#CeliacAllergy
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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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Research vs Reality – Celiac Patients caught in the middle
Good base — this is already strong. I’m not going to change your voice; I’m just tightening flow, clarifying a few phrases, and sharpening the message so it reads intentional instead of slightly meandering. Here’s the edited draft: I spend… Continue reading
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Low FODMAP Diet – An add on to the gluten free diet
OMG – I have been remiss. I have not written about the FODMAP diet extensively. Today, I will rectify that misake. I will talk about what the diet is, why it is good, and how could it help with elusive… Continue reading
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Celiac Blood Tests: Not Great for Monitoring
When I was diagnosed with celiac disease, I had six blood tests. All of them were positive for celiac disease. My TTG IGA was over 300 when positive was 10. At the time, my non-gastroenterologist said, “You have celiac sprue.… Continue reading
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Follow up post diagnosis
What if any follow up have you had since diagnosis? A study from 2012 showed that between 41% and 88% ad a follow up visit regarding celiac. However, less than 35% of celiac patients were followed up with according to… Continue reading
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Celiac and the Skin
Skin conditions and celiac disease – I read lots and lots of stories about people having reactions when touching products containing gluten. All of the information I’ve read says that gluten molecules are too large to pass through pores in… Continue reading
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What would you…..
The question that makes me insane….”What would you eat if you could go back to a gluten filled diet for a day?” To be honest, I don’t even know where I would begin but I would eat all the food.… Continue reading
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Debunking Gluten Cross Contamination Myths
Cross contamination is like to boogey man of living gluten free. We believe that cross contamination is everywhere. We never know when it is going to make us sick. But are we getting as much contamination as we think? This study investigates… Continue reading
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Still sick, even with gluten free diet? Duh!
Another study came out saying that the gluten free diet is insufficient for the adequate treatment of celiac disease. Even those with well controlled symptoms may still have a low grade inflammatory fire burning in your guts. Let’s discuss. Continue reading
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Buzzing…..
I’ve been buzzing all weekend. Lots of things have happened to me recently and I’m so excited and grateful. I’ve talked about being a in a long term, observational Covid study. Basically, I had covid in August 2020, when it… Continue reading