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Gluten & Nightshades Food Sensitivity
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Jun 1 8:19pm | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
No treatment other than elimination from diet. I have kept a food log for 16 years, since getting celiac disease. I didn't realize I had decades of gluten intolerance until after going GF; over 6 months my reflux, rashes, bloat, and other symptoms disappeared. Ten years ago I developed collagenous colitis, so no NSAIDs and some other meds, and my food log showed sensitivity to legumes (I tolerate a peanut, miso, and GF soy sauce) which I first noted in 2015 after biking up a mountain and being passes by Lance Armstrong (peanut energy bar caused GI problems). I can eat dairy. Gluten is in so many things, and cross contamination is common enough that if I eat out it is limited mostly to GF restaurants/bakeries. I also avoid processed foods and am on a mostly FODMAP diet. There are some great online GF recipes, and one's diet isn't limited like in the old days, just different. A nutritionist with background in autoimmune diseases/intolerances might be able to help with diet. Bread machines with GF settings are good for healthy GF bread that is better than and cheaper than most bakery/store stuff. GF waffles are a useful replacement for sandwich bread. In some ways, this is a new world to explore.
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Hello, kayabbott, Just wondering, have you been given any medications, or any specific food requirements, for collagenous colitis? I went into complete remission from ulcerative colitis, but they did find collagenous colitis. I was not given any medication, just told, "You can keep on with mesalamine if you want to." I am mostly GF (not allergic to gluten, but abstaining from it is why I believe I went into UC remission. Thanks for your thoughts on CC.
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GF is 20 ppm and less, a small crumb of wheat bread. I will note that the hardest part of celiac and other food-associated diseases is the social isolation, not the diet. A friend got mad at me for calling chocolate cake at work poison; I replied "I love (gluten) chocolate cake and it doesn't hurt as much if I demonize it" (another version of death by chocolate). Not being invited to friends' or work parties, all and more because one has to be strict with GF. So, if one is new to food intolerances, it would be good to have people/therapists to talk with because it is a complex loss. Regular therapists don't understand; one said "can't you bring your own food?". I wish, but some people are uncomfortable if you aren't eating similar food to them. Sort of like the "joking" about people on vegetarian, vegan, and GF diets. Screaming into a pillow is good as long as it doesn't have wheat crumbs on it.