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  1. WheatChef
    First step: toss any teflon pans. Not because yes, they are now unsafe for you as a celiac, but because they have always been unsafe for you as a mammal (and are merely coverups for poor cooking techniques). While you're at it, toss your cast irons. Cast iron pans are probably on the very short list for absolute essentials in any kitchen (along with knives...
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    Candida is a yeast (single celled fungus) that is naturally found in the human body. Antibiotics are specific to bacteria, meaning they won't directly affect the candida colonies. However with antibiotic use you kill off both good and bad bacteria providing more "real estate" for the candida cells to flourish in. Additionally since most bacteria naturally...
  3. WheatChef
    Just a quick clarification to the whole "IBS or Celiac" thing. IBS is the acronym for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. In the medical field the word syndrome is used to describe any set of symptoms that are commonly found together. The word syndrome is not used to define an illness, disease or condition. Many of the symptoms for celiac disease qualify for IBS as...
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    Yes, going gluten-free should greatly alleviate these problems for you if a gluten sensitivity is your only problem. So, the situations with highest probability are that you're either not being totally gluten-free (not at all uncommon in the beginning, it's rough to adjust perfectly) or that a gluten sensitivity isn't your real problem or at least not your...
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    If gluten can cause your body to attack it's own cells in places like your intestine, your lungs or your skin then your hair is certainly not safe from attack. Considering the oddly high concentration of immune cells on the scalp it's really easy for any sort of immune problem to end up compromising your hair's health. I know whenever I end up getting...
  6. WheatChef
    I met that blood type diet guy once while almost buying a car from him. He's a fool, don't put any faith into a thing he says as far as nutrition goes.
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    Withdrawal symptoms are somewhat common, so far half of the people in my family who've had to go gluten-free have experienced withdrawal type symptoms. If your body tells you it needs to rest, then let it rest. Just be sure that you're getting an ample supply of nutrients in order to fuel it properly for the healing process. I wouldn't jump straight to the...
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    Your hormones caused it. For the first couple of months your body goes through a number of changes as it adjusts to "normal" operating conditions. The systems in the body are quite complex and for a while your body will just give you crap for the hell of it because it's still adjusting. This makes it quite difficult in the beginning to pinpoint whether or...
  9. WheatChef
    If this occurs from a wide array of gluten-free products (ie: not just soy/corn/etc containing ones) then you might be experiencing carbohydrate intolerance. Would certainly account for the GI symptoms.
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    4 months gluten-free and healthier than ever!

  11. WheatChef
    The cheapo chinese soy sauce sold in most grocery stores is gluten free as well, it just tastes like crap. Judging by the ingredients, this is what they are using. So yes it looks to be safe.
  12. WheatChef
    If you have an IgA deficiency then any IgA type tests will give you invalid results. This means tests such as Tissue Transglutaminase-IgA and deamidated gliadin-IgA tests will naturally give you lower than normal levels results in a much higher possibility of a false negative. Alternatively IgG tests can be performed.
  13. WheatChef
    Unfortunately all 3 of those conditions have a high likelihood of occurring together, enough so that it's normally recommended that everyone with either type 1 or down's syndrome get tested for celiac's disease. On the bright side however, many people with celiac disease end up adopting a high fat, low carb diet (since we can't have all those breads anymore...
  14. WheatChef
    If you want your teeth to be strong and free of cavities, brush your teeth. There's nothing special about fluoride that makes it necessary to ingest the stuff. The favorable chemical reaction occurs locally meaning that even with fluoridated water the only time it's benefiting your teeth is while the water is still in your mouth, touching your teeth, before...
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    Just as an aside, there's absolutely nothing unhealthy about red meat. Nitrite/Nitrate cured red meats, yes. Regular red meat, not at all. This is one of the top 5 nutritional scams out there thanks to inept media reporting on studies they don't understand. Technically we as humans are built of a nice combination of white and dark meat and so our diet should...
  16. WheatChef
    My trigger was when my voice started cracking. Yay puberty!
  17. WheatChef
    No tests are technically sufficient enough to rule out celiac disease, there are only tests that are capable of ruling in the disease.
  18. WheatChef
    You have tested positive for DQ2.5 a simple google search will reveal much more in-depth knowledge of that specific marker but basically it's the most potent gene for producing an immune system response to gluten. Your test unfortunately doesn't tell you if you have two copies of the gene (one from both parent) so it doesn't tell you the likelyhood of your...
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    Look up all of the tests that need to be done for a proper diagnosis. Don't ask, tell the doctor to perform the tests. It's your body, your health and your future but it's only his car lease payment for that month. Because you do have a relative with celiacs (along with others with comorbid diseases) I would simply tell the doctor when you're making the appointment...
  20. WheatChef
    While gluten isn't like a normal bacteria in that at one simple temperature you can assure all or enough of the cells are dead to not cause you a problem, it still is an organic compound and will burn. Pretty much all foods will breakdown to ash at a certain temperature as carbon burns and all you're left with are the minerals. During the course of cleaning...
  21. WheatChef
    Further proof of this guys absolute lack of grasp on nutrition: "Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins." Cooking does not destroy vitamins, many vitamins are quite resilient to thermal treatments. Some in fact are actually altered by cooking to more bioavailable forms...
  22. WheatChef
    Food doesn't rot and ferment in the stomach, it gets broken down by enzymes, mechanical action and acid (although this acidification is rapidly changed once the food passes to the small intestine). This is part of the digestive process, your system needs to break down complex molecules so that it can better absorb the components. Furthermore, many different...
  23. WheatChef
    This "Dr." stephen mak guy sounds like a complete quack, he doesn't understand the basics of what the stomach does.
  24. WheatChef
    So far I'm 4/4 out of family members I've told to try out the diet that have responded positively in health. Unfortunately I think there's only maybe one more that needs to try out the diet but she's refusing to even acknowledge that it might help even though she's got numerous serious symptoms. Need to get my genetic testing done, it's obscene that my...
  25. WheatChef
    Unless they were specifically looking for celiacs when they did the scope and biopsies it's not a definite they would find evidence of it, heck even if they were specifically looking for celiacs when they did the scope and biopsies it still would not be a definite that they would successfully find it. Villi are the little folds in your intestine. In order...
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