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  1. "Fill-blown celiac disease"? I wonder what he meant by that but I'm assuming he meant significant damage to the villi. Otherwise, it's like being a little pregnant.
  2. Yeah, I was thinking that would be what you were driving at but just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something else.
  3. What is the thought behind the remodeling question? What am I missing?
  4. You are welcome and also let me welcome you to the forum. Another thing to consider is that Celiacs often develop allergies and intolerances to non gluten foods. Soy and dairy intolerances/allergies seem to be the most common but it can be almost anything. Sometimes these go away after the gut has experienced healing with gluten-free eating. As you know...
  5. Talk to your doctor about starting either an H2 blocker or a Proton Pump Inhibitor (aka, PPI) in order to get your acid reflux under control. But make sure you get don't stay on either for an extended period of time so as to develop a dependency or other health problems related to suppressing stomach acid for long periods of time. The other thing is...
  6. I am coming to the conclusion that I have thresholds for a number of different foods. I can eat them without consequence sometimes but not other times. If I eat them too often or too much at one time, whatever the offending component is, I get ill. I think I'm seeing this pattern with nuts, dried fruit, cured meats and pickled products for instance. In my...
  7. There are brands of rice crispy type cereals I think that do not have malt flavoring.
  8. I'm being kind of picky I know but it's "celiac" not "celiacs". Hope you aren't offended by the correction.
  9. It depends on what the aging bacteria are cultured on. Often it is wheat is my understanding.
  10. I have celiac disease but In my experience, when getting "glutened" the acute symptoms (cramping, vomiting and diarrhea) lasts 3-4 hr. but I am still out of sorts for a couple of weeks. I would have drilled the eatery staff down with regard to what is meant by "gluten friendly" pancakes. Even if the pancake mix contained no gluten intentionally, if the cakes...
  11. Several possibilities: 1. You are allergic to cinnamon. 2. The cinnamon is not gluten free. It is not uncommon for seasonings and spices to use wheat as a substrate or texturing agent or to be processed on equipment that also processes gluten containing grains, such that there is cross contamination. This can be a real issue with some people who...
  12. Welcome, Nessacarrie! I don't mean to avoid your question but some additional info would be helpful to us in addressing your question. First, what testing did the doctor do to arrive at the conclusion that you are gluten sensitive? What kind of doctor are we talking about? GP? gastro enterologis? Naturopath? Second, what testing did the doctor...
  13. JulieRose, Have you had either an endoscopy (upper GI scoping) or a colonoscopy (lower GI scoping)? Those would be necessary to confirm either disease, though blood work can often spot probable Celiac Disease because Celiac Disease generally produces certain enzymes that show up in blood tests. At least get the blood work done that checks for Celiac...
  14. Several things to consider: 1. It's not uncommon for people who do have Celiac Disease to have negative blood work but show blunted villi when an endoscopy is done. Several of our forum participants had this experience. So the biopsy is still the gold standard. 2. It is very common for people with Celiac Disease to have one or more additional autoimmune...
  15. Welcome, Arinana! 1. Have you recently had an endoscopy with intestinal biospsy to check the condition of your small bowel villi? We have a number of forum members whose blood work is negative for Celiac Disease but a biopsy showed damaged villi. 2. Have you checked all the food labels lately of any processed/prepared foods that your eat? Do you...
  16. Welcome, Anita! I would not be concerned about gluten cross contamination in raw sugar products. Do you have a reason for being concerned about this particular product?
  17. Do any of you out there have a Nima gluten sensor? If so, try testing some distilled spirits and some distilled vinegar to see if it registers gluten. I am curious about this.
  18. You really do need to get tested for celiac disease, even if that means suffering though eating gluten for about 3 months. A couple pieces of wheat bread per day shouild accomplish what you need for a valid test. Celiac disease damages the lining (villi) of the small intestine which reduces the ability of your GI tract to absorb nutrients. Your mood...
  19. It should be cautioned that neither of these two articles claim to completely eliminate the need to eat gluten free. Both seem to target incidental gluten exposure such as we get from cross contamination. Here's a quote from the first article: "Northwestern claims after celiac patients were treated with the technology, they were able to eat gluten and...
  20. I doubt the problem was that you got glutened, at least not from the frozen vegies. Lot's of things can cause the symptoms you describe including an intestinal virus.
  21. With cross contamination, individual celiac responses will vary tremendously. And the amount of cross contamination will likely vary from batch to batch since it is incidental. It will also depend on how much of the item you eat which is something we don't see talked about in celiac circles very much. We talk about parts per million standards but in reality...
  22. Gluten is not an uncommon ingredient in candy and even if it is not an intentional ingredient it can inadvertently be added through cross contamination in processing. Licorice and taffy have wheat starch as a primary ingredient. It's what makes them so chewy. But if you get stomach upset frequently when eating sweet/starcy food then you may have a candida...
  23. Crush the die free pills into a powder and put them in some liquid you know she will drink. like OJ or chocolate milk. Add a little sweetener if necessary.
  24. I realize we are straying a bit off topic but rice can also be high in arsenic. Where arsenic is present in the soil, rice is naturally good at taking it up.
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