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    Caffeine and salt are both considered to be vertigo triggers. You might look up some forums on Meniere's Disease to get more ideas. I'm not saying you have Meniere's Disease. In fact, it's not a real disease, it's a SYNDROME (a collection of symptoms, with crippling vertigo being the primary symptom). Many deli meats also contain sodium nitrite, which...
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    Welcome, Bloatus Maximus! Hopefully, you can soon change your name to Healthy Maximus. Many here had to eliminate dairy as well, since gluten-damaged villi do not heal in the presence of dairy protein (the villi are supposed to make lactase, which deals with the lactose in milk, but don't when damaged). Some cannot tolerate dairy ever, some can add it...
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    Many of us on this board have found that our reflux was CAUSED by the celiac. Acid blockers controlled the reflux, BUT (and this is a BIG BUT): Acid blockers tend to be addictive. Literally. There is a HUGE rebound effect if you try to quit cold turkey, which can convince you that you really NEED the acid blocker. This is not listed in the package...
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    Both gluten and dairy are major triggers for rheumatoid arthritis. You may need to go off dairy as well. Some people are able to add it back in after their intestines have completely healed. Some aren't. If you're one of the unlucky ones who can't, you can find dairy-free GOOD milk substitutes pretty easily these days. Our local grocery store just started...
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    The link I posted earlier shows documentation that the flu vaccine is not effective: "To this day, the CDC still chooses to ignore a comprehensive review of the subject by the Cochrane Collaboration that was published in The Lancet in 2005, where Jefferson et al concluded, after literally analyzing every available reference, that: There is no evidence...
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    But, Tiffany, the odds of an adverse reaction to the flu shot is not as rare as many believe. According to VAERS, there has been a 2233% increase per year of vaccine-related ER visits of infants since the flu shot was approved for infants, and a 1060% increase in hospitalizations. Emergency room visits There were 446 records listed on 45 pages. ...
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    Vertigo can be a symptom of B12-deficiency, especially if there is a history of migraines, which can also be caused by B1 deficiency. Celiacs are at high risk for B12 deficiency due to malabsorption, and so are those who take Prilosec and other acid blockers (which you didn't mention it, I'm just adding the info for anyone reading along). Neuro-otologists...
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    While an endoscopy can confirm celiac, it really can't rule it out. There have been plenty of people on this board whose initial biopsies were negative, but later biopsies showed celiac. There are several possible reasons for this. The first biopsy might have been taken before there was significant damage to the villi. The first biopsy might have...
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    Hmmm. How are you preparing the quinoa? Are you adding anything to it, like chicken broth, or spices (I love curry powder in mine), anything that might have hidden gluten in it? You're probably totally on top of potential gluten sources, but I just thought I'd ask anyway.
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    Rachelle, that olive rosemary bread looks amazing--but my kids hate olives. Do you think it would still hold together well if I left out the olives? I wonder if the higher amount of oil (5 tablespoons!) plus the high-fat content of the garfava flour is what makes it so moist?
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    I don't know if this is an issue for you or not, but I do know that long-term use of Prilosec causes B-12 deficiency, which is NOT listed on the package insert, and most doctors don't seem to know about this. But if you go to B12 deficiency sites, long-term use of Prilosec and other acid blockers is listed as one of the most common causes of B12 deficiency...
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    Our pediatrician assumes we had it, because we had friends over for dinner who came down with it the next day (they were diagnosed by blood tests). Three of us came down with the same symptoms a few days later. NONE OF US HAD A FEVER. We started with sore throats, and then had intermittent headaches; the sore throat also seemed to get better, then...
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    Oops, forgot to ask--were you given rhogam (for rh factor incompatibility) with your pregnancy?
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    There are many possibilities here. You might have B12 deficiency, which can cause dizziness. Celiacs are at much higher risk for vitamin deficiencies (due to intestinal malabsorption) until their intestines heal, which can take weeks or months on a strict gluten-free diet. You might have Meniere's Disease, which is not a disease at all, but a "syndrome...
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    I wouldn't be so quick to rule out the likelihood that it is shingles, as there are ALWAYS exceptions to every rule as far as diseases go! 99% might get typical shingles--and one person might have an immune system gone kaflooie, with ensuing shingles episodes that break all previous "rules." I wonder if vitamin deficiencies might be playing a role in...
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    mamaw, I tried googling "ferrara's little italy sharon" and nothing comes up. Do they have a website, or a more detailed address? I would like to send the info to some friends. Thanks!
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    It's certainly a fair question to wonder whether the CGally was making antibodies to gluten. However, at this point, he or she would have to go back on large amounts of gluten for several months for any testing to be valid, and, given, the described reactions, I doubt CGally would want to go through that when it's clear that either wheat or gluten is causing...
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    Most larger supermarkets carry brown rice flour and xanthan gum in their health foods section. Asian grocery stores (think Chinatown) sell white rice flour, tapioca starch, and potato starch for about 25% of what the health food stores charge. All of the ingredients in betterbatter flour can be purchased via Amazon. But you can also purchase the...
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    I agree with what you say about women being disproportionately affected by ill children, but vaccines aren't the answer until they are made safer. There are thousands and thousands of reports to VAERS of serious adverse reactions to vaccines (including death). Try telling the mothers of those children that vaccines are the answer. Having a child permanently...
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    Hi, Wolicki, I was just wondering if you ever got your blood tests back? I hope you asked for a copy of them. I went to a clone of your (awful) doctor, who did not want to run celiac tests, and he had his assistant call me to tell me everything was fine and normal. Another doctor looked at the test and said, "wait a minute, this says you HAVE it." ...
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    Darlene, my son was diagnosed with autism at age 3. He has since lost the diagnosis, and going off gluten was one of the best things we ever did for him. THERE IS HOPE. Here are some websites that helped us enormously, and might give you some help: www.putchildrenfirst.org www.ageofautism.com www.generationrescue.org Best of luck to you...
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    I forgot to mention that VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Effect Reporting System) has been involved with compensating a couple of thousand families for vaccine-induced injuries and deaths, including 2 very recent cases that specified the MMR (Hannah Poling and Bailey Banks).Their dx was officially PDD--which is used interchangeably with autism in many legal definitions...
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    www.fourteenstudies.org discusses the studies that are held up as supposedly showing no link between vaccines and autism. Every one of those studies was either conducted by or funded by someone who directly profited by the vaccines in that study, which constitutes a clear conflict of interest. In addition, there are many significant flaws in every one...
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    Symptoms of B12 deficiency include: BRAIN FOG dizziness headache tinnitus hearing loss In this country, they tell you your B12 serum levels are fine if above 200. Japan has a lower limit, however, of 650, and treats anything under that. Japan also has the lowest rate of Alzheimer's (also linked with B12 deficiency) in the developed world. Some...
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    Lyme disease can be (sort of) hereditary if you were exposed to it in utero. I've read that it's not uncommon for entire families to be infected. But that doesn't mean that that is what is going on in your family. I've often wondered, though, if the Lyme spirochete is kind of like strep--that maybe everyone actually has it somewhere in their system...
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