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1. Scott Adams
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A practicing gastroenterologist in direct patient care but who also participates in teaching medical students and physicians in training as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine and at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. In addition to authoring peer review articles, book chapters and presenting clinical research Dr. Lewey has conducted, he has authored over 50 online articles, numerous blog posts and tweets about digestive and food related issues. As a physician who is a fellow of six professional societies Dr. Lewey serves at a national level on several committees, as a reviewer for journal articles and case reports, a media representative for the AOA Media and ACG on digestive health and disease and has been featured in various print, television, podcast and online media publications about digestive issues. As a expert in digestive diseases Dr. Lewey is also a medical legal consultant and expert witness. Dr. Lewey can be reached at Facebook.com/thefooddoc, on twitter @thefoodgutdoc and his blog www.thefooddoc.blogspot.com.
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1. 3 hours ago - Scott Adams replied to Leslie Clark's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
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  @Mynx, how long have you been gluten-free? I ask because many newly diagnosed celiacs react to many things, and often think their reactions are caused by gluten, when in fact, they are really caused by a combination of a sensitive gut due to damage, as well as additional food intolerance/leaky gut issues to other foods which may be temporary until their villi...
2. 3 hours ago - Scott Adams replied to Leslie Clark's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
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  Many major brands of distilled vinegar in the USA, including Heinz white vinegar, are typically made from corn. In the United States, corn is a common and cost-effective raw material used in the production of distilled white vinegar. The process involves fermenting the sugars derived from corn into alcohol, which is then further fermented into acetic acid...
3. 6 hours ago - Bebee posted a topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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  I have been diagnosed with Microscopic Colitis (LC) for quite a few years, so I have been gluten-free and DF. I would like to get tested for Celiac Disease because of the possibility of cross contamination and colon cancer. And if you were hospitalized and didn't have a celiac diagnosis you could not get gluten-free food, I don't know if that is true or...
4. 16 hours ago - trents replied to Leslie Clark's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
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  Take it easy! I was just prompting you for some clarification. In the distillation process, the liquid is boiled and the vapor descends up a tube and condenses into another container as it cools. What people are saying is that the gluten molecules are too large and heavy to travel up with the vapor and so get left behind in the original liquid solution...
5. 16 hours ago - Mynx replied to Leslie Clark's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
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  No they do not contradict each other. Just like frying oil can be cross contaminated even though the oil doesn't contain the luten protein. The same is the same for a distilled vinegar or spirit which originally came from a gluten source. Just because you don't understand, doesn't mean you can tell me that my sentences contradict each other. Do you have a...