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    You'll have good days and bad days. Some times it feels like one step forward and two back. Which vitamins are you taking now?
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    Enough to be aware but not really significant. The fact that DH did not increase might make one look at the malabsorption effect of classic Celiac Disease and the nutrient deficiencies it causes. On a personal note, over the summer I lost 25 pounds of belly fat. My eGFR temporatily dropped to 40 and then recovered to >60. eGFR is calculated from...
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    @bechari Welcome to the forum. Don't forget potassium, choline and vitamin D with your B vitamins. "Potassium (K+) is the major intracellular cation, with 98% of the total pool being located in the cells at a concentration of 140-150 mmol/l, and only 2% in the extracellular fluid, where it ranges between 3.5 and 5 mmol/l. A fine regulation of the intracellular...
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    That was a rough time for me. Cliques were starting to form that carried on through high school.
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    How old is he? I would opt for the non food prize. Sometimes you have to pick the battles you can win and I get the impression this event is immenent and pretty much written in stone. Perhaps you can influence future events to be less gluten centric. Most importantly, your son is going to be in this kind of situation, so it is important for him to understand...
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    Once you start eating Gluten Free most of your symptoms will improve. Ones that don't may vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Because you are in the child bearing age group, and less the 10% of our population eat enough Choline and Choline, like B vitamins is affected by the malabsorbtion caused by Untreated Celiac Disease make sure to eat liver, eggs and...
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    My first nights gluten free I had vivid dreams of Dunkin' Donuts. How did you manage to get the shots? That's great. It should help put you ahead of the curve. You should also make sure you are getting enough choline in your diet. It forms 95% of the mitochondrial membranes, shares duty with folate and B6 in methylating homocysteine, the toxic sludge...
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    No. It will take alertness to what you eat. You'll run into peer pressure and as you start to feel better, you'll begin to doubt its reality. Find out your blood plasma vitamin D. 70 to 90 ng/ml is what a lifeguard in August has.
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    Thirty days is a good milestone. It really can be one day at a time, but worth it.
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    Even the Merck Manual, though it mentions that malabsorbtion is a result of Celiac Disease, underplays the significance of malnutrition. It states; " Mild cases may not require supplementation, whereas severe cases may require comprehensive replacement. For adults, replacement includes oral ferrous sulfate 300 mg once to 3 times a day, oral folate 5 to 1...
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    What she needs is a "banana bag" because she is so deficient she has problems tolerating most everything by mouth. Unfortunately her doctors are refusing because they don't believe her and it is not a protocol they believe in. There is an oral solution of the traditional IV that maybe would work in leiu of the physicians reluctance to give her the IV. I will...
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    Similar to saying alcoholics should not stop drinking because the delerium tremors caused by stopping is more damaging. Gluten has a opiod effect that essentially numbs us to its deleterious effects. It also depends on what symptoms are excluded as being a symptom of Celiac Disease. I was able to drink excessively for 30 years until the week I started GFD...
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    Mushrooms: The good: This food is low in Saturated Fat and Sodium, and very low in Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Protein, Vitamin C, Folate (B9), Iron, Zinc and Manganese, and a very good source of Vitamin D, Thiamin (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), Vitamin B6, Pantothenic Acid (B5), Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper and Selenium...
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    Fried eggs bother my stomach, hard boiled sometimes yes sometimes no. Scrambled with butter rarely bothers me. Lately I've taken to putting two jumbo eggs in the carrot drink I described. We're looking for ways to get you vitamins without pills. The theory that the high cholesteral in egg yolks causes high blood cholesteral is not your problem and since eggs...
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    Cottage cheese or farmers cheese, Daisy brand is the best. Don't get reduced fat, they add stuff. Just eat small amounts at first. Lots of water. In fact a few days of liquids only might be what you need to give your gut a break. Watermelon. In season I eat more than a pound a day. Watermelon, raw nutritional values though this article is about...
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    Out of curiosity, is the doctor telling you you don't need Thiamine the same one who insisted you don't have a problem with Gluten? It is a shame you can't get the thiamine injection. Regarding Cream of Rice: all you can do is try a small amount and see how you tolerate it. It has added vitamins. Does rice cause thiamine deficiency? Thiamin...
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    You might try Cream of Rice. It is on the shelf next to the Cream of Wheat cereal, near the oatmeals. It's been around for half a century at least and might be one of the first products that cleary stated. Gluten Free in big bold letters. Rice consumption is one of the reasons the Japanese created benfothiamine.
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    If you haven't been tested, blood plasma vitamin D tests are fairly inexpensive and accurate. The medical boards promote that anything above 29 ng/ml (nanogram per milliliter) is sufficient but the real benefits are in the 70-90 ng/ml, and even at 10,000 IU a day it can take years to get there. The fear of too much vitamin D is way over stressed. There are...
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    I am sorry you are still having problems. What medications are you taking? They can have serious side effects. My doctors kept trying to put me on diurectics for high BP. The first amlodipine caused me to double urine output and made my eyes so dry I had touble wearing contacts. When that did not lower BP he added lisinopril and the persistan cough side...
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    Many have had the same response. Once the opiod effect wears off after being gluten free (figure about two weeks of withdrawel, you lose the analgesic effect and feel the pain more. So while you are first starting GFD it is extremely important to be super vigilant. Even at high vitamin intake it may take a long time to replensish your cellular levels. For...
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    I recently went on a Lucky Charms binge. Even without the fiber oats are good and for energy you can't beat sugar. Sprinke on Inulin for fiber. (unless Diabetic). Cheerios has less sugar. They also have the vitamins added that gluten products are required. Snickers are a go to. M&M Peanuts. Potato chips, Frito's, Popcorn (check flavoring ingredients....
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    That too will clear with GFD. Try to get blood vitamin D level; also. It is quite common in Celiac Disease and will need to be addressed
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    here is no more advantage to eating gluten for you, regardless of reason. It is a toxin. There are actually over 200 symptoms associated. If just one makes you feel better isn't it worth it? Whatever the test results if you continue to eat gluten you will be sick.. I believe you are already convinced. Just do it. Try adding lots of choline to your...
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