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    Have you checked to see if all your meds and supplements are gluten free?
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    Welcome to the forum, Rebecca. What vitamins and supplements are you taking to address the likely deficiencies such a limited diet will cause?
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    Okay, I see. By "insurance" I meant, in this case, government provided medical coverage, not private insurance.
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    So does the prescription for gluten free ingredients allow your health insurance to pick up the tab, or part of it? I'm trying to understand what advantage the prescription gives.
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    I wish some clarification here. Can people in the UK buy gluten free food ingredients without a prescription? Can you just go to a store and buy it like you would a loaf of wheat bread or must you have a script? Is the prescription for tax deduction purposes or does the script give you a discount? Or is this prescription something like food stamps here in...
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    PattyWayne, I'm with you on the egg intolerance. I've just recently discovered I can't eat more than one whole egg at a meal and not get a belly ache. Not sure when this egg intolerance set on but up until the last few years I have been a big egg eater with no issue. But how many ppm of gluten would you consider to be the threshold of a trace and...
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    I've was diagnosed as a celiac almost 20 years ago both by blood work and endoscopy. I do not think I am especially sensitive to minor amounts of gluten but I get violently ill with a major exposure, which has only happened a few times over the years. I do think I am more sensitive than I was at the beginning. But comparing gluten exposure in trace amounts...
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    But how possible\practical is this? To have absolutely no gluten in prepared foods? I mean I'm sure if you had a sensitive enough instrument you could detect gluten in the air we breathe and if you lived in Kansas there might be more than a little a some times of the year.
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    Welcome to the forum, TrailWalker! My, that's quite a tome! I have never heard that food sensitivities can be cured by herbs. That sounds "quackish" to me. Have you looked into histamine intolerance?
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    Then wouldn't 20ppm or below be "safe" for some celiacs?
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    PattyWayne, youj seem to contradict yourself here. Up to 20ppm is considered to be the standard for being able to advertise something gluten free but even that is too much gluten for some celiacs.
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    Welcome, Richard! Yes, I agree with Cristiana. You need to have specific testing done for celiac disease. Celiac disease is not an allergy or an intolerance per se. It is an autoimmune disorder where inflammation in the small bowel lining is triggered by the ingestion of wheat. There are two kinds of testing for celiac disease. The first is a blood...
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    "Naturally gluten free" does not necessarily equate to end product gluten free when you consider the possibility of cross contamination during transport, storage processing and packaging. This might particularly be an issue with grains and nuts (dry things) that are often handled on the same equipment used to harvest, transport and process gluten-containing...
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    Pixy, the reason I was asking about the statin is that those drugs have an established connection with muscle weakness and wasting for some people.
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    Yes. The symptoms are largely the same. And the antidote is the same.
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    Sounds like your GERD is not really the silent type.
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    Mister B, this skin reaction sounds like it could be dermatitis herpetiformis, one of the classic expressions of celiac disease.
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    Thanks for the additional information. Now we have a clearer picture of what why you are struggling with weight loss. Have you ever been put on a PPI for the GERD? Has the GERD improved since you have been following the GERD no no food list? Or because it is the silent type, can you even tell without an endoscopy?
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    Welcome to the fourm, carolynh! Do you have other food intolerances/allergies or medical conditions that either prevent you from eating high calorie foods or cause you to lose body mass? When you say, "too many forbidden foods," do you man besides those that contain gluten? Are you avoiding certain foods that exacerbate your reflux problem? And, would...
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    Your statement is a contradiction. If you can't make up your mind about trying a gluten free diet then you really do no want to try it. What are you trying to say? And why are you considering this? Do you suspect gluten is causing you physical and medical problems? Have you been tested for celiac disease and found to have it?
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    First of all, don't attempt to eliminate gluten from your diet until you get tested or you will likely invalidate the test. Many doctors don't know or don't think to tell their patients this. You should be eating at least 2 slices of wheat bread or the equivalent amount of gluten for 6-8 weeks before the serum antibody test and at least two weeks before the...
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    Welcome to the forum, Pixy! Two questions: 1. What meds is your wife on? Is she on a statin med by any chance? 2. Is your wife taking any high potency vitamins and minerals. If not, she should be and of course they should be gluten free. I particularly hope she is on a high potency B-complex in addition to an adult multivitamin. The symptoms...
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    A lot of it is perception. Is the glass half empty or half full? Yes, many food things are now off the celiac's plate but many things remain. I think for a lot of people, the social toll they perceive is more of their own framing than that of their family and friends. They imagine themselves as the fifth wheel at social gatherings and their presence as introducing...
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    Thanks for the update and clarification, Scott.
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    Scott, I think this article needs some formatting attention in the picture area and there appears to be a typo in the last sentence.
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