Jump to content

GFinDC

Advanced Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    6,047

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    112

 Content Type 

Profiles

Forums

Events

Blogs

Latest Celiac Disease News & Research:

Everything posted by GFinDC

  1. GFinDC
    I take an aspirin sometimes, or some wine. But none of that stinky smoke stuff. Hiding the pain is a temporary thing and won't keep your gut from being damaged. You could be stunting your growth and development due to not absorbing vitamins and minerals that your body needs also. Young people especially need to keep a healthy diet as the brain is still...
  2. GFinDC
    I understand wanting a doctor to say it is this or that. I had to wait 3 months to see a celiac specialist and of course went gluten-free meanwhile. So my tests were negative, except for a gene positive. However I had such dramatic improvement when gluten-free that I knew it was not in any way good for me to eat it. Now I am kind of glad I was not diagnosed...
  3. GFinDC
    Hormel makes some gluten free hams you can buy in a supermarket. Not the same as Honey baked but just another option. Here is a link to their gluten-free product list. Check out the Cure 81 hams. Open Original Shared Link
  4. GFinDC

    ARCHIVED Celiac Cop

    GFinDC replied to GuyC's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Oh no, surrounded by potato heads and pumpkin heads! Welcome to the site! You might want to avoid the Starbucks coffee too. There are some threads around discussing possible gluten in some versions of the lattes I think it was. I quit coffee and tea a while back so I don't remember what the issue was really. Starbucks was selling a gluten free snack...
  5. GFinDC
    It can take a varying amount of time, and there is no fixed amount of time anyone can give you. Each of us is different. Some steps that might help are: Avoid all sugar (feeds bad bacteria that make gas) Avoid all dairy (many celiacs have lactose intolerance at first) Take a dairy-free pro-biotic sometimes. Avoid all processed foods to start...
  6. GFinDC
    It's very common for untreated (not on the gluten-free diet) celiacs to have lactose intolerance. It would probably help her to get off dairy and soy as well when starting the diet. There are hemp milks and coconut milks in many stores. Also coconut ice creams. Also check the recipe section of this forum for lots of great meal ideas. Try a search for...
  7. GFinDC
    Well, you seem to already know the answer. You said your symptoms cleared up when you stopped eating gluten right? Seems pretty clear you shouldn't eat gluten then. The gene testing doesn't prove or disprove that you have celiac. Many people have some of the genes but don't have celiac. No matter what a doctor tells you it is best to listen to your...
  8. GFinDC
    It is definitely possible to have additional food intolerances pop up. Check the signature lines for many of the posters here and you will see them listed. Why? Why not? It just happens is all. I agree with double checking everything in your diet for gluten first, including your vitamin pills, medicines, and drinks etc. Gluteney cosmetics/shampoos bother...
  9. GFinDC
    Recovery time varies an awful lot and each person has to find out for themselves what their recovery time will be. Sometimes symptoms can turnaround pretty quickly though. The thing is that the gluten-free diet is a big change for most people and our GI systems may start working better but still need quite a bit of time to normalize. You might want to...
  10. GFinDC
    Welcome to the forum RP. It's not too late to start the diet again so hop on in and get going with us! We all got here one way or another and all have things we can learn from each other. Congrats on your new hubs and getting back to a healthy diet.
  11. GFinDC
    That's great that you are feeling better. When starting the diet it is easy to make mistakes, especially when eating processed foods and trying to interpret ingredient labels. Keep going and you will get the hang of it after a while.
  12. GFinDC
    That's good advice from GFM. Do remember though that everything she takes in has to be eliminated as a problem. That includes vitamins and meds, and any drinks such as soda, coffee, tea etc. I imagine you have checked the ingredients on all her meds already? Also be sure to carefully check multi-vitamin pills as they have very small print on some and...
  13. GFinDC
    Hi Jenny, Your hubby may actually like the gluten free diet, if he is into healthy eating. One of the best ways to start is to cut out all processed foods, and instead make all your meals from scratch. Use whole ingredients and limited spices, no spice blends, no sauces or multi-ingredient foods. Like say you buy a bag of frozen peas, it should say...
  14. GFinDC
    Happy Halloween! Here is a short article that talks about latent celiac and silent celiac. Latent Celiac Disease Afflicts Many Who Tolerate Gluten Basically, people who have celiac but little or no GI symptoms. Anyway, they may start out that way but get sicker as time goes on. And there are many other negative affects of celiac beyond the gut symptoms...
  15. GFinDC
    Welcome to the site Eatmeat4good, I think you are probably right about the mal-absorption problems. It does take some time for things to heal and absorption to improve. the chicken broth sounds like a good idea. I think I'll give that a try today. Maybe I'll even add some rice and quinoa when it's done.
  16. GFinDC

    ARCHIVED Burning In Upper Stomach

    GFinDC replied to Mayflowers's topic in Doctors

    I looked up the symptoms of hiatal hernia on Mayo clinic's site and they sound like what you are describing. This is just a small section of the info available there: Open Original Shared Link Symptoms By Mayo Clinic staff Small hiatal hernias Most small hiatal hernias cause no signs or symptoms. Large hiatal hernias Larger hiatal hernias...
  17. GFinDC
    You could have another condition in addition to celiac disease. There is no rule preventing someone from having multiple health issues. If you do a search on "celiac associated condition" or "celiac related condition" you can find lists of other diseases that celiacs tend to get more often than other people get them. Higher risk in other words. Some people...
  18. GFinDC
    Great, sounds like there is some positive understanding about the condition around the AF. Congrats!
  19. GFinDC
    Try searching on "glutened" and see what other people have tried.
  20. GFinDC
    It's exactly like being a detective, a food detective. The detecting work is easier if you narrow down the list of food suspects. So, for example, you could eat simple, whole foods meals, with limited spices and cook them yourself at home. Wash your produce before cooking. Pretty soon the list of suspects will be reduced to you as the cook and whatever...
  21. GFinDC
    I feel the same way about it as Skylark. Why take a chance anyway? There are plenty of nutritious foods around to eat. What advertising guru convinced you that you need to eat wheat grass or barley grass? Those types get paid lots of money to convince people to do this or do that, as long as their sponsor gives them a big paycheck they couldn't care less...
  22. GFinDC
    Getting started problems are a pretty common topic around here. Also withdrawal symptoms. This thread has some ideas. If you search on withdrawal that may find some more threads with info. Unfortunately the board doesn't have any stickies for common questions that people need answers too. But you can search through the forums or just read through the...
  23. GFinDC
    I used to be like McPhena, all grouchy about losing the new posts list. But no more. I use Firefox, and right click open in new tab for each topic. If there are lots of pages I will open the 2nd or 3rd "New content" page listing in a new window also. You are right, unless you open them within a short time they do time out and disappear. So I open...
  24. GFinDC
    I get joint pain (etc) from soy. So I don't eat soy. I don't know if it affects others like that though.
  25. GFinDC
    1. Sex: Male or Female Male, I am a macho-man. 2. Age: 52 3. How long ago were you diagnosed with celiac disease? 3 years 4. Does anyone in your family have celiac disease? Yes, one brother w/Crohns and celiac (deceased), 3 other siblings that have some symptoms but not diagnosed. 5. How severe is your celiac disease? It was very...
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

NOTICE: This site places This site places cookies on your device (Cookie settings). on your device. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy.