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No idea what my folate level is, but I eat a lot of spinach and other high-folate foods without a problem. Apparently folic acid is an artifical, more stable, version of the naturally occuring folate (I'm learning as I go!).

So after a bunch of experimentation, I am 99% sure that I fine with gluten but have a folic acid intolerance. I did a bunch of tests, and everything that has folic acid in it (usually enriched flour), I had terrible problems, but breads without folic acid I can eat all day. Every breakfast cereal makes me throw up, but I just found Trader Joe's puffins (no...

So I'm not celiac, but have severe food intolerances and this board has been extremely helpful in helping me figure out my intolerances. I know for certain that my main culprits are caffeine and dairy. When I stopped those I went from throwing up daily and being nearly bed-ridden to being generally functional with some incidents. I have been doing this (with...

So I'm a few weeks into the elimination diet. Actually going very well; since I cut out everything, I've felt a lot better over time (took about a week) and can clearly identify when a new food causes trouble, and am adding in a new food only very slowly to avoid complications. I have a long list of things I can eat (salmon, steak, chicken, lots of fruits...

So I'm on a full-on elimination and reintroduction diet, tacking everything and looking for correlations. It would be extremely helpful if I had an idea how long symptoms can last after a reaction, and there's a lot of conflicting information on this board and all over the place. I know reactions can take many hours to occur, but could it be days? Weeks?...

So I have been getting slowly better as I've cut out more and more things, and finally decided to go on a full-on elimination diet. Symptoms are much improved, but haven't gone away (I had a migraine this morning and was nauseous all day, for example). I'm being exceedingly careful and only having single ingredient versions of whole foods (fruits, veggies...

That's my hope (and then I'm on the wrong discussion board!) but I keep a food diary and I do seem to have real problems with gluten and oats as well. That said, there's no way to know for sure, since I was on at least some corn through those tests. I agree: I'll just avoid everything for a few months and, if I'm doing well all along, try a very controlled...

Diagnosed as NCGI. Two months gluten free. Felt better, but still horrible. So discussions on this board and reading academic papers suggested that oats, milk, and corn can also be a problem, so I cut those out; felt better, but still horrible. Then I found this site: Open Original Shared Linkwhich lists all the ingredients which are derived from corn, and...

Turns out I'm intolerant to more than just gluten, which is why it's sucked so bad. I've eliminated the additional offenders and am doing better. Here's hoping!

For those of you interested, it turns out I react to corn (and corn syrup and corn starch and so on...) the same way I react to gluten. It took me a while to figure this out, but now that I am off gluten and corn (and dairy, which apparently is a common issue), I am feeling MUCH better. I just wanted to mention this so people who aren't corn-sensitive shouldn...

Gluten free for two months; much better, but still having some unexplained reactions. Food diary suggests corn (had corn on the cob last thursday, was sick all week; popcorn last night, threw it up; had a bunch of jelly bellys (corn starch) and felt not great for a day a few weeks ago). If I have to, I'll go to a full-on paleo diet or elimination diet to...

So last night, five days after my last glutening, I had a bout of vomiting, despite all the other symptoms subsiding; Question 1: Is it possible this is a holdover from last time, or did I get glutened again? I the latter, I think I must have some other sensitivity, since I am being super careful. Are there a few obvious foods I should try cutting out (e...

What's the range for symptoms to appear after a glutening? I've had cases where I feel awful right away, and others where it's not until the next day. Does it go beyond that? This is important, because I've had a case or two where I can't pinpoint the glutening source, so either I'm not looking back far enough, it's something I am unaware of (unlikely, since...

So I've read a ton about how awful it is to get glutened, but the experience is pretty unbelievable. I'm months gluten-free and feeling generally better, but I got glutened Friday (still not sure what it was, so it must have been something small); Saturday was awful: nauseau, lethargy, general discomfort; Sunday was worse: bad mood, generally feeling crappy...

That's fair! I will say that if you catch me taking a bite of birthday cake, you'll catch me throwing up everything I eat for the next week, so I'm in with you guys 100%. :-)