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    It's more likely that you are deficient in zinc and the copper has just built up. Zinc and copper balance each other out. Increased serum copper and decreased serum zinc levels in children with iron deficiency anemia https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9522044/ And... Decreased Zinc and Increased Copper in Individuals with Anxiety https...
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    One has to be eating gluten for the body to make the anti-gluten antibodies tested for with both of those tests. When one stops eating gluten for months, the body is no longer provoked to make anti-gluten antibodies, so the antibody levels go down. The anti-gluten antibodies in the tTg IgA decreased. It's not surprising the other test, the EMA...
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    Doctors and other health care professionals get kickbacks (money) for promoting those supplements. https://www.standardprocess.com/practitioner-benefits
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    A Genetic test doesn't require consuming gluten. Genetic tests for OP and the kids seem reasonable.
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    Hi, @Courtney09, DH will flare up when exposed to sunlight, but you must have the antibodies produced when exposed to gluten in your system. Granted, anti-gluten antibodies may stay in your system for several weeks after exposure to gluten. However, if you have not been exposed to gluten recently, you may be suffering from a deficiency in Niacin Vitamin...
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    @eKatherine, People are more likely to be reacting to the high levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, in animals raised in crowded conditions. Cattle fed in crowded feedlots contain higher levels of cortisol than cattle allowed to graze in pastures. Dairy cows have higher levels of cortisol in their milk if not allowed to graze. Same with chickens...
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    @trents, We don't know the wife's side of the story. But as posted, Eric OP hasn't painted her in the best light, either, although he seems reluctant to do so. For those of us who have encountered people with symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder or munchausen syndrome, we see red flags. Not so much "piling on his spouse", but responding...
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    @trents, Since we are not allowed to diagnose on this forum, most of us can, and do, offer information from our own personal experiences for comparison. Putting a framework around a problematic situation can help define and direct the potential paths one could take. It is the OP's responsibility to choose the framework best suited to his...
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    You'll feel much better when your Vitamin D level gets up into the 80's where it is supposed to be. At 80's level, Vitamin D can act like a hormone, like it's supposed to. Polynesian people who dress and live in traditional ways have Vitamin D levels between 80 and 120 nMol/L. So that's where we want ours, too. (But no island life. 😿) I be...
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    Do you remember the number? Mine was severely low, like single digits. I took Vitamin D3. (The doctor had prescribed Vitamin D 2, a synthetic form that the body cannot utilize well.) I took lots of Vitamin D3. I ate them like M&M's actually because my body craved them so. Really weird, yes, but it brought my Vitamin D level up quickly...
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    It can take two years or more for antibody levels to normalize. Your antibody levels are consistently going down. You can try checking your Vitamin D level. Vitamin D is instrumental in calming the immune system (besides other things). You're doing great.
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    The dose recommended as a laxative is over the RDA because it doesn't get absorbed and stays in the digestive tract producing loose stools. You want a form of magnesium that is better absorbed and useful to the body. If you can't absorb sufficient magnesium, the body pulls magnesium out of the bones contributing to osteoporosis. https://ods...
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    Magnesium Glycinate is much more easily absorbed. Magnesium hydroxide is not absorbed much. It stays in the intestines and draws water into the intestines and you get diarrhea. Magnesium hydroxide is in Milk of Magnesia, used for constipation relief.
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    Try taking Benfotiamine. Thiamine and magnesium work together. NSAIDS cause continuing damage to the lining of the small intestine. Benfotiamine has been shown to help heal the digestive tract. You may have developed vitamin and mineral deficiencies on a gluten free vegetarian diet. Thiamine, Pyridoxine B6 and Cobalamine B12 will...
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    Magnesium would be a better choice to help with the need for an antacid. Not only is magnesium needed to work with Thiamine, magnesium has been shown to help with kidney failure. Low serum magnesium is associated with faster decline in kidney function: the Dallas Heart Study experience https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6660364/ ...
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    @Confused52, You might try Thiamine Vitamin B 1 because it helps alleviate pain and improves arthritis. Long-Term Treatment by Vitamin B1 and Reduction of Serum Proinflammatory Cytokines, Hyperalgesia, and Paw Edema in Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102562/ And... Mechanisms of action of vitamin...
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    Sorry to hear about your health complications. For pain relief, I take high dose Thiamine Vitamin B 1, Pyridoxine Vitamin B 6, and Cobalamine Vitamin B12. I can't take NSAIDs either. Here are articles from the National Institute of Health.... Analgesic and analgesia-potentiating action of B vitamins https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
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    Low magnesium can cause constipation. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/
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    @Kitkatco, We're you checked for diabetes? Uncontrolled diabetes can cause all the symptoms you related (diarrhea, joint pain, peripheral neuropathy, itchy skin rashes, ADHD, and anxiety). If you've been eating a high carbohydrate diet (more than 55% carbohydrates make up your diet), you could be on your way to diabetes. Diabetics lose much...
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    @Elisec4, Welcome to the forum! Did your doctor bother to check your magnesium level? Low magnesium levels can cause constipation. Low magnesium levels can cause bloating. Low magnesium levels can cause bone loss. Low magnesium levels affect the parathyroid which in turn regulates insulin production in the pancreas resulting...
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    @tygerlily, Hello! Glad to hear you're trying a gluten free diet! I found the Autoimmune Protocol Diet to be very helpful in healing and calming those GI symptoms. Look for the book The Paleo Approach by Dr. Sarah Ballantyne (Celiac herself) and her cookbooks. The AIP diet cuts out dairy and processed gluten free facsimile foods, and...
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    @Kurlykaitlyn, I'm so glad you decided to act instead of ignoring and hoping your symptoms go away! Ask your doctor for the Erythrocyte Transketalase test to check for Thiamine. Keep us posted on the results!
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    @PME, Yes, definitely, most conventional medical doctors don't have a clue about nutritional factors in diseases. Like most of our readers, I had become very ill with undiagnosed Celiac Disease and was searching for answers. I was blessed with the opportunity to attend university. Being a very curious kitty, I explored studies in a wide variety...
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    @Rogol72 is right. Not only do people eating fast food develop nutritional deficiencies, emotional stress can drain our own reserves of vitamins and minerals. A good B Complex and some extra thiamine as benfotiamine can help us deal with stress better. https://www.lifeextension.com/vitamins-supplements/item01945/bioactive-complete-b-complex...
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    Yes, I add in those same things occasionally. It really helps control my type two diabetes. I had Metabolic Syndrome before I started the AIP diet and my body composition has changed, too. It's great, but the AIP diet can be low in some nutrients. Consider supplementing with a good B Complex, Vitamin D (calms the immune system) and Benfotiamine (a form...
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