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  1. Skylark
    Totally depends on the person as to whether your stomach can tell oats from wheat. Many celiacs tolerate oats but a few get a full gluten reaction to avenin (oat gluten).
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    I always think Enterolab is a waste of money. What happens if you add back rice and/or potatoes rather than gluten? Blood sugar effects are fast but isn't insulin stability part of what is supposed to be anti-inflammatory on a low-carb diet?
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    Homemade chicken soup with mushrooms, carrots, celery, bok choy, and various other stuff from the fridge. I added a little gluten-free miso for flavor.
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    Still gluten-free according to the manufacturer. Go to Open Original Shared Link and click allergens.
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    ARCHIVED Prego

    Skylark replied to Celiac Ninja's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    I hope you're feeling better now.
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    Old thread but perfectly up-to-date. One of these days I'm going to find a flour tree orchard and see where those 5-pound bags of white flour that somehow magically contains no wheat come from.
  7. Skylark
    Bleah. Sorry you're in such bad sorts. I hope you feel better sooner than two weeks!
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    's OK. It was just how the ancestry thing came out. Didn't mean anything by it...
  9. Skylark
    Before you go at this too long, do you know you need to be eating a full gluten diet to be tested for celiac disease? It might be best to get your testing done, then go off gluten completely.
  10. Skylark
    The positive lab results are surprisingly hard to come by.
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    The test for graves is called TSI, for thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin. I just had it done (negative, whew). He probably needs TPO and anti-thyroglobulin as well to rule out Hashimoto's.
  12. Skylark
    Five days wouldn't affect your tests. You're either a seronegative celiac or have a very strong non-celiac gluten intolerance. There is no way to tell without an endoscopy. It makes sense to have your children tested. The good news is that since your high-risk gene is half on one chromosome and half on the other, your children will only get a high risk...
  13. Skylark
    The grass does not contain gluten. The issue is how carefully the harvesting is timed. If any of the plants have gone to seed, there will be gluten in the grass. Products with wheat grass or barley grass are only reliably safe if they are being tested for gluten.
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    I had different reactions to different foods before I went gluten-free. I could eat bread and not feel ill, while a fatty meal with gluten like a burger or fettucine alfredo would get me every time. I thought I couldn't handle rich food. It turned out it was the gluten all along. I just reacted with more dramatic symptoms to fatty meals probably because...
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    I like them too. Sorry it's not enough of a remedy!
  16. Skylark
    You know, it is possible that your symptoms could be caused by allergy and delayed hypersensitivity. You get sinus problems and your first reaction to wheat is pretty fast. There is some research that migraines can be caused by delayed hypersensitivity reactions - the mechanism is IgG allergies. GI trouble can also be allergy. Your GP may be able to order...
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    *hands Strawberry_Jam a grammar police badge and stalks off, deeply irritated to get attacked over a constructive post that took rather a while to write through a haze of brain fog*
  18. Skylark
    I'm going in fits and starts, with periods of setback. My TCM doctor says to be patient with chronic illnesses, and that recovery takes time. It goes in cycles, like the yin-yang symbol. Sometimes we have "black" days, sometimes "white", sometimes in-between. If you are having more good days than you were a couple months back, you are on the right track...
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    Your TTG test is negative because you have low total IgA. It's not something that affects your health much but it is a risk factor for celiac and means IgA testing will come back false negative. (Can't look for something that isn't there.) You need the IgG version of the celiac panel. Ask if you can get deamidated gliadin IgG too. It's a very sensitive...
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    Oh, wow. I misunderstood. You are in a difficult situation. You might be flattered to know that you write so well that I assumed you were an adult! I think you are correct that you need an official diagnosis for ADA accommodations. I think I would be inclined to eat gluten and try for the positive test. A full gluten challenge is three months. Some...
  21. Skylark
    Yes, take your kids in. The pediatric GI will probably be interested in your results but it doesn't change whether there are antibodies in the kids' blood. Most of what I've read says the longer you're undiagnosed celiac, the worse the health problems get. It is very reasonable to guess that the surgery and antibiotics triggered your celiac so you've...
  22. Skylark
    As far as the 33-mer, here are a few free papers to read, since you're working on really digging into the science. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Right, animals manufacture their own lectins. We just don't accumulate them for self-defense the way plants do. In mammals lectins are signaling proteins...
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    I bet that GAPS diet I linked to above will help heal your stomach. Most of the foods you're eating now are the ones recommended for healing! You just need to add the probiotics, bone broth, and fermented veggies like homemade sauerkraut. Bone broth especially, since the gelatin is supposed to be protective for your stomach.
  24. Skylark
    I think you are right to suspect that you are a little depressed. What you are describing is self-medication. When your mind is working right, there is not much to need take the edge off. Then you go to a party and laugh at your friends' drunken antics and choose to skip the hangover. Would you be surprised to learn that stress and depression tend to...
  25. Skylark
    How did you come to choose 1800 calories? That's not a lot if much of what you are eating is hard-to-digest protein. You may need more carbs or fatty foods for nourishment and energy. It's impossible to say what else is missing that might leave you tired on your fairly limited diet. Has your doctor given you any clues about what caused the gastric erosion...
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