celiac3270

Yuck...I rented the DVD "Supersize Me" yesterday and that made me never want to eat at McD's again unless it's the only reasonable option I have. That was so gross.....

I agree with Sarah 100%...and that's why I'm afraid of this pill in a sense--the gluten-free diet might become...near obsolete......

A normal range for the Anti-gliadin IgA is less than 18...so 99 is a VERY strong positive. If you tested negative in the other tests, though, such as the EMA and the Anti-gliadiin IgG, you'd be "less likely" to have celiac disease. With other positive tests, your results would put you in the "more likely" or "99% likely" categories.

So more testing would be good--unless you've noticed that you feel better off gluten in which case you don't really need any medical diagnosis at all.

I get a couple articles every day from a news alert I have for celiac. I think instead of starting a new topic for each article, I'll just post a few articles under here every day. I'll only start new topics for those of great importance/interest:

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Ah, advice from a veteran poster on how to post! Much needed by me!

Nope...not really how to post just how to post, using your time most effectively

Why wouldn't it be gluten-free? Unless there were spices or flavorings somehow added, I don't see why it wouldn't be. Unless someone is referring to corn gluten, which is perfectly harmless--it's simply the protein in corn, but it causes absolutely no damage to celiacs. We use the term gluten referring to the gluten in wheat, barley, rye, etc. but there are other forms of gluten, such as corn, that are harmless.

I see your points, but I've only used a mac once or twice ever so I don't really know the answer to the first one. On a PC there are two mouse buttons (left and right) with the left one doing what you described, just opening up the link. When you right click on a link, though, it brings up a menu with the options to open the link, open the link in a new window, save target as, print target, and a host of other options.

With the second question, I usually go to today's active topics, because then you see all the posts for the day, but the ones you haven't opened yet have the bright blue envelope and the ones you have opened have the faded envelope icon next to it. This way you know which ones to read...

Yep...this method works pretty well--there's a slightly faster version, too. What I do is the open new window thing, but then I minimize the window while it's opening. Then I do open new window again, but mimimize the new window when it comes up. I do this until all the posts I want to read are open. This way you save the time of even waiting for one window to open because by the time you've done all that, the first few topics are loaded. Then you can really just read and close, read and close...that's about as fine tuned as my posting and reading strategy is

I agree...and completely understand where you're coming from, Kristina.

The first post after the poll is always one by the creator of the poll because when you create a poll, you have to post a message that goes after it.

Usually there's a post that has some pertinence to do with numbers if there's a poll...such as the research about celiacs being born in summer months or would you take a pill that would allow you to eat gluten....

And everyone's welcome to read the teens section...it's just designed as a place for teenagers to ask questions that might pertain mostly to the teenaged years...or questions they want answered by others their age. Sort of how there's a section for parents of celiacs...

You can also do font, color, etc. type your stuff, then hit "close all tags."

Or you can type your message, then highlight the whole thing and click bold. Then highlight the whole thing again and choose the font...or the color...or whatever you want to do.

If anyone tries it, let me know what you think

Yea--I eat Yoplait all the time. I think all their yogurts are gluten-free, but as a division of Kraft, they will clearly list gluten on the label. So, if it's in modified food starch, they would put parentheses after it like this: modified food starch (wheat).

Dannon said that their plain, plain low-fat, and plain no-fat yogurts are gluten-free (I called on Feb. 14 of this year), but there's controversy over them.

Maybe it would be useful as a kind of "morning after" pill for accidents to minimize the effects of a gluten slip up.... that would be quite useful.....

Karen

Yes--that's something we could all appreciate

Welcome .

I think most of us here have experienced the disbelieving doctors, parents, or friends. My mom used to think I was getting sick from stress, the doctors used to think I wanted attention, and I can't imagine what kids at school thought when I was sick so many days a year.

Besides gastrointestinal symptoms, I also had great difficulty in gaining weight. I'm 14, 5'4" now, and up to 91 pounds....a year ago I was about two inches shorter and I was barely 70 pounds. I tried to eat a lot to gain weight, but I would get sick every 7 days and drop below 70. The rest of the week was spent gaining it back before I got sick again. Fortunately, my parents realized that I didn't have some sort of eating problem. Over the past year I've gained over 20 pounds total, but I didn't get any big gains until I found out I had another intestinal problem about a month ago. Since then I gained 12 pounds.

Is weight gain your only symptom? Also, you should definitely get tested, along with everyone else in your family, for celiac disease since it's genetic. Even people without symptoms should get tested if a relative is diagnosed, since a majority of celiacs are asymptomatic, anyway.

I think I could use an extra 10-20 pounds, but now that I think I've discovered all my problems, I can put that on easily. gluten-free foods are fattening and I've developed a much greater appetite since they corrected my other intestinal problem.

Good luck and keep us posted...lol no pun intended.

-celiac3270

This is what I do so that I don't have to go back all the time:

1) Go to view new posts

2) Right click on a post you want to view

3) Select "open in new window".

4) This opens a new window for that post so when you're done, you "x" out that post and the "view new posts" window is right there as you left it.

5) Repeat steps 1-4 as many times as necessary

I sometimes just use the shortcuts...so instead of clicking, where it might go to the end of your post, you can type a colon and a right paren. to make a smiley face or a colon and then a D to make a big grin or a colon and then a P to make the tongue sticking out face. If you click on "show all" you can see the shortcuts...I guess I've just used them a lot so I've inadvertently memorized them

I think I saw a similar article about a month ago about the diabetes/celiac pill. I thought I posted it here?

I'm also skeptical...and I would not take that pill for a long, long time...until I found out that others weren't getting sick on it, that there were no terrible side effects found years later, and that damage wasn't being done. I now feel like I can control this, so I don't think a pill would be...necessary. Besides which, this is healthier...even if I'd rather be able to eat real pizza, etc.

Another thing that concerns me, though, is that companies will care less and less about providing good information about what's gluten-free and what isn't since the gluten-free diet would be...dropped by many celiacs. We're making strides towards better labeling , but I'd hate for it to be reversed by this pill--because not all of us want to take risks.

It varies from person to person...sorry, but there's no real answer. Maybe a week?

Online registration is extended to Friday, March 25!

There are still openings for celiac disease screening at the Celiac Disease Center Family Screening Fair.

Oh, wow...interesting! Thanks...that will be good to know if I'm in a very...emotional mood. :B

I'm strongly anti-oats. See below:

A registered dietician took 12 containers of rolled or steel cut oats that represented 4 different lots of three brand names. The brands being McCanns, Country Choice, and Quaker.

The ELISA R5 test was used on the 12 samples. All of the brands showed contamination!!!

McCann's

1st- below level of detection (so under 3ppm)

2st- below 20ppm

3nd- 23ppm

4rd- 725ppm

Country Choice

1st- below 20ppm

2nd-4th ranged from 120-210ppm

Quaker

All four tested from 338-1807ppm

Under 20ppm is the codex standard used to determine Gluten free.........but all of the brands showed some crazy levels of contamination and were inconsistent. I wouldn't trust them!!

PS: Just read your post again before posting my reply. I was told my daughter's dark circles were from seasonal allergies, but the Claritin syrup isn't making a difference with that. Does celiac disease commonly cause the circles too???

Around the eyes, I assume? Yes.

I'd rather feel normal and look normal (not all pale and thin) than eat normal. Gluten-free is the way to be!

And Karen, we think you're cool