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  1. WheatChef
    Before going gluten free my bilirubin was so high each new doctor kept thinking I had hepatitis (yellow eyes).
  2. WheatChef
    14 subjects seems like an awfully small sample size to base a real study off of. Considering there was a study on autism and celiac disease that showed elevated gliadin antibodies were twice as common in autistic subjects as controls this study really should have looked more at autistic children who specifically had elevated gliadin antibodies. Since none...
  3. WheatChef
    This is a pretty important factor. Anyone who has done the Enterolab test know if they test both parts?
  4. WheatChef
    Not at all, the gene tests don't directly deal with celiac disease. The gene tests look for your genes that encode for a specific part of your immune system (HLA) that has to do with creating antigens for different pathogens. The genes that are tested for have to do with gliadin presenting antigens, not tTG (although tTG-deaminated gliadin is often times...
  5. WheatChef
    Lactose intolerance runs in my family (coincidentally in the same people who are starting to respond well to a gluten-free diet). Before going gluten-free I used to have lactose intolerance problems that would cycle in and out, for the most part I would just adapt by eating only small amounts of dairy, or only eating hard cheeses (which have less lactose...
  6. WheatChef
    I tried the whole shared kitchen thing and thought I was getting better until my roommate left town on vacation and I realized just how much an effect even something as seemingly small as sharing a dishwasher can have. Unless you've actually tried a 100% gluten-free kitchen for some time you can't see how a shared kitchen will actually affect you.
  7. WheatChef
    Technically there is no real blood test for celiac. Doctors will use the IgA-tTG (tissue TransGlutaminase) test to prescreen you for a biopsy of the small intestine. Observable damage to the microvilli of the small intestine is the official diagnostic method of Celiac disease. Keep in mind, celiac disease is a lot less common than gluten intolerance which...
  8. WheatChef
    Well technically you have better odds of testing positive for a wheat allergy while having an active gluten intolerance. This isn't because you're necessarily allergic to wheat (where your body reacts to a different protein technically) it's because gluten intolerance often causes increased systemic inflammation and a hyperactive histamine system (your allergy...
  9. WheatChef
    The odds of you having a candida overgrowth are less than your odds of having introduced a food into your diet with hidden gluten, or getting small amounts of gluten through cross contamination of a shared kitchen/dishwasher which would give you exactly the symptoms you've described above.
  10. WheatChef
    Lactose intolerance isn't anything like a gluten intolerance. Lactose is a disaccharide (two part sugar) consisting of one glucose molecule and one galactose molecule. Your body can't actually use lactose but it can use glucose and galactose. First though your body needs to break the single bond that joins the glucose and galactose molecules. In order to...
  11. WheatChef
    From the wording it looks like they ordered IgA-Gliadin, tTG-antibodies (AB) and total IgA. You've certainly got a lot of the different problems associated with gluten-intolerance so good luck on getting to the bottom of it. The only really important thing in all of it however is whether or not you feel better while gluten free.
  12. WheatChef
    I'll save you 50% There you go, you're gluten sensitive. Remember the genetic tests don't show celiac disease only gluten sensitivity which puts you at a higher risk of celiac disease. Doesn't really matter one way or another as the treatment and urgency of treatment is exactly the same. Feel free to send me the $150 at your earliest convenience.
  13. WheatChef
    "bloodwork" just means they removed some of your blood. We'd have to know the exact tests that were done in order to answer your primary question. The symmetry of DH isn't exactly a mirror image, it's just that it will show up most often on both sides, not just one regardless of the actual pattern on both sides.
  14. WheatChef
    There are many different tests that can be run in regards to intestinal issues and even multiple tests that can be ordered having to do with wheat so it would be important to know exactly which type of tests were actually run. As far as the symmetry goes, dermatitis herpetiformis normally shows up with bilateral symmetry meaning that if you get the hives...
  15. WheatChef
    Technically you do have IBS. Thing is that IBS is not a diagnosis, it's just a description. Going gluten-free won't automatically make all of the test results void. They can make them less valid though, and since they don't start off as being severely reliable in the first place it is recommended to stay on gluten if you have an upcoming appointment. While...
  16. WheatChef
    You'll have to be more specific technically. An overall IgE test or specific IgE test? What "wheat test"? What type of doctor? The rash that you get, is it bilaterally symmetrical?
  17. WheatChef
    Rice vinegar itself is safe. Any sort of flavored rice vinegar is well, flavored. Do you know the specific flavoring they used?
  18. WheatChef
    Quite interesting stuff about the altered expression, thanks for those articles. I love reading up on this stuff now. From the patient's standpoint though I don't really understand why they should really care about whether their body is reacting to tTG altered gliadin or just gliadin. The treatment is exactly the same in both cases and the importance of...
  19. WheatChef
    19 is a very old upper limit. The current recommendation is much lower, I believe somewhere in the single digits. While technically this would result in a weaker positive all that means is that they are less likely to be able to find the damage. This still means that your body is actively attacking it's own cells, in response to consumption of gluten which...
  20. WheatChef
    The IgA and IgM were testing gliadin antibodies, technically they could be for anything if it's not listed? The IgA is mainly a mucous based immune system response (anything that comes in through your lungs or stomach). IgM is kinda like your bodies introductory response to a pathogen, it shows up upon the first few exposures and once your body's response...
  21. WheatChef
    The human body is a ridiculously complicated matter. For each little thing you do wrong to it, it will find a dozen or more ways to compensate for the offense and keep you running. Some of these compensations are immediate, some take longer to fully balance out. When you remove a negative stimulus that has been constantly been forcing your body to make adjustments...
  22. WheatChef
    Well technically I'm of the view that anyone who carries the genes needs to try a gluten-free diet and if they don't see the need to stick with it then they should repeat the trial every few years. What do you mean by "triggering" tTG? It is an enzyme that is found all over our body from the day we are born. The development of specific tTG antibody response...
  23. WheatChef
    Unfortunately there's no catchy name for the whole gluten-sensitivity and you can't technically use Celiac to describe the systemic effects since celiac is based on an old greek word for abdomen. Yet many doctors focus on only the reactions in that specific location as if they could only diagnose someone with a kicking belly as being pregnant by if they had...
  24. WheatChef
    She's asking for a test to prove it to her mother I believe, not a doctor. The genes are indicative of having a gluten sensitivity, not celiacs and a tTG test would only look for possible celiac disease while telling nothing of a gluten sensitivity. If you have the specific DQ2 or DQ8 genes then you should not be eating gluten. Does this mean that 30% of...
  25. WheatChef
    Good to know that the leaders in one of the "progressive" states are just as dumb as those we have in the south. Guess they've never heard that flour has a higher GI than sugar and honey. "It's made from a grain, how could that be bad for you??"
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