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Exercise Intolerance/Hydration Issues

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Hello everyone, 

I am new to the gluten free world and new to the page. I’ve really enjoyed reading some of the topics and they’ve been really helpful! 
For the past two years I’ve been dealing with some pretty serious symptoms. After running test after test and seeing a wide array of doctors, I was left with no answers. I eventually had some food intolerance testing done and found out I’m highly intolerant to dairy, gluten, rice, and a few others. I’ve been gluten free for a couple weeks and I’m starting to feel better now which is exciting. 
Have any of you experienced exercise intolerance? I have always been very active and in great shape. However, one of the symptoms I’ve been dealing with is feeling dizzy, lightheaded, and fatigued while working out. I also feel like I can never fully hydrate. All of my medical testing has come back fine.  If you have had these symptoms, how did you overcome them? How long did it take? Thank you!

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Welcome to the forum, GFfireman!

You mentioned you had some food intolerance testing done. Have you specifically been tested for celiac disease as opposed to gluten intolerance? They are not the same even though both involve problems with gluten. There are specific blood antibody testes that can be run to diagnose celiac disease vs. gluten intolerance. Celiac disease damages the lining of the small bowel and thus causes inhibited nutrient absorption. 

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Welcome to the forum! I did a quick search of our site for "exercise intolerance" and found a few hits:
https://www.celiac.com/search/?q="exercise intolerance"&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy
but I admit that I don't know too much about it. It does seem possible that if you had celiac disease it could cause malabsorption of nutrients, and cause you to feel fatigue when you exercise. It might be a good idea to talk to your doctor about this, and continue to eat gluten daily until you get a blood test for celiac disease. At the very least you would be able to eliminate this as the possible cause (although you could still be gluten sensitive with a negative blood test).

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  On 7/2/2021 at 8:13 PM, Scott Adams said:

Welcome to the forum! I did a quick search of our site for "exercise intolerance" and found a few hits:
https://www.celiac.com/search/?q="exercise intolerance"&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy
but I admit that I don't know too much about it. It does seem possible that if you had celiac disease it could cause malabsorption of nutrients, and cause you to feel fatigue when you exercise. It might be a good idea to talk to your doctor about this, and continue to eat gluten daily until you get a blood test for celiac disease. At the very least you would be able to eliminate this as the possible cause (although you could still be gluten sensitive with a negative blood test).

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Thanks Scott! I’ll look into the link you shared!

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