celiac life
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Pooping immediately after eating?
Feeling a rush after meals? It’s normal! The Gastrocolic Reflex helps your body push food through after eating, clearing space for more. While this reflex ensures digestion takes 6-48 hours, sudden symptoms like bloating or chronic diarrhea might need a… Continue reading
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Everything works….until it doesn’t
Celiac disease is a constant reminder that you’re not in control, even with all your systems in place. Continue reading
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Where is your gluten-free red line?
Managing celiac disease involves navigating a gluten-filled world while ensuring remission through strict adherence to a gluten-free diet. Awareness of intermittent gluten exposure and understanding blood tests limitations is crucial. Social interactions with gluten-containing foods or Continue reading
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Celiac Disease Diagnosis is Backwards
To prove you have celiac disease, you often have to do the very thing that is damaging your body: Eat gluten. That sounds backwards, because most of the time when something hurts us, the solution is simple — stop doing… Continue reading
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A love note to the long suffering significant others
Pre-Valentines love letter to the long suffering partners of people with celiac disease! Continue reading
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Living Gluten Free Is Like….
Living gluten free is hard, hilarious, and everything in between. Here are some of my favorite analogies—and I want to hear yours too. Continue reading
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Another Example of How Hard Being Gluten Free Really Is…
My boss tried to do something nice by ordering Chick-fil-A catering for the office, but it went sideways for me. Another reminder of how hard and isolating being gluten free with celiac disease can feel. Continue reading
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What the Latest Research Says About Celiac (in Plain English)
I went down a research rabbit hole and pulled out three key things you should know: TTG IgA alone can’t diagnose celiac, unusual post-meal CGM patterns may signal undiagnosed celiac in kids with T1D, and teens with celiac may need… Continue reading
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Movie Theater Popcorn Drama: Why Social Media May Not Be the Best Place for Advice
When social media debates about gluten free living get heated, I try to step in with facts – is movie theater popcorn safe? Continue reading
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My Celiac Journey
On my anniversary of my celiac diagnosis, I wanted to talk about how I was diagnosed in 2013. Continue reading
