RE: Wheat Allergy, Any advice?

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Hi , food intolerances are often an issue which hypo- especially if it is autoimmune when allergies etc are more common. Well worth a try- and if it works, you can then try going back to a 'normal' diet once you are well- you may have 'got over it' or may be stuck with it. I still can't use cow's milk, but no longer get hayfever. Not eating something you are intolerant to gives the body less stress at a time when you are trying to get it to heal. > thyroid treatment > From: stephanietrolle@...> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:34:37 +0000> Subject: Wheat Allergy, Any advice?> > Hi!> I have recently tried to experiment with leaving bread out of my diet and am suffering much less belly bloating. > It was when I had the liver scan ( no results back yet) and only had fruit, lettuce, chicken and rice before it. Felt far more comfortable and it made me think to try it. > I have been tested for coeliac a couple of times and tests came back negative, so although I have been having this bloating since being diagnosed with the Hashi's in 2007 I did not put it down to food alergies ect. Has anyone any experience of this please?> > I have struggled to get any higher with my T4/T3 would a food intolerance be a cause? I have got some slight chest pain tonight would my body be absorbing the meds better already and be making me a bit hyper? I have only tried to do without Weetabix and bread for about 48 hours.> Luv Stephie > > > > ------------------------------------> > TPA is not medically qualified. Consult with a qualified medical practitioner before changing medication.> >

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Thanks

I think there is definately something to do with flour, tried eating a biscuit

last night with my tea last night and the swelling started again. It even seems

cause swelling at the back near my ribs and my belly right from under my boobs!!

If I can feel so much more comfortable with not eating wheat it will be worth

it.

Luv Stephie

PS I have also lost two pounds, not much to write home about I know but I so

hate carrying the extra 4 stone around with me I have gained since being ill.

Anything helps!

Luv Stephie

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> food intolerances are often an issue which hypo-

especially if it is autoimmune when allergies etc are more common. Well worth a

try- and if it works, you can then try going

> > I have recently tried to experiment with leaving bread out of my diet and am

suffering much less belly bloating.

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tested for coeliac a couple of times and tests came back negative, so although

I have been having this bloating since being diagnosed with the Hashi's in 2007

I did not put it down to food alergies ect. Has anyone any experience of this

please?

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Dear Stephie

" It even seems cause swelling at the back near my ribs and my belly right from

under my boobs!! If I can feel so much more comfortable with not eating wheat it

will be worth it.

> Luv Stephie "

I have Hashis un meedicated with a huge goitre!!! I been gluten free most of

the year and was getting it on prescription from my great GP until last week

when she told me the PCT will no longer allow her to prescribe it as I am not

coeliac!

I ate some wheat for the first time two days ago and...I AM SWOLLEN IN JUST THE

PLACES YOU HAVE MENTIONED!!!!!!!!

Must be more than coincidence !! My goitre has gone down remarkably!!! A friend

joked the other day that two of my former four chins have gone!

Jeanette

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hi Stephie - I think you should investigate this a bit more and find out what tests the GP has done to say its not coeliac as sometimes you have to be tested a few times to show and also its recommended that you are eating the equivalent of 4 slices of bread per day for 6 weeks before testing for coeliac to give an accurate picture! GPs only recognise coeliac disease but there are other serious gluten sensitivities. Ive just posted about this earlier as Ive just been diagnosed with a gluten sensitivity that isnt coeliac but has caused nerve damage instead of enteropathy (gut damage) and the

consultants I have seen are both specialists who are at the forefront of research and this week the neurologist told me that it is only just beginning to be known that there are many gluten sensitivities and that coeliac is only a small part of this, and not necessarily the most serious either!My GS has damaged my nerves causing peripheral neuropathy as well as damaging my thyroid and causing,vertigo, hypoglycaemia and minor bloating/diarrhoea, so this is really something worth investigating stephie. Ive got a good book from Amazon (buy through TPA's link please!) called Healthier without wheat: a new understanding of wheat allergies, coeliac disease and non coeliac gluten intolerance by Wangen (£12.64 when I bought it). I recommend this highly and think it will help you figure it out.get a referral to a gastroenterologist if you can because at least they understand that there are more types of GS than

coeliac.Gill> I have recently tried to experiment with leaving bread out of my diet and am suffering much less belly bloating. > It was when I had the liver scan ( no results back yet) and only had fruit, lettuce, chicken and rice before it. Felt far more comfortable and it made me think to try it. > I have been tested for coeliac a couple of times and tests came back negative, so although I have been having this bloating since being diagnosed with the Hashi's in 2007 I did not put it down to food alergies ect. Has anyone any experience of this please?>

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Thanks so much for the reply Jeanette, I am sorry your doc will not prescribe

anymore,what a pain in the but!! Or should I say behind the ribs and under the

boobs.

It is such a relief to know we are not alone with this. Years agoI used to

suffer red hot poker pains and ended up eating practicaly nothing to avoid the

pain in my stomach. Nexium eventualy came out and it proved a life saver for me

as nothing else worked. The doc at the time said it was a good job it worked as

next step was to remove part of my stomach!!!! I do not take it now and was

congratulating myself on how many different food stuffs I could now eat without

any problems.

So pleased your goitre has gone down though.

Luv Stephie

> have Hashis un meedicated with a huge goitre!!! I been gluten free most of

the year and was getting it on prescription from my great GP until last week

when she told me the PCT will no longer allow her to prescribe it as I am not

coeliac!

>

> I ate some wheat for the first time two days ago and...I AM SWOLLEN IN JUST

THE PLACES YOU HAVE MENTIONED!!!!!!!!

>

> Must be more than coincidence !! My goitre has gone down remarkably!!! A

friend joked the other day that two of my former four chins have gone!

>

> Jeanette

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Hi Gill

So gratefull for your reply and pleased you have been given a diagnosis albeit

late in the day. I am under the gut specialist for IBS but hardly see them. The

nurse said to contact her if it got worse so I will take your advice and get an

appointment. I will also buy the book, I can remember my Mum being bloated by

night and I put it all down to Hashi's which she never had diagnosed but I know

she had it. Perhaps she had an intolerance as well. Must say I used to feel my

food almost thuding through my gut before and loads of gas. That has improved

dramaticaly as well.

Thanks again.

Luv Stephie

I think you should investigate this a bit more and find out what tests the GP

has done to say its not coeliac as sometimes you have to be tested a few times

to show and also its recommended that you are eating the equivalent of 4 slices

of bread per day for 6 weeks before testing for coeliac to give an accurate

picture! 

>worth investigating stephie.  Ive got a good book from Amazon (buy through

TPA's link please!) called Healthier without wheat: a new understanding of wheat

allergies, coeliac disease and non coeliac gluten intolerance by Wangen

(£12.64 when I bought it).  I recommend this highly and think it will help you

figure it out.

>

> get a referral to a gastroenterologist if you can because at least they

understand that there are more types of GS than coeliac.

>

> Gill

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hi stephie

i finally gave up all wheat products on 18 december 1998 (it was a new moon and

that's always a good time to *change* a *habit*) ...what an amazing difference

that made to my body and not having a pregnant looking stomach was wonderful!

for me i feel it is the gliadin protein that is definitely the *poison* and

nowadays wheat has been *contrived* to have high gluten/gliadin and the human

digestive system has not been able to evolve quickly enough to keep up with this

man-made *evolution* if you know what i mean.

i find that i can occasionally eat organic oatmeal (porrige) with no problem but

oats do not contain gliadin (can get contaminated during growing/processing

though). i also find it's ok to occasionally eat something made with the older

type of wheat (eg dinkel)

i would urge everyone who has hashimoto's and doesn't feel *well* to try giving

up all wheat and wait to be amazed

http://www.drweyrich.com/disorders/hashimoto.html

http://curezone.com/forums/am.asp?i=284803

>I have got some slight chest pain tonight would my body be absorbing the meds

better already and be making me a bit hyper? I have only tried to do without

Weetabix and bread for about 48 hours.

is your chest pain better now ...? can i recommend you a yummy breakfast to

replace weetabix ...a tablespoonful (or more) of freshly ground hazlenuts and

sesame seeds with chopped apple with a little rice milk...it is very sustaining

and full of goodness (i know it's more expensive but for me buying organic

is essential).

trish

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> Hi!

> I have recently tried to experiment with leaving bread out of my diet and am

suffering much less belly bloating.

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Hi Trish

Thanks for the advice, I have been having fruit n jelly for breakfast with a

fruit Frube on top so the recipe is great.

My Chest pains are improved thank you, but its always a bit scary when they

happen although I should be used to it by now.

I will have to learn as I go along with what I can eat but to have less bloating

and be so much comfier around my body is like a gift. I have lost five pounds

now which also helps.

Luv Stephie

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> > i find that i can occasionally eat organic oatmeal (porrige) with no problem

but oats do not contain gliadin (can get contaminated during growing/processing

though). i also find it's ok to occasionally eat something made with the older

type of wheat (eg dinkel)

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