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  1. lbd
    Minton. I really hope that these things aren't true, because that would be horrific. It wasn't clear in your first post that the pregnancies were from anything other than normal means. Obviously, if these things are true, you need more help than any forum can give you. Please, please, please, there are free counseling services out there. Please do...
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    Yes, actually I do. I said my message was going to be harsh. This is not the case of a young woman in a responsible situation trying to have a child. From my informal count, she said she had been pregnant at least 6 times within 3 years, and maybe even more. I'm sorry but that is just irresponsible. We are living in a society where everyone wants to...
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    Because your body thinks it is malnourished, it will sometimes begin to conserve what few resources it is getting, thus weight gain. That is what happened to me - as soon as I went completely gluten-free, I lost 10 lbs without even trying. Laurie
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    This is going to sound harsh but: 1. Get a job and pay for your own birth control. 2. Have the guy pay for the birth control. 3. Don't have sex. 4. If you are not responsible enough to prevent unwanted pregnancies, you are not responsible enough to be a mother. 5. You don't seem to have problems becoming pregnant, so you are fertile. Perhaps it...
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    You may well be right, Cinnamon. The immune system is so complex. I took a grad course in Infection and Immunity and all of the players in the system are so interconnected - cytokines, antibodies, antigens, immune cells. I don't think even the best informed immunologist researchers know everything about how the immune system works. I think that you...
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    The whole thing is an assumption at this point, since none of us have endoscopes lying around to check what is going on. This is just a broad guess on my part. I don't think the intolerances were hiding around, but that instead, if you had a good degree of malabsorption, then you were not exposing your cells to certain nutrients/chemicals in food. With...
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    I would say I have gluten intolerance, not bona fide celiac. I have DQ1 and DQ2 (2.2) genes, which are not classified as the "celiac" genes. However, I am not convinced that celiac is a separate entity altogether. I just prefer to think of myself as a genetic original without the genetic mutation needed to process gluten No question about the migraine...
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    I am DQ1 subtype 6 (0604). I have DQ2 as the other (0202). I did find some info the other day that links HLA-DQB1 0604 with DQA1 0102. As far as food intolerances go: gluten (duh) dairy (casein, not lactose) maybe: peanuts (give me a stomachache) beans/soy (the usual problems though not pre-gluten-free and sometimes migraine) nitrites (migraine...
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    I don't get violently ill either. In fact, I may get a headache several days later or weird body and joint pain. Occasionally, I have to make a fast trip to a bathroom somewhere, but that is rare. (I finally connected this with gluten CC at a Border's bookstore. Every time I went there and had a coffee drink, I had to make a beeline to their restroom....
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    Poor Dr. Fine - I wonder if he knows he creates such controversy! As far as his not eating at an event, can you blame him? How many of us have been glutened at such things? Also, he is Jewish, so there is a possibility that he keeps kosher which is pretty hard to do at any public event. I guess time will tell whether or not his tests will be...
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    Jason, Maybe this is the answer for you You have been ingesting gluten the entire time and now you know the solution. Look at the positive of this. It might explain everything for you. You might want to look at any packaged food you eat and make sure this isn't happening in other places as well. At least now, you know about this and can start new today...
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    It would be interesting to do some research about whether taking enzymes kickstarts your own body's production or actually does the opposite. Your enzymes are produced in your cells. They are proteins directly coded by your DNA. From what I understand, enzyme production codes can be turned off (in the case of lactase for digesting dairy lactose, the production...
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    Hey, Judy, you don't live very far from me! I live in southeastern York County, PA. I noticed that when I first cut out most of the casein-containing foods (especially milk, which I drank every day), there was an immediate relief of many symptoms. I seem to be able to handle tiny amounts now - the amounts in chocolate (thank God!), goat and sheep...
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    This is one of the reasons I have not given up dairy completely despite a casein sensitivity. I am afraid that if I gave it up completely, I would lose any tolerance for it. I have been sticking to goat/sheep milk products and that seems to be fine. I have the occasional cheese and try to use it sparingly. I did drink some kefir the other day and had...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    I was really directing my question to people who do have gluten sensitivity and have had other sensitivities emerge during the gluten-free lifestyle. As you have said, you do not have gluten sensitivity and do not follow a gluten free diet, so my "hypothesis" would not apply in your case. I moved this portion of my post to another area, since it really...
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    I am moving a piece of a post I wrote from the Dr. Fine/Enterolab thread (aye-yi-yi). So many people seem to develop other sensitivities after going gluten-free. Here are some thoughts on this: I notice so many people develop additional reactions to foods after going gluten-free. I have a hypothesis about this. Could it be that as your intestinal villi...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    I think that the reason some of us are so pro-Dr. Fine and Enterolab is because for some of us, his tests did prove to be the answer. I knew that gluten presented a problem for me - there was a direct link between consuming gluten and bloating, migraines, etc. But despite good results from eating gluten-free, I never took it seriously enough, because there...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    Finally - one more! I've got to stop - I am a biology teacher and this stuff is addicting to the scientist in me! This one is really interesting. It shows that gliadin (the harmful part of gluten) is harmful to all epithelial cells! Wow, the implications of that are enormous! ISSN 1007-9327 CN 14-1219/R World J Gastroenterol 2005 December ...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    This one is from 2001! Again, Italy. Antiendomysial antibody detection in fecal supernatants: in vivo proof that small bowel mucosa is the site of antiendomysial antibody production Antonio Picarelli, M.D. * a , Luigi Sabbatella, B.Sc. a , Marco Di Tola, B.Sc. a , Teresa Di Cello, M.D. a , Stefania Vetrano, B.Sc. a , Maria Cristina Anania, B.Sc. a a...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    Another very recent clinical trial (in Italy): Usefulness of Gluten-Free Diet in Gluten-Genetically Predisposed Subjects Positive to Intestinal-Mucosa Anti-Transglutaminase Antibodies Brief Summary Undetected or untreated celiac disease may cause severe complications later in life, such as autoimmune disorders. It is recommended for subjects with autoimmune...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    Dr. Scott Lewey references two studies in this article about tTg. Looks like there is definite evidence of finding tTg in intestinal and brain (yikes!) tissues. I would think this would give credence to Dr. Fine's lab tests. I really believe that gluten sensitivity studies are in their infancy. I guess I have quite a different view of gluten intolerance...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    Rachel, I am a little confused, because in your sig lines, you have "Diagnosed by Enterolab." You have been one of the most vehement against Dr. Fine, so this is a bit confusing. You have also made many claims for several other conditions, such as metal toxicities, etc. many of which have no medical backing at all. So why the particular vehemence against...
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    Mama Ruthies, I agree with you about Enterolab. The non-publishing thing has been discussed ad nauseum on other threads. For some reason, some people are very anti-Enterolab, yet seem to accept all sorts of other ideas with no proof whatsoever. If it had not been for Enterolab, I would still be doubting if gluten was the cause of my problems even though...
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    Are you taking aspirin for the headaches? Or a aspirin-like medication? Aspirin often causes ringing in the ears. I get it every time I take it, though since going gluten-free, I haven't had migraines - yay!
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    Vitamin D protects against melanoma and other cancers. I would guess that if you are not absorbing nutrients properly from food from the gluten intolerance and do not get enough sunlight, especially in these days of sunblocks, then chances are you are deficient in Vitamin D, thus the higher rate of cancer. Laurie
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