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  1. knitty kitty
    Hi. Hope you're feeling better. When I had Gerd, I found it helpful to lay on my left side after eating. Laying on the left side straightens out the esophagus and the stomach, allowing for burps to escape more easily. Eating smaller, more frequent, bland meals helps, too. Icelandgirl's crock pot chicken suggestion is a good one. Throw in...
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    Allergic to olives?!? Oh, that's too bad. I can't eat olives because they add Sulfites in the brining process, but the oil is okay. I'm leary of anything with processed coconut meat because sulfites are added to keep it white. So I am highly suspicious of coconut oil and coconut milk, too. Thanks for the tip on Natural Vitality. I'll check...
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    I use extra virgin olive oil. It's got lots of omega 3 fatty acids. Sunflower seed oil has more omega 6 and omega 9 fatty acids. The brain likes omega 3's and the body can make omega 6 and 9 out of omega 3 like snapping legos together. I tried almond milk a while back and it didn't agree with me. It was during one of those "find the funky food...
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    Hi, Ennis. Sorry the sunflower seeds made you sick. I can't tolerate them either. I think you're right that they may be too oily for some of us, though I wonder about the combination with psyllium husks.... the psyllium husks would want to absorb water and the sunflower seeds would want to repel water since they are oily.... just wondering if that combination...
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    Hi. Short, your medical history has similarities to mine. I was severely deficient in Vitamin D and had diarrhea for a long time. When there is prolonged diarrhea, there is malnutrition. Once I started on Vitamin D supplements, I started to feel so much better. Actually, for a while, I ate them like candy, I craved them. It was very strange, but...
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    Winda, Here's an article that might help explain how glyphosates effects the body and may trigger Celiac Disease. Open Original Shared Link I was recently exposed to glyphosates (thanks to the lawn service spraying) and have had an outbreak of DH all over my body within days. Taking niacinamide helps mine go away faster. Some have found...
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    Thanks, Victoria! I will post on Winda's thread, too.
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    So glad the article might shed some light on things. Would be interesting to compare your results with those findings in the article. Yes, the timing of things can seem more than coincidental... K
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    I found this article about glyphosates interesting. Open Original Shared Link
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    There's this explanation: Open Original Shared Link
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    "Before you start taking folic acid, your GP will check your vitamin B12 levels to make sure that they are normal. This is because folic acid treatment can sometimes improve your symptoms so much that is masks an underlying vitamin B12 deficiency. If your B12 deficiency is not detected and treated, it could affect your nervous system." Open Original...
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    mnburis, I'm concerned about your symptoms, especially the diarrhea being so frequent. I experienced pellagra after prolonged diarrhea. The symptoms are diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia and death. Pellagra is a deficiency of niacin (B 3). With your vitamin D and B 12 already diagnosed as low, you're very likely to be low in all the other vitamins...
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    Open Original Shared Link Maybe this article can help. Malabsorption of nutrients can make the body do weird things.
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    Open Original Shared Link "Nutritional optic neuropathies are uncommon and can be associated with gradual visual loss and optic atrophy or sudden vision loss and optic disc swelling. The neuropathy is characterized by bilateral reduction in visual acuity. Patients may also complain of reduced colour vision and central or caecocentral scotomas may be...
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    Hi! Skin problems often are related to vitamin deficiencies. http://www.podiatrytoday.com/when-vitamin-and-nutritional-deficiencies-cause-skin-and-nail-changes I found this article helpful. Pellagra is a deficiency in niacin. One symptom is a rash when exposed to sunlight. You might be nutrient deficient. A good B complex vitamin may...
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    Open Original Shared Link I use Vintage Traditions tallow balm, comes in lots of nice scents, and unscented, too. Some smell like aftershave, others are more delicate. Can't really detect that "beefy" tang. Really works wonders on my calluses, on feet and hands, and soothes the itching of DH. Hope you'll try it. ?Moo moo.. . . . . Side effects...
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    I get ophthalmic migraines, too. My vision will "grey out" until I can't see anything but a dot of vision in the center of my field of vision. Sort of like looking through a long narrow tube. Very odd. It happens after staring at computer screens or tablets and even the digital tv and my smart phone. My ophthalmologist said the optic nerve registers...
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    Hi! I found this article very helpful. Open Original Shared Link Hope this helps.
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    I was so curious about this! I found a study about polycythemia being related to vitamin B 12 deficiency! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22424943 And then another: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25730455 Even though the usual blood tests found "normal" B 12, the people in these studies still had a B 12 deficiency as measured...
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    Hi! Vitamin deficiencies play a big part in skin health. Niacin, B6, biotin, vitamins A, E, & D, and the essential fatty acids (omega 3) have all helped mine. Open Original Shared Link
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    Hi! I thought that a doctor's mask or disposable filter mask might prevent your son putting his hands in his mouth while playing. Get him some little scrubs, and he can pretend to be a doctor. Another idea is to dress him as a cowboy with a ten gallon hat and bandana over his mouth. Kids like to dress up. Wearing a costume might take attention away from...
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    Here's another article on vitamin deficiencies that occur in a similar malabsorption disease. Open Original Shared Link
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    Christiana, Low ferritin (iron) is often accompanied by low vitamin B 12, folate (another B vitamin), vitamin C, calcium, and vitamin D. These vitamins and minerals all work together. The B vitamins are water soluble and need to be replenished every day. Malabsorption from Celiac disease can make getting enough nutrients difficult without supplementation...
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    So glad the articles were helpful! You may have been given magnesium sulfate in your IV after delivery. Many Celiacs develop sulfite/sulfate sensitivity. I am highly allergic to sulfites/sulfates. I must be extra careful with supplements because the label may say "magnesium" or "manganese", but they are chemically bound to sulfur molecules, and...
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    Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Thought these articles would be helpful.
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