Thu, Aug-23-07, 12:50
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Experimenter
Posts: 25,934
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Plan: DDF
Stats: 202/185.4/179
BF:
Progress: 72%
Location: San Diego, CA
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Just saw your posting. It depends probably. First of all, are you truly gluten free? Gluten lurks in lots of things. If something you eat contains barley, rye, kamut, spelt, wheat or anything derived from those (like malt), then you're probably still consuming gluten. Celiac.com has a great listing of forbidden and safe foods and ingredients.
It seems like people who have intestinal symptoms experience improvements quickest. People with joint symptoms or neurological symptoms it takes longer. My autoimmune disease got a lot better long after my intestinal symptoms got better (months later). I had some odd neurological things that started improving about 6 months out, joints were 6+ months, intestines (IBS) improved in 2 days.
Another thing to check on is your Vitamin D3 levels. Especially since you live in NY which is pretty far south of the equator.
After all my research into the topic, I think for "normal" people it might be beneficial to not eat gluten regardless of whether or not you have a noticable reaction. Wheat contains a lot of lectins which bind to vitamins and cause problems.
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