Re: Gluten Problems
From: Dunne E. Dawe (never_at_never.again)
Date: 10/15/04
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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 22:18:51 +0800
On 12 Oct 2004 07:15:56 -0700, tunderbar@hotmail.com (tcomeau) posted:
>softeng@ihug.co.nz (Softeng) wrote in message news:<4dcafd9d.0410111400.3a6b7279@posting.google.com>...
>> Hi there everyone, I am hoping I can get some help.
>>
>> I have recently been tested for coeliac disease by my doctor after
>> several years of ill-effects after eating, mostly related to
>> drowsiness.
>>
>> My results are now back and I wont be in to see my doctor for another
>> three weeks so I was hoping I could get a general feel for what the
>> results might mean.
>>
>> They are as follows.
>>
>> ------------snip-----------------------
>>
>>
>> Tissue Transglutaminase (tTg*) : 5 Units (0-20)
>> Gliadin IgG : 17 Units (0-20)
>> Gliadin IgA : 32 Units (0-15) *
>>
>> Result Interpretations
>>
>> The tTg IgA is negative.
>> The Gliadin IgG is negative
>> The Gliadin IgA is strongly positive.
>>
>> * tTg has been identified as the epitope againt which endomysial
>> antibodies are directed.
>>
>> ------------snip-----------------------
>>
>> The doctor has said that these results are inconclusive and wants me
>> to wait another three months and take the test again.
>>
>> Can anyone please shed some light on these results. I thought that
>> Gliadin IGA antibodies meant that my body didn't like having gluten
>> fed to it???
>>
>> Could this be causing my symptoms?
>>
>> I am trying to establish whether I should try a GF diet for a week or
>> two. It seems that when I try and restrict my diet , I get some very
>> unfortunate side effects. I get very ?fragile', depressed e.t.c ? its
>> kind of scary.
>>
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>If you have been on a high-grain diet, chances are you are depleted of
>some important vitamins. I would suggest you start on a good B vitamin
>complex stress formula. I would also suggest some cod liver oil
>capsules. Take these regularly for a few weeks before trying to
>restrict your diet. Depletion of b vitamins with will cause you to
>feel anxious and fragile, depressed etc. Correct the imbalance and you
>will see that your focus and mental strength will return. then try the
>gf diet. Let me know if you try this and how it works for you.
>
>Good luck,
>
>TC
There are plenty of B vitamins in whole grains!
Cod liver oil is high in Vit A, isn't it? Fat soluble?
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