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You, personally, may be happy with Wikipedia, and that is fine. Not sure where you got the "12 year olds" out of my post, because I didn't say that. Age is not a determinate of intelligence! Some things to note, however: If you quote Wikipedia as a source on a university paper you will get an "F". If you attempt to publish a study using Wikipedia...

I think you've missed the point entirely. The DNA test was never advertised as being able to "rule someone out", nor did I suggest that. The DNA test can tell you IF you are predisposed to celiac disease, and it is 100% specific. (not sure where you get your 5% numbers....) You seem to be confusing your principles of statistics here. Further...

Jamie, There are many, many possibilities. If this happens mostly when you "go out to eat", (and I didn't realize that is what you originally meant), then I would very strongly suspect that you are getting some form of "food poisoning", to use a general non-descriptive term :-) . You would be amazed at how dirty most commercial kitchens...

Let's clarify this a little more so that we can describe this accurately: In medical testing, and in statistics, there are two terms used to describe the accuracy of a test. Sensitivity Specificity What does this mean? Recall from your statistics classes the relationships between sensitivity and specificity: Sensitivity tells...

Sorry, if I confused anyone with my statistic.... The proportion of people with Celiac Disease to those without it, has nothing to do with the accuracy of the blood test for antibodies.

Yep, Peter, that was a typo....should be 1% But let's not take away the effect here...even 1% of the population is a large number of people! And in other populations, for instance those of North Africa, the number is 1 in 5, or 20% !!

30 to 40 hours is a long time with regard to a reaction to a food. Your reactions should be much more immediate. You mentioned "food charts"....care to elaborate on them? Are you eating exactly the same types, (i.e. simple carbs, complex carbs, proteins of the same type, etc), of foods and proportions every day? Also, are you missing meals ever or...

Statistically speaking then, you have a 50/50 chance of feeling tired after eating gluten, is what you are saying. Thus, mathematically, we can show that these two are not correlated. In other words, just doing the math here, the gluten is not causing your tiredness. That doesn't mean you don't have celiac disease, necessarily, but what you have stated...

Stress does not "cause" celiac disease. You must be genetically predisposed to the disease. True, it can come and go, but is not "caused" by these issues you experienced. However, your body has a strange way of reacting to things, and when you are sick for a long time, defenses that used to work, may no longer work until you are back to your "normal" health...

Also, be aware, please, you could feel more tired after cutting out wheat, because you have suddenly dropped the majority of your carbohydrate intake! You must supplement your diet with some other carbohydrate source similar to what the wheat provided you or you will most definitely feel really tired after dropping wheat!!

This is, actually, pretty normal.... this has a lot to do with how much carbohydrates you eat normally, and if you are overloading on them and sugar when you eat the bread or pasta....you may just be coming down from a "sugar high"... Simply getting tired a few days after eating a really high carb diet is not indicative of celiacs at all. It is more indicative...

If you feel that wheat is a problem, yes, try to get away from it for a while and see what happens. But, it may take longer than a few days to feel a difference, especially if you have other more complex problems as a result of the wheat. However, when changing your diet, always, always make sure that you know how to eat a balanced diet without the particular...