Hi, I'm your newest Follower. Your 'email ...

2011-05-10T13:57:59.186-07:00

Hi, I'm your newest Follower. Your 'email me' link isn't working or I'd have used that. Your site is very amusing and I think we are cut from the same cloth, humour-wise, so perhaps you would also enjoy mine? http://vegetariancoeliac.blogspot.com. When I do a blogroll I shall definately be putting you on.
Hope to see you there,
Jen :-)

I imagine a level four reaction for gluten woul...

2011-03-06T05:54:50.766-08:00
I imagine a level four reaction for gluten would mean you are coeliac.

Probably not. I used to spend a good two hours a day looking down a microscope to tell whether people were coeliac or not. It's not a 'gluten intolerance' as is constantly said in public books. It is to the extent that you can't tolerate gliadin (a protein that's found in gluten) but it's not the same as having a food intolerance.

Coeliac disease is an autoimmune conditon - the body produces antibodies in response to gliadin. You can detect anti-Gliadin antibodies or endomysial antibodies in a lab and these antibodies actually end up attacking the wall of the small intestine, destroying the villi. It causes the pains and the malnutrition because iron and calcium etc. aren't absorbed properly.
< / end scientific rant >

The Yorktest looks interesting though. It's the price that puts me off. Have you considered cutting down on eggs and seeing if you feel better? But I can see the reluctance to cut them out. Eggs would be awkward.

And yes - I thought I'd be less sensitive but it's worse. I used to function eating wheat, but on Christmas day I had some crisps where I didn't read the packet and spent 18/24 hours on Boxing Day asleep with a stomachache. And a lovely rash too.

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