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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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    Considering that vitamin D deficiency is common in people with critical illness and may also be linked to a greater risk of Candida infections, the authors concluded that vitamin D in conjunction with other standard fungal treatments may reduce the incidence of fungal infections. Are vitamin deficiencies linked to fungal infections? These results suggest...
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    Not being impertinent but are you sure it is ng/ml. 96 is higher than normally seen. Canada uses nmol/L. 96 nmol/L = 39 ng/ml. It took me years at 10,000 IU a day to get to 80 ng/ml (200 nmol/L). A lifeguard in summer measures 70 to 90 ng/ml. My son is a county ocean guard in South Florida and last year his D was low enough for his doctor to recommend...
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    A biopsy diagnosis of DH is a diagnosis of Celiac Disease. Perhaps you could get a diagnosis via a dermatologist familiar with the proper technique. Biopsy Sites If dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is suspected, take normal skin ~3mm. from the edge of a lesion, as well as serum studies for IgA-EmA by indirect immunofluorescence and tTG by ELISA...
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    Could it be the B12 in animal vs no B12 in vegatables? "Nonheme iron absorption was improved by 180% and 100%, respectively, when freeze-dried beef and chicken muscle were compared to egg albumin." Even on a meat diet: Vitamin D deficiency may damage the stomach's mucosal (inner lining) layer. This may cause generic nutritional deficiencies...
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    As an alternative to iron supplements, Kelp is moderately rich in iron. It also contains iodine which enhances the immune system and muscle tone. Health Benefits of Kelp that has to be the iron supplements. The B12 deficiency could be the cause of iron deficiency and vitamin D deficiency could be the cause of the vitamin B12 deficiency. Celiac...
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    What above normal?
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    Thanks for your post. People don't believe me when I say it. 30 years an alcoholic, three days after starting gluten free the addiction ended and I stopped drinking. Up until then I would take a sip of vodka in the morning, throw up then have a few more gulps. Throwing up felt good. Calmed my stomach. With GFD the addiction was broken and I stopped drinking...
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    The Wolff-Chaikoff Effect: Crying Wolf? In 1948, there was already evidence that the W-C effect, if it was for real in rats (and it was not), did not occur in humans.
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