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  1. Melanie
    Tie-breaker! I wouldn't start a gluten free diet until after the biopsy yet either. Many Celiacs don't test positive via a biopsy. You have HUGE GI surface area. They just take a few little samples so unless your villi are really damage, you may not get a positive biopsy and you may even get an inconclusive one. So I would eat as much gluten as possible...
  2. Melanie
    Does anyone know of one that is soy free as well? I've been searching.
  3. Melanie
    But be sure to follow the ingestion of sugar with protein or fat to help your glucose levels stablize. As far as I know, hypoglycemia is more like Type II diabetes and not Type I diabetes. They are very different and a better approach for type II and hypoglycemia is to eat something balanced (it has some carbs/sugars in it that help raise the blood...
  4. Melanie
    I think someone on here (Tara?) is hypoglycemic and will give you more advice than I can but I will try. 1. You shouldn't eat just sugar to prevent a crash. You need to balance the sugar with protein or fat. My friend had bad hypoglycemia (my opinion but I don't know what is concidered bad) and her doctor told her to eat meat slices, cheese, or peanut...
  5. Melanie
    Hey Lynn, I adopted too and only know about my mother's side. I'm German and Icelandic, which is mostly Norwegian although the Icelandic side is very dark in coloring, on my mom's side. My mother has many stomach problems, ulcers, acid reflux and IBS. Whenever I talk to her, her stomach is in pain. I did send her some info on Celiac but she didn...
  6. Melanie
    The butterball turkey says it is soaked in a solution that contains modified food starch, which I've been assuming is not gluten-free although I'm well aware that they all are not made from wheat. So why doesn't butterball list it as modified corn starch?
  7. Melanie
    Ok, they all mean you can't digest gluten well, but does that mean that all levels of sensitivity will cause villi disruption or is that just celiac. That is why I'm kind of confused but because I find this diet really hard to follow. Thank you.
  8. Melanie
    Great, I just returned our butterball turkey. At least I will know in the future. This modified food starch thing is annoying me. If it's from corn, why not say modified corn starch? Sorry, I'm annoyed.
  9. Melanie
    I have a Sucky Whole Foods here in Fort Collins. They don't even have Ener-G breads at all even though their list said they did. I've had 3 people try to help me find stuff. I would really like to get some muffins though . (and not have to order expensive ones in addition to paying shipping and handling)
  10. Melanie
    How about Taco Johns? I'm assuming it isn't gluten-free, but does anyone know for sure.
  11. Melanie
    I don't have a recipe but I've toyed with the idea of making stuffing using gluten free bread crumbs to substitute for regular bread crumbs. Or else I think you just need spices and butter to make stuffing. You could probably just find a regular stuffing recipe and adjust it. Good luck!
  12. Melanie
    Thanks for the pizza crust recipe! Does anyone have one with fewer ingredients. I don't bake too much and don't want to invest that much money for pizza crust. Thanks.
  13. Melanie
    We're having 7-layered salad, potatoes and corn.
  14. Melanie
    Yes, I've been tested for hypothyroidism many many times. Thank you for mentioning because it is a real common problem and I think a lot more people need to be tested for it. My TSH is always between 1 and 1.5 which is really good.
  15. Melanie
    ELISA is a fundamental method in science and is far from being bogus. It is one of the most used methods in science and many biology job postings require you to know how to do ELISA. It measures Antigen (food) Antibody (IgG in York's case) binding so it is going to measure how much and if you produce any antibody towards the food (a part of the food) they...
  16. Melanie
    Hey Racheleona! That is what my Obgyn told me too. If you have any other symptoms of PCOS like excess hair, you might want to get your Obgyn to test you (hair loss can be from celiacs too especially if it is overall loss). Mine did finally test me and did find some blood work abnormalities, but I've since had many tests done and seen two endocrinologists...
  17. Melanie
    Hey Racheleona, After reading your post, I really wondered if you have Polycyctic Ovarian Syndrome. Your symptoms really sound like it. You can visit soulcysters.com and they have a great info section and message board. Melanie
  18. Melanie
    Thanks for the response, Tiffany! I really appreciate it. I'm kind of lost right now. I think I will get tested during Christmas when brain fog is ok because I'm really wondering if there is something else going on. I think I need tests in order to make me commit because it is really hard! It is ok most of the time but I have crazy cravings or I want...
  19. Melanie
    Ok, I have lots of gas and multiple bowl movements/day. I also have low iron, low zinc, and poor night vision. I don't have stomach pains though. I talked to my doctor about it and he told me just to try the diet and I do feel better on it and have a lot more gas and brain fog when I do eat wheat although I'm not super sensitve to it. I'm really...
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