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I'm not extremely sensitive, but just enough to warrant a gluten-free diet. I DID accidentally have a soup with regular soy sauce in it the night before when we went out to eat, and I did have a slight reaction then (just some gas and bloating, but definitely not "normal"). As for cross contamination, my SO is pretty good about cleaning off things and...

I started the gluten-free diet about 2 weeks ago after coming back with negative results from Celiac. I thought maybe I had an intolerance since I have a deep family history of sensitivity to gluten. Anyway, my hubby likes to make stir fry a lot, so I picked up Feel Good Food's Asian Style Chicken Dumplings. They sounded great, but I noticed a very chalky...

Those are very good (and educational) points. Thank you for that information! Definitely want to do some more research out of curiosity now.

I also tested negative with a very deep family history of celiac and intolerance. The doctor wanted to put me on IBS pills and I said NO. I immediately went on a gluten free diet after the nurse told me that it did not test for intolerance and I already feel a difference after a week and a half. Also, people claim there's a false negative rate of about 2...

Simple sushi rolls (tuna, salmon, yellowtail) or nigiri/sashimi are usually fine. Just bring your own soy sauce for dipping! As mentioned above Thai rice noodle bowls are a favorite of mine (thankfully the Asian delivery place we order from in D.C. has an excellent noodle bowl with nothing except fresh veggies and un-marinated meat). Also, I know Noodles...

I just started the diet about a week and a half ago and second guess that it's actually working. What I've started to do is create a Google document table (like Excel) and keep track of what I eat every day. I highlight foods that give me moderate stomach issues in yellow and then scale up to orange and red (I was having "red" at least 2-3 times a week)....

Since Celiac and gluten intolerance runs in my family (mother has celiac, great grandfather has an intolerance and HIS mother had digestive problems all her life and went undiagnosed) I wondered why I kept having digestive issues. As posted a few weeks ago, I had some bloodwork done (Prometheus Celiac PLUS and some thyroid work etc). It all came back negative...

I haven't asked for the endo biopsy, I think my doctor wants to avoid any invasive testing if he can. I was told that if the diet doesn't work to try some pills for 2 weeks, and if they helped then I had IBS (that seems like a really, really lame "diagnosis"). But I might just push for an endo to get this all over with and make sure there's nothing more...

So here were the results (it was a complete test, Prometheus Celiac Plus): DGP IgG: 0.8 ml DGP IgA: 0.9 ml TTG IgA: 0.5 ml EMA IgA: Negative Total IgA: 108 mg Those look like normal levels, according to the reference range. I almost WISH I had Celiac so I could figure out what is wrong with me. Then at least I could make it stop. I'll continue...

Thanks. I called the office and will pick up a copy today after work and get back to this thread with a little more in depth info (I know I got 4 different tests done, the office has been kind of bad about communicating information to me - I've only been able to talk to the nurse, not the actual doctor, very frustrating).

Steadily over the past year I've been having increasing "episodes" as I call them (digestive issues). I tried probiotics for a couple of weeks, and while they helped I still did not feel normal. There were no "trigger" foods, it seemed very random - from pasta, to sushi, to rice and beans. I became so frustrated that, at the behest of my mother (who was diagnosed...