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I bloat and become constipated with soy just like with gluten.

When I read your post, I almost fell off my chair. Did you day that you switched to barley based carob chips? Barley has gluten.

Before I realized that I am gluten sensitive, I suspected wheat as a cause to my symptoms and was seeking out items made with only rye. I had found a really nice cracker made with only rye and salt. Well after the gluten sensitivity test results, I had to give up my crackers because rye and barley have gluten too.

It is hard to give up chocolate. I gave it up for barley sweetened carob chips. Got tested for allergies because of my son's eczema. Am allergic to soy/wheat/dairy mainly. Now I can't have carob chips or chocolate chips because of soy lecithin. I can still have carob powder which is good mixed with peanut butter and vanilla rice dream frozen dessert. What I haven't researched yet is if all solid chocolate has soy lecithin in it. I was on a vegan diet. Whole family has moved back to meat eating. My two oldest are having major attitude problems with switching diets. They don't like meat. My oldest will tolerate very little but at least eats some. I never had any symptoms that I know of and would have continued on the vegan diet had I not had an allergy test done. I do have grass allergies so I guess I shouldn't be surprised about wheat. I practically live indoors during the summer. That should get better, hopefully by next year I'll be able to be outside more and enjoy it. And yes, as Ursala says soy is bad for the villi also. I have learned all of this recently, within the last month or so.

Has a product you have been using changed? Just recently, the "Nautral" roast chicken at my local Stop & Shop deli which previously was labeled with Ingredients: chicken, now has a new look and label. Under the handy little cardboard holder that is wrapped around the container is a new label which says that the chicken is injected with a 18% solution of chicken broth, sea salt, corn starch, carageenan, brown sugar, natural flavor, canola oil, onion,carrot. No allergens. !!!!!! I am still waiting for a reply telling me what is in that chicken broth and what are those natural flavors? And that new label is not available to read until the product is taken home and unwrapped! I am not pleased. Anyway, you cannot take anything for granted. Have you licked stamps or envelopes or had communion wafers? That previous post about checking medications and supplements is very important too. Those 'other ingredients' can be a major problem. Good luck to YOU

Hello,

I am 23 years old and have been gluten-free for the past 2 years. At first the diet seemed to be working, my symptoms were improving! According to the Enterolab tests I did 2 years ago I am indeed gluten sensitive. However, I have been having digestive problems yet again and now am not so sure that the gluten-free diet is working. My symptoms include constipation, gas, bloating, distention, and abdominal and lower back pain. I'm really confused and not sure what I should be doing but I know that even with my current gluten-free diet I am still in pain and having digestive issues that an active 23 year old probably shouldn't be having. Any thoughts or suggestions?

THANKS!

Wow, you certainly seem to have found your answer. I wouldn't want to go back to consuming gluten again for the sake of a test either. You may want to consider EnteroLab. They did a fecal test for me which is more sensitive thatn the blood test and they also tested for casein, eggs, soy and yeast. I was sensitive to all of them. Perhaps you may have reactions to more than gluten, as well, and avoiding those might improve the remainder of your symptoms. They can also do a DNA test. I have a gene from each parent predisposing me to gluten sensitivity. Reading Dr. Fine's paper on the Lab's website is very enlightening. Just go to EnteroLab.com and click on Resources and Education in the left hand column and then click on the report, 'Early Diagnosis of Gluten Sensitivity: Before the Villi are Gone'. Good Health to YOU.

Hi everyone,

I've had diarrhea for as long as I can remember...

For a few days, I was eating a lot of wheat products and I noticed that my symptoms (especially bloating) became unbearable. I experimented a little bit and found a definite link with wheat.

I removed wheat from my diet, and just to be safe, I've eliminated gluten as well. I still have bowel movements about 6+ times per day, although now my stools are well-formed, which wasn't the case before I went gluten/wheat-free.

I'm trying to get a GI appointment sometime in the week. I've been gluten free for a week...if I got my blood test done, would it come back negative since it's one week? Would I really have to reintroduce wheat/gluten into my diet again? I REALLY don't want to do that, because I have an anal fissure due to all my diarrhea...the fissure healed, but I am worried that if I go back on wheat/gluten, then I will have crazy diarrhea and end up opening up my fissure again.

So what should I do? Again, it's only been 1 week since I've been gluten free. Would the blood tests be positive still, and do I really need to reintroduce gluten?

Of course your physical reactions will not change whether or not you are tested and I agree that the Enterolab tests can be expensive. However, this is how being tested has influenced me:

Having those results in print in front of me gave me ammunition. Ammunition to fight off the temptations of people saying," just have ONE bite, it is SOOOO delicious and one bite won't hurt you". Well, one bite cetainly can hurt me. It helps give me the courage and confidence to explain and ask for what I need in a restaurant. Wanting to heal my body after seeing the results of those sky-high malabsorbtion scores gives me the determination to read every single lable on foods and supplements, etc. It gives me the wisdom to question everything--what does 'all natural' mean? What is in that chicken broth that you inject in your deli roast chicken? What are those natural flavors? Having the results of those tests in front of me helps me not to give in to temptation and not feel like I am being finicky and picky. For me the price was worth the Validation and resulting Credibility.

What can Enterolab testing really tell you? I already know we are "sensative" to gluten. My N.D. recommended the full panel after getting neg. blood work. I'm not sure why I should spend the money.

Before I was officially diagnosed as gluten intolerant, I suspected that soy was an issue as well. I knew that wheat was a problem for me and was avoiding that ,so when a little cup of miso soup caused me to bloat, I figured that soy should be off my list too. As it turns out, I later tested reactive to gluten, casein, soy, eggs and dairy. I also have figured out from trial and error that peanuts and the nightshade family do not work well for me either. I love fruit, but my body can't tolerate too much of that either--too much sugar, I guess.

This is what I have read about soy: many people believe that those people who CAN eat soy should only consume FERMENTED soy products and not just anything soy.

I have noticed from reading a few posts that many of the members of this forum are soy-free and I would like to know what might be a problem with soy products. I eat tofu almost every day--a cheap and I thought healthy way to increase protein, notably tryptophan, in a diet.

I have heard of the theory that soy may interfere with thyroid activity, but are there other reasons? If one is allergic to soy, what is the culprit in the soy bean that causes the problems? Also, what tend to be the symptoms of soy intolerance/allergy/....?

Have a great weekend.

This is pretty interesting. I've been fingerprinted several times (I'm a teacher and adoptive parent) and it's always been a struggle to get good prints. I just had them done a couple months ago and they got rejected because the lady couldn't get a good print. I have to go in again now. I've been gluten-free for quite a while now, but still no good fingerprints.

I was reading Dr. D'Adamo's book on Geno Type Diet and took my fingerprints as indicated and I was very surprised to find all these little white lines where my prints should be. It was the explanation that these indicate a digestive problem and glucose sensitivity that let me to pursue furthur testing at EnteroLab. And yes, I tested glucose and casein sensitive and am genetically predisposed to gluten sensitivilty. It seems that both my parents had it too. Now that I look back, I can see where gluten would have been a factor in their ailments.

I asked a police officer to look at my prints the other day and he had never seen anything like it. Apparently, it takes two years being gluten-free before the fingerprints are returned to normal.

I find this all very fascinating. I also have vertical ridges on my fingernails and have for a very long time. I suspect that this is related to gluten also. Time will tell...I am hoping to get my fingerprints and smooth nails back and of course heal my innards. The test showed that I have severe malabsorbtion and they suggested testing again in a year after going gluten-free.