MarieK

1/64th of a piece of bread is really large piece. I just drew out a bread sized rectangle and then gridded it to 64. That’s over a centimeter squared. Maybe this is why I so rarely feel glutened. I’m very careful about cross contamination, but if a few crumbs won’t trigger it, and it really takes that much, then all the verbiage about what celiacs need to do...

I am very rarely glutened (at least that I know of with symptoms), however this last time I’ve been glutened, I’ve got a head cold type symptoms as well, and I’m unsure if this is a new symptom of gluten exposure, or if I’m just unlucky in that I got a cold simultaneously. Anyone else have any insight?

I have only been diagnosed for about 5 months, so I'm still learning. I haven't had any beer except gluten free beer in since dx. However, a friend of mine who has had celiacs for decades was recently drinking a regular beer, and when asked, he said that the process of making the beer made the gluten in it no longer a problem for celiacs. I found this...

I'll leave all the expert advice to those who've already posted, done this a long time, and know better what they are talking about. I'll just add that I'm a brand new diagnosee of Celiac's and today is my 3 week anniversary of getting the news and starting down the rabbit hole of all that this means for my life, and those people also in my life. I'm there...