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I was curious about this so I went and looked up a sensitivity to pumpkin for you. Apparently it's quite rich in salicylates, so if you are sensitive to that it may trigger you to get a reaction.

I keep hearing about salicylate sensitivity and wish I could find more information about it. Do you have it? Do you happen to know what are the common reactive symptoms from it? Or are there too many to name (like gluten )? I have not found a good website about it yet.

I had TERRIBLY weak stomach acid. I used HCl pills for 2 years.

But, I finally have permanently CURED my low stomach acid by removing all legumes, grains and nightshades from my diet. My stomach acid returned within 3 weeks. I must have been intolerant to those three food families. However, the slightest trace of any of those foods makes the problem return though and it takes another three weeks to heal again.

For the last month, I've been eating squash. Butternut squash and pumpkin to be exact. Organic. I've also been dealing with mood swings and have FINALLY pinpointed that when I eat an entire squash in one day (4 cups), I have a gluten-esque reaction. I become easily upset, grouchy and angry. I'll also swell up with emotions and begin to cry in the middle of the conversation. This was my reaction on gluten and corn.

The squash is definitely not contaminated. For a month I've strictly eaten only whole foods (leeks, sweet potatoes, spinach) and EVERY time I've eaten squash I react like this 5 hours later. Also, the reaction does not last as long as gluten --- the emotional reaction only lasts about 5 hours ---- not 4 days like true gluten. Also, I can eat a mere cup of it without a reaction but if I eat 4 cups -- WHAM! I begin to cry.

Has anyone noticed a reaction to squash??

It is hard to believe that I cannot eat this vegetable.

But your body should be able to absorb calcium magnesium from whole foods without having to take supplements. It sounds like you still are not absorbing nutrients and like you are overlooking another food intolerance. Find the food intolerance that is preventing your body from absorbing nutrients and you'll fix the cramps.

i was recently diag. some months ago after going through every channel looking for answers on why i was so serverly sick.

i have gone completely gluten free to checking item products and ect. the only thing though is im so tired and fatigue to the point i can fall asleep even after 12hrs of sleep.

has anyone gone through medications or something similar and is there anything to help

right now i do 200 m. of b-12 and i did a 1000 cc of b-12 but im still tired

any help or ideas are welcomed

HEY I'm dealing with the same issue. I can sleep 8-11 hours during the day AFTER getting a full night's sleep. I dealt with this for 5 years before I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease. After being gluten free and taking vitamins and having my hormones checked I was STILL just as tired. I found that I had become allergic or intolerant to many other foods. The food reaction is very delayed: I become extremely tired (almost drugged) 12 hours after eating the food so the reaction always happens the next day (usually the next morning).

I found that the WORST offenders were all grains, all legumes and the cruciferous family (kale, broccoli, cauliflower) but sweet potatoes will also do it. I can't eat the OILS that come from these foods either -- soybean oil, corn oil, etc.

It really helped to take a www.NowLEAP.com test. It was a blood test and they sent me a list of all my food sensitivities. When I removed those foods, I was able to wake up. But the test does not catch the INTOLERANCES (just the sensitivities) so if you still feel sleepy, I advice cutting out grains and legumes which are a common INTOLERANCE.

So try a VERY VERY STRICT diet for a week. Try eating only 5 foods for a week. Some people find red meat really causes them to become tired (they can't even get up in the morning). So try eating these foods which are usually considered pretty safe: salmon, blueberries, celery, romaine lettuce, olives/olive oil, zucchini with sea salt, black pepper and ONLY HERBS like rosemary, thyme and sage.

You can turn the romaine into a simple salad and use olive oil, white pepper, thyme and sea salt as an oil dressing.

You can sautee the zucchini in slices and season it with sea salt, white pepper and thyme.

Same goes for the celery.

See if you feel more awake. Then SLOWLY add in foods and see which ones are causing you to fall asleep.

I was reading Discover's magazines new issue last night. One the last page they have an article entitled '20 Things you never knew about alcohol'. In it they state that a candida infection when severe can cause the body to convert foods into alcohol within the system. I wonder if perhaps that is what is going on with you. Have you ever been checked for a candida infection? Maybe check with your GP about the possibility?

Are there physicians who handle candida infections? Is there a reliable test I can take on my own to see if I have a bad candida infection? Is there a test I can request at the doctor's office?

I only have extreme nausea after eating salt. I developed a sensitivity to it about a month ago. If I don't drink 2-3 cups of water with every small sprinkling of salt, I develop a migraine and extreme nausea that lasts all day long and into the night. And its sea salt!

Good substitutes for nightshades: Instead of french fries, try baked sweet potato with sea salt, black pepper and ground rosemary.

Squash is a wonderful substitute for nightshades (giving soups a thick broth).

Also, seasoned rutabaga makes a nice potato patty substitute.

I used www.NowLEAP.com for $500. I was very skeptical but I was so sick I was willing to take the chance. They drop food particles into tiny containers of your blood and count the number of white blood cells released by your blood in the presence of various foods. I did the test with a friend.

My friend (who was not sick but curious) was sensitive to about 9 foods. The test DID catch two of her already-known sensitivities.

As for myself, I had 22 food sensitivities and when I stopped eating those foods I did feel immediately better within days. However, I have since learned that first you need to eliminate INTOLERANCES before you eliminate SENSITIVITIES because the food intolerances will keep causing new sensitivities. Intolerances can include all grain, all legume, dairy, nuts & seeds, eggs (due to corn and soy being in the egg from the chicken's feed --which has been proven by a soy company) and nightshades. Use Enterolab's test and eliminate your food intolerances and in 6 months take the NowLEAP test. EnteroLab is pretty darn accurate and reputable.

That is the best way to handle food sensitivities and intolerances.

I began doing that and notice I did it on certain foods like tomatoes. I later learned I have an intolerance to tomatoes.

So I've been gluten-free now almost two years. Over the months, I have slowly removed all grains, all legumes, all seeds and nuts, dairy and eggs. I also do not eat meat just because I can't stomach the thought of eating an animal (well, I have clams occasionally for b12 but I am hoping to find a corn-free b12 shot). So, because my diet is so precarious, I track my nutrient levels on www.FitDay.com to make sure I am getting all of my vitamins each day. If anyone else is concerned about their vitamins, that is the site to use!!

I have also switched eating only organic foods.

Just in case you are wondering, my staples are squash and bananas. I am curing my own olives (canned olives have corn in them). I never knew anyone could eat this healthy before in my life . Somehow I feel like a vegetarian cave-man.

I am still new to gluten free. I have been gluten free, dairy free, and nuts and seeds free for a little over a month now. The problem is I'm having horrible insomnia and also leg cramps nightly. A lot of times at night it just seems that i can't shut my mind off. I also have lost aprox. 40 lbs in the last 40 day's. Is this normal when going gluten free? Am I missing some vital vitiamins or nutrients that could be causing the insomnia and cramps? The weight loss I can handle, I was overweight to begin with but the other is driving me nuts. I do feel better with all my other symptoms, and surprizingly I really dont feel tired even though I am only averageing about 2 hours of sleep a night. Any sugesstions would be great.

I would say go off grain and soy. I've known three other Celiacs who had insomia because of corn and soy. I have also known one who has leg cramps anytime the slightest amount of corn, rice or soy is in their diet. Many Celiacs have trouble with ALL grains... but won't have any traditional "gluten-like" symptoms before they remove it from their diet. After they avoid corn and soy and rice for 5 months and then reintroduce those grains back into their diet, they usually have a big gluten-like reaction.

So stop eating corn and soy and see if things improve. Remember, corn is in EVERYTHING. It is under the name glycerin and a thousand other names. Click here for all of corn's names: Open Original Shared Link

I already went to the ER when it was happening (before I knew it was food related). After various tests they sent me home saying they didn't know what the problem was. I have never had luck with doctors .

I have found that chemical sensitivities such as yours are usually indicative of an underlying food intolerance still in the diet, the most common among Celiacs being corn, rice and soy. I would suggest you take EnteroLab's rice and corn test. Other than heightened sensitivities to the environment, people usually do not display any other symptoms to the corn and rice intolerance so it usually goes undiagnosed.

I've never 'recovered' from sensitivity to sorbitol or other 'tol' sweetners (like mannitol, xylitol, etc.), even after 5 years free of 5 diagnosed allergens and 7 years free of gluten and dairy. Maybe I was one of those 'older adults' whose celiac lesions don't completely heal. I still get cramping pain when I'm bloated. (Maybe my gut lesions don't like being stretched.) I suspect a biopsy would show that I still have open lesions which allow 'leaky gut' reactions. Has anybody stopped being sensitive to sorbitol after biopsy showed their villi had healed?

You might be one of the Celiacs who reacts to corn and rice (the grains). You should get the corn and rice test offered by EnteroLab. If you still have inflammation this long after avoiding gluten, there is obviously something still irritating your body. Many people don't realize how intolerant they are to corn until they avoid it for 4 months. After you avoid it and let your body calm down, you will have the BIGGEST REACTION to corn when you re-introduce it to your diet. Then you might find you will be sensitive to eggs too... because the chickens are fed corn and soy. (And for those of you out there who say the chicken's feed does not end up in the eggs, it has been proven that chickens fed soy also have soy molecules in their eggs: Open Original Shared Link )

I've been gluten free for almost 2 years now. I also do not eat any grain or soy as I notice that they bring on the Celiac symptoms (hypoglycemia, etc).

However, I have reactions to other foods --- and my reaction is always the same. The next morning after eating certain foods like broccoli, rutabega, cauliflower, sweet potato, banana, avocado and a million others, I act "DRUNK" all day. It never happens RIGHT after eating the food. It is always a day later. The next morning, I wake up feeling so weak from fatigue I can't walk. I have to be carried some mornings. The brain fog is so bad I can't think of how to form sentences. I'll feel like I have not slept in 3 weeks. Sometimes I also have vision blackouts and can't see walls or anything in front of me for 10 seconds. By afternoon the fatigue is unbearable and I fall into a 5-7 hour nap. Upon waking in the evening, it takes about 2 hours to completely "wake up" and I sit like a zombie. By nightfall, I have recovered and I feel normal again. I'll feel fine until I eat too much of the wrong food and then it starts all over. In the beginning I did see doctors about this but they were baffled. I was not hypoglycemic. They told me I must be imagining the symptoms.

I have now learned to live with these handicapping food sensitivities:

I can eat 1 banana, but not 2.

I can eat 1/2 sweet potato, but more is out of the question.

I can't touch broccoli --even a crumb-- because I'll be asleep for 10 hours the next day.

So I must ration all of my food and eat everything in tiny, measured quantities. This only began happening when my Celiac Disease was activated.

I think the sensitivity to banana has lessened. If I even had a bite of banana, I'd be drunk the next day... but now I can eat a whole banana. So I'm hoping this isn't a permanent condition.

Of course doctors are baffled and can't help me. So I'm looking for others...

HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS?!!?!?!

There are no stupid questions. Only stupid answers.

Hi,

I'm new here.

I have a family of Celiacs. I've never had the majority of severe symptoms that my relatives had. But I have always had mouthfuls of canker sores & peeling lips (and I dont have oral herpes/cold sores). I've also have brain fog and fuzziness. I am EXTREMELY CRANKY ALL THE TIME. My boyfriend calls me "Crankies."

I've decided I'll try a gluten-free diet for awhile. I'm not too thrilled . I'm already a dedicated vegetarian/vegan (a vegan who frequently falls off the wagon and samples tidbits of cheese here and there .

I've read there are many other Vegan Celiacs out there (they have blogs online), although they are harder to find. I'll make potatoes and rice my staple foods instead of wheat. I already eat a lot of Japanese sushi and Indian foods here in the city, so the change shouldn't be THAT hard.

They found that I was "wheat sensitive" as a child... so I'll see if any of my crankiness, canker sores or peeling lips go away after several months on this diet.

WISH ME LUCK!!!!!

Many ppl in my family tested negative on the Celiac blood test. However, as soon as they started the gluten-free diet, all of their problems went away.

As they say:

"Do it for yourself. Do it for your health. And do it for the animals."

Hmm...Well a vegetarian quote doesn't really fit here, but you get the general idea. GOOD LUCK!!

Hi, this is my first post here on this forum.

My brother was diagnosed as a SEVERE Celiac when he was a child. It runs in the family. And doctors have told me that I am "wheat sensitive" .

This might seem like an odd question, but are there any celiacs out there who get canker sores and unexplainable/chronic chapped lips no matter if it is summer or winter and no matter how much chapstick you use? I realize its not an official celiac-related symptom. I thought it was always just a problem in my family, but am wondering if it could be related to the celiac disease. I am not talking about cold sores or the Herpes Simplex Virus.

We've also had had a problem with incurable "acne" --- acne that last well past our teenage years (26 years and 24 years old). We've always had VERY oily skin and hair.

I've been to SO many doctors who were unhelpful and finally started doing my own research. I discovered that ALLLL of my symptoms disappeared when I stopped eating a certain food (not gluten related) which contained a large quantity of a certain amino acid. I happened to find medical research that said many celiacs produce too much of this amino acid. When I stop eating the food, all of these symptoms disappear. There is so little research.

So, I am wondering if there are any other celiacs with these chronic symptoms??