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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks. Op here. I don't suspect celiac. I have random inflammation that I'm hoping to manage. I'm working on acidic food now but not noticing a change. I'm giving that a few weeks and trying to figure out what to try next. [/quote]

Before giving up gluten, standard recommendation is to get tested for celiac; the symptoms can be unclear (any combo of ~200 symptoms or none at all, https://celiac.org/about-celiac-disease/symptoms-of-celiac-disease/), so even if you don't suspect it because you don't have obvious GI symptoms, it's worth asking about a blood screen first. The reason is that if you do go GF, and it makes you feel better, it will be difficult to later assess whether or not it's due to celiac bc all the tests require the person to be ingesting gluten at the time - which would mean going back to feeling bad or worse. [/quote]

This is true and it happened to my DH—though he refused to go back on gluten just to receive confirmation. His symptoms are so obvious that he doesn’t care if some gastroenterologist didn’t get to verify. The truth for him
Is this: no gluten fine, accidental gluten = explosive diarrhea within 30 min, bad cramps, brain fog for at least 48 hours...who cares if it’s celiac or a bad intolerance? He has the genetic marker for celiac so he lives GF as best as he can. End of story. [/quote]

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