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How Much Gluten Do You Have To Eat?

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I just went to a GI specialist who wants to do an endoscopy because my bloodwork was 'borderline' on celiacs. He says I need to eat gluten for the next three weeks until I get the endoscopy. Now, I KNOW I feel better when I avoid gluten, but I do want to get good results because Crohns disease also runs in the family and I want to be sure of what I do and do not have. I have been wheat free for about 2 months now, and mostly gluten free for about 2 weeks. There's probably no good answer to this, but I was wondering if theres some way of determining how much gluten you have to eat for the test to yield good results. I'd like to eat the bare minimum if there is one. What to do...

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...aaand I just realized I probably posted this in the wrong place, and I should maybe re-post it. But I would still definitely appreciate responses. ;)

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30 mg gluten per kg body weight, and the time is at least six weeks, might be more.

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...aaand I just realized I probably posted this in the wrong place, and I should maybe re-post it. But I would still definitely appreciate responses. ;)

I think an equivalent of 4 slices of bread daily for 4 to 6 weeks also is considered a gluten challenge here in the US.

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