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  1. GFinDC
    Hmm, can't make the trip myself, no muu-muu and not about to get one! Razzle, you mentioned your throat being sore or swelled? Have you been checked for Hashimoto's thyroiditis yet? Hashi's is an autoimmune disease where the immune cells attack the thyroid. They can test your blood for the thyroid antibodies, I believe it is TPO antibodies. Especially...
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    Hi DWNYC, I want to clarify my first post about this subject. I do ok with most corn products, but corn on the cob doesn't do me any good. That is probably because of the skin on corn kernels being hard to digest though. That's not unusual for all people though, it is common for corn on the cob to be hard to digest. That's actually why they make...
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    It really depends on how well you stay strictly gluten-free in your diet, and how fast you heal as an individual person. Two weeks is just scratching the surface though. That doesn't mean you won't start feeling better soon. You can help things along by taking probiotics, avoiding sugar and starches (they turn to sugar), avoiding processed foods and eating...
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    HI, If you have a reaction to eating hard cheese like cheddar it is probably a casein issue. Most of the lactose is gone in hard cheeses. You can always take a couple lactaid pills when you eat the cheese just to be sure it is not lactose sugar. The lactaid digests the lactose, so if there was any trace of lactose left that would get rid of it. So...
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    Thanks for the links Dani. I might try this with carob and stevia. I am not sure the coconut oil will work for me though. Got to experiment to find out I guess. I made something similar using beeswax and stevia a while back. You don't need very much beeswax to harden a candy. I am not sure of if there are any health issues with beeswax though. There...
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    You are welcome Andy. Check out the recipe section of the forum also, there are many, many recipes for about anything you can imagine. If you need help with a recipe you can post a thread asking for help there and someone will probably have an answer. There really is a lot of food to eat without gluten in it. It just takes getting used to a little different...
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    That's great that Canada is doing something about revealing the agents used for "fining" the wine. It's about time someone did. There was a story about some French vineyards using cow blood derived proteins to fine their wines a couple years ago. The concern then was possible mad cow disease contamination.
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    Hi, I think you would be ok with the tin foil on the tray. Scrub the oven inside good first (after unplugging). You might want to take it ouside and open the bottom if it has a removeable one. Lots of crumbs could hide in there. Or turn it upside down and shake it good. Outside of course. The smoke part doesn't sound like good eating anyway...
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    HI Sara, Just going to throw out a few ideas of things to check. Thyroid problems can cause tiredness and C, due to the whole body being somewhat sluggish. Thyroid diseases like Hasshimoto's Thyroiditis can cause low thyroid hormone production. Hashimoto's is more common with celiac disease also. Are you taking vitamins etc daily? You might be...
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    HI, The study about corn affecting some people with celiac has been posted here not too long ago. Actually corn has been suggested as a possible problem for several years. But there isn't a lot of information about how many people it affects or how much damage it causes yet. Most likely it doesn't affect a lot of people or we would hear about symptoms...
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    You may not have had celiac for a long time. It could be your antibodies just started to react. If you don't follow the diet though you will almost certainly develop symptoms of some kind, or other autoimmune diseases. Many people here report having a much stronger reaction to gluten after they stop eating it. That could happen to you also or maybe not...
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    Hi Andy, You can ask the doctor to run the celiac panel on you. They just take a little blood and send it to a lab for the antibody tests. There is a possibility of false negatives so it's a good idea to trial the gluten-free diet for 3 to 6 months regardless of the test results. The next test after the blood antibodies is an endoscopy. They take...
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    Hi check out this thread on anger. Gluten can affect the brain in many ways, Some people develop gluten ataxia and have difficulty with walking. Others have anger or anxiety or memory problems. Some have all that fun stuff at once. There is also a heightened risk of getting other autoimmune disease with celiac if not treated with the gluten-free diet...
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    Welcome Jobow, there's always room for more in the club! My pain was mostly lower, below the belly button and left. although I had stomach pain also. Did they check you for ulcers? They should have seen that during the endoscopy if there were any. I'd ask the GI who did the endo about that. If you do have an ulcer, try some mastic gum and...
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    Casein sensitive enteropathy and parasites are a couple of other villi flatteners' But neither should improve because of a gluten-free diet.
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    Hi Vegas, You got some good advice already. Something else though. Many of us (celiacs) have problems with dairy at first. Sometimes it gets better as the gut heals the villi. Sometimes it doesn't change if you are reacting to casein (a diary protein). So it might help to avoid diary for a few months. Soy is also a good thing to avoid. It...
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    Well, I tried it out on your post RavenWood and it worked. +! likey - likey.
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    Great news Squirmy! Your NP sounds like a keeper.
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    Welcome Adrienne! Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition. The blood tests they do measure antibodies to gluten (gliaden). There is an autoimmune thyroid condition that is often associated with celiac disease called Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. You can get a test for thyroid antibodies done, I believe it is called TPO antibodies. We have quite...
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    Hi, Here are some threads that may help. FAQ Celiac com https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/forum-7/announcement-3-frequently-asked-questions-about-celiac-disease/ Newbie Info 101 What's For Breakfast Today? What Did You Have For Lunch Today? What Are You Cooking Tonight? How bad is cheating?
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    HI, Celiac is not defined by any particular age. That used to be the thinking but not anymore. They used to think only children got celiac, and then outgrew it also. Anyone, any age can get celiac disease. Well, pretty much, it does help to have the genes for it. But there are people without the main genes who still have celiac. So, yes, you could...
  22. GFinDC
    Thanks Lori, It's good to hear that Enterolabs testing worked out for you. Elimination diets still have an important place though. There is a limited number of foods that Enterolabs or any other lab can test after all, much more limited than the number of foods we can eat. So there are lots of possibilities that they can't test. An elimination diet...
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    GFinDC replied to mike oord's topic in Doctors

    Since they say over 90% of celiacs go undiagnosed, it seems it is very likely that most will die without a diagnosis. That's a whole life time of miserable symptoms and possibly other autoimmune disease for a lot of people. Millions in fact. The people on this board who know about their celiac are the unusual ones. Most celiacs don't know they have it...
  24. GFinDC
    I bet it's the green crayons! Come on MNicole, fess up! Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Both of these links say green is from to fast stool transit, but I had green stool with C, so that isn't always true.
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    Oh boy, the people I pick to tell about herbs! LOL Eight years in an herb store? You probably know more about herbs than I will ever know. Oh well, maybe I will start a thread about herbs for input form people. We have a member named Yolo who is into herbs too. She often has good suggestions. It's good you found us then. Yep, living it is very...
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