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  1. Skylark
    The amount per day is different for everyone. For starters, you might add low-sal fruits and veggies. Iceburg lettuce, green beans, rutabagas, brussels sprouts, cabbage, mung bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, and peeled pears are on the Failsafe elimination because they're low enough in salicylate that most folks tolerate them. You can season with green onions...
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    Great! I'm glad you were able to get the testing. Ask all the questions you need about the diet. I hope it helps.
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    Gotcha. When I got that way I was really not rational. About the only thing that would get me to calm down and sleep was Seroquel.
  4. Skylark
    IH, why is anxiety or depression OK but anger is not? Do you realize that severe irritability is every bit as much a symptom of mental imbalance as anxiety? That irritability and insomnia are the hallmarks of mania? Sure that first post is hard to read, but you have to read between the lines. Your advice to stay strictly gluten-free is good but there...
  5. Skylark
    After just 2 weeks gluten-free I'd suggest you go back to eating gluten and get tested for celiac. The gastritis, muscle aches and miscarriages are all signs of celiac disease. I know the headaches must be miserable but it's really helpful to know if you have the autoimmunity becasue it puts you at risk for other autoimmune diseases. You'll also know how...
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    I wouldn't be so fast to rule out salicylate. You may have gotten under your sensitivity threshold by going off the fruits/veggies and only taking your herbs.
  7. Skylark
    Yes, insist on celiac testing. Your symptoms are pretty typical.
  8. Skylark
    That's a good idea. I used to really like carob bars as a kid. It's not a migraine trigger like chocolate.
  9. Skylark
    This is not a complete list. In particular I notice zinc is missing, which can be critically important for some people. You also are not getting trace elements, which can be very low in non-organic food. Also, have you looked into methylfolate?
  10. Skylark
    I hate hearing other people are suffering with this but at the same time it's a little comforting to not be alone. Let us know if you find something that works!
  11. Skylark
    Wow, maybe I could finally get tested without poisoning myself.
  12. Skylark
    Scalloping is common with celiac. You'll have to wait for the full report though.
  13. Skylark
    Good luck finding one that works. I'm on NP Thyroid by Acella, yet another different natural thyroid. I feel much better with some T3.
  14. Skylark
    I hear ya'. I can't tolerate all the amines in chocolate. It gives me a migraine. Tomatoes, dairy, grains, all out. I run screaming from Italian restaurants. We'll cry over our coconut macaroons and peanut butter cookies together.
  15. Skylark
    The very end is the best part. From Pfizer!
  16. Skylark
    Flour is light, flies into the air, and will cross-contaminate gluten-free food if you work with both regular and gluten-free flour at the same time. I don't even allow wheat flour in my kitchen. If I had no choice I'd make the gluten-free baked goods first. I wouldn't worry about putting a gluten-free casserole and a regular one in the oven at the same...
  17. Skylark
    Refined starches like cornstarch, potato starch or tapioca can stay in the pantry. Flour ground from whole grains like buckwheat, teff, or brown rice keeps better refrigerated or frozen.
  18. Skylark
    You won't have thrown the bloodwork with only a week gluten-free and the six weeks back eating gluten. As Christine says, you probably need an endoscopy and biopsies. Idiopathic low iron can be caused by celiac and the bloodwork has about a 20% chance of false negatives.
  19. Skylark
    Bad bloating is often a reaction to lactose or fructose. Since you're pretty low-dairy I'd suggest looking into a low-FODMAP diet. Fructose malabsorption can do what you're describing and it can be quite painful. You also may want to start taking some Beanzyme when you eat legumes (it's a gluten-free vesrion of Beano available at Open Original Shared...
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    I've had delays as long as 48 hours.
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    I'd suggest you start a food/symptom diary. A lot of us have other intolerances besides gluten. The diary makes it easy to look for patterns. Pay particular attention to dairy, corn, and soy.
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    I've found an Aussie naturopath in town who looks to be competent. I may raid my savings and pay for visits and testing. Unfortunately my HMO will not cover it and I don't have flex spending so the cost is going to be painful.
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    Synthroid does not have gluten. That's a myth that keeps getting repeated but it's simply not true. I called Abbot and asked last fall when I tried it for a while. Since it's a sugar base they are not testing the raw ingredients and won't make a gluten-free claim, but it's as safe as a box of confectioners sugar from the store. The tablet does have some...
  24. Skylark
    It could be yeast, dough conditioners, preservatives like propionic acid, or GMO wheat. Have you tried homemade bread with organic flour?
  25. Skylark
    Yes, it's negative. You are probably gluten intolerant rather than celiac. With one autoimmune disease you're at risk for more so it's good to be off gluten.
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