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    From your own admission, dry (toast and chips) and spicy foods seem to trigger this cough reaction and the "tickle" behind the sternum. I'm certainly no doctor but that suggests to me there is something being irritated when you eat these things. If that irritated area is on or near epiglottis (the flapper valve that closes off the windpipe when you swallow...
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    The common denominator in all this seems to be eating. Does this happen every time you eat something or does it seem to be associated with certain foods or certain textures? Since it has been 18 months since your last upper GI I would look into another one. You may have a wound of some kind that is being irritated when food is swallowed. Not sure how...
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    It won't hurt to take the PPI short term to see if GERD is actually a problem you have. How often do you have heartburn? Reflux doesn't just happen at night when you lay down, by the way. That is a misconception. An endoscopy would be in order to check for esophagial erosion and hiatal hermia. Particularly since the coughing happens in conjunction with eating...
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    May I ask, what is your age? I'm 68 and often I feel a little faint when standing up after doing a task requiring some exertion in the bent bent over position. I do not sense any syncopation or tachycardia at these times or any other. I just attribute it to postural LBP. I'm sure the pump and the entire vascular system are not what they used to be even...
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    "You could try a low FODMAP diet for a few months to see of it helps. You can also try the gluten-free diet to see of things improve. Celiac disease testing isn't perfect and can miss some people. You could have it but your body just may not test well. Maybe in a few years your blood antibodies would show up better. But who wants to wait a couple years...
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    It certainly would not hurt to try a gluten-free diet. We are still learning about the impact of gluten sensitivity and Celiac disease on the body and are finding out it has many more spin offs than anyone ever expected, even 20 years ago. But you would need to educate yourself on how gluten is used (and disguised) in many different food products, especially...
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    "Vinos"? What is that? Did you consume any wine, especially red wine?
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    Do you have Celiac disease? You say you are "wheat sensitive" but you don't say you are a celiac. You are doing the right thing in getting a checkup and blood work done. Sometimes we can make assumptions about what is causing our problems that turn out to be incorrect. Exams and testing can often turn up the real cause which may be something we never...
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    Amen!
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    The key word as far as I'm concerned: "Scientists have discovered how lectins, a family of proteins believed to be a natural insecticide that is abundant in undercooked legumes and grains, can make you feel temporarily miserable." This is true for me with regard to many seeds and other foods such as raw vegetables. When they aren't washed and/or...
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    Great resource! Thanks, CL.
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    I would caution you about going low fat. Fat is very important to health and metabolism. Focus on the kind of fat you take in rather than reducing it. Substituting vegetable oils for some animal fats is going to be better than trying to drastically reduce fat intake altogether. Avocados and chia seeds are an example of some things you need to look at in that...
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    Oatmeal and oat bran cereal are good for reducing cholesterol. Bob's Red Mill sells both in gluten-free form.
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    I was on a statin for several years but it was causing restless leg syndrome, which I was also given meds for. My cholesterol was marginally high. Mostly the LDL/HDL ratio was not what the doctor wanted to see. As near as I could tell, I wasn't having any of the side effects you read about that statins can produce but since there is such a controversy surrounding...
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    I'm sure many of you are in the situation where a celiac is living (and eating) in the same house with non-celiacs. Last night I was reminded of how important it is in these situations to extra care in packaging/labeling foods in such a way that celiacs don't accidentally consume gluten containing foods that may look very much like their gluten free...
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    I think kareng probably hit the nail on the head. You are absorbing nutrients better. And to pick up with what cyclinglady added, for years the medical community villainized fat and we were told to eliminate as much fat from our diets (especially animal sources and tropical oils) as possible. That whole approach is now being called into question and...
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    I have found, and I think a lot of other Celiacs would agree, that we cannot do a good job of eliminating gluten from our diets when eating out, even when being conscience food detectives.
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    I was just using ataxia as an example of a non-celiac gluten-related neurological disorder. Yes, you would need to go back on gluten to get a valid blood test screen and if you have been off of gluten for a significant period of time so as to allow for healing of the small bowel mucosa then an endoscopy would not be definitive either. Have you totally...
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    Zach, There are also gluten-related neurological problems (such as ataxia) that are not caused by Celiac Disease. Not all people negatively affected by gluten have Celiac Disease. If you have not done so, you need to get tested to find out if you actually have celiac disease. The first step is a blood test which if positive, needs to be followed up by...
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    It's not unusual for me to go for months without a migraine. When I get them, they come in clusters. Too early to draw any conclusions yet.
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    Gut health is turning out to be related to more and more medical issues as time goes on. It is a biome that is very complex, however, and we are not even sure at this point what constitutes a healthy balance of microbiota. We have been able to identify some things that apparently can upset that balance such as overuse of antibiotics and long term PPI use...
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    CL, thanks for the clarification. I was asking liv if the h1 she was taking was making her drowsy and assuming she was using one of the first generation antihistamines. But I was confused about the h2 not being a second generation antihistamine.
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    CL, are you responding to what I asked in quoting my post. I think you are saying what I said or what my question to live implied.
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    Live, does the h1 make you sleepy? Why not some of the newer antihistamines (like Zyrtec) that aren't so sedative? Do they not have the same beneficial effect for the the symptoms you are treating?
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    I have recently begun a three day rotation of breakfast foods and supper variation takes care of itself. I sometimes get in a rut with lunches (Kirkland protein bars and I ate all the oatmeal ones and now on the dark chocolate ones, unfortunately). Doing in a turkey cheese sandwich for lunch every two to four days. Haven't had a migraine of late.
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