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  1. Jestgar
    Yep, Jerry, listen to your body. On the veggie comments: I saw a t-shirt that had PETA in big letters. Underneath, in smaller letters was: People for the Eating of Tasty Animals. I snickered all the way through Costco.
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    Well, that's a harder question to answer. I would think that a "bad" lab would still do a reasonable job, but the background would be higher - meaning that their "negative" level is higher and a borderline response might get lost in it. If they do all the tests, and you are low, but still feel better when you don't eat gluten you might want to assume...
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    yes. My personal opinion is that they haven't identified the gene(s) that cause(s) Celiac; they've only identified the genes that cause a specific type of damage that can happen when you do have the gene for Celiac. Don't know how a DNA test can give a false negative. Your genes don't change.
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    They show up when your body starts to treat gluten as an invader. Could be from birth, could be a trigger, could be a threshold effect.
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    You can always turn into one of those scary ultra-healthy militant people... (And what's so manly about eating girl scout cookies!! )
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    Name me one situation where diarrhea occurs in the absence of something bad. Your body is desperate to get rid of something. Think about it.
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    Oh yeah, I forgot that you were that rock guy There's an interesting bit on low sodium salt taken from (near Finland? Sweden?) and the Great Salt Lake has a huge Morton salt plant on it. In the same vein of salt talk, I once went to a lecture wherein the lecturer explained that 4-6 warriors could consume several days worth of salt from one cannibalized...
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    Hi runner girl, People have posted some quotes from MDs saying that BCP are absorbed in the stomach so Celiac shouldn't affect that. And others have posted that they got pregnant while taking bcp and having undiagnosed Celiac. Probably the real answer has something to do with your natural hormone levels and how much of the pill you need to absorb to...
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    My brother and his wife work together and also some friends of mine run a store together. They have similar and different approaches. My brother and sister-in-law do completely different things and rarely see each other at work. My friends run a store together and sometimes change their schedules so one can leave earlier to have time alone if needed...
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    Yep, Jerry, I can see all that pudge. Better get going on the sit-ups
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    Wow, that's great! And congrats to you for being able to figure it out so quickly!
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    I am so not buying this "no time" excuse. This morning I got up at 5, had leftover potato salad for breakfast, boiled a bunch of eggs and put two in my backpack. I took the bus to the ferry, the ferry to Seattle, the shuttle to work (note the lack of car during commute) I had my eggs for a mid morning snack Lunch was Progresso soup (which I keep...
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    Jestgar replied to Jo.R's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Here is an excerpt from one of Carla's posts: I taught natural family planning for 7 years and worked with all aspects of women's cycles. There are things you can do dietarily to help with PMS. Lots of times it's associated with a luteal phase deficiency, which is the time from ovulation till the first day of menstuation. It's important that you get enough...
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    Jestgar replied to Jo.R's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Ash, google Mirena IUD.
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    Well, I don't know what a doc would look for, but I expect people on this forum would suggest you keep a food diary to find out if there's some specific food that gives you problems. Some common intolerances are soy and dairy. Others include eggs, corn, sulfates, msg (okay that's not really a food, but you get the idea). And it could be something like...
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    That sounds crazy and pointless. Maybe they meant initially, until your gut heals? Or maybe they meant to say that Celiacs end up eating a lower fiber diet because of the lack of whole grains?
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    That sounds like excellent advice. That will give you time to analyze a gluten-free diet and know if you feel better. And a challenge in 6 months will probably make it very clear if gluten is causing you problems.
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    That's probably a little trickier. Some people have immediate mood changes when they go gluten-free, others change slowly. If you decide to do this, I'd meet with your doctor and tell him that you're going to do this and ask him to explain the best way to wean yourself off the Lexapro. Don't take no for an answer. If he tells you to keep taking it, get...
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    That's where the freezer full of ice cream comes in.
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    Well, I guess if you show up I would go.
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    Jestgar replied to Jo.R's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Of course you can!! CarlaB knows a lot about the right minerals and supplements for dealing with period issues. If she doesn't notice this thread you could pm her. Or do a search on primrose oil on the forums.
  22. Jestgar
    For all of these tests there are subset of people with absolutely no problems that have a few antibodies. So they choose the "positive" cutoff level to exclude most of the normal people. This means that most people with a negative result, are really negative (or at least within normal limits), and a few people with negative results DO have Celiac. So...
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    Actual content depends on which sea it was from. But table salt is only NaCl, and how could that be good for you?
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    Someone posted a bit ago that she was absolutely symptomless, except that she only weighed 80 pounds.... She (if I remember correctly) had total villus destruction before she went gluten-free. I think the symptomless version is the most dangerous. You have no physical cues that you've eaten gluten, except that you are absorbing no nutrition and are...
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    Me too, using nicer than usual paper.
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