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  1. BRUMI1968
    Sorry, I had to keep going back and forth. Also found that the Levoxyl can cause insominia. More worrisome is that Levoxyl probably shouldn't be taken with beta blockers or cholesterol lowering drugs, both of which are listed here. So it looks like at least three of your meds can cause insomnia. I didn't initially find info on any of them contgaining...
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    I googled Lipitor and found this site, though I'm not sure who is behind it. I remember hearing quite a few bad things about lipitor...anyway, here's the site. Open Original Shared Link It does not mention gluten; however, it talks about other side effects. Also, Zoloft ANd Atenolol can cause insominia/sleeplessness. (though it seems the Klonopin...
  3. BRUMI1968
    I just want to second the activated charcoal. My doc just put me on that one tablet three times per day to kill some of the bloat in my lower abdomen...and it seems to be helping.
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    ARCHIVED Tai Chi - Qigong

    BRUMI1968 replied to Green12's topic in Sports and Fitness

    Good to note for us celiacs, too, is that both Tai Chi and Yoga are bone building weight bearing exercise. Yeah!
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    A good way to make Brussels sprouts: clean the brussels cut off the yucky tips peel the outside bits off then slice them very thin you should now have a huge pile of tiny brussels parts. put olive oil in sautee pan and sautee the buggers. Do this only for about five minutes put in balsamic vineagar at the end serve if you eat dairy, sprinkle...
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    ARCHIVED Introduction

    BRUMI1968 replied to a topic in Sports and Fitness

    Rob, it's great to have you - I've learned a lot lurking around this posting. I just got some lab work back and although I'm healthy as a horse according to allopathic medicine (well, except for the celiac that is), I can't help but wonder why all my hormone levels are on the extreme low end of "normal". My doc (actually, this lab work came from my naturopath...
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    It probably depends on what you're eating. I read this great site once about IBS and it talked about the 3 components to ease of movement through the bowels: fiber, water, oil. If you are lacking in any of them, the whole system doesn't work properly. Another site I looked at talked about the possibility that brain signals to the intestines might be...
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    TRUE yams are actually Asian - and we don't really see them here except in specialty markets. Yams and Swett Potatoes and the same, but different variety - like two different types of pumpkin. Ironically, 'sweet potato' as we know it has more water volume, even though they seem more starchy. The yams are more popular in the west and the sweet potato is...
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    I've been using Enzymedica's DIGEST GOLD, which seems to be helping me digest things better (based on the quality of my stool.) I don't think I've had any reaction to it, but I'm not positive (I'm pretty newly dx'd, and am still bloated and constipated). I don't eat dairy, though. good luck.
  10. BRUMI1968
    I'm using an intestinal mucosal wall rebuilder called Endefen by MetaGenics. It contains: larch gum green tea extract cinnamon bark plantain fruit (a lot of this) apple fruit power astaxanthin D-mannose D-Xylitol I can't say if it is working or not, since it has only been about three weeks or a month. I am still quite bloated and constipated...
  11. BRUMI1968
    I just saw my Ayurvedic doctor from India today (Ayurveda means science of life), and have took me off acidophilous and put me on something called Florastor. It was no less than $54.00. Ouch. He said that this stuff works wonders. I'll let you guys know. It is Lyophilized Saccharomyces boulardii with a dash of magneseum stearate thrown in. That...
  12. BRUMI1968
    I don't know...what I'm saying is that nature has put vitmins/water/fiber/protein/enzymes etc. in foods that balance out each other. for example, t is virtually impossible to get too much beta carotene (a precurser to vitamin A), but it is easily possible to get too much Vitamin A. You can't o.d. on it in food (you can turn orange, however), but you can...
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    Thanks. My nearest whole foods is about 1.5 hours away, but I happen to be off to that very place today. I'll check it out.
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    I think how much is too much depends on how "wet" your food is. If you eat a lot of watery veggies and fruits, you don't need to drink as much. I don't think I drink enough water...so it's hard for me to imagine how much is too much. I just know I've read someplace that there is such an amount. It's also why you don't want to drink distilled water ...
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    This won't be popular, and I have no evidence to back it up - it is just something I was thinking about. What if when you first got diagnosed, you were low on all your vitamins/minerals due to malabsorption. Now, though, you are getting lots of yummy vitamins/minerals from your food - only you are still taking a high potency vitamin pill. Not to mention...
  16. BRUMI1968
    Someone can certainlly be intolerant of sweet potatoes. It's important to know that they are not related to potatoes. Potatoes are in the nightshade family (with peppers, tomatoes, tobacco, & eggplant), and many folks with digestive issues have troubles with them. Sweet potatoes (and yams - same veggie actually just different variety) are in the Marigold...
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    I'll just add more fodder for debate, but drinking too much water is hard on the kidneys and demineralizes the body.
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    That stuff is murder. I could not sleep yet was physically and emotionally exhausted. I had to take sleeping pills. Also, it made everyone and everything ugly and stinky...I used to have to ride the bus when i was on it, right at the time of day that I was at my lowest, and I had never before been so negative about anything. When you go off it, they have...
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    Just got word that SMASHBOX is all gluten free. Aveda products almost all HAVE GLUTEN, so beware of those.
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    I lost 10 pounds after going wheat free two years ago; since going gluten-free two months ago I have not lost anymore (but I didn't need to). I think our bodies adjust out once we're eating well. Just watch out for replacement bread/muffin/cookie type things. I've replaced those with trail mix, fruit, etc. Good luck.
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    I don't know how long you have to be on prednisone, but you should definitely bone up on the vitamins and minerals that it steals from you (I forget what they are, to be honest, but the Internet never forgets). I was on high doses for a week or two then tapered to small doses for a year for ITP, a different autoimmune disease. Hopefully you're only...
  22. BRUMI1968
    I've read lots of folks on here have trouble with tapioca, too.
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    I think people would really find interesting the connections between Celiac and autism as well as schitzophrenia.
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    I definitely don't lack intuition, but sometimes I lack the fortitude to stick with it in the face of adversity - you know, if I don't know "Why" I feel something ... but isn't that the whole point of intuition? Interesting. I'm going to look up this magazine. Thanks.
  25. BRUMI1968
    I've been able to remember things, like people's names,much better than before. AND I didn't even realize I wasn't sleeping through the night until about 3 weeks gluten-free - then I did for three or four nights in a row (I live by the train tracks, so I can't expect perpetual sleeping bliss) and realized how unusual that was. Yahoo. As to habits...
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