Sun, Jun-27-10, 10:50
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Plan: DDF
Stats: 202/185.4/179
BF:
Progress: 72%
Location: San Diego, CA
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Basically what you said about eating grains, constipation and gas and being underweight.
Why don't you give gluten-free a try for a couple weeks? Can't hurt to just test the hypothesis right?
The symptoms of gluten intolerance are so widely varied. Not everyone gets diarrhea, some get constipated, not everyone is under weight, some are overweight. Some have neurological issues rather than obvious intestinal issues. Some get a skin disease form of it.
Read "The Gluten File" for more info. Or if you're interested in a book, try reading "Dangerous Grains".
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"Classic" Celiac Disease presents with GI symptoms and wasting, but most Celiac Disease does not present in classic form. It is important to note that Celiac Disease can be 'silent'- totally asymptomatic, until the complications of malabsorption begin to set in many years down the road. Some adults suffer depression or anemia as their only symptom. Children's symptoms can be as mundane as stomach aches and canker sores. One can be tall and/or overweight and have Celiac Disease, counter to many physicians outdated beliefs. Twenty percent of those with Celiac Disease suffer constipation rather than diarrhea...and only 50% have diarrhea. GI symptoms can be completely absent.
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