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  1. Jestgar
    I don't know the answer as a general statement, but I know that my blood yields boatloads of PBMCs when I donate for someone's experiment. On the other hand, another guy in the lab who probably has dh, but just ignores it, has the lowest yield of PBMCs. So, maybe the answer is "it depends..."
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    Just a statement worth repeating.
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    Be sure to go over to their desks and ask them questions in-between nasty wet coughs...
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    How 'bout: We have to work so hard to think through the brain fog, that when our heads are finally clear - thinking is a breeze!
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    GERD maybe. Didn't they give you a translation?
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    I think there's a lot less wheat in general being used in asian manufacturing.
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    World J Gastroenterol 2006 November 7;12(41):6585-6593 Celiac disease Luis Rodrigo (a nice review) J Immunol. 2006 Sep 15;177(6):4178-86. Gliadin-specific type 1 regulatory T cells from the intestinal mucosa of treated celiac patients inhibit pathogenic T cells. * Gianfrani C, * Levings MK, * Sartirana C,...
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    Maybe someday they'll figure out that these are symptoms for many things, not diseases in and of themselves. And I meant "Lyme", not "lupus" in that first post.
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    I'm not so sure that's the correct interpretation of this. It's more like: The bacterial (or viral) infection turns on a process. Once turned on, the process can't be turned off. Removing the infectious cause may help slow down the process (as in Lyme), or the infection may have already been cleared up, but the body is stuck with the new situation (the...
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    You might also want to consider having total IgA done to check for deficiencies.
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    If you don't have a marble slab you could try rolling it on baking pans that you've put in the frig. You'd have to keep switching them out, but it might be quicker. You could also use the pan to put the rolled out dough back in the frig to chill between cuts.
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    Jestgar replied to RKB-MD's topic in Doctors

    Hi GFMemphis, I, too, have twitches in my calves. I've also had severe cramping in the long muscles that wakes me up in severe pain. It's gotten quite a bit less frequent since going gluten-free, but I've noticed that if I get a little bit dehydrated, I sometimes get the severe cramps. The twitching seems about the same though. Kinda fun to sit and watch...
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    Actually I think that the very next paragraph of that same article pointed out the same thing.... Thanks for being willing to take the time to clear things up.
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    Jestgar replied to RKB-MD's topic in Doctors

    I think you'll find that people here are supportive, even if they disagree with your descions . At worst they'll be ranting at you because YOU are going to Krispy Kreme and THEY are not!
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    I'm here for you! I wanted to add that I, too, know someone who had neck cancer and is now doing fine.
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    Oh Yeah! The last time I willingly ate gluten I spent a couple hours being violently ill, after which I felt wonderful! Nope, should be fine for a few weeks to a month. Mmmm, I think that the anti-gliadin results are considered "less specific", but if you have a positive anti-gliadin and low positive anything else, that's pretty much positive. ...
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    You also need to tell us what the normal range is for the lab that did your testing.
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    Jestgar replied to RKB-MD's topic in Doctors

    True, but you could say the same about any diet with restrictions. My point is, if you react badly to gluten, why does a physician insist on seeing physical damage before agreeing that this is a problem?
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    You could try adding a few drops of oil, or crisco. Don't use any "milks", they have too much water in them.
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    Can we start calling you "Bubbles"?
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    Jestgar replied to RKB-MD's topic in Doctors

    I find this approach curious. If a child/young adult came to you and one of his parents had a familial propensity towards high cholesterol/atherosclerosis, would you hesitate to prescribe a diet low in fried foods and high in fiber before seeing any evidence of damage? Same question, but substitute type II diabetes. It's just food. The diet can be...
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    So what if "gluten sensitivity" is caused by something other than the DQ genotype? Only if you have the gluten sensitivity gene AND the DQ genotype do you develop intestinal damage and are labeled "Celiac". From reading all the different manifestations of this disease presented by people on this board, it seems more likely that intestinal enteropathy is...
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    yes, but it's all semantics. Celiac Sprue was originally diagnosed based on it's similarity to tropical Sprue. I'm saying they labeled it incorrectly, based on this one symptom. Cystic fibrosis was originally thought to be a lung disease, but it's now known that it affects all aspects of the body. Since what we now define as "sensitivity" can have...
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    YEA!!!!! I do theater too, and I hate auditions. I've decided that I have more fun running the backstage stuff.
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