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All I can say about this is that people who have one auto-immune disorder seem to have a much higher probability of suffering from more than one - for example, celiac disease and rheumatoid arthritis. So it wouldn't be too surprising for Berger's disease (which I confess I never heard of before) being accompanied by celiac disease (which is also an auto-immune...

Most people do find this to be the case. Whatever your symptoms may be, trace amounts of gluten will always cause you damage. This is because is acts like a trigger which turns on your body's reaction to attack itself.

I'm inclined to agree with you about the endoscopy. What's the need to check for damage? How will it change anything? Is it going to cost you money for no value?

I agree with everything that's been said, but one thing you said made me pause: It's not unusual for household and hygiene products and makeup to contain gluten. My article "Open Original Shared Link" discusses this issue. You need to check everything! You may be lucky and discover that gluten is your only problem - just hidden in places you don't...

Celiac disease is an auto-immune disorder. She may not have the classic symptoms, but thyroid problems can be a symptom - that's why she was tested. A recent study has shown that celiac sufferers who don't follow a 100% gluten free diet have a lower life expectancy than those that do. And it's no longer believed that you grow out of celiac disease. This...

I'm with you on "bland" I eat a lot of chicken, but it does get boring... So today, I got some drumsticks and wrapped them in smokey bacon, then baked them over some roasting potatoes (I started these off first, as they take longer than the chicken to cook). They would work just as well cold to take to work, I'm sure. You can make white sauce real easy...

In my opinion the doctor at the hospital needs retraining. I personally would write to the management at the hospital and tell them that he should not be allowed to do anything connected with diagnosing celiac disease until he has been retrained. In my view he should be struck off, but i guess that's too much to hope for. On the other hand, at least your...

I'm sorry to say the doctor was wrong. The tests have little chance of giving accurate results if you're not eating a normal gluten-rich diet for several weeks prior to the tests. Even if you do, the tests aren't 100% accurate.

Most celiacs do NOT lose weight on a gluten free diet, in fact many gain as their body is able to digest stuff that used to go straight through... Losing weight is a matter of getting your metabolic rate up and not eating too many fatty foods (as these are higher in calories, a measure of the energy content). The easiest way to get your metabolic rate...

Do NOT think you are cured. Coeliac is a lifetime thing, like diabetes. Just because the damage is healed, doesn't mean it's all hunky dorey again. Brain fog is a common symptom of accidentally getting "glutened". Research has shown that the life expectancy of coeliac patients is directly proportionate to their adherence to a 100% gluten free diet - in...

Even if the bread knife issue hadn't happened, there's always some risk of cross-contamination in places that serve both types of food. You only have to watch a programme that shows a catering kitchen to see how crazy it is in most establishments. There's some research on here about B. lactis yogurt. Though I wouldn't trust it altogether, it would do no...

You should be eating a "normal" diet for as long as possible before testing, but 2-3 weeks minimum. It sucks, I know, but if you want a professional diagnosis, it's essential. None of the tests is 100% accurate even if you're still eating gluten, but there's a video here: Open Original Shared Link where a doctor discusses the best tests to get.

Sounds a lot like celiac disease to me. Brain fog and so on are typical celiac symptoms when glutened. Gluten is addictive to those who are intolerant, because only the first stage of digestion (resulting in a substance called an opioid peptide) takes place. In celiacs, gluten prevents the absorption of nutrients, which is probably why you lose weight...

Gluten is the protein in wheat, rye, barley, spelt and a few other closely related grains. It's not in corn, rice, or oats, although oats are mostly contaminated during processing, so you would need to buy ones that are certified gluten free (meaning they were processed in a gluten free environment). Most of us don't have a lot of barley, rye or spelt...

I'm not at all sure why (as I believe that gluten itself isn't the primary cause of gluten intolerance, but the fact that it is incorrectly or only partly digested), but whenever I used a shampoo which contained wheat germ, I couldn't see properly for hours afterwards. Once I realized the shampoo might be the cause, I swapped to another brand, and have not...