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    Thanks for this exhaustive amount of information!! great advice. I guess I'll try whitening strips (and then, gum) to see what effects I can muster. Thanks again.
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    I use whitening toothpaste, but it’s not very effective for me(apparently, once your enamel thins, things become hard to whiten because dentin is yellow)
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    Hello! I’ve had undiagnosed gluten sensitivity for most of my adult life. I’m now almost 42 and my teeth look horrid. My enamel is super thin and I have lots of pitting on the chewing surfaces. My teeth look super yellow and stain easily. It looks like I just soaked my teeth in coffee- all of the time, even after brushing and whitening strips etc. they mak...
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    Hi there- Wow I am so sorry you have been through all of this and still haven't been able to find a solution. First of all, if it makes you feel any better, I am not so sure that having money to pay for a doctor would necessarily clear your issues up anyway-- often doctors aren't able to diagnose gluten related issues as readily as one might expect, unless...
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    Another interesting thing I found is the following Open Original Shared Link I don't know how trustworthy this source is, especially since doctors have been using blood tests for a while to accurately diagnose problems, but this site seems to suggest that many of the blood tests for minerals/vitamins do NOT accurately reflect the state of your body?? Why...
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    Sorry to hear about your little one's tooth issues-- hope you get that worked out. Anyway the good news is that if you get her problems worked out these will be baby teeth, no? And then she'll grow a new set of healthy chompers if she stays gluten-free right??
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    Yeah-- wish i could locate those results now! I do know that last time i was "ideal for b12" and actually at the HIGH end of the hemoglobin count (which indiciates iron levels), and i remember this because i was shocked (i was always on the low end or even below norm before) perhaps this was due to my obsessive multivitamin use in the past few years....
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    Also, my understanding of enamel is that it is supposed to be one of the hardest substances in the human body because of its rich mineral concentration. I don't know if it's mostly calcium, phosophorus, or what, but I guess you are right, it can pretty much be pinned down to a general nutritional deficiency....the irony is that my blood tests have always...
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    Hey there-- I couldn't recall where i first heard about dental enamel/celilac connections but here's just one article I found online (i'm sure there are others out there)-- Open Original Shared Link
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    Thanks to both of you for sharing your advice. I understand the hows and whys behind celiac causing demineralization of the teeth-- ineffective absorption, etc. , but what is it about other grains that blocks absorption even in the absence of celiac? Also- i do understand that gluten intolerance can be as bad as celiac, it's just different-- i guess i...
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    Hi all- I'm well aware that dental enamel problems can be a sign for celiac. 5 yrs ago, I had blood testing and endoscopy, and both were neg for celiac, but i had elevated IGG antibodies. I have had diarrhea/gas/constipation problems ever since. As you can imagine I was dx'ed with IBS and sent on my way and told not to worry about gluten. Nothing ever...
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    Thanks for the replies! Yes, I know that in fact lactose intol. is far more common in the world as a whole than lactose tolerance, but I am caucasian and never had issues with lactose before all of this gluten stuff became a problem. Just thought it was strange that I wouldn't actually have Celiac yet have compromised lactase enzyme activity. I've also...
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    I have noticed that I feel much less bloated and gassy when I drink lactose free milk along with cutting out gluten. This is a new discovery as I was trying to figure out why I'd still have no appetite and bloat even though I cut out gluten. So I bought lactaid on a whim and feel better. I thought for a bit "oh joy! maybe I juse have lactose issues!" and...
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    Thanks for the responses- yes, I do think I am "overtrained" functionally speaking. But I feel that the level at which I train should not be causing, by itself, the overtraining. It seems that there is something else going on here and I do believe it's the gluten. I haven't been on the gluten free diet at all consistently, so...I will try lighter exercise...
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    After several bouts of going gluten free, feeling better, and then eventually giving into gluten again and denying the problem to myself.....I am once again back at square one and determined to make THIS time the time that I stick with it. I am a female runner and at age 27 feel that I should be able to recover much more quickly from my workouts than I do...
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    ARCHIVED College

    ar8 replied to theycallmewheatthins's topic in Sports and Fitness

    Hey there- I am also a distance runner who had hope to train for a marathon this fall, but due to fatigue, and feeling like I am about to get injured/like I am overtraining everytime i try to Run hard two days in a row (more than 4-5 miles at 15-30 seconds/mile less than race pace), and just not getting "better" after a day of rest, I have almost given up...
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    Trying To Stay Motivated

    ar8 posted a blog entry in ar8's Blog

    I have had so many different problems in the past three years. They started from running too hard, when I would get diarrhea while running, and after which I would feel nauseated and sick, as though I were coming down with a virus. I would go to sleep, then wake up feeling fine. After about a year of this, my health seemed to not recover from the running...
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    Congrats on making it to the other side and being able to eat much more broadly-- good idea about posting things on the fridge. I'm starting to think seriously about not wasting any more time feeling miserable and just to an elimination diet. That way I can figure out what my triggers are and let my gut heal more quickly from gluten. Then maybe i can feel...
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    Thanks for the encouragement!!! Really helps me-- that's a good way to look at it, just find a group of recipes you like and can tolerate, and it gets easier. Sometimes I feel like every day I wake up and wonder what on earth I "can" eat. Almost everything in the fridge "could be bad for me" in some way. I need to simplify. Sometimes you feel like you...
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    Hi there Why don't you just get a head start on the appointment and try gluten free (except make sure to get b12-- you know you can just take it sublingually?-- you can pick it up at most drugstores, i got mine from target!) no need to rely on food for EVERYthing, even though "they" say it's better? The amount of time it might take you to feel better...
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    I am scared to death of having to follow a diet such as that-- though it would be clearly very healthy for some, I am active (and want to remain so for the rest of my life) and such a diet doesn't give me nearly enough carbs/energy and is extremely unappetizing to me. yikes. But I am glad you have found what works best for you.
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    Thanks Ursa Major. I did see that barley was in the rice dream before i almost bought it! (whew) Unfortunately I did just buy a gallon of soymilk and some soy yogurts (you say this can be hard to digest). Is soy like milk, where it's easier to digest once you heal or what? When you say that it is hard for people with celiac to digest dairy,...
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    I hope beyond hope that gluten free cures me-- I just spoke with a woman from enterolab and she suggested to remove both gluten AND casein as a trial to see if that helps me feel better than just gluten free, but that gluten is definitely not being digested by my body, because my antibodies are elevated, so gluten free is a must for optimal health. I guess...
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    Hi scotty- I am glad you are in a position now to be able to "unravel" your complications. I am beginning to think that everything in this line of thinking can become a pandora's box, especially if one isn't healing well. You start to wonder, What else is wrong with me? Where did it all begin? What is my trigger? For me, I was hoping going gluten...
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    I know, I have tried it, though nothing momentous happens soon enough to be able to tell. I would like to know rather than wait it out 6 months. So far it's been 2 and a half weeks and there are minor improvements, by my digestive system is still out of whack
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