, can you help me out?

Does anyone else have any insight into these results? Also has anyone ever used or know anything about metametrix clinical laboratory for food allergies/sensitivities and also some other testing for celiac and possibly candida? I would like to know how accurate the testing is if anyone can enlighten me. Thanks

Ask your doctor/nurse for a copy of your test results for celiacs, and then post on here, I would be interested to see what he is diagnosing as "negative".

Thank you, that does sound like a good idea. If I am negative for wheat and dairy from the allergy testing I am going to do to rule them out, then I am definitely going gluten-free again and if I feel good again. That is all I need. I just can't believe there isn't more conclusive testing yet and that so many doctors know so little about this. I get more...

I am not gluten free again, as I am still not sure where to take the testing now; such as allergies. I am probably going to an allergist to get tested for food allergies; I don't know the best one(s) though, I just know about the prick test and blood testing. I am pretty sure he will go for the prick test; I just hope it is accurate. Basically I ate...

I figured biopsy was the only way to know for sure, but I can't do that again, plus there is no guarantee that even if gluten is the problem that a biopsy will show it; So seems like almost impossible to get a diagnosis. Only thing the scoping told me about 8 months ago was I have a hiatel hernia and a spastic colon (IBS I guess). I had been eating gluten...