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  1. Wheatwacked
    That is it in a nutshell. Once done with diagnostics for Celiac you need to be totally gluten free. Stick to foods from the Haas or Fasamo diets at first. They have good results. Even if you still need to continue eating gluten to complete testing for Celiac Disease you can start eating these foods for a quicker,healtier recovery, just make sure You...
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    Yes. A diet free of gluten is not a fad diet and you don't need a doctors permission . Agribusiness would like you to believe it is an essential part of a healthy diet but other than carbs the only vitamins and menerals it supplies is added synthetics. My wife had endometriosis but we were in denial. These articles on Gluten Centric Culture may...
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    "In the diet, lecithin is the main source of choline, a nutrient similar to the B vitamins. Lecithin is converted into acetylcholine, a substance that transmits nerve impulses." Lecithin - Uses, Side Effects, And More
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    This article may help. Gluten will definately cause brain fog. I got stupider year by year as I aged. Starting for sure at 10 years old until GFD at which point I am improving in spurts. By the way stimulants make me sleepy and antidepressants make me twitch. Something to do will ADD. Pediatrition said to give me coffee for breakfast and bedtime when I was...
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    At last you're here now. Get lots of vitamin D. The plasma level of healthy lifeguards is around 70 ng/ml at the end of summer. Get it tested if you can. Eat foods with potassium. In the US the recommend daily amount is 4700 grams per day or more. If you eat 5 grams of potassium (not supplements) a day it is easy to keep track and you'll be eating foods that...
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    The problem is that no one really knows. Over 40% of the population have one or more genes associated with Celiac Disease, yet only 1% become acute leading to a diagnosis. 10% are diagnosed with Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity and don't have those Celiac genes. Low Vitamin D seems to be common in the autoimmune community. The age old question: Does Celiac...
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    Some tests that may help. Blood plasma vitamin D. Vitamin D modulates the autoimmune response and also has a great effect on depression and general well being. More research is indicating that the current recommended level of greater than 29 ng/ml the level recommended to avoid rickets and osteomalacia is the bottom of the barrel. The healthy level is closer...
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    Hi and welcome. The poster may not respond. It can take years. Doctors have to treat specific symptoms and malnutrition is at the bottom of their list. For example, gall bladder problems are frequently treated with surgery rather than treating the nutritional issue of not enough choline due to malabsorption caused by Celiac, or poor diet. There are...
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    For your depression try increasing amounts of vitamin D until you feel better. It took me 10,000 iu a day. Get your blood tested for vitamin D and parathyroid hormone as soon as you can to see your baseline. There is a condition called Seasonal Affective Disorder that can be treated by light bars or drugs. Vitamin D and Depression: Where is all the Sunshine...
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    It is a common factor in your group of symptoms. Low D allows the autoimmune system to run amuck. It made a tremendous difference for me. It took 10,000 IU (250 mcg in metric) a day from April 2015 to 2018 to raise my level to 47 ng/ml. Another 2 years to reach 80 ng/ml. It took only three weeks of not supplementing to go from 80 down to 72 ng/ml. And...
  11. Wheatwacked
    What is your vitamin D blood plasma level?
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    LOL
  13. Wheatwacked
    Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) may have developed, causing the current symptoms especially if you've taken an antibiotic. "This study showed that SIBO affects most celiacs with persistence of GI symptoms after gluten withdrawal." High prevalence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in celiac patients with persistence of gastrointestinal...
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    In this statement at least he is right. It doesn't matter if you have Celiac Disease (10% of population diagnosed), very likely with your brother or Non Celiac Gluten Sensitive (10% of population diagnosed). Wheat does you wrong. The general approach to it, according to the Merck Manual, is a gluten free diet and address vitamin and mineral deficiencies...
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    If you are buying gluten free processed food it could be an ingredient in it that you are reacting to. Some people have withdrawal symptoms. Gluten acts on the opiod receptors so you may have a similar response. Our bodies only store a few weeks of vitamins so your gluten free diet may have vitamin and mineral intake deficiencies. For a quick check add a...
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    Omega 3 oils work because they counteract the estimated up to 20:1 omega 6: omega 3 ratio inherant in the standard american diet. Optimum is said to be less than 3:1. "The typical American diet tends to contain 14 to 25 times more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3 fatty acids." Omega-6 fatty acids: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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    This ain't the milk we grew up on. I am up to 4 12 ounce glasses of milk a day. To keep costs and omega 6 fatty acids down I buy one gallon commercial milk @ $5 and a half gallon of 100% pasture fed milk @ $7. By combining them I end up with omega 6:3 ratio of less than 3:1. Commercial milk is 5:1, grassfed 1:1 and organic The terms omega-3 or omega...
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    Does not mean she doesn't have Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity. Also many people have Celiac Disease despite low antibody counts and none of the genetic markers typically tested for. New genes are being found with links to Celiac Disease. This appears to be a similar case. "Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL) is a very rare peripheral T...
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    Taking a break from my front yard makeover, here is some real numbers. In April of 2015 I started taking 10,000 IU vitamim D3 after finding numerous studies on kidney transplant patients who had been given doses ranging from 1000 iu a day to 1.25 million IU in a single dose and tracked for a year. The outcomes were all similar, no effect on the transplants...
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    Part of the recovery process is rebuilding a healthy gut biome. For fiber that is benificial to the good gut bacteria I have started taking Inulin. The nice thing about oatmeal is its high fiber content. Quaker gluten-free Instant for example per 100 grams, 3 1/2 ounces, has 357 calories, 68 carbs and 14 grams of fiber and no sugar. As Dr Haas figured...
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    You are welcome. Yesterday I got the results of my fasting labs and there were two things that stood out to me. I stopped all vitamin and mineral supplements July 5. Usually I don't stop because I want to know what I am actually at but this time I listened to @knitty kitty and @trentsto see my status without. Except for vitamin D, homocysteine and cholesteral...
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    Open Original Shared Link 41% of patients (254 of 624) in the XIFAXAN 550 mg group, 31% of TARGET 1 placebo group (98 of 314) and 32% of TARGET 2 placebo group (103 of 320) experienced adequate relief of IBS signs and symptoms. Composite endpoint was defined as ≥30% decrease from baseline in abdominal pain I don't see much d...
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    So what's the need? Copper is definately one of the minerals affected by Celiac Disease. Copper Deficiency in Celiac Disease Copper deficiency is an uncommonly reported complication of celiac disease that has not received much attention in recent years. In addition choline is an essential nutritent that is largely ignored and can cause liver...
  24. Wheatwacked
    Traditionally the estimate is 10% of first person relatives of a diagnosed Celiac has Celiac Disease. A recent study (Mayo or Cleveland Clinic I think) raised that to 44%. Half the population tests positive for Celiac genes, but only 5% of them are diagnosed as having Celiac Disease. Regardless, you should have your child tested now before there are overt...
  25. Wheatwacked
    Stay out of pain. What are the benefits to you of eating gluten? Your test could be a false negative but the good result is that you are doing better on gluten free.
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