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knitty kitty

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  1. Hi, @Liam R! I understand what you are going through. If you understand how your immune system works, you'll understand better what's happening in your body. Antibody producing cells are constantly making random antibodies, sort of like spitting out random number combinations for a lottery. When an antibody meets "something" floating in our...
  2. Here's another study that finds in combination with other vitamins, Vitamin D can lower mortality risk in severe illness. Note: publication date was before Covid. This combination was used in ICUs during Covid. Vitamin therapy in critically ill patients: focus on thiamine, vitamin C, and vitamin D https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc...
  3. Rah! Rah! Rah! You figured it out! We're all rooting for you! Yes, easy to get impatient, but healing does take time. I can't go into seafood restaurants because the boiled shrimp and all triggers my shellfish allergy. Same with bakeries triggering a gluten reaction.
  4. @Elisec5678, hello! Why are drinking so much water? Are you on diuretics? Diabetic? What do you include in your diet? Keeping a food journal can help pinpoint problematic foods. Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and Histamine Intolerance frequently occur in Celiac Disease. Have you been checked for vitamin and mineral deficiencies...
  5. AFib can be caused by a deficiency in magnesium or a deficiency in Thiamine Vitamin B1. Have you been checked for these? Some medications cause certain vitamin deficiencies. Are you taking any other medications?
  6. When we remove gluten containing products from our diet, we also remove the vitamins and minerals the gluten containing products were enriched with. Gluten containing products are required by law to be enriched with vitamins and minerals lost in processing. Gluten free facsimile foods are not required to be enriched with vitamins and minerals. Supplementing...
  7. Yes, I have. I followed the Autoimmune Protocol Diet (AIP diet) and noticed improvement within a few weeks. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/aip-diet-autoimmune-protocol-diet Low fructose fruits or fruits with an equal ratio of glucose to fructose are allowed, like dates. I also take Benfotiamine, a form of thiamine that can easily enter...
  8. It's rare to have a deficiency in just one vitamin or mineral. A good B Complex, Vitamin C, and magnesium and extra thiamine in the form of benfotiamine would be beneficial along with the Vitamin D. Thiamine has anti-viral properties! Thiamine is used to fight Covid. Recurring infections are indicative of Thiamine deficiency. Benfotiamine is a...
  9. @DeannaM, Riboflavin helps with migraines. I used to suffer from debilitating migraines, but I have supplemented with Riboflavin and I rarely get them anymore like I used to. I do get ophthalmic migraines that are triggered by computer screen usage. My optic nerve shuts down and my vision blacks out. Optic nerve damage that was due to unrecognized...
  10. Correction of vitamin and mineral deficiencies caused by malabsorption due to Celiac Disease could help alleviate your neuropathy. Early symptoms of Thiamine deficiency Vitamin B 1 include neuropathy. Thiamine deficiency disorders: a clinical perspective https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8451766/ And... Nutritional Neuropathies ...
  11. @Sara lombardi-thorman, Which medications are you taking or trying to ascertain if they are gluten free?
  12. Yes, @trents, we need to make people aware that things like anemia and elevated liver enzymes and swollen achy joints and diabetes and hashimoto's thyroiditis and infertility and any of three hundred other symptoms can be indicative of Celiac. Celiac is not always a straight forward disease. Some people suffer for years from various health problems...
  13. @miguel54b, I've often had to be my own guinea pig or lab rat. @trents, "Silent" Celiacs have posted on the forum that some of the things they took as "normal" improved or disappeared after going gluten free. Some doctors and patients don't connect certain symptoms with Celiac Disease.
  14. @cnazrael89, I agree that you probably have Celiac Disease. Do get checked for vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Be careful with omeprazole. PPI's like omeprazole can cause continuing inflammation. Usually Gerd symptoms are caused by an underproduction of stomach acid. Omeprazole inhibits stomach acid secretions causing poor digestion...
  15. @Hdfrancis1, Thanks for sharing! I'm lactose intolerant, too, and I react to casein as well. Gabapentin also has sodium lauryl sulfate in it! I've had to eliminate sodium laurel sulfate containing items like toothpaste, soaps and shampoos because I have sulfite hypersensitivity. Knowledge is power!
  16. You're very welcome. Yes, it is frustrating that doctors don't realize that Celiac Disease can cause other symptoms besides gastrointestinal ones, over three hundred! I take Benfotiamine, a form of thiamine that has been scientifically proven to be helpful in diabetes. I also take Thiamax, a form of thiamine that helps with neurological problems...
  17. Welcome to the forum! Could you give us a better idea of what you are eating? Are you eating out at restaurants and possibly getting cross contaminated? Is your diet heavy on carbohydrates? Have you been checked for vitamin and mineral deficiencies? Celiac Disease damages the small intestine where vitamins and minerals are absorbed...
  18. @AIW, Angular cheilitis can be caused by deficiencies in Riboflavin Vitamin B2, Pyridoxine B6, Niacin B3, Cobalamine B12, and/or iron. People who have type one or type two diabetes are notoriously low in Thiamine Vitamin B1. People with Hashimoto's are also deficient in Thiamine. My thyroid problems have improved with Thiamine. People...
  19. Yes, B12 deficiency, copper deficiency, zinc deficiency, and thiamine deficiency can cause grey hair.
  20. @DeannaM, I believe you will be interested in this case study of two children, one that drank lots of isotonic drinks (like the Gatorade and Pedialyte you are drinking) and one that had a limited diet due to allergies (and nutritional deficiencies as also occurs in Celiac Disease). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03877604...
  21. @Lindquist, You might feel better taking a B Complex vitamin supplement. Since you are low in other B vitamins, you are probably low in all eight. A B Complex will give you all eight. Additional supplementation with Thiamine Vitamin B 1 can help with the constipation and water retention in your legs and stomach. Thiamine B1 will help your thyroid...
  22. Doctors are trained to prescribe pharmaceuticals. They get very little training in vitamins and minerals that we need. Doctors think a magic pill will fix everything. You're not deficient in pharmaceuticals. You're deficient in the essential vitamins and minerals our bodies need to heal and repair itself. Do take a B Complex supplement so you will...
  23. @itarachiu, Eat some carrots cooked until soft. The lemonade is acidic. You are probably feeling it go through your digestive tract, not your spleen or kidney. If you eat something like carrots that will counteract all the pain of the acidic lemonade.
  24. @Lindquist, Blood type tests are different from tests for antibodies against gluten made in Celiac Disease. Blood tests don't tell if you have Celiac Disease. To test for antibodies against gluten, you have to eat gluten for two months in order to have enough antibodies to test. If you can't eat gluten that long, you can get a DNA test...
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