SandraB

THIS is v interesting because it MUST MEAN that the figure quoted over here in Britain of 1 in 100 people having celiac disease is too low. So it could be 1 in 80 then? Or something like that. REALLY COMMON. And if that were generally accepted the side effects of the disease might get more attention/funding. AND ithe problems on blood testing mean that...

Just found some discussion on an Repetitive Strain Injury chatroom that made me wonder whether anyone else has had RSI and celiac/glutent intolerance? I have. It might make sense that a sub-section of people who get RSI from over-use on computers might be especially susceptible if they have undiagnosed celiac disease. The malabsorption problems from celiac...

Hi. Just adding to the general chorus - yes, also lazy right eye. and two children with hypermobility. which I had to some degree myself as a child. They are more pronounced - but I had been on 40 years of gluten when I had them and was still on it. and my mother (it all seems to come down the female line) with a very strange kind of dementia indeed. Had...

Just searched for anyone else with this - both my children have clear hypermobility and can twist and cllick their skeletons like something from the Addams family. I also remember being able to bend my joints quite a long way back as a child - have stiffened up since. I am not diag. celiac but I have been gluten free for several years since I discovered I...

Hi - I think I should have said dementia rather than Alzheimer's - Dr Alessio Fasano says there are links if you search the web for his name/celiac/dementia it should come up. Other studies come up making links. One has tested some people with Alzheimer's for celiac and found no difference between them and the general population, but is a small study. Latest...

Interesting post on Omega 3s. I have been reading a new book on feeding children by Dr Alex Richardson "They are what you feed them". Not about celiac disease, but general nutrition. She is an Oxford University expert on Omega 3 oils and their effects - all the research at v early stages though. You need a variety of other vitamins and minerals to use the...

Hi. You can buy magnesium pills over the counter at any health store - it is worth researching on Google to see which people recommend. Some seem to be absorbed better than others. Re an earlier question, I read ages ago that research now shows that a mega Vitamin B pill is just as effective as injected Vitamin B - might be worth checking for that on Google...

Hi again - well magnesium works for my chocolate cravings. And another thing - I notice taking it has improved my speed of reaction. Bizarre but true. So some of those kids at school who are no good at ball games may have mineral deficiencies. I was useless myself. Something to do with potassium and you can't absorb it unless you have enough magnesium. SandraB

I'm Catholic too and at our mass there is only the bread. Vatican doesn't seem to understand that celiacs cannot "risk" a tiny amount of gluten. I no longer take communion because of this. God understands, obviously. But I wish the Pope would get his head round it too.

In the last week I started to take magnesium supplements. I've tried all kinds of supplements without noticing any effects, but this was different. FIRST - and most relevant to this discussion - I'd been experiencing terrible pins and needles in my limbs at night - whenever I turned over I'd get them in the arm I was lying on, or the arm ccovering my eyes...

Hi. I've been looking at this sort of topic for months. I haven't come across any evidence that celiacs are more likely to have autistic children. That would be a sensational piece of scientific discovery if there was such a study, and we'd all know about it. I'm told by one scientist studying autism that studies so far don't show any direct link between...