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Still Pre-Biopsy - how much gluten do I need?

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Hi All,

I'm still waiting for my biopsy - in fact I am still waiting for a date to meet with the specialist (it's been over a month since I got positive blood work... things are moving slooowwly).. Anyways, I am just wondering how much gluten I need? I feel like crap when I eat it, so I don't want to eat too much, but I am also wanting to make sure I have enough to get a correct biospy result. I'm currently eating like half a bagel a day with some crackers and maybe a digestive cookie... My TTG IGA was not super high (37, normal range is <12), so I'm not sure how far the disease has progressed. Any help would be appreciated. Also, does the level of TTG IGA directly correlate to the amount of damage in the intestine? or can you have barely positive blood work and severe intestinal damage? 

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Most recommend about the equivalent of two pieces of bread a day. 

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10 minutes ago, Fenrir said:

Most recommend about the equivalent of two pieces of bread a day. 

Thanks.  What would be the equivalent? How do I know the amount of gluten in something? 

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A typical slice of bread has about 2.3 grams of gluten per 1 oz slice. So that's about 4-5 grams of gluten per day.

Slice of pizza about 3-4g for 3.5 oz slice

Slice of cake about 2g

Lasagna about 10g of 8oz

Pasta about 3.6g  for about 3.5oz

 

 

 

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