Scott Adams

This one page has all the information your friend needs.
https://www.helminthictherapywiki.org/wiki/Helminthic_therapy_and_inflammatory_bowel_disease_(IBD)

And, if he's on Instagram, he might like to follow this young lady who's recently managed to get into drug-free remission by using helminths, after 13 very challenging years with Crohn's.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEdMswtzMNo/ 

FWIW, I have a friend who has Crohn's Disease, and had surgery for it when he was younger, but doesn't want to take some of the prescription medications to help him deal with ongoing symptoms. I told him to look into hookworms treatment.

FWIW, I have a friend who has Crohn's Disease, and had surgery for it when he was younger, but doesn't want to take some of the prescription medications to help him deal with ongoing symptoms. I told him to look into hookworms treatment.

@Scott Adams thank you for this alert. I shop at Wegmans every week and love that most of their products (without wheat ingredients) are clearly labeled as 'G' to indicate gluten-free. This includes their sushi, salad bar, cold and hot foods bar.

It's not semantics, if you don't get your antibody levels checked you won't know if your autoimmune reaction is ongoing. A treatment that might mask the symptoms (my doctor gave me many of these) does not mean you are disease-free and that you won't suffer future consequences of not treating the root cause of it--in this case by going on a gluten-free diet. Don't mistake symptom relief as the best medical treatment, as there a lots of drugs, for example steroids, that can also offer symptom relief, but such treatments are not the best treatment.

Yes, and diabetics also work at changing how they eat.

The hookworm posts are coming. Figured without a proper background people wouldn't understand why I was driven to consider hookworms.

Hi Justin, 
I am so sorry to read your story. I can empathise, the severe depression, the dropping out of studies, sleep problems and all the issues with the stomach. You finally have a diagnosis and yes it can really just be celiac disease. There’s access to lots of information and support.
The science bit, I won’t be technical but if we cannot absorb nutrients then we cannot make the chemicals and hormones to function properly. So it affects our sleep pattern, our appetite, our ability to think, to be happy. We can have so many physical symptoms from joint pain to muscle weakness and just everything is a huge effort. I hope you have had your iron, vitamin B12, folate, vitamin D and calcium levels checked. 
Your gut should heal going gluten free but it needs time to repair. So does the rest of your body and brain. 
I have tattoos, one says ‘gluten free’ and another says ‘Hope’. It maybe worth just taking each day at a time.
Like Lexi, I put on 20 lbs in 3 months as I was starving once gluten free but before I could barely eat. 

This article explains the Marsh system for classifying the damage level to your villi in your intestines caused by celiac disease. This is done by the gastroenterologist who takes the tissue samples during an endoscopy, and is done by examining the samples in a microscope to see the damage level:
 I believe I was in the Marsh Type 3b-3c area and has severe damage when I was diagnosed over 25 years ago.

"Treating all nutrient deficiencies and fully healing your gut will not allow those with celiac disease to eat gluten again."
Gosh I wish that taking vitamins would 'cure' my celiac. Alas in the 20 years since I was diagnosed that has not been the case. Even the tiny amount that I might encounter in my volunteer work at a food panty ( shelving bread for example) is enough for weeks of misery if I don't wash my hands afterward.  Thankfully other workers understand and now handle flour and bread instead of wanting me to do it.
 

We know that other things can cause villi blunting, this has been known for a long time, but the type of blunting caused by celiac disease is not identical to that of NSAIDs or other meds or issues that may cause blunting. But either way, we do know that people with celiac disease, and thus have the genetic markers known to be linked to celiac disease, get very specific villi damage to very specific areas of their small bowels, and that this damage does, in a vast majority of cases, go away once the culprit is eliminated--gliadin found in gluten.
You're implying a cure here for celiac disease, which is incorrect, it is non-curable, and everyone with the disease needs to remain gluten-free for life.
It is well known that many celiacs may have additional food intolerance issues, some of which may be temporary until their gut heals, but in some they may be lifelong. These are considered separate issues, and not celiac disease.
As I recall, you were never formally diagnosed with celiac disease, which means that you may have been in the NCGS group, and this is very different, but the diet is the same. It may be possible for some in the NCGS group to eat some gluten, or perhaps even "recover" and eat gluten again, but not much research has been done on this so it remains unknown. If you are fine now eating gluten that is great for you, but you never had celiac disease.
You are totally incorrect about your interpretation of this article, and genetics play a crucial role in celiac disease, in fact the likelihood of getting celiac disease without the known genetic markers for it is close to zero, and here is a quote from the article you posted to support your idea that this idea has been "debunked":
Celiac disease is considered a genetic disease by experts, and this means that you need the genetic markers for it AND an environmental trigger that can happen at any point in the lives of those with such markers. No experts on celiac disease dispute this. Experts are still in the process of discovering all genetic markers for the disease. Poor nutrition and nutrient deficiencies may be an environmental factor that triggers celiac disease in those with the genetic markers for it, and some of the research you've posted may be an indicator of this, but more research needs to be done to verify this.
Treating all nutrient deficiencies and fully healing your gut will not allow those with celiac disease to eat gluten again.
 
 

It may reduce inflammation, but curcumin will not protect you against the side-effects of eating gluten if you have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. It is not a cure by any stretch.

The headaches could be triggered by something in her diet besides gluten. Over time, celiacs commonly develop allergies/intolerances to other foods besides those containing gluten. This is because of damage to the mucosal lining of the small bowel which allows larger than normal protein fractions to cross into the blood stream. We call this "leaky gut syndrome."
Do the headaches happen after every meal?
Are the headaches migraine class?
Have you noticed any patterns with the headaches in regard to certain meals or foods your daughter is eating?
Does she generally eat the same things for say, breakfast or lunch? Keep in mind that allergic reactions can happen up to a day from the time the allergen was consumed. It would be good to keep a food diary until you discover potential triggers to avoid.
I might suggest you try a bland, simple diet centered around fresh meat and vegetables. Have her try a "low histamine" diet. You can look that up for more particulars but it would include avoiding things that are canned, pickled or aged/fermented. Many fruits and especially dried ones are typically high in histamines. I am a migraine suffer so I am speaking from some experience. "Fresh" is a key word here because essentially all foods increase in histamine content over time.
Has your daughter started taking any new vitamins/supplements/meds are started using shampoo or other topical beauty aids that might contain gluten? Some people are are really gluten sensitive and can get reactions transdermally.

Hello, I am the Amanda who’s mom made this blog and I know a lot of people who have ready this whole blog saw that I got a make a wish trip to Disney and that may have scared people into thinking maybe I wouldn’t make it. So I guess I’ll just let everyone know. I’m okay and at the time this blog was made I was two and now I’m 17 about to be 18.

There isn’t any evidence that corks would contain gluten, or wine for that matter. Even if the barrels are made in the traditional way the wines don’t contain gluten.  The very last thing any wine producer would want would be wheat paste sediment floating around in there wine!  

Keep us posted, as I know your experience getting health will help others...and get well!

You probably should have made it clear to him up fron that you did want to go because he likely thought that you didn't. In any case he needed to go (office politics, etc.), so he did the right thing by going, but it's too bad you were not able to join him. I personally don't think it would have been a big deal for you to have eaten beforehand, and then gone to the party and not eaten there (most office party food is not so great anyway).