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Meh, I guess I'm screwed, lol. Thanks for the info. I just wanted a definitive test, because my friends think I'm crazy and sometimes I believe them. Actually, I heard, from a gastroenterologist, about a biopsy where they check for white blood cells after you've eaten gluten. Does such a test exist or is that the regular test that involves a gluten challenge...

The title's pretty self explanatory. I have a doctor's appointment soon and I'm going to demand that I be properly tested. The only problem is that I don't know what that means (and lord knows my doctor doesn't either). Is it possible to be tested on a gluten free diet? If not what do I have to do? Thanks

Skylark, you're my hero. I used to believe in (and thought I had) multiple chemical sensitivity, intestinal candida, fibromyalgia, and all sorts of things that have been proven to either not exist or be psychological in nature. People don't know the dangers of anecdotal evidence and placebo. If people are going to treat the scientific process like it's...

I strongly recommend you stick to scientifically proven methods. Applied Kinesiology has been thoroughly tested and it does not work.

Okay, I appreciate this information and I have a few questions for people who have actually done the Candida diet, but I also have something to say. My mom's best friend is a prominent doctor, with a Ph.D. in both nutrition and psychology. She used to work at the Amen Clinic and really knows her stuff. I don't like to bother her, since she is very busy...

Thanks, any idea how much sugar I can have each day on a Candida diet? My current diet is really dangerous, with vegetables and meat alone, I probably couldn't even break 800 calories a day. Besides, strawberries and blueberries are quite low in sugar. This is really interesting, because I've always avoided garlic like the plague. Garlic gave me a reaction...

I have chronic fatigue and brain fog, and I've removed just about everything from my diet. A few days ago I started a specific carbohydrate diet, and my body started doing some weird things. I was extremely tired, I could hardly walk for the first two days. I had a really bad headache, and I was craving carbohydrates. When I would wake up, I had really...

I just started the SCD today. My previous diet was very good except for the brown rice. I made all my food, no preservatives, just fruit, veggies, rice, chicken and fish. Rice is all I have to cut to follow the diet. Thus far I feel simply terrible, lol! I think it's withdrawls, which is probably a good thing. My stomach is fine, but my head just...

Thanks all for the excellent posts, and sorry for such a late reply. I found all of this to be very helpful, and I was definitely not thinking in terms of bacteria. I take a multi-flora, as well as digestive enzymes. I felt a bit stupid after posting, I did it primarily because I was in a terrible mood after eating something bad. I thought about what...

At first I reduced gluten intake, but wasn't fully aware of the hidden sources. I noticed no difference, but when I went on a harsh elimination diet I noticed a huge change. I was in really bad shape, and at the time I couldn't even tolerate fruit. It's been almost a year now, and since then I've eliminated all gluten, dairy, corn, sucrose, nuts and seeds...

Thank you I'm scheduled for an appointment and I'm not nearly as worried as I was.

I have a lot of health problems related with Celiac's, so it's hard to pinpoint symptoms for various problems. I've had a swollen lymph node in my neck for over a year at least. It's almost 1inch in size. I saw a doctor about it a year ago and they told me to come back if it didn't go away. I forgot about it after a few months because it seemed to shrink...

This post is a bit late, but oh well. I always thought I was completely alone in this, but I have type 1 bipolar and gluten intolerance or celiac's. I had the BP dx for a few years and thought that explained how my life had taken such an awful turn in Junior High/High School. Yet I looked at most bipolars and saw that sometimes, they were normal, whereas...

Try cutting out more foods. I cut out gluten, dairy, etc, and still felt horrible. I had to resort to only eating veggies, rice, and white meat and my symptoms went away within a day. It takes a while for your intestines to be able to handle certain foods, so that may be why it takes so long for some people. If I ate beans right now, I'd get horribly...

I didn't notice much difference at all at first. The only way I knew I was intolerant to gluten was that when I went off it for a week, if I ate a slice of bread I wanted to die, lol. It wasn't until I was on a strict diet of only rice, veggies, and unseasoned chicken/fish that I felt better, and do I mean better! Now I can eat fruit as well; it takes...