Mimi42988

Gluten cannot be passed through skin, pores, or nostrils. It must be ingested to cause a reaction. A celiac has symptoms because of the antibodies produced once the gluten hits a certain part of your digestive tract. If no physical food passes that point it is impossible to have a reaction. I have been in the nursing field (most of them mental health nursing...

There are hundreds of thousands of things you can eat that are gluten free. There are more things you CAN eat than cannot. Just because it doesn't say gluten free right on the front of the package doesn't mean you cannot eat it. Read the label. If it contains wheat it is a law that they must write may contain wheat. The other things that we cannot have are...

It depends how bad the intestinal damage was and it depends how long each individual's body takes to fully get rid of the gluten in their body. Some people go 8 months before they even start to notice a difference, some people change in weeks. I would personally cut out all oats because my nutritionist said absolutely no oats even if they claim to be gluten...

In my opinion yes I would get the test done. If you have celiac it's not a matter of just trying to not eat gluten. You have to be concerned about cross contamination in your home and while you're out. One crumb of bread can start your bodies antibody producing routine. This causes intestinal damage. Living gluten free is great for anyone but being celiac...

I just have a quick question. When the blood panels were run for the celiac antibodies the negative range for most are ideally under 20 .. Mine were all well over the 100 mark. Is there a reason the numbers are higher in some people vs others? I have been in nursing for almost a decade so I understand lipid panels etc but I am newly diagnosed celiac and do...