KathyMac

I am the youngest of 6 kids. My father says he was diagnosed celiac back in 1928 at the age of two. He went on a banana and bacon diet for a year or so. He almost died prior to going on the diet. He was under the impression that celiac meant allergic to milk. He has eaten bread ever since I can remember. He is lactose sensitive and limits his millk intake...

I just had my family's DNA tested because I am #6 of 6 kids. Two older brothers and a sister have tested positive for celiac sprue. My sister was just diagnosed this summer. One of her primary symptoms was frequent belching and a lot of gas. Her blood tests were borderline negative, but the biopsy (which had not been planned and was only done by chance during...