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I've been buying Clear Value sausage and there is no phone number on their food packaging so I can't call them. This mysterious company also has no website. What gives? Every time I eat the sausage, I feel fatigued and foggy brained. I'd like confirmation that their foods are cross contaminated... I emailed Winn-Dixie, which is the store that carries this line, and am waiting for a response. Anyone else get sick eating Clear Value sausage?
And why no phone number / website on this company???
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I'm still new to this. I was diagnosed a few months ago and I am only just now finding out that what I thought was a gluten-free lifestyle was in fact not. My hubby and I attributed the brain fog, fatigue, lack of energy, lack of concentration to carbs. I had always thought that carbs did that to me, but it turns out it was gluten.
Hubby still eats gluten. We have white flour in the house and other gluten containing items. I bake pizzas for him and cook with white flour for him. I wash dishes by hand. So here's my questions:
- Plastic containers that have seen gluten-containing foods: safe or unsafe for me?
- Dishes: Do I need to have all my own dedicated gluten-free dishes? Plates? Cups? Utensils? Pots? Pans?
- Pots and pans: I know cast iron MUST be dedicated gluten-free, but what about aluminum? We have a lot of aluminum pots and pans.
- Kitchen cubbards: Do I need my own?
- Glass containers and cookware that have seen gluten-containing foods: Is this safe for me to cook in and eat out of, or do I need my own glassware?
- Kissing: is it safe to kiss my husband after he eats gluten? If no, does he need to brush his teeth or just mouthwash, or both?
- 100% metal mixing bowls. I think these are aluminum. They have seen both gluten and gluten-free foods. Safe for me?
And perhaps the biggest question of the day: washing dishes by hand. In the sink you will find an assortment of dishes. We can assume that ALL of them will be cross contaminated, since they are all in the same sink together. What do I do here? Do I need to start keeping dirty dishes separated? Like one side of the sink is for glutened dishes and the other side is for gluten-free dishes? And do I need to have 2 sponges: one for glutened dishes and the other for gluten-free dishes?
What about a dish washer? Does a dish washer get rid of all gluten? I know this is a long post but I appreciate any help you all can give.
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Well then, Bob's Red Mill it is. Thanks everyone!
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Bobs red mill has gluten-free corn meal and gluten-free corn flour (fine ground). I use those. I know there are others out there, but due to possible CC, I would definitely pick one up that is labeled gluten-free and tested by the company.
I have read on this site that some people have gotten sick or glutened from Bob's Red Mill gluten-free products. Is this still happening?
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I've been reading about the condition known as Reverse T3 syndrome. This is a type of hypothyroidism that can alledgedly be caused by the body making too much Reverse T3, which then blocks the action of the active hormone T3, causing hypothyroid symptoms. Meanwhile, all the other thyroid hormones are within normal limits. Is this condition real? Have doctors verified this? I've read various sources on both sides of the issue and remain skeptical of both sides.
They can't both be right. Reverse T3 either does, or does not, block that action of T3. Which one is it? Anyone know?
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I always thought I was "Silent Celiac," but I discovered that I'm not as "silent" as I thought...I was just blaming the carbs for the foggy brain and fatigue when it was probably gluten all along! I'm still learning...
So, I'm in search of a truly gluten-free cornmeal. Anyone found it? I just ate Aunt Jemima corn meal and I've got foggy brain, fatigue, tiredness, weak muscles, etc. Anyone else get that? I seem to have no GI symptoms, its all brain and energy for me.
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If you have gut inflammation or leaky gut, sugars, starches, or carbs can cause symptoms. The gut and brain are very closely connected. That's why we get brain fog from something our gut doesn't like. Are you familiar with the SCD diet? There's a lot of information on their site about this stuff and food recommendations. Even if you're not on the diet, it's helpful reading. You may know about it already but if not here's a link:
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I'm assuming that if one has Celiac, then by definition they are dealing with intestinal permeability unless they got their number down to zero. But why would carbs cause problems for my brain when fat and/or protein would not? What's the reasoning or cause behind that? I have read about the specific carbohydrate diet before but I'm rusty so I'll read up on it.
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The day after my diagnosis I was feeling pretty down in the dumps so DH took me to Marble Slab and I talked with the employee in there and he knew what Celiac was and said that someone who has Celiac works there. I was relieved and it greatly improved my mood. He said all the ice cream that doesn't contain cake is gluten-free. But I didn't think about the scooper, which would be cross-contaminated because it also scoops the ice cream that does have cake in it.
But they had a gluten-free cookie too, so I got that along with the ice cream. I probably did get a trace amount of gluten from cross-contamination from eating there, though. To avoid all cross-contamination you probably need to purchase gluten-free ice cream at a grocery store or make it at home.
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I went to the Mission website and yep like another poster said those tortillas are gluten-free and on dedicated gluten-free lines. But I'm with you on the veggie wrap--I miss the green spinach wrap.
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Last year, in response to some health issues, I decided to try to go sugar free (including honey, maple syrup, etc. in addition to regular white sugar) for a period of time.
Now I do use some things with very small amounts of sweetener, but I do severely limit them. The health difference is amazing! I don't get sick all the time anymore and I can breathe so much better. My chronic sinusitis is going away.
The difference is like night and day.
I would like to learn how to bake better though. Before starting to be more careful about sugar intake, I was big into baking things. Now I hardly ever bake. Does anybody have some good tried and true no sugar gluten-free recipes?
Well, I have two books that I use to bake gluten-free and sugar-free from. I suggest you check them out; they have definitely helped me. There is an adjustment period though, as these things will NOT taste like conventional foods. But to me they're pretty good. I've modified some things too. The two books I own and have used so far are:
The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking
The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook
I noticed that now there are even more books like these out there since the time I purchased them but these are a good start. You'll need to invest in almond flour and a sugar substitute.
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Here's what eating white sugar, brown sugar, potatoes, rice, etc does to me:
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Brain Fog
• Inabilty to concentrate or think straight
• Fatigue
• Hypoglycemia symptoms
• Irritability, poor mood, crashing
• Bloating, water retention, and increased flatulenceI don't know why or how that happens because I was tested for pre-diabetes and diabetes and I'm negative on both. I have hyperinsulinemia though (chronic high insulin blood levels) so maybe it has to do with that. Perhaps sugar and starch is impacting my brain severely. I always feel better going low-carb. Maybe someone here knows more about how sugar impacts these things. have you tried a low-carb diet? I bake with almond flour exclusively now and use sugar substitutes.
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I just found out I have celiac a month ago. So far the diet hasn't been that difficult, except for when I go out to restaurants. I have seen a lot of articles and posts on Facebook about people saying gluten free eating is just a fad diet and that gluten sensitivity doesn't really exist. Obviously, this isn't true, but I seem to be treated like that when I go to restaurants. I actually had a waiter laugh at me the other day when I asked him if he was absolutely sure that the chips were 100% corn. He laughed and said sarcastically, "I love people who just found out they can't eat gluten! Don't worry, hun, you're fine."
I feel stupid for believing this waiter now, as the next 24 hours were not fun. I know I could have called the manager over and said my whole speech about celiac and CC and how they have to clean their prep areas and change gloves, etc. but I hate doing that. I have always been a quiet and well-mannered person in restaurants and I never complain. I hate the feeling I get when these servers are looking at me like the "b%$@#y" customer with too many demands who is just doing this for attention.
So my question is this: How do you deal with servers who don't take celiac seriously?
Thanks for ideas!
A lot of people don't know what Celiac is. And I can understand people who have that attitude. Non-Celiac gluten-sensitivity is not 100% proven yet in the medical science as far as how it harms the body goes. And gluten-free outside of Celiac is a fad because of the lack of scientific proof to back it up. So people think "Huh, what's celiac? Oh you are one of those fad people." Even Michael Savage recently ridiculed non-celiac gluten-sensitive people saying they make it all up in their minds, but I believe he is wrong.
I would never believe the waiter that corn chips are 100% corn. It's more like 50% white flour to 50% corn meal for all corn chips and cornbread and things like that. I am facing the same thing you are. Now I am "that guy" or "that girl" in the restaurant who has to make sure that everything is gluten-free. But here's the thing. I'm not going to be b%$@#y; I'm going to be factual and insistent. And if I am not taken seriously I will walk out. And here's why. More people are getting autoimmune diseases and food sensitivities. The rate of Celiac disease was proven back in 2000 to be 1 in 133. I believe it has probably gone up since that time.
This is not made up or in their heads. We have to teach these restaurants that if they want our service and the service of other customers who are also health-conscious and/or have real diagnoses that they need to take us seriously. And if they don't, they'll soon notice a bad review show up on their yelp / google listing.
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Ok so lets say we read the ingredients list and we found no wheat, barley, or rye ingredients. Great. But we know that's not the end of the story.
So lets say we look for allergen information, and there is none. And again we know that our detective work isn't over.
So lets say we then call the food company at the number listed on their packaging and the customer service rep tells us over the phone that the food/ingredients are processed on gluten-free equipment and there is no cross-contamination.
Is our work now done; can we trust them? Does it end here? I say this is a Celiac who never has GI symptoms, so my gut isn't going to tattle on them.
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My sister had really high numbers in the beginning and it went down a lot but then it stopped going down. We discovered that she was sneaking gluten foods from the fridge (she is autistic and we have to watch what she eats). So the entire family went gluten-free and anything that had gluten went into a special locked mini-fridge. After that her numbers started coming down again. And mom cooks her food on dedicated gluten-free cookware etc. If the numbers are slowly going down maybe it's due to cross-contamination but I'm very new to this so I'm not sure.
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I'm phasing out plastic completely in my house. Not only is there a chance it can hold onto gluten and other food particles including bacteria, but it also is unhealthy because of plastic chemicals that are also hormone disruptors. Plastic just doesn't belong in a kitchen. I am switching to glass. And glass is so easy to clean too. Cookware, you have to have separate ones that are dedicated to gluten-free cooking. I'm going to buy a dedicated gluten-free cast iron skillet.
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Welcome to the Celiac club!
Are they doing other thyroid testing since it seems you have an underlying thyroid disorder? Thyroiditis seems to cause an elevated thyroglobulin test as can Grave's disease and Hashimoto's.
My doc usually wants me in the 1-2 range for my TSH but right now it's hovering around 5. Since I am not having symptoms of a hypo thyroid ( muscle cramps being the major one for me) we aren't going to adjust my meds right now since I can't keep weight on. I was diagnosed with Grave's in 2003.
Hope that helps. Thanks for posting your lab's reference ranges. Sometimes trying to help without them is impossible lol, they vary so much from lab to lab based on their methodologies and instrumentation
Thanks.
What other thyroid testing is there to be done? On some other forum they mentioned an ultrasound but why do I need that? I'm sure it's extremely expensive. And I had a doctor friend review my test results; he said I don't have a thyroid problem because my TSH, T4 and T3 are all in range but I still do worry about my antibodies; that isn't healthy. I hope that going gluten-free will also bring my thyroid antibodies down.
I am not convinced that there's nothing we can do as people with autoimmune diseases. I read that Dr. Alessio Fasano believes that people lose the immunity to gluten and become celiac because of a change in the microbiome and I have read that there is belief out there in the medical world that probiotics (perhaps a few specific strains) can regulate zonulin/gut permeability and heal/ameliorate/cure Celiac. I wonder if anyone here knows more on this topic than I?
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Well, I got my bloodwork back about a week ago and yep, I'm celiac.
Immunoglobulin A: 137 mg/dL.
Reference: 91-414
Deamidated Gliadin Antibodies, IgA: 21 units
Reference:
0-19 = negative
20-30 = weak positive
>30 = Moderate to strong positive
t-Transglutaminase IgA: 28 U/mL
Reference:
0-3 = negative
4-10 = weak positive
>10 = positiveBut I'm not new to the forums because my sister is Celiac and my parents are weak positives (the lab paperwork said tTG > 4 is weak positive). Mom and other sister are a 4 and dad is a 7 (and those numbers are from 2010; mom, dad and non-celiac sis are scheduled for another celiac test in 2015). So, here I am. I'm just now getting over the shock and denial...
I also got tested for thyroid function/antibodies...
TSH: 3.36 uIU/mL (some would say the reference range is outdated and that mine is a little high--what do you think?)
Reference: 0.45-4.5
Free T4: 1.49 ng/dL
Reference: 0.82-1.77
Free T3: 3.1 (this seems like a good number)
Reference: 2.0-4.4
Reverse T3: 33.7 ng/dL (what does this mean?)
Reference: 9.2-24.1
T4 (I'm guessing this is total): 10.7 ug/dL
Reference: 4.5-12.0
Thyroid Peroxidase TPO: 10 IU/mL
Reference: 0-34
Thyroglobulin Antibody: 177 IU/mL (yikes)
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@seeking2012 — Heavy metal poisoning is increasingly rare. Decades ago, lead in paint and gasoline were a major issue. Unless you have a particular reason to think you have been exposed, I suspect that your CFS has some other cause.
Some "alternative" practitioners try to promote the myth that this is common, but I recommend that you work with a qualified physician. Likewise, supposed "detox" methods can be dangerous, so you need to work with a pro. I recently was told about a kid whose parents subjected him to a "detox" program. In my opinion, this was unethical medical research on a child who is not old enough to offer informed consent.
I am interested in any logical, scientific explanation--especially conclusive testing--that can explain CFS. I wonder what, in your mind, consitutes a "qualified" physician?
I read on your profile on a certain website that "Peter spent most of his career developing novel therapies for diseases in fields including autoimmunity, allergy, and cancer." I wonder what you have discovered during your career that could be a cause for autoimmunity, allergy and cancer, but especially the former. I didn't find anything written by you on Pubmed.
You come to this forum and immediately dismiss what I have said. You didn't indicate that you read anything about the subject on Pubmed, so I'm going to assume that you have not. And then you fail to offer any alternative ideas about the causes of autoimmune diseases and CFS. I'm not interested in dismissals. I wonder who called you over here to the forum to attempt to silence me, to make me give up, go home, and say "ho-hum I'll just think about something else now."
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On another thread you started back in September 2013, you were asking about making aG F recipe...Back then, your signature line said "next to test: celiac and thyroid"
https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/104072-how-to-make-crunchy-chicken-nuggets/#entry887727.
Six months later and...you mention "getting tested".
If you are gluten-free, no testing will be valid.
You may not believe anything else I am saying but believe that.
And you are writing pretty eloquently for someone with "brain fog and trouble concentrating", BTW, so kudos!
You are doing round- about testing when you could have just started with the celiac panel.
I have good days and bad days. On bad days I can't remember anything, can't think, and can't formulate long sentences or thoughts. On good days I come to forums like this. Today I'm feeling pretty good and surprisingly have a high energy level; I was even able to work out without issues.
I still have not gone gluten-free or had any gluten sensitivity testing at all. I eat gluten several times a week.
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I would like to respond in greater detail to the Quackwatch link by first quoting from the page, and then responding. The quotes from the Quackwatch website are on bold and my replies are normal.
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Mercury is found in the earth's crust and is ubiquitous in the environment. Because of this, it is common to find small amounts in people's urine. The body reaches a steady state in which tiny amounts are absorbed and excreted. Large-scale population studies have shown that the general population has urine-mercury levels below 10 micrograms/liter, with most people between zero and 5 [1]. Similarly, many people circulate trivial amounts of lead.
This statement seems to be implying that a certain amount of mercury is safe because it's to be found in clean, unpolluted air that we breathe and clean water that we drink because the earth naturally supplies mercury in small amounts.
Urine lead and mercury levels can be artificially raised by administering a scavenger (chelating agent) such as DMPS or DMSA, which attaches to lead and mercury molecules in the blood and forces them to be excreted. In other words, some molecules that would normally recirculate within the body are bound and exit through the kidneys. As a result, their urine levels are artificially and temporarily raised.
With this statement he seems to be saying that a chelating agent only scavenges metals from the blood, not from organs. But this is simply not true based on what I've read.
How much the levels are raised depends on how the test is administered. The standard way to measure urinary mercury and lead levels is by collecting a non-provoked urine sample over a 24-hour period.
This type of test--an unprovoked urine test--is only useful in measuring recent exposures to heavy metals. Over time, heavy metals will bind with tissues in the body and will therefore not be circulating in the blood or excreted through urine in any meaningful amount. From what I have read, a urine test is only a measure of how well your body is able to rid itself of the toxins, and how recent the exposure was.
Because most of the extra excretion takes place within a few hours after the chelating agent is administered, using a shorter collection period will yield a higher concentration.
He is forgetting that there are different types and doses of chelating agents. The different types and doses will scavenge at different strengths and depths into the body's tissues.
Neither Mayo Clinic, nor any other legitimate national laboratory, has reference ranges for “provoked” specimens. Further, the references ranges for normal urine heavy metal levels used by Mayo Clinic and the largest national reference lab, Quest Diagnostics, are the same.
I'd like to know what he considers "legitimate." But I do agree that scientists do not currently know (unless I missed something or havent' read about it yet) what reference ranges to use for "provoked" speciments, or what test values would indicate hidden body stores of heavy metals, or which chelation agents and in what doses would reveal which heavy metals. I think it would take more than a blood, hair or urine sample to really know which heavy metals were stored where in the body. And then the next question is, if you find a hidden store of it in an organ in the body, how do you scientifically determine if it is causing you health problems? I have my own thoughts/theories on this question...
Both Quig and attorney Algis Augustine (one of Doctor's Data's lawyer) caution chelationists not to rely solely on provoked urine testing to diagnose heavy metal toxicity.
I agree with that because, as mentioned earlier, there are no established reference ranges for provoked specimens. If I were a doctor, I would never rely on "non-standard" tests for which no legitimate medical organization had established reference ranges. It doesn't make sense medically, ethically or legally to do so.
Chelation therapy is a series of intravenous infusions containing a chelating agent and various other substances. One form of chelation therapy is occasionally used to treat lead poisoning. However, lead poisoning is rare and has well-established diagnostic criteria. Slight elevations of lead levels are not poisoning and need no treatment because the body will lower them when exposure is stopped.
This is an outdated and inaccurate, completely false statement. It has been established in medical literature that heavy metals and other toxins, even in low concentrations, do interfere with the body's inate ability to rid itself of toxins. I have also read that chronic, low-level inflammation (which is always there in the presense of an autoimmune disease) interferes with glutathione. And this is where conventional medicine is left behind and where cutting-edge science starts as it relates to this topic.
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To summarize this post, what this has taught me is that there seem to be no current reference ranges for provoked heavy metals tests, which I find to be extremely disappointing and it makes exploring this topic even more difficult.
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The NIH considers it "rare".
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And I know you do not care, but in 33 years as an environmental scientist, my hubs saw one case of "heavy metal poisoning" --the woman had been working with enamel and various paints and a kiln in an enclosed environment for years. He said she had a green cast to her skin and she was very ill. The other was a case of mercury poisoning --an impoverished woman whose diet was nearly 100% fish that she caught from the river and ate several times a day.
And the dental amalgam controversy has been debunked many times.
And, I did not say there weren't any Pub med articles at all about the topic. I know they are there. I've read many of them.
I said there were no Pub Med articles that suggest heavy metal toxicity is a real health threat to the population.
If you want to read something that discusses this topic--- and he provides science-based articles as sources-- look here:
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or not, it's up to you. I was only trying to help, but clearly you have your mind set on this course. Best wishes!
I'm such a skeptical person that I do not put my complete faith or trust in any single person or organization, and always keep my mind open to new information. I do not completely trust the NIH. There is not a single person or institution that has a clean record when it comes to caring for public health. One cannot outsource this important function to anyone else; one must take it into their own hands.
Regarding your husband only seeing one case of heavy metal poisoning in 33 years, I have a few comments. First, doctors, chemists, biologists, etc., are trained to look for certain very specific things, while overlooking many other things. I think there are many people alive today walking around undiagnosed because their disease has not yet been classified, documented and tested, and that it's up to cutting-edge science to discover, classify and document the more subtle and difficult and complex cases of low-level chronic heavy metal poisoning that we are very likely dealing with today on a wide scale. Give it about 10-20 years and maybe scientists will have caught up.
Regarding your statement that "there are no Pub Med articles that suggest heavy metal toxicity is a real health threat to the population," I would say that the article I linked you to does in fact suggest that heavy metal toxicity is a real threat to the population, especially due to the fact that autism rates are increasing and the fact that a good amount of the population suffers from "sub-clinical" hypothyroid symptoms.
I took some time to read your link on quackwatch.com, and I actually agree with him on that particular case; he did find a quack test. That test was a quack test because the doctor issued a provoking agent on a test that specified not to do that, rendering the results invalid. Remember in a prior post I said that tests are to be done under very specific circumstances and that the results yield very specific and limited answers as to what is going on in the body? Yep, I said that because I already am aware of widespread quackery being done in the medical field on both sides.
I am only just beginning to learn about heavy metal toxicity, but the amount of literature I have read in a very short period of time (I have been obsessed with this topic and have spent many hours reading) seems to reveal that it is a public health concern and that it can, and in many cases does seem to cause the diseases that we are dealing with today, including autoimmune diseases. I am very interested in scientifically accurate testing. I know that blood, urine, and hair testing will only catch "acute" heavy metal poisoning. I wonder if there is a heavy metal test that exists which is meant to be done in conjuction with a provoking agent. It does seem intuitive to me, however, that if any heavy metals show up on a test in which a provoking agent was used, that one has suffered from heavy metal poisoning, as heavy metals in any amount have no place in the human body and are known to cause damage in the body's organs. So even though the test that you linked me to was an incorrected-administered test (therefore making it a quackery), it still has some merit in that a provoking agent caused heavy metals to be chelated out from the body and into the blood, proving that there was heavy metal accumulation in the body.
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Welcome Seeking!
I don't think you were met with a wave of criticism -- you came to a Celiac Disease Forum and talked about other testing before completing celiac antibody testing.
I have to agree with the other posters...take the first step to complete celiac antibody along with nutrient testing and if those do not provide answers -- by all means look for the root cause of your symptoms.
Hang in there
Thanks for the greeting. I am planning on getting my testing done in this order: 1. Thyroid. 2. Celiac. 3. Other.
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Over the past 2 years it has saddened and discouraged me to see how deeply divided the medical field is. Isn't there anything in this world that isn't deeply divided anymore? I guess not. I have discovered that even the medical field is a racket now. I have come to suspect anything and everything I read, no matter who wrote it (and I really mean that). I know there are quacks on both sides of the isle and that most people who take strong, very public stands for or against something usually have a strong financial stake in doing so. It is my suspicion that there are agents working for both sides who come to chat rooms, message boards, forums, websites, YouTube, Twitter, and other sites and post things to manipulate public opinion. This suspicion has been confirmed by leaked NSA documents from Edward Snowden. The medical field has become so political that it, too, has been caught up in this mechanism. It would appear to me that financial stakes and simple human ego have become a huge blur that makes it difficult to see the plain truth and pure science, which is difficult enough in and of itself for most people to understand.
I came here to ask how to detect heavy metals in the brain, and I immediately received a wave of criticism against me discouraging me from continuing down that path, instead telling me to accept the status quo medical explanation for Celiac Disease, and encouraging me to get tested for Celiac. Now don't get me wrong, I do fully intend to get tested for Celiac. But this shunning experience, in and of itself, tells me a lot about this website. Whatever happened to asking questions and seeking knowlege for the sake of seeking it? Am I to squash my curiosity and muzzle the question before it even escapes from my mouth or my keyboard?
I knew the QuackWatch website would come up. QuackWatch is a website owned and operated by a "retired" psychiatrist--the entire field of psychiatry is a quackery. Not only is he a psychiatrist, but he is a failed one who couldn't pass his board certification exams. He makes his career out of suing people, rather than spending his time helping patients. Sure, he probably has stopped some real quackery in his time, but he appears to have done more harm than help, overall. His website, furthermore, is just his opinion; he does not get to decide who is, and is not, a quack. In fact, the site owner himself is a quack and a failed "doctor." So lets go ahead and waste our time with this sidetracking issue for a moment:
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"An authoritative book by James Carter, MD, "Racketeering in Medicine" explains in detail the Quackwatch conspiracy. Barrett...has testified that he has no knowledge or experience in alternative medicine, and that he receives donations from, and has close ties to the AMA, as well as to the FDA. Despite this history, Barrett has testified in court as an “expert” witness with no credentials to support his “expert” status." Open Original Shared Link.
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"At trial, under a heated cross-examination by Negrete, Barrett conceded that he was not a Medical Board Certified psychiatrist because he had failed the certification exam.
This was a major revelation since Barrett had provided supposed expert testimony as a psychiatrist and had testified in numerous court cases. Barrett also had said that he was a legal expert even though he had no formal legal training.
The most damming testimony before the jury, under the intense cross-examination by Negrete, was that Barrett had filed similar defamation lawsuits against almost 40 people across the country within the past few years and had not won one single one at trial." Source
During the course of his examination, Barrett also had to concede his ties to the AMA, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Food & Drug Administration (FDA).There are many things to laugh about when it comes to the failed "Doctor" Barrett, but one of the funniest ones is how he likes to call chiropractors quacks when the field of psychiatry is the biggest quackery there ever was in medicine." Open Original Shared Link
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So as you can see, bringing up QuackWatch is a quackery of itself. I am fully aware that there is much quackery going on in "alternative" health "clinics" across the country and I don't need a quack failed psychiatrist to point this out to me. But I believe that the theory that heavy metals lead to autoimmune disorders has merit and deserves to be investigated further, and I am still searching for answers as to my own health problems.
Oh, and speaking of Celiac and autoimmunity, I have read the papers written by Dr. Fasano about Celiac Disease. In one of his studies, he showed that, over the course of life, some people lose their tolerance to gluten/gliadin and become Celiac. He inquires as to why this is, but he does not know. I look forward to reading more research coming from Dr. Fasano; he is the foremost expert on the matter. Why do you think it is that people lose their immunity to glutin/gliadin? Of course it has nothing to do with chronic heavy metal accumulation in the body's organs and the chronic immune response that this would trigger over time--that could not be it. That would just not make any sense!
"clear Value" Product Line At Winn-Dixie...gluten-free?
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After I made this post I got to thinking again, because I was irritated about the whole thing. I did finally manage to dig up a phone number. Clear Value is owned by TopCo foods, so I found their number and called to talk to them. They said that allergen exposure may vary from batch to batch, and that I needed 3 codes to even ask about the particular product in question: bar code number, expiration date, and lot number. And they don't have an allergen list for their foods at all. I told the lady on the phone that I was throwing my hands up in surrender, and that I give up, and that I would be buying a different brand from now on.
But what brand of sausage is going to be economical and gluten-free? Probably nothing...