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    Paleo diet? That's a new term to me. There is actually a name for it, huh? It puts a scientific-sounding spin on the idea, I guess. In my generation we thought of it as the hippie or flower children diet. I was talking to a guy from the Netherlands a year and a half ago or so. He was 6'6" tall. He commented to me that the Dutch are now the tallest nation...
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    Come now, they didn't have wars with other tribes? Are you forgetting that native Americans used to attack each other's villages? I just don't buy that noble savage thing. We have romanticized primitive cultures. Though I do agree with you there are some things we can learn from them. At least they got more exercise than we do. I'm convinced its not so much...
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    This lecture seems to contradict itself at points in that it advocates limiting your animal protein intake and yet it also exalts the hunter-gather lifestyle. Good grief, people seem to forget that the average lifespan of "hunter-gatherers" was quite limited compared to ours today. They were often killed in war or in the process of hunting and often died...
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    Since being diagnosed 2 and 1/2 years ago and going gluten free, I have had much better resistance to colds as well.
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    I don't know specifically about the odds of having both Crohn's and Celiac together but I do know from my own research that in general, autoimmune diseases often come in clusters. That is to say, if you have one it is not uncommon to have at least one other. The bad thing about Crohn's is that there isn't a relatively straightforward solution like there...
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    You say you have high cholestrol. Can you be a little more detalied? How high is it (total cholestrol) and more importantly, what is the ratio of the good to bad, i.e., HDL/LDL? The leukocytes are probably just a reflection of a UTI. They are common with women. My wife gets them several times a year. Are you on an antibiotic yet for the high leukocytes...
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    I would be skeptical that gluten, either internally or externally applied, would cause hair loss in a Celiac. Remember, Celiac disease is an autoimune condition of the small intestine that attacks the mucosa in that area of the body because the gluten protein isn't being broken down properly. I doubt if it would have a systemic effect and cause haire loss...
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    Fascinating string! A couple of years before I was diagnosed with Celiac's disease I had allergy testing done. I turned up allergic (none of them real strong reactions) to quite a grocery list of foods including coffee, milk fat, peanuts, filberts, baker's yeast, corn and yes, even rice which is supposed to be the most hypoallergenic food of all. I have pretty...
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    The docs don't want you to start the gluten free diet before the biopsy but if you have been a Celiac for sometime there probably is enough damage done to the villi that it would take more than a couple of weeks to repair. They say it takes 6 months to 2 years for healing to be complete. Better inform your doctor, however, that you have already been on the...
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    Haven't heard of their being a connection between urinary tract infections and gluten sensitivity/Celiac disease. Of course, Celiac disease isn't considered an allergy but rather an auto immune condition. I think there is a tendency in human nature, once we discover we have a certain medical condition, to start blaming everything that is wrong with us on...
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    Irritation of the esophagus (GERD)is nothing to take lightly. It can lead to deadly bleeding if an artery is eaten through or to cancer (Barrets disease). This problem your brother is having is common, I think, with Celiacs. I have it. I would suggest one of the Proton pump inhibitors such as Protonix or Prylosec instead of Pepcid. They offer superior protection...
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    Yes, the article was from the archives of the Weston Price Foundation but was actually authored by a Katherine Czapp. If we moderns have traditional ways of preparing our food, less healthy though they be, then that must make us a traditional culture, but I think I know what you meant.
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    Yeah, I have the same problem. At first my urologist thought I wasn't voiding completely before bed (I am a middle-aged male with BPH) but the real problem was I just seem to produce a large volume of urine at night - up to a liter. I was getting up 4-6 times per night. This was not impacted by going on a gluten-free diet. Have you measured your volume...
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    Have any of you read or heard that the microbial process involved in producing sourdough bread renders it safe for consumption by Celiacs? I ran across this idea this summer on the internet. Here is an excerpt from a sourdough noodle recipe where the author makes the claim: "The digestibility of these dumplings was also a noticeable virtue; they were very...
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