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    I know exactly what you mean about picky - my youngest grandson is 4 and he has always been terribly picky, although I'm not sure he was so bad as a baby. He was diagnosed with ASD although he is actually quite bright and demonstrative, but has learning delay and is only in the 25th percentile for height. For a long time he would only eat sausages and...
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    Just out of interest the Pecanbread website which is the SCD primarily aimed at kids with autism and ASD (for which they are getting fantastic results!), but useful for anyone with stomach/digestive issues, has a great way for both children and adults of explaining what happens in the gut to the different carbohydrates and what they do. It is very interesting...
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    Have you looked at the Specific Carbohydrate Diet? It is fantastic for helping those with all sorts of problems, but particularly digestive. I have noticed this a lot on the forum, that those who are on gluten-free seem to be ok for a while then get sick again. It's annoying 'cos you just get to the point where you think you have it sussed and you end...
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    Anyone following this? I have started it today. I knew gluten and dairy were a problem, but I also knew that my problems went further than just gluten-free/DF. A lot of this makes sense. I have bought Elaine Gottschall's book and am doing the chicken and carrots stuff. Even within a few hours I am beginning to feel a little better. I noticed on...
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    You're right Rachelle I really ought to eat earlier. Unfortunately, because I a)don't go to bed very early, and b)don't sleep very well when I get there, I don't wake very early in the morning. I have had a few better night since going gluten-free but am still up and down at the mo, especially since this rotten virus struck. I am hoping that as I start...
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    I have just noticed the thread on the SCDiet. It looks extremely interesting - I think I will investigate that further. Looks pretty paleolithic to me! I am willing to try anything at the moment to get my gut healed! I do seem to be able to tolerate yogurt and fruit so that part would be fine - I used to make my own yogurt years ago - t'would be a good...
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    Hi all, and thanks for the replies. Exercise has always been a problem for me. Due to the continuous fatigue I just would never have enough energy to get going. My hub would try and encourage me, but as I said to him - if you get in your car to go out somewhere and the battery is low, as long as you can get it going, you're away, but if you go out there...
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    I am now on my 5th week of gluten-free. I suppose, rather naively I thought that once my body had started to sort itself out, the weight might start to come off. I have dropped gluten, dairy, most carbs and sugars but it just doesn't seem to want to leave! Am I being too impatient? Has anyone found that when they changed their diet - particularly...
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    ARCHIVED Hair Breaking?!

    AliB replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Hair loss and weak hair can sometimes be an indication that the liver is not coping as well as it might. I had a problem a few months ago for some time with my hair just falling out all over the place - I haven't got a lot as it is and I was terrified I'd have to go and get a wig (my daughter said she'd divorce me if I did!)! I started taking Milk Thistle...
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    ARCHIVED Soy

    AliB replied to Oriana's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Along with the grains, Soy is yet another food that has been genetically 'mucked about' with. A friend of mine was saying today that she had a problem with Soy Milk. She took it to an alternative practitioner she goes to, for testing. He tested her against some 'pure' soy milk he had and she was fine, when he tested her against the soy milk she had brought...
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    Absolutely!!! I would not be at all surprised to find that it far more like 1 in 30! My Mum was Celiac, my Dad severely GI, possibly Celiac. I am severely GI, possibly Celiac. My husband is, I am sure GI, as is my son and my daughter who I am hoping will both get themselves tested. My eldest grandson is just being put on to gluten-free and I reckon...
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    My Celiac tests were negative too, but I had such a radical improvement in some of my symptoms that being gluten-free spoke for itself. The problems that resolved first were gut related. Other things are taking longer. I dropped gluten, dairy, most carbs and most sugar. Whilst I would not consider myself to have Chronic Fatigue, excessive fatigue...
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    Ursa Major, You're right of course that too much water is as bad as not enough. I did say the consensus of opinion is 8 glasses a day plus extra for extra weight - mind you, the consensus doesn't seem to say how big the glasses should be!!! I reckon I really ought to be drinking at least 2 liters a day, but I actually struggle to drink 1 liter...
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    What is it with people? You could show some people every bit of evidence in the world and they STILL wouldn't believe it! We have become far too reliant on the Medical Profession. Even in the face of the incontrovertible evidence that the MP is NOT the be-all-and-end-all of the cures for all disease - people still sit there waiting for the 'Magic Pill...
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    Very rarely, unless you are really ill, do doctors test electrolyte levels (sodium, potassium, etc.,). An imbalance will obviously impact on the body as too will malabsorption issues due to gluten consumption and consequent intestinal damage. The malabsorption may stop the body from being able to process salt and other minerals effectively. I also find...
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    I would like my son to get tested too. He is 27. He suffers a lot with brain fog, has had terrible problems with his teeth and also thinks he may have sleep apnea. He has suffered with depression but more so when he was a teenager. Although he did not have any growth problems - in fact just the opposite as he is 6'4" tall, he did have ADD as a child...
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    Apparently lactose is processed at the tips of the villi. Because they are damaged they cannot process it properly, which is why so many who are gluten intolerant are also dairy intolerant. Some may also have a problem processing casein and many other foods and elements. In January my digestion collapsed. At the end of Jan I dropped gluten, dairy, most...
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    Hi Bea. Yes I have always been fruit intolerant - had my first allergic reaction to an apple when I was 19. I found the same with peaches and nectarines - I couldn't even touch them or cut them up for the children. Haven't had a fresh one for so long, I haven't a clue whether I could eat one now or not but I'd rather not risk it! I know what you mean...
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    Wonka, how long have you been gluten-free? It's good to see someone who is really beginning to feel better. I have only been going for a month so it's early days and I have improved in some ways but not others. On top, I have caught a virus and am feeling pretty weak and tired from that so it's knocked me back - mind you, I have a lot of catarrgh with...
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    Hi. Riceguy mentioned about not taking sugar amongst other things. Whilst remedies like Caprylic Acid, Pau d'arco, garlic, probiotics, et al, are useful, by far the best thing to do is to avoid sugar and anything that converts to glucose in the body like carbs. It is the only sure-fire way to keep the little beggars under control! We can take different...
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    Being gluten and dairy free is a bit of a bummer - I know, because I am in that place too. I know I have always been lactose intolerant but I kept ignoring it - until my digestion finally collapsed - so in that respect I only have myself to blame! The reason we can't eat dairy is because the area where the lactose is processed is apparently on the tips...
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    Another very interesting reference to magnesium deficiency - www.worldwidehealthcenter.net/articles-360.html Ironically, grains, especially wholemeal carry a fairly high level of magnesium. When that group is dropped from the diet, then part of the supplementation is lost, which may explain why some, although they initially feel better, actually start...
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    It is interesting that some find that their anxiety attacks are worse when they have been glutened. If that is one of your genetic 'vulnerabilities' then that would make sense. The intolerance would highlight that weakness. Any malabsorption, even low-level, will impact on the body somewhere. It just depends on an individuals' vulnerability as to where...
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    Hi Yolo. I find I have to cook fruit as well - I have occasionally had allergic or strange reactions to things like apples, plums and oranges, and peaches and nectarines are a definite no-no, I can't even touch them! Yet I can eat them as tinned fruit. Weird eh? It is a bind not being able to have much in the way of sweet things but I am finding that...
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