<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> >>Does anyone have any information regarding the advisability as to >>blood donation from Celiacs ? >Hi Larry....My path into a GF diet also started when I went to the >Red Cross clinic to donate blood, as I had many times over the years, >and was told that my iron was low. .. > The celiac problem is not a blood problem, and I've now continued to > donate. Actually I've just come back having been rejected in Melbourne with a haemoglobin of 14.3. This is due to concern about the very mild persistent diarrhoea which I still get, and the possibility of fluid imbalance afterwards. Interestingly I was however accepted as a Bone Marrow Donor. Jim