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  1. WheatChef
    When you're not looking for it gluten can sneak in from everywhere so your body would be in a constant flux of purging and adapting to the poison. Before seeking doctor advice I decided to try and OD on gluten a few times and it would take a lot for me to be sure that any one particular meal was the actual problem (2 large pizzas, 1 tray of brownies, 2 loaves...
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    Without sidetracking the post about how completely awesome Jamie Oliver's new show is, he really does have an excellent point about the absolute filth we are feeding children. Then SURPRISE! The kid who grew up eating nothing but slop now eats nothing but slop as an adult. I'd like to see exactly which grains board it was that convinced the government to...
  3. WheatChef
    Ah, yes that would definitely call for antibiotics. Be sure to ask him exactly which tests he's going to order for your celiac panel. I believe the bare minimum tests recommended are: 1. Total Serum IgA 2. IgA-Gliadin 3. IgG-Gliadin 4. IgA-tissue TransGlutaminase (tTG) You don't have to remember the names but if he tells you not ordering at least...
  4. WheatChef
    Even if you cut out 90% of the gluten in your diet you'll still be getting significantly affected by it which could completely skew the results of how you feel. So yes, in order to actually determine this you should try to get 100% gluten-free. I wouldn't rush out and buy all new kitchen equipment just yet. Buy a new cutting board and soak all of your metal...
  5. WheatChef
    Sometimes the "wasabi" mixture at a sushi restaurant is rehydrated with a part water/part soy sauce solution.
  6. WheatChef
    Assuming you give the "diet-test" enough time, it can be the most convincing standard there is. Compare getting yet another test result from some random doctor to getting a severely noticeable reaction from eating gluten again after being gluten-free for 2 months. I know for the first few weeks I was doubting what my doctor told me but each time I ended up...
  7. WheatChef
    An IgG-gliadin test is related to celiacs, an IgG test is not. IgG is just another part of your immune system and the tests that your doctor performed were specific to the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). A positive IgG-EBV result simply means that you have in fact been exposed to EBV either as a child or adolescent/adult (mono) and if you didn't have high IgM-EBV...
  8. WheatChef
    This sounds like an excellent compromise. Basically in the end if you were to do this you'd be having the company pay for your lunch anyways and you wouldn't risk cross contamination.
  9. WheatChef
    Yes. Last time I got glutened I was pretty much sapped for energy for the entire next day and decently drained the day after that.
  10. WheatChef
    Alternatively, they could be basing their recommendation that he get a biopsy off the fact that he has type-I diabetes and therefor has an elevated chance of having celiacs. The presence of homozygous *0201 means that he's got about a 33% chance of having celiacs (Open Original Shared Link), which is very high. Those elevated anti-gliadin results even on...
  11. WheatChef
    The tissue transglutaminase test is an "Anti-transglutaminase" test. Being that your doctor specifically referred to two different tests by technically the same name, they may be referring to the anti-endomysial test which is technically an anti-transglutaminase test. Of the two, the IgA-tTG test is a more reliable marker based on the different testing procedures...
  12. WheatChef
    By testing for deficiency in your total immunoglobulins the doctor can help weed out a false-negative. For instance, if you had been deficient in total IgA and also received a low IgA-tTG result then the tTG test might have simply been low because your body just doesn't make many of any of the IgAs. Intestine healing time is different in everyone but even...
  13. WheatChef
    Many tomato sauces use "Natural Flavors". Last night: White Zinfandel. Was somewhat cheap so not sure exactly what I was expecting, at least I get to be lethargic on a sunday.
  14. WheatChef
    NAET is a complete scam based on ideas and tests that have thoroughly been disproved in repeated studies. If your doctor recommends this treatment, get a new doctor.
  15. WheatChef
    If you could slowly grow your tolerance to gluten with a shot, you would have done it already during the decades you spent consuming it regularly. Not all cooks are bright apparently.
  16. WheatChef
    Yeah, it appears the survey was quite popular! "Thank you for responding to the invitation to participate in the FDA research study on gluten-free statements on the food label. We have had an overwhelming response from the celiac community and have reached our quota much faster than we anticipated. Thanks to consumers like you, we have received over 4...
  17. WheatChef
    Thank you for alerting us to that, it was quite cathartic.
  18. WheatChef
    (EDIT: THE SURVEY HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR NOW, NEITHER OF THE LINKS IN THIS THREAD WORK, YOU DON'T NEED TO SIGN UP FOR ANYTHING) Being a natural sceptic on the net, I have to ask. Wasn't the FDA planning on using a different format for collecting the data? I had read all their planning a while ago and they stated they were only going to be collecting data...
  19. WheatChef
    What were the exact tests you had done and what were the numbers?
  20. WheatChef
    Diabetes type II just means that either your body isn't producing enough insulin or your cells aren't responding enough to the insulin (insulin resistance). Technically with multiple testings at 125 or above for fasting level then I believe you technically had diabetes or at least a level that would cause them to do multiple post-meal tests to determine...
  21. WheatChef
    Do you have a 2-compartment sink? If so just buy two different colors of sponges and dedicate one of the compartments to you and another to him completely with your own colored sponge to be used on either only contaminated or only gluten-free dishware.
  22. WheatChef
    Personal feelings of gastric bypass surgery aside, those blood-glucose levels were pretty high and even now that you've got them "corrected" they're still high. A reading of 125 on more than one occasion means you have diabetes so unless you're just averaging your results there you were skirting dangerously close to being a full blown diabetic. A constant...
  23. WheatChef
    Whether or not the responsible compounds are capable of being absorbed through the lining of your lungs the flour must first travel down the mucosal lining of your nose/mouse and throat to get to your lungs. Since this lining and all of the little hairs along it are responsible for trapping pollutants they do just that and will either try and excrete them...
  24. WheatChef
    That high of a tTG reading means that your body is manufacturing cells to destroy a basic enzyme in your small intestine. Confusion here is somewhat related to Celiac Disease being an actual physical manifestation of noticeable trauma as a result of your body attack itself. Your blood work basically shows that the process has begun whether or not the damage...
  25. WheatChef
    If you saw symptoms get worse then you're on the right path! I know it sounds weird but a large number of people who go gluten free go through a withdrawal period while their body is adapting to a new non-poisonous environment. It varies from person to person but gluten can throw many different hormonal/regulatory systems off balance and they don't all immediately...
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