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  1. knitty kitty
    Ali Rae, Sorry you're feeling poorly. Celiac Disease causes malabsorption of vitamins and minerals that our bodies need in order to function properly. Instead of searching for a pill to pop for instant relief, consider giving your body what it needs to help itself. Your body can improve its own health if given the right tools and supplies...
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    What a great idea, Ennis! You may have found a new career! Care packages for Celiacs! I'll make a donation for a care package to AuntieE. Let's stimulate the economy! We need more "people helping people" stories on the news these days! Proud of you, Ennis! Well said!
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    AuntieE, I suffer from DH. I have found that foods high in iodine will trigger my rash. Foods high in iodine such as eggs and fish and pork make my DH flare. My rash is also triggered by a sulfite hypersensitivity. Medications containing sulfites, as well as foods containing sulfites or sulfite preservatives will make the rash worsen. Sulfites...
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    Cycling Lady, Thank you so much! These are very helpful guidelines and resources! I don't have a binder, but I do have a plastic bag full of instruction manuals, notes, and receipts. You've inspired me to get them in proper order. But I have to take a break first! I've been traumatized by a trip to the grocery store. Too few people are following...
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    Thanks, CyclingLady! While waiting for a reply, I googled and found a site that said it was hard to replace just a section of metal roof because the metal sheets overlap. Pull up one and it disturbs the ones next to it. So that answered my question. I really like the metal roof. I like listening to the rain. It will be more pleasant to listen...
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    New metal roof
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    Keight, Do be careful of the Paleolithic Ketogenic Diet. Here's a video that explains it better than I ever could. Please watch it. What this doctor says is true. I learned the hard way.
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    Yes, you could have. Cycling Lady often suggests buying a cheaper glucose meter. I'm Type Two Diabetic. Diabetics need at least 25% more thiamine than non-diabetics. Keeping track of your blood glucose levels when you feel weak all over like you described can help you discern if it is low blood sugar or not. You could write your glucose readings...
  9. knitty kitty
    How about a sweater for the teddy bears in the window? Can't have bare bears flashing the neighborhood. Hee hee! http://www.knittingonthenet.com/dollsteddy.htm Teach the kids to knit, too! I started knitting at eight!
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    Iceland girl, It's like riding a bicycle. Your fingers will remember! I'll be around to answer questions if you need assistance. Also, there's patterns for Knitted Face Masks.... Instructions for sewing fabric face masks.... I'm trying my paws at sewing a face mask... Note: These are non-medical face...
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    Hi! Of course, I'm going to suggest learning how to knit! Kick off the shoes you've worn outside at your doorway (so you don't track the virus into your home) and slip on nice warm slippers. Here's an easy pattern for beginners to make slippers. https://www.simple-knitting.com/knit-slippers.html There's tons more pattern sites...
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    The World Health Organization has a field test to quickly tell if a person is deficient in thiamine. Can you rise from a squat? I squatted down in a grocery store to get an item on the bottom shelf. I could not stand up again. Going down into the squat was not a problem. But I could not straighten up into a stand. My muscles would not work. It...
  13. knitty kitty
    It could be Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). Here's an article.... https://www.healthline.com/health/sibo-diet I bloated badly with SIBO before my Celiac diagnosis. I went on the Autoimmune Paleo Diet, which is more strict than the Fodmaps diet the article talks about. Basically, it's meat and veg only, no carbohydrates, to starve...
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    Hi, MisterSeth and Cycling Lady, I googled this, too, and I found these.... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6741376/ And... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4699997/ The scientists have found a link between CHS and Thiamine deficiency! They don't know which comes first, like the chicken and the egg. But...
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    Japan pioneered microbial transglutaminase production and use it in fish paste and imitation shark fin (ugh) and lots of other things. European countries banned microbial transglutaminase in 2010. Here's one article I found that mentions products and some restaurants... https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/transglutaminase#should-you-avoid...
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    Microbial transglutaminase acts the same as the Tissue transglutaminase (Ttg) tested for in Celiac Disease. Microbial transglutaminase elicits the same reaction in the body, intestinal permeability and damage. Here are some articles that might be helpful. I'm fairly sure food manufacturers want to keep their recipes private, so a list might not...
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    Namaste We both want to help. My experience involves severe vitamin deficiencies. I live in a poor, rural, uneducated area. The doctors I saw were intent on writing prescriptions to make money, not in finding out what was happening to me. They did not seem capable of thinking outside the box. I had been given the gift of a university...
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    But now there is a clue..... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31799322/?from_term=Microbial+transglutaminase+celiac&from_pos=3 And... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30320664/ Microbial transglutaminase acts the same as tissue transglutaminase.
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    Cycling Lady, Oh, Cycling Lady, You say your Celiac Disease was diagnosed because you jumped on the bandwagon with your friends who were all having age fifty colonoscopies. And, surprisingly (because you had no overt symptoms), you were diagnosed with Celiac. You're an accidental Celiac! Oh, yes, you did have a bit of a stretch after the...
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    Simon, thank you for this your link to such wonderful information from Dr. Lonsdale! I am a big fan of his! I do hope you will drop in again from time to time. Knitty Kitty
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    Hi, Corinne, Brave girl! Cheers to you! Thanks for trying my suggestion. For a week then, no Vitamin C. Everything else keep the same. The RDA for Vitamin C is between 75 and 120 mg per day, depending on age and sex. So, while still not a large amount, it's still more than required and you've been taking it a while. Let's see what happens...
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    Corinne, Histamine causes the adrenal glands to release adrenaline, it's the same adrenaline that's released in the fight or flight response. Adrenaline counters the histamine. Eventually the adrenal glands can't keep up and become fatigued, and then things go downhill from there. I rather doubt you'll get scurvy in three days. Not taking...
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    Corinne, I apologize for overlooking the obvious. Are you still taking that Vitamin C? Could you stop taking it for several days and see if your symptoms improve? Excess Vitamin C can cause gastrointestinal problems. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-HealthProfessional/#h8 "Vitamin C has low toxicity and is not believed to...
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    One last article about what may happen when you start taking thiamine. https://www.hormonesmatter.com/refeeding-syndrome-thiamine-deficiency/ When I started taking thiamine, I thought I was having a reaction. I felt tingling and buzzing along my arms and legs and body...it's very difficult to describe. I stopped and started with different brands...
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    Further down the rabbit hole..... Thiamine deficiency causes mast cells to degranulate releasing histamine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9184654 "while in thiamine deficiency, increased histamine levels have been reported in the rat thalamus (79) and are associated with cell death and proliferation as well as mast cell degranulation...
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