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Of course, I find out my ridiculously-high-TTG-results on the anniversary of 6 weeks into my elimination diet. Man, if I knew this super restrictive diet stuff wasn't helping AT ALL I would have just continued to eat my gluten-free grains/bread/muffins & been a whole lot happier!

I was diagnosed with celiac April 27th, 2012. Prior to this I had pretty much eliminated gluten (since Aug 2011), except for the "made in a facility" things & the occasional cheat (maybe once a month). When I got my TTG test results back, it was at 60. I got home & immediately eliminated all the "made in a facility" items, only getting glutened...

Been eying Red Apple lipsticks for a while now & am preparing to make my first order, only problem is I'm having trouble deciding! I like almost every color; this could get dangerous for my wallet, damn celiac Anyone tried these lipsticks? Any favorites? Does anyone have either "Berry Blast" or "Love My Kiss"? Wondering about the level of shimmer...

Fellow Vancouver celiac here I can relate so much to your post -- I had all those gross symptoms too. In the beginning cutting gluten I've found it's hard to differentiate between possible cross contamination, other food intolerances (dairy, soy, corn, nightshades, coffee, etc) & just general healing. It wasn't until I cut gluten completely that...

Good visual.... it does feel like my gut is on fire sometimes! Thanks for all the support, I guess my gut took decades to get to this point so I shouldn't expect it to heal within a month or two. I knew this, but sometimes it's hard to know if I'm getting better or not, with symptoms flaring randomly (or so it feels like it!) I've started...

Interesting; I hadn't heard about the iodine connection! I do eat a lot of seafood for the Omega 3s & because it's my favorite kind of meat. Guess I'll cut that down & see if it helps my DH. Thanks! As for my cats, well, they've been grain free even before me! My one cat doesn't tolerate grains at all.. I guess that should have been a hint that...

I'm not ravenwood, but I get internal bleeding from gluten too.. basically when you go to the bathroom there's blood. For me, a pretty significant amount (sorry TMI). Or you can have blood showing up in your stool, it makes your stool look black & 'tarry'. Before I was diagnosed I lived exclusively on gluten, not even kidding. I couldn't get enough...

I had insomnia my whole life until going gluten-free. I had accepted it for the most part & lived on a 'night owl' schedule, sleeping in until 3pm. Before I cut gluten I was taking 5HTP, & that helped a lot get my sleep back on schedule. Cutting gluten helped the rest of the way; now I have a normal sleep schedule! Now, if I have gluten on accident...

Funny how a diagnosis of such a 'bad' condition can be so relieving, if even just to know we're not 'crazy'! You're lucky to be diagnosed so quickly & good on your detective skills for demanding the tests! Sometimes it really feels like we know more than the doctors do, doesn't it!

Hi, I am new to this gluten-free world. I wasn't sure if this post should go here or in the intolerance forum, so forgive me if I chose wrong! Anyway, I was diagnosed with bipolar last August & while I was researching natural ways to treat it, I came across research that showed gluten triggers mood swings. I cut gluten then (all main sources, not...

It wasn't until I went glutenfree that I noticed I had an issue with corn too. Of course, it's in pretty much all of the prepackaged glutenfree goods! Guess it kinda forces us to eat healthy, whole foods. Makes me wonder, though, how many other foods cross-react with gluten (& cause damage) that we don't know about yet, because there haven't been...

I get this too. I'm hoping it'll clear up once we heal from celiac damage, but I'm always an optimist From what I've read, it's best to just have small servings of low-fructose fruits (like 10 grapes, lemon/lime/grapefruit, berries, ripe bananas) on an empty stomach. Then wait 30 minutes before eating anything else High fructose vegetables should...

Does anyone know, if we have intolerances to certain foods (like corn), would it show up on an allergy test or is it a different type of test we need to get for sensitivities? I had a corn allergy test, that showed up negative (no 'allergy'). But now that I'm reading about cross-reactive foods & intolerances in general I'm not sure. My doctor didn...

I am thinking about trying this out. I'm not sure if I'm being overly paranoid, but it seems like any grain I eat I react to (pregnant-esque bloat, gurgly stomach..). I believe I have a leaky gut & I'd rather go grain-free now than develop more food intolerances.. hard though, because I am such a carb/baked goods kinda girl. Well, I was, I guess. Glad...

I was wondering about the "made in a facility" label, too. I'm new at being gluten-free & I wasn't sure if I was being too paranoid not eating things with that label, especially nuts (walnuts, in my case!). As if just avoiding wheat as an ingredient was hard enough. I had dried beans with that label, too.. wasn't sure if soaking them would save them...