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  1. GFinDC
    Hi Leanne, You can try taking lactaid type pills when eating dairy to see if it helps. Just make sure they don't have any wheat, rye, or barley in them. If it is lactose intolerance due to celiac damage the lactaid may help. Some people develop casein intolerance (a dairy protein) which requires complete dairy avoidance. That is not the usual thing...
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    Hi Christiana, Yes, an ultrasound is what my thyroid doctor said is better. Cheaper and less intrusive than an MRI or cat scan, and works just fine. Plus that warm gel on your throat feels kinda nice. Can be a bit messy though, so don't wear really nice clothes to the ultrasound. They have you lie down on a table and glurp some gel on your neck and...
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    That's just what u dew, ain't it Crayon? U 'ol post splitter u! Good job! Sorry for the off topic DJWeis.
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    Hi Cristiana, I have a couple nodules and a cyst on my thyroid. If you spend some time reading about thyroid nodules you will find that they are quite common in fact. Most people have them or will have them as they age. Over 90% of the time they are benign. Just a hardening of the tissue or something. They can do an FNA (fine needle aspiration) to...
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    Hi Leanne, It's going to take some time for your digestion to settle down. There is lots of healing that needs to happen in your gut, and that takes time. That's one reason eating a simple whole foods diet is important. The less work for your body to detoxify foods and chemicals the better. Plus you get better nutrition from whole foods than processed...
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    Hi Wendy, Mary Shomon wrote some books on thyroid from a non-medical perspective. They might help you get more familiar with the issues. My sister's hair was falling out and she started natural thyroid and it stopped, started growing back. So hypo-thyroiditism can and does affect hair. She was also feeling tired and not sleeping well. But that...
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    Hi Djsweis, You can start a new thread by clicking the blue "start a new topic" button above the green bar right side. Yep, celiac testing is no use if you haven't been eating gluten for a while. The usual requirement is to eat gluten for 8 to 12 weeks prior to testing. Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is more common in celiacs than other people. Celiac...
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    Hi Belle Vie, I think of peppermint tea as almost a medicine. It has an affect on the stomach muscles, relaxing them. Drinking it everyday means your body is always being affected like that. The affect may not be as strong after a while, but probably won't stop completely. Your body may become acclimated to it. Then when you really want it to help...
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    Welcome gluten-free in BC! Looks like we are name buddies. They say the average time to get diagnosed with celiac disease in the USA was 9 years, but is now some what less than that. It's a condition doctors don't think to test people for. And it has many symptoms that overlap with other conditions. Plus doctors are big dummies! Many times people...
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    Some sites suggest that caffeine can lead to adrenal fatigue. This article doesn't address adrenal fatigue. But it does say that caffeine can raise cortisol levels. Even after a period of adjustment to the caffeine, the amount of cortisol is higher than normal. So, not really a cross reactivity issue at all. But possibly a link to adrenal issues. Just...
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    Hi, Your gut needs time to heal and start absorbing vitamins and minerals correctly. It also needs to establish a new bacterial balance. Gut bacteria help us digest food and even make vitamins. So it's important to work on getting your gut flora improved. Things can get really out of whack in that department with all the celiac damage. Plus as the...
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    Yep, interesting stuff!
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    HI RukH, One study showed some remaining intestinal changes (abnormal) after people were on the gluten-free diet for 18 months. It is not a quick process to recover from celiac intestinal damage. The antibodies taper off slowly, and may remain active for weeks to months depending on the person. And the immune system is very sensitive and makes new...
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    Hi Jay, You can look for corn tortillas or rice wraps a an alternative to gluten-free breads. They are generally much cheaper and gluten-free. Just check the labels or search online for the product name and gluten free. Often the gluten-free goods are kept frozen in the stores. In the USA Chex makes some gluten-free cereals.
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    Hi Sugar, Testing again is a good idea. Sometimes people just don't pass the tests though and yet they still have severe reactions from eating gluten. It turns out there are many more people with NCGI (non-celiac gluten intolerance) than there are with celiac disease. They can have the same symptoms but there are no tests for NCGI. the treatment...
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    Here's some recipes for ya. Open Original Shared Link I don't eat paleo myself. Tried it for a while and it didn't seem to help me.
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    Hi Jonvon, Sorry, I have no idea on the recovery time for balance problems related to the ear. Celiac disease can cause ( and often does cause) malabsorption of nutrients, which can lead to problem throughout the body. So a wide range of symptoms can appear in people. The thing to do is keep 100% away from gluten and see if things improve over the...
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    Hi Lovely Traveler, You might want to limit the fruit also. Fruits have natural sugars which are carbs. So, kinda shoots down the ketogenic diet there. The idea of the ketogenic diet is to switch the body from carb burning mode to fat burning mode. So the fewer carbs the better. In theory. Theories are great! Well, basically eat bunches of...
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    Well Jay, making you nuts is our main goal, so yeah! Not, kidding, and welcome to the forum. You asked about cooking oils etc. Some things you can use. Coconut oil is good and better for you than many oils. You can also fry chicken breasts or sausage and save the grease in a ceramic cup in the fridge. Works out to be basically free cooking oil...
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    Here's a simple prayer for all psillyaks to enjoy a blessed and fruitful New Year. May the good Lord bless you in many ways this coming year, in Jesus mighty name, amen.
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    Happy New Years Jane! What you described as far as graves turning to hypothyroid is common. The thyroid gland releases extra thyroid hormone while it is under the antibodie attack. When the thyroid is no longer able to produce enough thyroid hormone (due to damage) it ends up causing a hypo-thyroid condition. Sometimes people go back and forth between...
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    Hi Jane, Some people with celiac disease get Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. They say women get it more often than men. Women get chocolate more often than men too, so I guess it balances out! Well, maybe not. But back to the serious stuff. Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid. I wonder if your doctor tested you for it? There...
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    Hi Nick, I agree that whiskey and distilled grain spirits can cause reactions in people. I am one of those people. I don't know that my reactions are due to gluten though, just that they are real. It seems like the idea of gluten being passed through the distillation process would be testable though. If a mixture of flour and water were distilled...
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    Good for you Ken!
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    We had a big hill behind the farm house. One winter we made snowballs as big as we could on top of the hill. Once they were so big we could hardly move them, we started them down the hill. By the time they reached another flat spot, they were about 5 foot tall snow balls. Prolly weighed about a ton. Those snow balls lasted until early June though, slowly...
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