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    Yes. Gluten is addictive and also affects the same neuroreceptors as heroin, so some people have withdrawals and cravings. As knittykitty mentions vitamin and mineral deficiencies are common with Celiac Disease. If you are avoiding eggs and meat, be sure to get enough choline. Minimum is 450 mg a day and upper tolerable limit is 3500 mg a day. That...
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    If you are low in folate you are probably low in choline and possibly B12 and B6. Low vitamin D is also common in Celiac Disease. Beans are a good source of folate. Folic acid is synthetic folate almost as good and in the US the two are legally interchangeable. Eggs , steak and liver good for choline. Folate Fact Sheet for Health Professionals ...
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    This is the worst part. You know you feel better gluten free, but if you are gluten free it will affect the test results.
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    HI, welcome to Celiac.com. Unfortunately, it looks like the results you posted came out all scrambled. Are you taking Portia birth control? did they give you a prescription for folic acid? Full Blood Count is not normal but is acceptable? If they told you that you are OK, yet you feel like crap, then no, you are not overreacting...
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    This is my interpretation. Homocysteine is considered an independent indicator of vascular inflammation ie., cardiovascular disease. The nutrients most involved in its metabolism are B6, B12, Folate and Choline, all susceptible to malabsorption syndrome caused by Celiac Disease and Low folate, B6 and B12 have been addressed in the US population by...
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    If you have South Florida PBS, Dr Hyman has an annual special that they broadcast as part of the membership drive. As does Drs. Fuhrman and Amen and Davis.
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    79 nmole/L is equal to 32 ng/ml. The best benefits seem to be around 200 nmole/L (80 ng/ml). Because greater than 75 nmole/L (29 ng/ml) is deemed sufficient to prevent Rickets and osteomalacia and the committee that sets the RDA maintain that there is not enough evidence that vitamin D has any other function, you will be told you are good to go. You are not...
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    Four days after increasing my daily vitamin D3 intake to 10,000 IU a day my mood was so good I looked at my bottle of vitamin D and exclaimed "this is sunshine in a bottle!" That was March of 2015 and I've been taking it ever since. If I stop taking it for any length of time the first symptom that I notice is that I avoid answering the phone. Later I found...
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    As far as most doctors go, anything above 29 ng/ml is enough because the RDA is only looking for the minimum to prevent Rickets. Above that is considered OK and they will do nothing. Vitamin Deficiencies especially in Celiac Disease is not quackery. I have been on 10,000 IU a day for seven years 165 pounds = 60 IU/lb. On GFD it took 4 years to get my level...
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    "One study shows that vitamin D, which is actually a hormone, activates a genetic sequence that converts the essential amino acid tryptophan into serotonin in the brain. These findings confirm the importance of adequate vitamin D for serotonin production in the brain, where it acts as a neurotransmitter, affecting brain development, mood stabilization, cognitive...
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    Most peanut butter that I know of has added sugars. Irish dairy has a better omega 6:3 ratio because they and New Zealand are mostly grass fed. I've raised my vitamin C to 1000 to 2000 mg/day on top of the 840 mg phosphatidyl Choline and 1000 mg of Thiamine and it seems to help my neuropathy, average sleep time has increased from 2 and a half hours to 4 hours...
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    Vitamin D plasma and homocysteine tests would be helpful. The 30 ng/ml for vitamin D is just a cruel joke and higher than normal homocysteine might indicate insufficient Choline. Thiamine and Fatigue in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: An Open-label Pilot Study Try doubling the vitamin D to 10,000 IU a day for a while. It made a big...
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    I do it. I will mull for hours over what I am going to eat next, while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes to keep me going. I can put off the coffee and cigarettes but then I don't eat and don't function. All of my breathing problems from smoking went away with the gluten. Lucky for me my wife picked up on my anorexia years ago and gave me the behavioral...
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    Might as well. You already spent the money.
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    Can you clone your doctor and distribute her among us? First, I think that the myriad of presentations of celiac disease is because everyone eats a slightly different combination of foods. Estimates vary but upwards of 30% of the world population have the HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8 alleles yet only just over 1% are diagnosed with Celiac Disease. On the other...
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    Potatoes?
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    Gluten sensitivity and epilepsy: a systematic review: "This has led some researchers to suggest that the calcifications may represent an epiphenomenon rather than being causative. One speculated that the cause of the development of calcifications is folate deficiency." While this is a review of epilepsy and celiac disease or NCGS in the section on CEC...
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    Hi gigib55. Welcome to the forum. Chronic vitamin and mineral deficiencies are common. Choline deficiency causing gall bladder problems. As a single egg supplies about 20–25% of your daily requirement, two large eggs provide almost half. Choline is a large part of bile which is needed to process fat. Increasing folate can compensate for choline deficiency. ...
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    "Antigliadin antibodies (AGAs) are antibodies of the IgA and IgG classes found in the serum of celiac disease patients. These antibodies mainly target gliadin-derived peptides, which are the main proteins of gluten. AGAs are not specific for celiac disease as they are also found in patients with other gastrointestinal diseases such as gastritis, gastroenteritis...
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    You could safely triple it. Vitamin D Is Not as Toxic as Was Once Thought: A Historical and an Up-to-Date Perspective "Vitamin D intoxication associated with hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and suppressed parathyroid hormone level is typically seen in patients who are receiving massive doses of vitamin D in the range of 50,000 to 1 million IU/d for...
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    I know you are already taking vitamin D. Try doubling it. Twice a day would smooth the peaks, your body will after a few days recognize the increased amount and start storing the excess. Part of the adaptation allowing us to move from the equator. Target blood plasma above 70 ng/ml. Prior to the industrial revolution we spent most of our days outside, without...
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    The backup to MTHFR issues; there seems to be lots of variations; for methylation of homocysteine, is Choline. That frees up folate for other functions. Looks like your diet may be short on potassium. The B Vitamins and Choline
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    Do you have the actual TSH test results that you can share. Low vitamin D is a common factor among numerous autoimmune diseases. Possible Role of Vitamin D in Celiac Disease Onset How Hashimoto's Disease Is Diagnosed
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    In your son's case, it doesn't matter he can't eat it. If he throws it up, it can't be good for him. DO EGGS HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT?
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    I drink coffee as a sleep aide. And SSRi's make me twitchy. I was put on coffee by the pediatrition when I was 11 years old (pre Ritalin days) a cup before school and a cup at bedtime.
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