ideagirl

I've seen some info on the web about DNA tests for celiac. The disease has a genetic component, so DNA tests can be somewhat useful. The way celiac works is you have the genetic thing that makes it possible for celiac to get triggered in you, and then, if a trigger comes along, you develop celiac disease. Triggers vary pretty widely, but they boil down to...

Have you told your doctor this? Not to freak you out, but worse things than celiac or IBS can cause symptoms like that. I would really recommend that you tell your doctor and, if you haven't had an internal scan (e.g., barium swallow, colonoscopy etc.) in the past few years, insist that you need one just to make sure that it's not something worse. It really...

With results like yours, who needs a label? I just got the blood test (results not back yet), and although my doctor doubts I'm celiac because it's rare (he thinks I have IBS, which is more common), he said... GUESS WHAT.... * Even if you're NOT celiac, you can still be gluten-intolerant; * And EVEN if you're not gluten intolerant, if you have any digestive...

I emailed the company that makes Vigo Mexican/Spanish/Cuban food to ask about gluten, because the ingredient labels are vague ("vegetable protein" etc.), and here's the response I got: Gluten Free Products: >Vigo Chicken Base >White Balsamic Vinegar Products with Corn Gluten: >Vigo Yellow Rice >Vigo Paella >Vigo Mexican Rice >...

I don't know if you've checked here already, but there's an alternative medicine place at 2345 S. Huron Parkway in Ann Arbor, near where Huron Pkway crosses Washtenaw. It's easy to spot, because it's located in two huge purple Victorian houses. There are a lot of different practitioners there, all of them holistic/naturopathic, including some chiropractor...

Why wait for the diagnosis? Just go on the gluten-free diet and see how soon you feel better. If the gluten-free diet works, stay on it. You don't need prescription meds for celiac disease, so getting a doctor to validate that you have it isn't really necessary.

I've never had that much scrutiny when applying for health insurance. I mean, I never had an insurance company actually ask to look at tests. They generally just ask what my medical history is (diagnoses, operations, hospitalizations, etc.) and my lifestyle (smoking, exercise), and in most cases they would still cover you but either at a higher price (this...

I don't know of any that specialize in it, but I know there's a Dr. Paul Lebovitz at Allegheny General who is a gastroenterologist and also used to head their alternative medicine department--so he's probably a lot more aware of nutritional issues than most doctors (I mean, most doctors just want to throw pharmaceutical drugs at you). Also, he was quoted...

Hello, I have a bunch of Silk chocolate soymilk drinkboxes--I have them for breakfast--and they all say "Gluten Free" on them. Plus, the ingredients don't contain anything that could be a gluten source. Is there something different about the soy Starbucks uses, or were you thinking of a different brand?