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  1. icon RMJ reacted to a post in a topic: my favourite human being ever
  2. icon RMJ reacted to a comment: Why Life with Celiac Disease Hasn't Improved in 10 Years, According to New Study
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  5. RMJ started following need help understanding testing result for Naked Nutrition Creatine please , Need help trusting real food again — what brands of meat, eggs, rice, fruits, veggies, and snacks do you rely on? , France and Italy in denial and 7 others
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    What brands do you use for: Chicken (fresh only): I assume by fresh you mean raw, that you then cook. I just check to be sure there are no flavorings added (unusual but I’ve seen it in frozen raw chicken). Eggs: Any that are still in the shell. Rice: Lundberg (certified gluten free) Fruits: Anything fresh. Just give them a wash, which I...
  7. RMJ
    I haven’t been for a while but I had no trouble in Paris. I had a book “Paris sans gluten.” I found one published in 2025: Paris sans gluten
  8. icon Aretaeus Cappadocia reacted to a post in a topic: Study: 8% of Gluten-Free Products Test Over 20ppm, and 15% of "Gluten-Free" Products Certified by GFCO Contain Gluten at Over 10ppm
  9. icon knitty kitty reacted to a post in a topic: Can someone help explain my labs?
  10. RMJ
    What is the normal range for the TTG IgA at that lab. Different labs use different units. A positive TTG IgA and villous blunting with intramucosal lymphocytes certainly sounds like celiac disease. Sorry that’s probably not what you wanted to hear.
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    Hopefully @cristiana will see this question, as she also lives in the UK.
  13. icon Scott Adams reacted to a post in a topic: Sugar intolerance 10 years into gluten-free diet
  14. RMJ
    Here is some information on disaccharide (i.e., sucrose, maltose) intolerance. Disaccharide intolerance
  15. icon Known1 reacted to a post in a topic: What would you do - neighbor brought gluten-free pizza from Papa Murphy's
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    I would not eat it. Some people are more sensitive to small amounts of gluten than others. Until you know how sensitive you are It is probably best to be extra careful. Is this a crustless pizza? I looked on the Papa Murphy website, clicked on nutrition and filtered by “avoid gluten”. The only pizzas that it said were gluten free were crustless sli...
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  18. RMJ
    Welcome to the forum! Did your doctors run any tests for low thyroid? I don’t see any in what you have posted. Hypothyroidism can cause chills.
  19. icon Scott Adams reacted to a post in a topic: nothing has changed
  20. RMJ
    This may be the problem. Every time you eat gluten it is like giving a booster shot to your immune system, telling it to react and produce antibodies again.
  21. icon Xravith reacted to a post in a topic: Do Gluten Enzymes actually work?
  22. icon Scott Adams reacted to a post in a topic: Do Gluten Enzymes actually work?
  23. RMJ
    If you successfully digest gluten with enzyme supplements so it won’t give you side effects, your challenge won’t be worthwhile because the digested fragments of gluten also won’t stimulate antibody production or cause intestinal damage.
  24. RMJ
    They don’t give a sample size (serving size is different from sample size) so it is hard to tell just what the result means. However, the way the result is presented does look like it is below the limit of what their test can measure, so that is good.
  25. RMJ
    I agree with @trents, they should have run a total IgA. What was the normal range for the DGP IgA test? Different labs use different units thus have different normal ranges.
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  27. RMJ
    Your total IgA is normal. This test is run because if you are deficient in IgA the celiac specific IgA tests might not be valid (might not detect celiac disease). Hopefully some of those other tubes of blood will include other tests for celiac antibodies which might include Tissue transglutaminase (TTG) IgA and IgG, Deamidated gliadin (DGP) IgA and IgG,...
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    I agree with @trents that the IgA you listed sounds like a total IgA, not celiac-specific, if 114 is normal. Were any other antibody tests run?
  29. icon RMJ reacted to a post in a topic: heaps of hope!
  30. icon knitty kitty reacted to a post in a topic: Thoughts? Non-endoscopic Celiac diagnosis in two year old
  31. icon RMJ reacted to a post in a topic: Disaccharide deficient, confusing biopsy results, no blood test
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    So her tissue transglutaminase antibody is almost 4x the upper end of the normal range - likely a real result. The other things you can do besides an endoscopy would be: 1. Genetic testing. Unfortunately a large proportion of the population has genes permissive for celiac disease, but only a small proportion of those with the genes have it. With...
  33. RMJ
    The normal ranges can vary for the tissue transglutaminase and gliadin antibody celiac tests because the units aren’t absolute. Could you please tell us what the normal ranges are for the laboratory used? If her tissue transglutaminase results are 10-fold above the normal range some would diagnose her on that alone. Endomysial antibody ranges are m...
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