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Definitely a change, but not as quick as you. I now can deadlift and squat 85 lbs and overhead lifting 35lbs. Still working to see what I am capable of. But 1.5 years ago when I went gluten free, I thought a 5 lb hand weight was heavy...

I live in a major city and my non-health food grocery store also carries gluten free flours and items. However, there is no way I would buy my gluten free flour there. Their shelves are a mess and there is regular flour just above the gluten-free flours dripping it's gluten all over...I am happy they carry gluten free flour but they really need to change...

Yes, I absolutely have had the same issues. 2 - 3 years of stuff breaking down. Severely torn glute, elbow tendonitis, knee tendonitis, neck and back issues, torn scalene muscle in my shoulder, torn calf muscle, torn proximal hamstring, etc...the list goes on and on. Most of these injuries were from very little cause or effort (i.e. 10 minutes on treadmill...

I have never, like never, been a morning person by any stretch of the imagination. Now I have never had trouble sleeping, in fact, one could argue that I sleep too much! Since being gluten free for over a year now, I am suddenly becoming a morning person. I wake up spontaneously with the sun (no alarm clock) and I am refreshed and ready for the day. Literally...

I had a very unusual blot clot in my right ovarian vein that was likely associated with celiac disease. First, it is very rare to get a blood clot in this location and those that do have either recently delivered a baby, or had a recent hysterectomy. I had neither. I was tested for every imagineable clotting disorder there is and nothing was found. There...

I travel frequently for work and just got back from San Fransisco. Northern california is a gluten free haven. Many resturants are gluten free or have gluten free menus. Great food in the area. As far as airports and hotels, I have had luck finding stapes such as hard boiled eggs, fresh fruit (bananas, apples, etc), almonds, kind bars, and I have...

For me, diarrhea (up to 9 times a day at the worse point), abdominal pain, bloating, lots of gas, stomach rumbling, light colored, foul, fatty and floating stools, elevated liver enzymes, osteopenia, weight loss, severe muscle and joint pain, nausea, fatigue, Low Vit D, multiple miscarriages, early menopause, numbness and tingling. And the weirdest symptoms...

I agree with blessedmommy, if it doesn't make you feel good, don't eat it. I will likely never know definitively whether or not I have celiac disease however, I live as though I do, as there are enough factors for me that lean in that direction that it's rather unthinkable to eat gluten. I do have 2 copies of the DQ 2 gene (homozygous DQ2), which puts...

Iceland girl - As far as I have been able to research and determine it sounds like most celiacs have leaky gut issues caused by the celiac disease. Others without celiac disease can get leaky gut too, like small instestine bacterial overgrowth. When you have a leaky gut, large molecules are able to pass through the gut that ordinarily would not be able...

Ugghh...I am right there with you. I thought I was going to be good with gluten free and at first I felt great eating gluten free and then at about 6 - 7 months of being gluten free, I seem to have triggered multiple food allergies. I don't know that I have figured them all out yet. However, I know I am reacting to bananas (can't eat raw or cooked), tomatoes...

I like a more natural approach, so rather than anti-inflammatories. A cup of organic turmeric ginger tea from "The Republic of Tea" with a bit of honey added. Works as good, if not better than 2 advil. Also, I am no stranger to neck pain. I herniated a disc in my neck a couple of years ago (horrible) and my neck has never been quite the same since...

At Mayo clinic, I have been there, Dr Joseph Murray is the head of the celiac department there. I did not seem his specifically when I was there since I was there for another issue (blood clot) and then saw another GI to get tested for celiac.

My husband came home from work one day and told me all about a nutritionist who have given a talk a seminar that he attended at work that day. We both work for a health and wellness company who sponsored the seminar. He told me that the nutritionist clearly stated that M & M's contained gluten. At first I was in a bit of a panic. Had I read the label...

Given the uncertainess with your tests and eating very little gluten at the time of testing. I would make sure that you get genetic testing done. While it can't conclude that you absolutely have celiac. It can rule in or out the possibility and provide one more piece of the puzzle that would help support a diagnosis.

So grateful that I feel better and want to do more and have the energy to do it. Grateful for the feeling I have after a great weekly workout (haven't been able to exercise for at least 3 - 4 years). Grateful for the satisfaction that I get from cooking a great tasting and nutritious meal Grateful for this unspoken bond that I now seem to have...