Marimarston
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Oh dear I’ve been there! Yes, the oily/greasy residue is normal after gluten as is a very distinctive smell, at least it was to me. But this continued for quite a while into my GFD. I think it takes time for your bowels to settle down and heal after years of gluten damage. I used to fly regularly between New York and London, and it was a huge embarrassment o...
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This is insane! Surely in the US companies have to prove their product is gluten-free before they can label it so. It makes me particularly angry because there seems to be this laissez faire attitude towards gluten contamination in the food industry, where celiac disease seems to be viewed as a few people with diarrhoea who complain too much, and therefore...
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My understanding is that the anaemia does not come from intestinal bleeding, but rather from damage to the areas that absorb iron in the gut, so your ability to absorb iron from food is reduced. It can also lead to low calcium for the same reasons. I have had anaemia pretty much all my life, and was diagnosed as coeliac about15 years ago. I take iron every...
