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- Pat B replied to Pat B's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications7
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- trents replied to VinnieVan's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff10
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There really is no test for diagnosing celiac disease that does not require the consumption of wheat for weeks or months ahead of the testing. All testing either measures the antibodies produced by the inflammation in the small bowel lining produced by gluten consumption or looks for the damage the to that lining that the inflammation causes. If you take... -
- fritz2 replied to VinnieVan's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff10
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Thank you. Is there a test that does not include consuming wheat that I can request my doctor to have done? Also, is it a celiac reaction for me to blow up my joints with gout like symptoms? thank you, is it safe to eat links that contain sucrose and dextrin? -
- Scott Adams replied to VinnieVan's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff10
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@fritz2, in the USA it is extremely rare for maltodextrin to contain wheat, although technically, according to the FDA, it can. Various celiac support groups over the last few decades have contacted the 3-4 biggest USA manufacturers of it to discover that corn is almost always used, rather than wheat. The sugar in the vitamin water, however, may have contributed... -
- Scott Adams replied to Pat B's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications7
FDA says that most drugs are gluten-free???
Thanks for this update, and it is scary that drug manufacturing is being outsourced to India, a country that is notorious for having very little, or extremely relaxed business regulations.
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