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  1. Hala
    Hello, I've been gluten-free now for 11 weeks, but I've been experiencing frequent glutening-like symptoms, which I think I've tracked down to ingesting anything with corn flour/starch, maize flour/starch, soya and, to a lesser extent rice. (I am also lactose and egg intolerant - and possibly white potatoes too...?). Anyway, I've stumbled across some...
  2. Hala
    I've had problems with tolerating any alcohol since my first coeliac symptoms started to arise....I completely skip the drunk stage and go straight to an awful sick/hangover stage....anyone else find alcohol a problem? Does this go away as we recover? I'm only recently diagnosed...
  3. Hala
    Thanks guys, I found some quite interesting articles online that explain a lot of the reactions I've been experiencing... Open Original Shared Link (scroll down to What Is Gluten And Where Is It Then?) Open Original Shared Link
  4. Hala
    Thanks for the information, I'll keep it at the back of my mind... Incidentally, someone just suggested to me that I go for Vega testing for food intolerances. Does anyone know anything about the reliability/validity of this?
  5. Hala
    How do I find out if it's an allergy or intolerance? Surely if it's a similar reaction as a glutening then it must be an intolerance? Ack, life has become so complicated since coeliac disease raised its ugly head....!
  6. Hala
    Hi everyone, I'm in my 10th week since coeliac diagnosis/going gluten-free and I'm progressively becoming familiar with my many 'glutening' symptoms. One of the symptoms I've noticed is a swollen face. If I've been glutened I get swollen cheeks and puffy eyes. Basically, I look like a hamster! However, I've noticed I get these symptoms whenever I...
  7. Hala
    I think it depends on the extent of the damage. My intestines were so damaged that the doctor was exclaiming during the endoscopy "classic coeliac duodenum" and afterwards he showed me a picture of my completely eroded intestines. They were so wrecked that there were no villi at all to be seen. Straight after the endoscopy he told me I definitely had coeliac...
  8. Hala
    I reckon so. I always get a bloated stomach and puffy cheeks after a glutening...
  9. Hala
    I recently made a post about this and found some interesting info about how lenient the labelling can be re: 'gluten-free'
  10. Hala
    Thanks Porkchop, but, as I said in my post, I live in the UK, where maltodextrin always wheat-based, so I doubt think it's a corn issue. I have been rotating my (very limited range of) foods as much as possible, but my dietician said there wasn't a way to test for food allergies :S ??? Thanks again for the advice.
  11. Hala
    Anyone have any experience with being gluten-free in South Africa? I'll be spending 2 weeks in game reserves for a university field trip. We will mostly be provided with food by the catering staff (who I have informed about my dietary restrictions) but when travelling we will stop by supermarkets/service stations to get food. Thanks
  12. Hala
    Ooh, is there any way this could be made share-able on facebook? I wouldn't want to go as far as put it as a status/send out messages but would love some friends to read it....
  13. Hala
    Does anyone else have a problem with maltodextrin? I'm in the UK and have had pretty severe 'D' for days now. I think I've traced it back to ingesting products with quite large amounts of maltodextrin (it was the second listed ingredient, behind water). I'm in the UK so it's wheat-based maltodextrin. Will definitely avoid from now on! I'm a VERY sensitive...
  14. Hala
    I've only been gluten-free for 6 weeks but I'm feeling the same way....it's really annoying!
  15. Hala
    Hi, sorry to drag up an old post, but I was wondering how long it took until you started to gain weight? My weight dropped really dramatically before I was diagnosed with coeliac disease. I've been gluten-free for around a month now and I'm still not gaining much weight! I have a BMI of 13 too and I'm scared
  16. Hala
    Me too It's comforting knowing I'm not alone!
  17. Hala
    Sorry, there's a summary on page 46
  18. Hala
    Also, I found an interesting paper today; Open Original Shared Link It states that, for some people with celiac disease, anything above 1ppm of gluten in food is enough to cause detrimental health effects. In the UK, any food with under 20ppm of gluten is labelled as gluten-free. 20x the amount found to cause harm in this study!
  19. Hala
    Yeah I think the UK are definitely a lot more lax on what is and isn't 'gluten-free'!. I'm finding a lot of the gluten-free foods I see in shops have barley or wheat starch. I definitely agree on giving my gut as easy a time as possible whilst it's healing! Thanks for the advice and luck . Apart from it being inconvenient (especially when at uni...
  20. Hala
    I start to feel sick, then I get awful stomach cramps (generally at night) and insomnia. I don't normally sleep at all on the night of a glutening. By the next morning I'll have a sore, bloated, 'dodgy-feeling' stomach and either 'C' or 'D' and transient nausea. I'll also be really lethargic, irritable and depressed and will have a killer headache.Basically...
  21. Hala
    Yes, this is very true. I had also thought about the increased ability of recognising glutening. Also, before you go gluten-free, you are constantly being glutened so the symptoms are more constant/gradual, whereas after going gluten-free, once you get glutened there will be much more of an observable difference from your non-glutened self!
  22. Hala
    Maybe the more your intestines heal the more intestine there is to damage when you get glutened?
  23. Hala
    Think I'm gonna experiment and make a vegetarian shepherd's pie type thing with lentils and a sweet potato mash topping
  24. Hala
    I'm glad it's a well-known phenomenon! Thanks, I'll show my dietitian that link if she still doesn't believe me! I definitely feel more in the know than she is, as she is convinced I should be feeling completely fine straight away (despite my attempts at telling her the gastroenterologist told me it could take me years to heal!) Yep you're correct...
  25. Hala
    Hi everyone Has anyone else had problems with gluten-free processed products? Since going gluten-free a few weeks ago, I've had a few episodes of very particularly bad GI symptoms (at lot worse from the generally milder symptoms I'm still experiencing). Every time this was following eating processed gluten-free products. One time it was after eating...
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