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ARCHIVED Biking And Foot Numbness/muscle Burn
BETTYBOO replied to whitball's topic in Sports and Fitness
I do spinning, which is cycling on a stationery bike in a class. My feet go numb too. It also happens on a cross trainer. -
ARCHIVED I Had To Suggest This To My Doctor?
BETTYBOO replied to Soonerman's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
You can not take the test if you are gluten free. It looks for antibodies in your blood and will not show them if you are gluten free. In England you take the blood test and then have a biopsy. I was told after I had the blood test that he was 99% certain that I had coeliac disease and then I had the biopsy and this confirmed it. In laymans terms for... -
ARCHIVED How To Ease Accidental Gluten Consumption
BETTYBOO replied to technikolor's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Best thing I have when I have been glutened is Aloe Vera juice and lactobacillus acidophilus (both available from Health shops), it really soothes my swollen guts. I just got glutened by Pringles - the Codex Alimentaris wheat starch in them. I think it's on in England that it is allowed. It is supposed to be tolerable to coeliacs but I end up with severe... -
I get a high temperature when I have been glutened. My best tip for this is to take Aloe Vera juice and lactobacillus acidophilus and eat light meals.
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I have been gluten free for four years and I too sometimes have the problem with numbers. I think that there is so much more about Coeliac disease and doctors are just not that interested in it. In the past I have been called a freak at work for taking my own food and on a faddy diet. It saddens me the lack of compassion that some people exhibit. "There...