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  1. knitty kitty
    Hello, all! Thought I'd share some articles about SIBO and Thiamine deficiency. Thiamine has antibacterial properties and keeps colonic bacteria from moving into the small intestine causing SIBO. High fructose corn syrup forms a "biomesh" or lattice by which bacteria can creep into the small intestine, too. Removing simple sugars like honey, syrup...
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    I've collected some interesting studies about migraines... Thiamine, magnesium, zinc and the other B vitamins help migraines. I know adding these to my diet has helped relieve my migraines. Magnesium as an Important Factor in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Migraine—From Theory to Practice https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC89...
  3. knitty kitty
    @OhDeer, You may not have gastrointestinal symptoms, but you can still have nutritional deficiencies and symptoms outside of the digestive tract. Having low Vitamin D can cause menstrual irregularities. Insufficient B vitamins like Thiamine B1, Pyridoxine B6, and Cobalamine B12 can also cause problems with our cycles and reproduction. PCOS is...
  4. knitty kitty
    @OhDeer, What "something completely unrelated" did you see the doctor for? There's over three hundred symptoms related to Celiac Disease. Just curious.
  5. knitty kitty
    Merry Christmas, @JAD75 Welcome to the forum! Definitely sounds like Celiac symptoms. I wonder if the Emergency department at hospital would do blood tests for Celiac antibodies while you are so ill. Sounds like you have developed nutritional deficiencies in the time you've been experiencing symptoms. Anemia is caused by deficiencies in...
  6. knitty kitty
    Welcome to the forum, Eva! Sorry to hear about your cancer. You can check your medications through the National Institute of Health's site here: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/ And some interesting articles are on the PubMed site... High Dose Vitamin B1 Reduces Proliferation in Cancer Cell Lines Analogous to Dichloroacetate ...
  7. knitty kitty
    Ideally, a Total IgA test should be done to make sure you are producing sufficient IgA antibodies in general, because we make lots of different kinds of IgA antibodies. A test for tTg IgA is looking for the specific antibodies against gluten. If the Total IgA is below "normal" limits, then the specific tTg IgA test is not accurate. This can result...
  8. knitty kitty
    There are a lot of people who have been misdiagnosed as having IBS when they actually had Celiac Disease and, in the average of ten years to be properly diagnosed, their health suffers unnecessarily. Have you started a gluten free diet yet? Did your IBS symptoms resolve? Which antibody tests for Celiac Disease did you have? Specifically, did...
  9. knitty kitty
    References: Nutritional Imbalances in Adult Celiac Patients Following a Gluten-Free Diet https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8398893/ Micronutrients Dietary Supplementation Advices for Celiac Patients on Long-Term Gluten-Free Diet with Good Compliance: A Review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6681258/ Gluten...
  10. knitty kitty
    That's great! Those are healthy fats. 🐱
  11. knitty kitty
    @Aaron2018, Are these the same ones? https://www.vitafusion.com/products/vitafusion-multivites.html They don't contain Thiamin nor Riboflavin! And that Niacin is not wonderful. I like this kind much better... https://www.lifeextension.com/vitamins-supplements/item01945/bioactive-complete-b-complex Maybe you can try this...
  12. knitty kitty
    Thanks! You explanation helps me understand better! I avoid both the baking aisle and the bakery department at my grocery store! Yes, there's definitely more airborne flour in the baking aisle than the bakery. Glad you wear a mask while working on that aisle!
  13. knitty kitty
    I also found this article for you... It says Riboflavin Vitamin B2 relieves itchiness like you've described. Are you taking a B Complex? Riboflavin would be in a B Complex supplement. I wonder if that would help. What do you think? Riboflavin Inhibits Histamine-Dependent Itch by Modulating Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV...
  14. knitty kitty
    Try to have some protein at every meal. Eating smaller meals more frequently will help. Do you eat healthy fats? Olive oil, flaxseed oil? Salmon is great for healthy fats. Raw veggies can be hard on the digestive tract. You might want to rethink the green smoothie. Most veggies don't have much thiamine or other B vitamins in them. Romaine...
  15. knitty kitty
    Hi, @Aaron2018, How are you doing? Hope you're having a nice holiday season. I think the tightness of your pants might have more to do with the exercise you're doing, bending over and moving around. Muscles have more blood come into them when you're active. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his costars of the movie Predator had weight lifting competitions...
  16. knitty kitty
    Welcome, @JBeth! I like the book The Autoimmune Protocol Diet by Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, a Celiac herself. She also has cookbooks for the AIP diet, too.
  17. knitty kitty
    Yes, facial paresthesia, Bell's Palsy, I have it. It's Thiamine related. Thiamine deficiency can cause nerve damage and paresthesia. It also can be related to herpetic viruses in facial nerves if you've ever had a cold sore or chicken pox. It flares up if thiamine deficient. Thiamine has antiviral properties that keeps mine in check. I don't think...
  18. knitty kitty
    I'm sure there are more complete genetic tests available if you were interested in finding out exactly your Celiac genes. And people who can decipher the results better! Do pursue more thorough testing for Celiac Disease with a proper gluten challenge. Let us know what you find out!
  19. knitty kitty
    @Raquel2021, Yes, I'm a normal healthy weight now 😸 and I don't have a gallbladder either. Tell me what happens when you take vitamins. You say you can't tolerate them. Do you throw up? Pass out? Have anaphylaxis? Turn purple? Climb the walls? Do you keep a food/mood/poo'd journal? What ingredients are in your usual Vitamin D ...
  20. knitty kitty
    You can have lots of different combinations as discussed in those articles. But you only need one of those alleles (not two together) to be susceptible to CeD.
  21. knitty kitty
    You would have two copies of DQB1*2 instead of having one of each of DQB1*2 and DQA1*5.
  22. knitty kitty
    Welcome, @Hotpotrae, Yes, I have DH and get single DH blisters here and there. I get them on the soles of my feet and the palms of my hands and on other spots. DH is pressure sensitive, so the blisters can appear after under elastic bands on bras and undies. Perhaps the ones on your collar bones are from a garment or jewelry that rests there...
  23. knitty kitty
    Welcome, Yvonne! Losing lots of weight unintentionally is symptomatic of nutritional deficiencies. Were these corrected? Are you currently taking a B Complex? Vitamin D? Weight loss can be due to Thiamine deficiency. I lost a lot of weight quickly. I also had bloating and abdominal pain. I was scared to eat as well. I followed the Autoimmune...
  24. knitty kitty
    Yes, you are right about cutting out dairy! Some Celiacs have lactose intolerance. They cannot produce the enzyme lactase which digests lactose (milk sugar). The enzyme lactase is produced in the tips of the villi in the small intestine. These villi get damaged in Celiac Disease by the antibodies against gluten. Adopting a gluten free and dairy...
  25. knitty kitty
    Hello, Maggie! I enjoyed Jennifer's book, too. That we're basically starving to death because we cannot absorb sufficient vitamins and minerals is absolutely right. B12 does make us feel more energetic, but B12 needs the other B vitamins to work properly. B12 works closely with Folate B 9. Taking B12 by itself can cause a deficiency in Folate...
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