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    If you're fructose intolerant, brown rice flour may be making you sick.
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    You can find air chilled chicken at health food stores. I think it has a better taste and texture.
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    You're not doing anything wrong. Real food is expensive compared to processed junk. Is there a membership club like Sam's or Costco in your area? You can save a lot of money buying groceries in bulk there. You might also see if there is any sort of vegetable co-op or community sponsored agriculture to get your seasonal veggies for less money.
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    It took me more than one class. I do science for a living. Yes, that's why I was saying it would be hard to totally eliminate corn. It's in everything in the US.
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    No, having only one celiac test is not accurate at all and TTG-IgA is lacking in sensitivity. It only picks up maybe 80% of people with celiac disease. Most of the research articles I've read lately suggest DGP-IgG along with the TTG-IgA. If you're positive on either you are very likely celiac.
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    There is a really interesting new paper on corn and celiac. Open Original Shared Link This paper carefully identifies fragments of corn gluten (zein) that could potentially bind to HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 in a subset of people with celiac disease. They removed all the gluten IgA antibodies from sera of some celiac volunteers and found some antibodies to...
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    Thanks, Jess!

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    I liked your post in the "Cross-Reactivity" thread so much that I tweeted it <3

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    On what basis did he decide it was false positive? Is this the same idiot who diagnosed you with IBS-d? Around here we say IBS stands for "I Be Stumped". It's often caused by celiac. DGP-IgA is about 85% specific, meaning there is a better chance than not that you are celiac. As far as improvement, there will be a lot of slow changes. It takes time...
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    Good luck!
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    No, what you need are chelates. Sublinguals are the latest way to extract money from gullible consumers. Very few things are actually absorbed sublingually. You pay extra, swallow the supplement, and absorb it through your digestive tract as usual. There are quite a few products with chelated micronutrents. We've known for decades to give proteinates...
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    If traces of gluten make you very anxious you may need to get the gluten out of the house. Your family can get their gluten "fix" at work/school.
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    Do you have symptoms that resolve gluten-free? If so you're definitely celiac. Yes, your kids should be tested.
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    Lotta claims, no science, no real explanation of what the product is. I wouldn't waste my money. The enzyme preparation that might be worth getting is Biocare Glutenzyme. It has the gluten protease from barley that Alvine is investigating. Problem is, you will probably have to order the product internationally because of the Alvine patents.
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    Nobody is going to force you to eat it. You are a bit hypocritical if you are eating carboxymethyl cellulose in breads like Udi's though.
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    I had the same thought about low total IgA and negative TTG. The DGP-IgA is something like 85% specific, meaning you have about an 85% chance of having a positive biopsy. It's just not 98% like DGP-IgG or EMA so you don't know for sure what's going on from the bloodwork.
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    No, it's not true that Californians don't walk or view people on foot suspiciously. Things are pretty spread out in SoCal though, so we tend to jump in our cars out of habit. The terrain is also hilly. I could walk to my local grocery store but the steep uphill slog home with my groceries wouldn't be any fun so I tend to hop in the car. There are...
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    It can come up with autoimmune diseases, including celiac. I wonder if it has anything to do with your Hashimoto's?
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    I'm confused too. Sometimes people have only DGP-IgA and no damage on biopsy. I haven't seen any studies to explain it. In celiac, gluten gets processed by TTG to make DGP. Your immune system recognizing DGP is thought to be the first step in developing celiac disease. Thing that's confusing is that most of the studies are focusing on DGP-IgG. I still...
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    Good point! Hyperthyroidism definitely causes irritation and sleeplessness. If it's longstanding it's more likely Graves' than Hashi's. Hashi's will make you swing between hyper- and hypo.
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    Gotcha! I agree the prescriptions can be helpful if natural remedies don't work.
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    Once you get your celiac testing done properly, you should definitely try gluten-free. You might get substantial relief from a lot of your problems.
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    Interesting stuff but didn't you read the paper? The authors specifically ruled out cross-reaction with anti-gliadin antibodies. They go on to say that cross-reactivity not supported by their sequence analysis either. "In addition, after a pre-incubation of the sera with gliadins the IgA indexes anti-zeins were still the same as before incubation, while...
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    Gosh, you're not getting very good care. That's nothing new though. Did your doctor take celiac biopsies on the EGD and do you happen to know which test came back negative? You just have so many gluten intolerant or celiac symptoms I'd hate to see you go without a proper workup.
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    Why take a prescription if she's getting results with cayenne, kombucha, and ginger? That's safe stuff and the kombucha is probiotic too. It typically takes me a few weeks to get the candida to settle down, but I stay on the remedy and high probiotics for about three months before I can consider tapering off. If I stop as soon as the symptoms are better...
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