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    High billirubin Higher than usual levels of bilirubin may indicate different types of liver or bile duct problems. Not getting enough choline (primary food source from liver, eggs, beef) causes liver and bile duct problems. 90% of westerners don't even get the minimum AI of choline 500 mg. Try supplementing with 1000 mg of choline or phosphatidyl choline...
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    I would suggest getting your vitamin D level checked. Vitamin D is essential for the immune system. Estimates of vitamin D deficiency in the US, Canada, UK and Ireland is estimated around 40%. Vitamin D deficiency is still prevalent in the United States, especially in non-Hispanic blacks, women, individuals aged 20–29 years, and during the season of w...
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    Aha! It sucks to follow a diet, supposed to make you feel better, but it doesn't. Well done. The gov't has mandated certain foods, like wheat flour needs to be fortified with vitamins that otherwise the population would be deficient in. Gluten free processed foods are not fortified for the most part. Those vitamins need to be obtained from food...
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    Kwashiorkor. protein deficiency. Around 1969 the Biafran Relief Society was convinced to buy the modern wheat; developed by Norman Borlaug (who recieved the Nobel Prize in 1970); instead of the rice flour they had been buying. Shortly afterwards we started seeing newspaper images of the famine in Biafra, now Nigeria. It was attributed to protein deficiency...
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    Hi toothdoc, welcome to the forum.. You'll find lots of information here in the forum, the articles and the blogs. Absolutely! You may be pleasantly surprised to find out that some of those "just getting older" aches and pains are really gluten in disguise. Plus it is easier to say do as I do as opposed to DO AS I SAY. Gluten foods are...
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    If your vitamin D plasma level is not high enough and you limit iodine to less than 125 mcg you are exposing yourself to hypothyroidism, low testosterone, estrogen, goiter, brain fog and slow healing. Iodine’s Role in Hormone Balance Considering the high conmumption of iodine in Japan, it is odd that they have very little DH. Makes me wonder. Antibiotics a...
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    Does he get sick alot?
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    Thiamine Deficiency. It's been reported in people with Covid and Wernicke Encephalopathy. Wernicke Encephalopathy From Olfactory Dysfunction After COVID-19 Infection "She was started on parenteral thiamine replacement and had significant neurological improvement." Locating the cause for lost sense of smell "The test checks the...
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    Hi Sarah Rose, Is your gout cured? I had that pain and then gout on top of it. Gout is maybe the worst pain in the world. Short couse of Prednisone treatment worked in hours to reduce the pain from the gout and pain was gone the next day. I had 10 days vacation from all pain. My younger brother also has been treated with prednisone short...
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    Hi Sleepydaisy. Gluten is addictive so there is a withdrawal period and severity varies with everyone. Hang in there, it gets even better. Gluten foods are fortified with essential vitamins and minerals that the government has determined that without fortification the American public does not get enough of. When you start gluten free you need to...
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    When my son was diagnosed with Celiac Disease as soon as he was weaned he was put on Nutramigen. That was back in 1976 and it is still the best. Improvement was immediate and he grew up fine and strong. It is the only hypoallergenic baby formula with 100% of all the essential nutrients. They make a version for toddlers.
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    Geritol Multivitamins is gluten free. 167% folic acid. No choline though. Adequate Intake for folate and choline are both around 500 mg a day. get my phosphatidyl choline and vitamin D from PipingRock.com. Vitamins and minerals have to list gluten as an ingredient. "A doctor can determine whether or not a person has an MTHFR variant...
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    Actually your MTHFR is another reason to drastically increase your Choline intake. Choline, B6 and Folate with the assistance of B12 help keep your homocysteine in range. Homocysteine is the result of protein metabolism and higher levels >18 are an independant indicator of of cardiovascular inflammation. Mine ranges between 14 and 21. Choline...
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    Hi Courtneylb and welcome to the Celiac.com forum. The short answer to your question is is all of the above. There are several hundred symptoms connected to gluten consumption. Some autoimmune attact by our overworked immune system, some malabsorption of essential nutrients, some deficiency due to food avoidance. Some of your symptoms could be...
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    Hi Jujuconner. Welcome. Do they know what the cause was? The dosage of vitamin D is not as important as your 25 Hydroxy vitamin D blood plasma level. The Vitamin D receptors are virtually the internet of our bodies. I take 10,000 IU a day for the past 8 years and plasma is steady at 80 ng/ml. Single Ultra-High-Dose Cholecalciferol...
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    Vitamin D deficiency among hospitalized patients may be more widespread than realized. Poor fat digestion due to low choline. Choline can help with that. If you were on parenteral nutrition, in the US even though it is a known essential nutrient and is used in Europe, no one in the US has FDA approval so people die. Could we be overlooking...
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    Are you feeling better? Residual symptoms? Here is a list of foods to eat and avoid to eliminate hidden gluten. Products allowed/disallowed in the Gluten Contamination Elimination Diet Just eating gluten free does not mean you are getting sufficient vitamins. Especially the ones lost by eliminating the fortified gluten foods. Increasing your...
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    Pure D or a multi? Ypur success in raising to 96 nmol/L better than most. Find a way to maintain through the winter an bring it up another 36 nmol next summer? 200 nmol/L is where our bodies naturally set the upper limit. Vitamin D deficiency 2.0: an update on the current status worldwide "For example, consumption of vitamin D...
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    Google but simplest one is gone. That's 38 ng/ml. Good enough for the doctors and insurance but not really for you. nMol/L to ng/ml Calculator
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    "Further, the finding could signify a declining impact of individual risk factors with advancing age owing to lengthy ongoing neuropathological processes." So people above 90 are already crazy so PPI use does not make them worse? PPI use is a symptom of gastrointestinal issues, with its associated nutritional challenges of hypochlorhydria. A...
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    And to return to the question: When you eat GFD you do not get the vitamin and minerals that are added to fortify processed foods in the US, but not gluten free processed foods. "The most common sources of thiamin in the U.S. diet are cereals and bread. Professional Fact Sheet. Meaning a gluten free diet does not supply the Thiamine the...
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    If the doctors don't have any better ideas, I would suggest the trial GFD. From the Professional Fact Sheets: Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA): Average daily level of intake sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all (97%–98%) healthy individuals; often used to plan nutritionally adequate diets for individuals. Adequate I...
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    Choline 90% of us westerners do eat the Adequate Intake of choline. With avoidance of eggs, liver and beef for cholesterol it is very hard to get enough. It takes 10 cups of cooked brocolli or 3 large eggs a day. Choline Fact Sheet for Health Professionals "Most people in the United States consume less than the AI for choline. An analysis...
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    Sorry for coming late to the party. Having ruled out Celiac the next step to diagnosing NCGS is a full on gluten free diet to see if there is improvement and a subsequent Gluten Challenge to see if it returns. This variability is one of the things that makes gluten sensitivity so hard to diagnose. Emphatically yes. People with Celiac...
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    Are you eating enough eggs, liver, beef to get enough choline in your diet? Phosphatidylcholine is needed for bile, produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It is essential to fat digestion and can affect stool texture and color. Supplementing with Phosphatidylcholine works in a few days if it is the problem. Thiamine deficiency can...
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