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If any amount of supplemental mag. gives you "D", then try magnesium oil or soaking in a warm bath with Epsom Salts. The skin absorbs Mag. very well and bypasses the digestive tract.

Great advice from mftnchn.

Another idea is to use the KISS method. AVOID common troublemakers: Dairy, Soy, Gluten, Corn, Peanuts

Eat Simple foods: Plain meats, Veggies, Fruits, Nuts, Eggs, Rice, Potatoes, Beans, Oils. Buy them plain and dress them up yourself with pure spices (avoid mixes as they usually contain gluten).

Then after you start feeling BETTER....try adding stuff back in like dairy and then soy.

If ALL your tests come out NEG (like mine did), and you are felling BETTER, you can decide if you want to challenge gluten. That challenge was made for me by CC and I reacted poorly. I will not eat gluten again knowingly.

Best of luck to you!

I did the same thing when I went gluten-free. After I got over the horror of the expense, it was fun to get all new make up and skin care. It is easy enough these days to email companies and ask about their gluten-free status. Most companies get back to you quickly. I am in the process of asking about Clarins tinted moisturizer right now. Just emailed them last night. Will see!

I buy Jojoba oil. I love it. A little goes a long way.

Some Celiacs ARE this SENSITIVE.

I do have housekeepers that clean my house every 2 weeks. I will just be thankful for what I have.

Today I am trying to make the coconut yogurt. Fresh coconut. Will see what happens.

That is GREAT news!! She is a keeper.

I didnt include the term Celiac in my description, nor does the book focus on it. Instead, the book focuses on the different dietary factors that can lead to MS. One of them is gluten. This diet excludes, gluten, dairy, eggs, yeast, legumes and limits animal fats. It is not an easy diet. But the book is a good read and well thought out and researched IMO. Another book I read focuses on Candida and a diet/regime to conquer it. This can lead to remission in many MS patients. It does not surprise me that dietary changes can help many illnesses.

A housekeeper that cooks for you....I want one of those.

Start cooking with pure virgin Coconut oil and using it in smoothies a least 2 Tlb a day.

Get your Thyroid checked. Full thyroid panel with antibodies. Ask your doctor for the blood work.

Drink...drink....drink....water....water....water.

Eat foods high in fiber like LOTS of veggies and some fruit.

I agree. Cut the dairy for a trial period of at least a few months to see if those symptoms go away. You can then challenge dairy by eating some pure dairy like milk or cheese. Stay away from processed foods like chocolate milk and ice cream for the challenge (because they have other ingredients you could react to). This way you can know for sure if dairy is a problem.

I myself just last week have challenged dairy. Yogurt. And now I have vertigo again. It is the only new thing I added back in within the last 2 weeks. So I am off dairy again and likely forever. I do fine without it. The Coconut ice cream by Turtlemountain is delicious!!

Janet,

You may want to look into the SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet). I is working for many members (including me).

Welcome!

Can you go back to the doctor that tested you and get copies of your lab work? Without that we cannot tell you which you have. Otherwise, you should go to a new doctor and request a full Celiac panel.

Honestly, if you have Celiac, this is not something to "play with" and be a "bad girl" with. The consequences can be quite grave. I know you are young right now and you probably do not picture: diabetes, Thyroid disease, rhumatoid arthritis, MS, lymphoma in your future.....but untreated Celiac can lead to these horrible diseases.

Do not play anymore....find out.....and then act accordingly.

Butter sub doesnt taste like butter - tastes better - much healthier. Mix equal parts high quality coconut oil and olive oil. Refridgerate. Use as a spread on bread or for veggies.

Bear's eat roots, grubs, vegetables, plants, berries, insects, baby deer, and fish, they eat rodents, rabbits, moose, sheep, elk, and squirrels.

If I was eatin like a bear....I'd be in heaven here....sooooo many squirrels.....LOL

IF you can afford it, you might consider Enterolab as their results are supposed to be accurate even gluten-free (up to a year gluten-free). You can also get the genetic component of the test to see if you have Celiac genes. They also test for egg, dairy and soy.

Afraid blood/biopsy would be neg for you now due to how long you have been gluten-free. There is a chance your damage was so severe that it might still show up in biopsy. It is up to you if you want to put yourself through that for iffy results at best.

Chrissy - Check out "The MS Recovery Diet" as I feel it condenses all of the information/research on a diet/MS connection . What is autoimmune disease? Why does the body attack itself in the first place? It doesnt make sense for the body to attack itself. There is always a trigger. My research indicates a dietary component to MS. Sometimes that diet leads to Candida overgrowth and the fungus is the trigger. Sometimes it is a specific food like gluten or casein.

McDonalds fries have gluen.

It is a new world for you and your family and there will be challenges. But keep your eye on the prize. A healthy little boy. A second opinion is never a bad idea, but keep in mind that bloodwork is notoriously inaccurate in children. The biopsy says it all.

You might also need to go dairy free for a few months until his little villi heal and he can produce lactase again. The tips of the villi are damaged and they are the ones that make us able to digest milk.

Im southern too. You can bread things with gluten-free flours or cornmeal. Porkchops with cornmeal are yummy.

Maybe your challenge will be to make yummy gluten-free hushpuppies and then post your recipe in here for us to drool over. But get the basics down first.

Fresh meats, veggies, fruits, nuts, eggs, rice, potatoes, plain spices. This is a good start.

Welcome!!

I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE IT NOW.....but it is far from the end of the world. To me the end of the world would be for me to lose my hands or my vision (I am an artist). Giving up gluten.......a piece of cake! Cuz.....I can eat cake all I want. I can buy pre-made gluten-free cake that is super yummy. I can buy things like Pamela's mixes that are super easy to make. Or I can get all fancy and bake from a recipe. I can have chocolate cake, carrot cake, yellow cake, lemon cake....did I mention I CAN HAVE CAKE!!

And so can your son. It take a few months to get the swing of things and learn where to buy what you need. But soon enough it will be second nature. And you are SAVING YOUR SON"S LIFE!! How awesome is that??? With a dietary change he can have a perfectly normal (and likely more healthy) life.

This forum is amazing and you can come in here anytime of the day and ask a question and you will likely have an answer within hours.

***Let me add that I am grain free right now. And today I had almond crescent cookies that taste like the real deal. I made them myself with almond flour. LIMITATIONS are only in your mind. It is a REALLY BIG World out there and were are here to help.

I too would go for the magnesium first. You can also try 2 - 4 oz of Aloe juice a day. George's aloe looks and tastes like water. But is very effective.

Eliminating Dairy and Soy for a few months helps many speed healing and clear up other symptoms. Worth a try. Wishing you well.

If you cheat with illegals though, keep in mind you are totally blowing the diet, and risking your chances of a cure. You must stay on the diet 100% until 1 year after you have had no symptoms. Then you should introduce (illegals) SLOWLY and see how it goes.

This was just NOT my experience. I have had amazing results by following the diet loosely. I eat sweet potatoes and plantains (and a few others now and again) and I have really healed well.

Many benefit by removing Casein and Soy as well.

I had doctors look me straight in the eye for 10 years and say "there is nothing wrong with your thyroid. You are fine. Your labs are perfect..........you need a psychiatrist."

OR 'You cant be hypothyroid....you are too thin." My TSH hovered around 3. The old ranges went to 5, so all of the doctors said I was fine. Imagine my horror when I learned last year that the new ranges have 3 being the highest and have been for years (Some labs are still using old ranges). I fired my doctor immediately and found a thyroid literate holistic MD. She didnt even look at my labs. Didnt need to. I was severely hypothyroid. I wasnt overweight, but that didnt concern her. She tested my reflexes and had me chart my temperature for 5 days. I had dry skin and my hair was very sparse. Eyebrows nearly absent. Muscle spasms and twitches. Depression. Fatigue. She put me on Armour. I am up to 3 grains and my hair has grown back. I have eyebrows. My skin looks 10 years younger. I have energy. My muscles dont twitch anymore. I wake up feeling refreshed.

gluten-free has stopped the weight loss, D, migraines and greatly improved my neuropathy and vertigo.

My Mom was told she was "normal" for 2 years of pure hell. Her TSH was "normal" at 4.8. No antibodies. But one day she passed out while driving and woke up with paramedics surrounding her. At the hospital a keen doctor asked her about her thyroid. He did an ultrasound and said it didnt look right. Her thyroid was nearly gone!!! Surgery revealed thyroid cancer and severe Hashimotos. She was not diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease by labs (they were normal), but by the fact that the disease had literally eaten away most of the organ.

Ranges dont mean anything to me anymore. What the heck is a "weak positive" anyway? Is that like being "kind of pregnant"? Ridiculous!!

If I were you, which I am not. I would ask for a biopsy for Celiac. If they refuse, then do a 3 month trial of a gluten-free diet and see if your symptoms dont improve. There is no harm in it and you have EVERYTHING to gain. If you get the biopsy, it can be another piece to the puzzle. You can try a gluten-free diet at anytime. You DO NOT need a doctor's permission.

Maybe they have a "dont ask" and "dont tell" policy.