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    There's an easier way to eliminate H Pylori, without taking those high dose (and big side effets) antibiotics (which kill off your good gut bacteria, while they kill they HP bacteria). I tested positive for HP on a stool test back in 2010. I also had stomach pain when I ate acidic food. So I was certain I had HP. I did not want to take more antibiotics...
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    I suspect your symptoms were caused by decreasing your probiotic dose from 5 billion to 1-2 billion viable cells daily. 5 billion isn't that much in terms of good bacteria. I take a probiotic with 50 billion daily and only experience a bit of gas immmediately after taking that. I don't understand your comment about 'die off'. Were you taking probiotics...
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    ARCHIVED Seattle Doc

    burdee replied to JT09's topic in Doctors

    Dr. Stephen Wangen, ND founded the IBS Treatment Center (located in North Seattle near Northgate Mall). He has celiac disease and several food allergies. So he understands the confusing symptoms and frustrating diagnostic process. I saw him for 4 years while he diagnosed my food allergies (with ELISA tests) and diagnosed and treated my 8 different gastrointestinal...
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    Exactly what were your thyroid test results? Did your doc test free T4 and free T3, besides TSH? If he only tested TSH, what was his 'normal' range? Many docs and labs still use an outdated (too wide) normal range. Endocrinologists revised that range from previously 0.5-5.0 as normal to currently 0.3-3.0 as normal. My hypothyroid symptoms were overlooked...
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    I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance (celiac) and casein, soy, egg (white) delayed reaction allergies (IgG or IgA mediated) as well as cane sugar, vanilla and nutmeg delayed reaction allergies. I found good substitutes for each of my former casein/soy/egg containing foods, but I missed homemade breads and baked goods (esp. cookies!). Luckily I discovered...
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    You could have delayed reaction (IgA or IgG mediated) allergies to almost anything, including herbs and spices. I have an IgG allergy to vanilla and nutmeg (as well as gluten, dairy, soy, egg and cane sugar). I was dx'd with celiac disease and went gluten free the same year you did. I'd had celiac (gastro) symptoms for most of my adult life, but I wasn't...
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    I had to eliminate (through blood tests) all my other delayed reaction allergies and then abstain from those, resolve my other digestive problems (8 different gastrointestinal 'bugs' and hypochloridia) as well as find great, tasty substitutes for all my formerly favorite (allergen containing) foods, before I really started to enjoy eating again. I was diagnosed...
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    I much prefer the term 'disordered eating' to 'eating disorder'. Having undiagnosed celiac or gluten intolerance symptoms does influence 'disordered eating' habits as we try to cope with gastrointestinal discomfort (if not excruciating pain) caused by reactions to gluten. We may develop abnormal eating habits, just as someone develops a limp in order to...
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    WOW! Great response. You could have had bulimia. Actually, I did for years before my celiac disease dx. Throwing up to relieve gastric pain was exactly what I did until I learned the true cause of my excruciating gut pain (gluten intolerance and 6 other delayed reaction food allergies). Nevertheless getting diagnosed with celiac disease and subsequent food...
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    ARCHIVED H Pylori

    burdee replied to Nadia2009's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    I'm sorry I just found your post and questions. I successfully treated my H. Pylori infection (diagnosed by stool test and obvious stomach pain) with mastic gum and turkey rhubarb tincture. Mastic gum didn't destroy my good bacteria, like antibiotics often do. However, I suspect you've already used the antibiotic treatment for your HP. Lemmeno (pm me) if...
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    burdee replied to zebaldwin's topic in Food Intolerance & Leaky Gut

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    ARCHIVED Elisa

    burdee replied to zebaldwin's topic in Food Intolerance & Leaky Gut

    Skin prick tests can only diagnose food allergies which produce skin reactions, like hives, eczema, etc. We don't put food under our skin when we eat, so allergies which produce other kinds of reactions are not reliably diagnosed with skin tests. RAST tests look for IgE antibody mediate allergies, which cause immediate, often anaphylactic reactions. We...
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    I started cooking amaranth for breakfast (cereal) after I learned it has high amounts of iron and calcium. Initially I mixed amaranth with buckwheat cereal and leftover Bob's Red Mill Mighty Tasty gluten-free hot cereal and cooked 1/4 cup of that mixture in 1 cup of almond or hazelnut milk. I also added a bit of rice bran and flax meal to prevent the cereal...
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    Like you, I still had gut symptoms after 2 years abstinence from gluten (and dairy). So I did blood tests for delayed reaction food allergies and found 6 more allergens. Even abstaining from allergens didn't resolve all my symptoms. So I started getting stool tests for 'gut bugs'. I went through 4 years of one bug (bacteria, parasite or yeast) after another...
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    I forgot to ask which symptom makes you think you're hyperthyroid? "Shakes"? The fatigue, hair loss and joint pain could also be hypothyroid, which is why I suggested more tests for hypothyroidism, especially Hashimoto's, which is correlated with celiac disease.
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    Your TSH result is within 'normal' range. However that test alone doesn't give the whole picture. TSH is not a thyroid hormone. It's produced by the pituitary gland to tell the thyroid to produce more T3 and T4 thyroid hormones. However, TSH can be normal while the thyroid hormones and thyroid antibodies (highly correlated with celiac disease) be abnormally...
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    Are you certain that you crave and 'can't stop eating' the gluten ingredient OR do you just miss gluten containing foods that you don't eat when you're following the gluten free diet? If you could find safe substitutes for tasty hamburgers or whatever other gluten containing foods you crave, would you try those? I suggest you list your favorite gluten containing...
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    Thanks so much!! I loved and miss Fig Newtons. I buy fresh Mission figs every late summer/fall when they're in Whole Foods and eat them sliced on my peanut butter coated muffins with cinnamon for breakfasts. So I might also try the recipe with fresh figs (and less lemon and pomegranate juice w/o the alcohol which I don't tolerate).
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    Substitute potato starch, not potato flour, for cornstarch in baked goods. You can also use potato starch in sauces.
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    Apple cider vinegar taken at the beginning of a meal can stimulate digestion in the stomach (not intestines), especially for people with low stomach acid. The small intestine is primarily basic (like bicarbonate), not acidic. So I don't think cider vinegar would help heal the small intestines. However L-glutamine can help heal the intestines.
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    Do you drink coffee or caffeinated tea or cola with your meal? Have you had your thyroid hormones tested lately? (Rapid heartbeat can be a sign of hyperthyroidism.) Do you suspect any other food allergies? (I react to cane sugar with rapid heartbeat.) Are you taking any OTC or Rx'd drugs which might speed up your heart?(If you take those in the morning, you...
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    I never used Iberogast. However, you need a probiotic with at least 12-50 billion live cells per capsule. I don't think Align has that much. Custom Probiotics would supply a more potent probiotic. I don't think your doc said 'motility' unless he suspected you're hypothyroid, which causes metabolic motility issues and constipation. However he could have...
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    Yes, my free t4 was in normal range, but my free t3 was below normal and my TSH was higher than normal. You can also have normal ft4, ft3 and tsh, but have very high tpoab (Hashimoto's antibodies). Those results say that your antibodies can be attacking your thyroid, but you haven't had enough damage to significantly affect your other thyroid hormone test...
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