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Warren Hall

By Warren Hall
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I was diagnosed in April 2018 from both a biopsy and blood test that I have celiac's disease.  About 6 months after the diagnosis I had what I thought was gluten free bread and I had a violent reaction maybe 16 hours later.  Since that, I have been pretty religious about what I eat.  I get contaminated every once in a while with a similar reaction.

Which brings me to last night.  I confused the gluten free lasagna with the regular lasagna that my wife had made a couple of days before that was in the fridge.  I ate a huge serving of her non-gluten free lasagna about 18 hrs ago and so far, no reaction.  As soon as my wife told me of my mistake, I took two of those "gluten cutter" pills I keep in my briefcase.   I am surprised and confused.  Does this make sense to anyone?  If yes, what is going on and why?

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You have been gluten free for a while.  Your gut has probably healed and your immune response may be slow to activate.  It can take days to activate.  I do know that celiac disease is like a chameleon and symptoms can change.  

Maybe the gluten cutter supplement helped too.  Did you take them before your stomach emptied?   

Please report back and let us know how you are doing. 

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10 hours ago, cyclinglady said:

You have been gluten free for a while.  - I still get cross contaminated every once in a while

Your gut has probably healed and your immune response may be slow to activate.  It can take days to activate.  - Usually I react between 12 and 24 hours

Maybe the gluten cutter supplement helped too.  Did you take them before your stomach emptied? - When my wife walked into the kitchen she noticed that I had consumed the "wrong" lasagna.  I looked at the two platters at that time, realized my mistake and went and took the "gluten cutters".  So, less than a 1/2 hour after I had consumed the pasta.   I have always thought those "gluten cutter" pills didn't really do anything but I still keep them around.  Maybe they do something?  

Please report back and let us know how you are doing. - Coming up on 36 hrs and nothing.  

Perhaps barilla lasagna noodles have very little gluten in them?

 

Fenrir Community Regular
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I don't think Gluten Cutter did much to save you. None of the ingredients in that product have been proven to do anything. ANP-PEP is the only thing that actually works and right now the only product with that in it that has the correct dose is GliadinX. 

People react differently to exposures, some have severe reaction right away and others don't feel it for several days or may not even notice it at all. Just because you don't feel it doesn't mean you're not reacting though. 

Personally, it takes about 3hrs for me to start having a strong reaction if I get exposed to a large amount of gluten. The other possibility here is perhaps you both confused which lasagna was in the fridge and you in fact ate the gluten-free one. 

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