Fairy Dancer
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Eclectic Soul into everything from Health and Fitness to Palaeontology to Geology to the Paranormal to Arts and Crafts. Completing a BSc in the Earth Sciences.
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ARCHIVED Gerd, Migraines And Daytime Drowsiness.
Fairy Dancer posted a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Hi I am not diagnosed celiac as my blood test came back normal. I was trying out a gluten free diet at the time (it was the only way I was well enough to get to the drs) and did experience some improvement until I went back on grains again after I received the results. At that point I relapsed badly (was bedbound) and so decided to go grain free (loosely... -
ARCHIVED What To Do For Breakfast?
Fairy Dancer replied to phyller's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Yes the theory with the paleo people is that it is grains and excessive carbs that do the most damage and not fat. Although some forms of paleo can be higher in carbs there is also the low carb version, so the fat is vital for energy. It's not atkins though, people tend to confuse them. Also legumes are off the menu as is dairy (if you are hardcore paleo... -
ARCHIVED What To Do For Breakfast?
Fairy Dancer replied to phyller's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
I am on the paleo diet (which is grain free and diary free) and I will eat just about anything for breakfast including meat and vegetables (aye I know lol...). I moved away from traditional breakfast foods when I changed my diet. For something closer to tradition though I often eat some nuts, berries and a couple of poached/boiled/scrambled or fried eggs... -
Opps double post, sorry.
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I have a head full of hair but what I am wondering is there anything to stop grey hair? I am losing my colour It did start falling out at one point but because I started out with an awful lot of it, it just looked a little bit thinner is all and lately I have new regrowth anyway, especially since I started using the 'no-pooing' technique on it...
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I went grain free and diary free several months ago and my bowel issues settled down fairly quickly, however, I am still intermittently getting what looks like steatorrhea (pale foul smelling stools that are sticky, float and look greasy). The only things I can think of that might be causing it are: 1 A few weeks back I reintroduced dairy again, found...
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I was happily tootling along on the paleo diet (no dairy, no grains etc), which I have been on the for the last month and a half, when a few weeks ago I had a bad migraine that left me with vertigo and nausea for a while. Not long after that I also started getting stomach pain (upper half of my abdomen, not lower abdomen). As I could not eat much I put cream...
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ARCHIVED How Many Food Groups Can A Person Be Intollerant To!
Fairy Dancer posted a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Ok, I am not diagnosed as celiac although I have a brother who is. I did have a blood test months ago (whilst I was trying out a gluten free/paleo influenced diet for health problems that have lead to my being housebound and bedridden most days including IBS type symptoms with uncontrollable diarrhoea, migraine headaches, CFS type symptoms (fatigue, brain... -
I was going to suggest cranberry juice...but cranberry stuff has already been suggested.
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ARCHIVED Life Has A Way Of Playing Cruel Jokes On You...
Fairy Dancer replied to Trudyjerry's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Sounds daft but I dance rather than eat most of the time when I am pissed off. I find the movement very relaxing and invigorating at the same time. If I do need to tuck into something nice to eat, being paleo, I go for a piece of one of my favourite meats and some nice vegetables. I like snacking on king prawns at those times too. It does get easier but... -
ARCHIVED First Day Paleo- Quick ?
Fairy Dancer replied to MitziG's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
ARrrgghhhhh get rid of the sunflower oil!!!!! I do paleo but I do a fairly strict version of it these days. It has worked in stopping my bowel issues such as bloating, diarrhoea etc and has given me much more physical energy, however, I am still having issues with feeling drowsy all day and brain fog. On saying that I have not been on it for long myself... -
ARCHIVED Day 6 Of gluten-free Diet
Fairy Dancer replied to ncteacher's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
I was feeling much better this week on my whole foods only paleo based diet, until I had some dairy (which I had previously mostly taken out for a while (apart from a bit of yoghurt) as I am trying to find the culprits that are upsetting my gut and triggering migraines). Anyway all I can say is the dairy didn't go down well at all...and it seems to be exiting... -
ARCHIVED Yeah, But Yours Wasn't Real
Fairy Dancer replied to Kimbalou's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
I would have replied with: "yes, my food was an hallucination and you imagined the whole thing...you might want to see a dr about that!" -
I am going back into withdrawal again at the moment but the symptoms are are hard to separate from the symptoms I was getting whilst eating gluten anyway. I did come off it before and went onto a whole foods diet with no grains and limited dairy (modified paleo), had some improvement and was finally able to get out of bed most days (I was bed ridden most...
