momofmadeleine

I was vacationing this week in Santa Fe, New Mexico and eating every meal out. It went well for a few days, but Tuesday dinner I was clearly badly glutened and have been sick since. My primary symptom is a throbbing headache that starts by feeling that I've been bludgeoned in the back of the head. I also have D, but not as bad as some of you get it. The...

It's very likely a magnesium deficiency. Some 88% of the US population is magnesium deficient; it's worse in Celiacs because we don't absorb magnesium as well. Buy any kind of magnesium that ends with "-ate" (chelate, citrate, aspartate, etc.). Do not buy magnesium oxide because it absorbs poorly -- it's best used for treating constipation. Also do not...

I tried two products by Original Juan: Pain is Good Hot Nuts and Pain is Good Jerk Nuts. I definitely had a gluten reaction (the only other possibility is some old Celestial Seasonings raspberry flavored herbal tea, but I'm pretty sure I've had that several times without a reaction). The labels on those peanuts have allergy information pointing only to...

They carry two of them here in the gluten free mall associated with this site. There might be product reviews there too.

Trust your instincts and stay away. What if we used several products in a day that had low levels of gluten? I have enough problems with accidental contamination. I don't need something I'm taking intentionally to push me over the limit.

Thanks for the reply. I'll pass on the gluten challenge. Going gluten free has been miraculous for me; I'd never go back.

I'm about seven months into this and it just occurred to me for the first time yesterday that maybe I had DH. I've had some inexplicable bumps/blisters on my butt for as long as I can remember, and occasionally some on my elbows, but I checked and they are now gone! I don't know when they went away, I never thought much of them. They were just always there...