Wheatwacked

And again: The left hand knoweth not what the right hand is doth do. That right there should be enough for a doctor to recommend GFD for life with out the need for you to suffer while waiting for endless testing.

You may want to get tested for adrenal insufficiency. It you are not making enough cortisol. Keep increasing your vitamin D intake. The magic level is 200 nmol/L (80 ng/ml). Reynaulds and rheumetoid arthritis are also autoimmune diseases and as such requires lots of vitamin D to modulate them and also do the other myriod of things it needs to...

How much choline is needed to reverse fatty liver disease? "Choline is essential for healthy liver function, and research links choline deficiency to fatty liver disease. There is no evidence to suggest that choline can reverse fatty liver disease but it may help to prevent the condition." Aside from the fact that only 10% eating the western diet...

Hi Harriet. Vegetarians can have difficulty getting enouh B12 and insufficient B12 can lead to anemia. Do You Have a Vitamin B12 Deficiency? "One of the reasons why primates and some other animals eat their feces is to aid in absorption of the B12 they produce in their lower GI tract." Only 10% eat enough liver eggs and beef to get...

How are your vitamins? bone pain could be vitamin D. Fat digestion Choline. Most western diet have a very high omega 6:3 ratio. Like 20:1 while we should be as close to 1:1 as posible. Omega 6 is inflammatory, omega 3 is healing. For example sweet potatoes are supposed to be "healthier" than white potatoes. But sweet potatoes have a 17:1 ratio...

I recently reduced my carbs to <40 grams a day (mostly). Cannot tolerate the drugs, and they did not lower glucose, six months on metformin turned me into a zombie. It took three weeks for the side effects to go away completely. Meantime I haveFamilial Hypercholesterolemia . Just a few weeks now and both Chloresterol and Triglycerides dropped 50...

Wouldn't it make more sense to try gluten free diet before meds? The side effects of GFD does not include: What side effects can Dicyclomine cause? dry mouth. upset stomach. vomiting. constipation. stomach pain. gas or bloating. loss of appetite. dizziness. hot, flushed, dry skin confusion forgetfulness seeing...

Maria hi, Have you tried raising your vitamin D plasma level. Low vitamin D is the primary cause of compromised immune system. As I approached 80 ng/ml I was less and less affected by cross contamination. Doctors consider 29 ng/ml as sufficient, but that is based only on what we need to avoid Rickets, not mental health, other bone health and...

Hi Karyn and welcome. First question. Did you cut way back on liver, eggs and beef back when they told us it was the reason we are all getting fat and sick from it? Bad information. You can get choline from vegies. You can eat 10 cups of cooked brocolli a day. It only takes 3 eggs a day for the minimum RDA. A 2 ounce egg has about 175 mg of choline...

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Fourty two percent of US adults have low vitamin D. Ninety eight percent of US adults don't reach the minimum adeqate intake of potassium. Which group are you in? "If your vitamin D levels are low, then your defense system doesn’t have the fuel to protect and repair infected teeth." Tooth Decay: Vitamin D and the Dental Immune System "...

When diagnosis is completed and she starts gluten free diet, I suggest you also start. You may be surprised at, once gluten withdrawal is passed, at how much better you feel. In addition it will simplify life in your home if everyone eats the same. And she will be following yours and dad's good examples. There is no medical reason to eat wheat. Wheat is...

For your black thoughts, a high dose of vitamin D. I need to take 10,000 IU a day and have been since 2015. Side effects are none. My blood plasma is checked four times a year and since 2021 remains steady at 200 nmol/L. Increasing your B vitamins involved in energy creation and transport will help. I suggest start one give it a few days to see its...

There is a simple way to tell if gluten is the problem. Have her eat gluten free for a few weeks and retest. A negative test will indicate that it is indeed the gluten. You already have results while on gluten and there is the fact she will feel better. Why do they need more?. The most common link between Celiac and other autoimmune diseases like...

Wasn't me. Although when I started GFD I was really into Fritos and potato chips. Later added corn chips. Whatever it took to not eat gluten. Once the addiction is controlled, then I worried about "healthy", although at this point I have found most healthy eating suggestions are more often than not a way to get you to buy their particular product. Long...

The biopsy needs to be clear skin, less than a centimeter from the rash. Apparently not common knowledge in many dermatology offices. "First of all, a new skin biopsy of perilesional skin for DIF should be performed,": The diagnosis and treatment of dermatitis herpetiformis

In all, we are not judging you, that's your own job. Just trying to be helpful.

Try 100% grass fed milk. It has less inflammatory fatty acids than the milk from cows fed palmitic acid to increase production. Also it tastes like the milk I grew up on. My brother says it tastes like ice cream.

I think of eating gluten free similar to getting vaccines. If you do, you are protected. If you don't you may or may not regret it. No way to know. I have the unique position of hindsight. My son was diagnosed after weaning. The doctor told us that when he started school the teachers would beg for Ritalin because he has ADD. He also recommended my wife...

Keep the bread in the freezer and nuke the slices for about a minute for two slices. I had a hamburger between two portabella mushroom caps.

They make gluten free cake. this is impertenent. I realize you don't want to deprive your kids. But what are you depriving them of. Years of mysterious illness? My son was diagnosed at 3 months. In my stupidity I waited until I was 63 and suffered all those years.

The low carb diet can cause vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Maybe the one bad thing about it. Mayo Clinic has updated Low Carb Diet Guide. I started a couple weeks ago target less than 40 to undo my newfound diebetes. I use a spreadsheet to total my days intake. I found that I consistantly deficient on several from the RDA. Calcium 39%; Potassium...

If som.ne says to give up apples for a month, no problem, But give up pancakes? World War III.

Please don't go to the surgeon until you try gluten free diet for a month. Most of your symptoms will improve if not go away. If they don't then it is time to reassess. Be sure to supplement D, B1 vitamins, choline (or eat at least 3 eggs or a 12 ounce steak every day) and likely there are others. To some people like your doctor, you having Celiac...

Hello pikauchu. Welcome to the forum. The good news first. If you get a properly done biopsy for DH that is positive it is the Celiac antigens in the skin. Do not pass go, you have Celiac Disease. Second, with brother and sister already and a niece on the way to Celiac Disease diagnosis 40% of first degree relatives of a person with celiac disease...