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Does anyone use any personal care products from Natural Solutions or know if they contain gluten or casein? I saw on their site that some products contain soy: Open Original Shared Link. The term "vegan" was generally mentioned, but I don't know if that applies to all of their products or not. Also, what about Nature's Gate or Desert Essence?

I'm 27 and was diagnosed with celiac disease slightly over a year ago, but I've had signs of it since infancy. Yes, I've had a similar reaction even though I had most of the same health issues (and more) as the middle aged people I'd encounter. I was also told, "You're young; you'll bounce back from anything" repeatedly pre-diagnosis. I still haven...

I have regular polycythemia--elevated RBC's and no other blood cells. My resulting symptoms are headaches, weakness, lightheadedness, fatigue, itching, poor circulation, flushed face on exertion, difficulty breathing, and pain in my bones, muscles, and chest. I'm not sure what is meant by "disturbed vision" in the descriptions of the disorder, but I do...

I was just diagnosed with a condition that's similar but not the same, polycythemia. I have no idea what the cause is. The two most uncomfortable symptoms are poor circulation (my feet will never warm up) and numerous daily struggles to breathe. Even the tiny smoke released from the hair dryer is enough to make me fight for breath for over an hour. I...

I'm half Irish and half German. My grandmother, from the German side, is the only other family member who has been diagnosed. Same here. I followed the food pyramid religiously. And a lot of "healthier" foods have more binders, like in Lay's chips.

I feel the same. That would be my ideal career, research, but I'm not fond of schools and there seem to be a lot of roadblocks in the way of certain research topics. The main way I am different from most doctors I have encountered is that they often get caught up in treating symptoms. I wouldn't mind neglecting symptoms if they can eventually be lessened...

It's in my personality to want to make connections to the bigger picture and to gain knowledge. I'm even more driven to get to the bottom of this. I can either give up or get back on my feet. Those are my only two real choices right now. I was lucky that I was tested or it would have taken me awhile to discover the casein problem. I still think I would...

I called them awhile back, and they claimed they don't add anything containing gluten but that there could be a risk of cross-contamination.

While my celiac disease went undiagnosed, I first had an appendicitis attack at 20, then I had to have an appendectomy that day. Two years later, I had bad tonsillitis, and my tonsils were removed a year later. Here is a paper that talks about the association with celiac disease: Dig Dis Sci. 2001 Oct;46(10):2206-8. Increased risk of surgery...

I'm glad to have the ability to do something about the progression. I am actually casein free and stopped eating all dairy products when I quit having gluten. I had IgA antibodies to casein. I mentioned being casein free (Gluten-free Casein-free) in my sig, but I just changed it so it would be more clear. I react to casein in the same way I do to gluten...

You can look up the name of the vitamin on their site, and they will list the allergens that the particular product does not contain. If it doesn't say "no gluten" under the ingredients, it's not safe. They have a lot of gluten-free vitamins. Most will have the allergen-free list on the back of the bottle. I can look them up for you if you aren't able...

Here are a few possible causes: 1. He could have low testosterone, common with malabsorption (which can lead to thinning bones) 2. He could have a bone disorder from malnutrition (osteomalacia causes constant bone pain) 3. He could have thyroid disease, which is associated with celiac disease (hypo can have a fibromyalgia effect, and hyper can cause...

I never doubted your computer literacy--I know plenty who are computer illiterate and they would have difficulty finding this place at all. I don't know what happened exactly with your erased message. I tend to select all and copy the message repeatedly (sometimes pasting it into another application) while I'm doing anything in a web-based form because...

I think I have something similar. I had urinary tract infections all of my life, so I tried to stave them off with daily cranberry juice. Now that I have been on the gluten-free diet, I no longer get the infections, so I stopped drinking the cranberry juice. There is still something that persists that feels like a bladder infection. It feels like getting...

tarnalberry: Very interesting. That may be my problem as well. I've always had trouble with fried foods but not baked goods or stir fries made with olive oil. I wonder what causes this? Do any of you without casein intolerance experience this reaction? Jnkmnky: I had an ultrasound on my gall bladder and liver before, and they said they were normal...