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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...
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ARCHIVED Gfcfsfef - What To Eat When You Can't Cook Or Bake?
Fairy Dancer replied to hitchhikers's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
Can you eat nuts? Try not to drink too much diet soda as well. It may not be the case with you but personally I find I get a bad reaction to aspartame in the form of migraine headaches and mood swings. It also makes me feel very unwell in general. I used to love diet cherry cola and drank it every day. Sometime back I tried the paleo diet and took it out... -
ARCHIVED Food You Dont Have To Cook
Fairy Dancer posted a topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
Hi, I am looking for dairy free, gluten free, soya free, corn free foods that I don't have to cook or can microwave within minutes. The problem is that I want to try a diet free of the above foods to see it if helps with the fact that I have to spend most days lying in bed because I feel ill. Dizziness, brain fog to the point where I cannot think or organise... -
I have been getting a strange set of symptoms recently, however, I have been weaning off of some antidepressants so don't know what is due to what at the moment. The symptom that concerns me is intermittent and seems to come and go randomly. It's not every day but seems to happen a few times each week. It is also getting more intense feeling each time...
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3D induced Migraine! Fun to see things flying out of the telly, not so fun the next day with the vertigo and migraine pain.
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Me: So tell me...Do you like carbon? Them: Um, why? Me: Because I'd like to date you! (Just testing my new chat up line on twitter lol)
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ARCHIVED Could It Be The Gluten After All?
Fairy Dancer posted a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease
To cut a long story short, I went on a gluten free diet some months ago to help with IBS and CFS type symptoms. The reason I considered trying a gluten free approach was because I have a brother (half brother, same mum different dad) with celiac disease. Anyway, about a month or so after starting the diet I did experience some improvement which continued...
