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  1. knitty kitty
    Welcome to the forum, @Juliehemann! I felt much better after I cut out dairy. Have you tried cutting out dairy? Some people have trouble digesting lactose, the sugar in dairy. This is due to the damage to the villi in your small intestine from CeD. With time, the villi grow back and can produce the enzyme (lactase) that digests lactose. ...
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    I was prescribed a low dose aspirin, but after supplementing with Thiamine and the other B vitamins, my health improved. Whether one is newly diagnosed or living with CeD for years, correcting nutritional deficiencies is terribly important. Malabsorption of nutrients goes hand in hand with CeD. Subclinical deficiencies can affect ones health. Subclinical...
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    @mzfixit, Welcome to the forum! You had stated that "I responded to them saying that under their gluten section they failed to mention 3 different kinds of grains that contain gluten." What were the three different grains they didn't mention? Just curious. With my Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, I found...
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    When nonheme foods (plants) are eaten with meat, more iron is absorbed from the nonheme foods than when the nonheme foods are eaten with egg albumin. Egg albumin interferes with iron absorption. Sorry, should be with, not from. Nonheme iron absorption with freeze dried beef was 180% more than the amount of nonheme iron absorbed with egg albumin...
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    Nonheme iron absorption from freeze-dried beef was 180% more than the amount of nonheme iron absorbed from egg albumin. Nonheme iron absorption with chicken muscle was 100% more than the amount of nonheme iron absorbed from egg albumin.
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    @Eldene, Some Celiacs are lactose intolerant because they cannot produce an enzyme needed to digest the sugar in dairy, lactose. This enzyme is normally made in the tips of the villi lining the small intestine. The autoimmune response in Celiac Disease damages villi in such a way that the enzyme cannot be made. Undigested sugars in dairy feed the...
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    Yes, immunosuppressive drugs can skew blood tests, as can conditions like diabetes and anemia.
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    @GUY1, Have you taken immunosuppressive drugs? Steroids? PPI's?
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    I've found some interesting studies that might help you.... High Frequency of Haplotype HLA-DQ7 in Celiac Disease Patients from South Italy: Retrospective Evaluation of 5,535 Subjects at Risk of Celiac Disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580462/ And... Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies Used...
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    @Raquel2021, Cinnamon contains chemicals that cause the release of histamine. High histamine levels are part of the immune response. After a while gluten free, your body will calm down and not be so sensitive to histamine in foods. I followed a low histamine version of the Autoimmune Protocol Diet (AIP diet). Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, a Celiac...
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    Benfotiamine is a good form of Thiamine to take. Yes, take a multivitamin and a B Complex and Benfotiamine.
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    @RDLiberty, Yes, do keep us posted on your progress! Best wishes!
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    Thiamine should be given in septic shock. Insights Into Thiamine Supplementation in Patients With Septic Shock https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8832096/
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    @RDLiberty, My mom had Hashimoto's, then thyroid cancer and removal. I had the painful hysterectomy. Vitamin D deficiency caused my endometriosis but only learned later Vitamin D supplements would have corrected it or prevented it altogether. Be sure to get plenty of Vitamin C! It's important to wound healing! My incision tore and didn't heal...
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    Our prayers are with you! Do keep us updated!
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    @RDLiberty, I understand how you feel. I had health anxiety and a feeling of impending doom. I chalk it up to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. As soon as I started supplementing with the essential vitamins and minerals, my health improved and that feeling went away. I figure it was my body trying to tell my conscious mind something was seriously...
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    @RDLiberty, Benfotiamine helps is great for diabetes. It helps with insulin sensitivity, prevents retinal damage, improves polyneuropathy. 80-90% of diabetes are thiamine deficient. Benfotiamine has helped me lower my blood glucose levels and lose weight. I would advise getting an endoscopy WITHOUT a gluten challenge beforehand. The Hippocratic...
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    @RDLiberty, That's great that you've identified the high histamine foods in your diet! No, not everyone has gastrointestinal symptoms. Many other autoimmune diseases are found frequently with Celiac Disease, like Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Diabetes. High histamine levels are problematic in all three. High histamine causes inflammation...
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    @RDLiberty, No, that one has thiamine mononitrate which is not readily useable by the body. Thiamine Hydrochloride is better, like in this one. It doesn't have rice flour as a filler which is good. https://www.lifeextension.com/vitamins-supplements/item01945/bioactive-complete-b-complex?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrcHYjL7TgQMVGjfUAR1z_wClEAAYASAAEgL...
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    @RDLiberty, If the family you're living with are first degree relatives (parents, children), they need to be tested. Celiac Disease is inherited. Good to know that Gliadin X is good for regular use. DAO will help to break down histamine released when you do get cross contaminated, and if you eat high histamine foods. I encourage you...
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    @RDLiberty, Yes there are eight B vitamins. Look for a B 50 Complex or a B 100 Complex. These have higher levels of the B vitamins which should replenish your stores quickly. Thiamine needs magnesium to make enzymes, so you might want to add a magnesium glycinate supplement. Magnesium citrate is good, also. Magnesium oxide is not absorbed...
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    @RDLiberty The Erythrocyte Transketolase test may give more accurate results concerning Thiamine utilization by the body than serum levels. Blood serum levels can reflect any vitamins you've been talking, so don't supplement for about eight weeks prior. Blood serum levels are not accurate. The body will deplete stores of vitamins inside cells...
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    Welcome to the forum, @Sultana! I have Type Two Diabetes and I take Benfotiamine, too. Several minerals like to work with Thiamine including magnesium, manganese, and chromium. These all help with various aspects of diabetes. Helpful reading... Effects of Chromium Picolinate Supplementation on Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in Patients...
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    @RDLiberty, The lymph nodes are part of the immune system which helps us fight off pathogens like viruses and bacteria and other antigens like pollen and gluten. Nodes can swell during these times. Release of histamine by mast cells is part of the immune response to fight antigens. Histamine release can affect the thyroid. Thyroid hormones can...
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    @Kojacs mum, I'm glad you went to see the doctor and are feeling a bit better. Wernicke's Encephalopathy is the altered brain function psychosis which is a symptom of Thiamine deficiency. An Erythrocyte Transketolase test for Thiamine deficiency while at the doctor's would have been helpful. If only to rule it out. The Erythrocyte Transketolase...
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