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first person:
I can tell you from experience that a couple of weeks gluten free will
very likely give you negative results from a blood test.  I went GF for
three weeks.  My MD told me that the antibodies are instantly in the
blood when gluten is ingested.  This is false information.  My tests were
negative.  According to a local lab that specializes in Celiac screening,
you must eat gluten for a minimum of one month, and the gluten amount
would be the equivalent to eating a couple of slices of bread each day.

There is also coming out very soon a very sensitive genetic test that
will screen for Celiac disease.  If positive, you may have to go for a
gluten challenge, but if negative, you can rule out Celiac Disease.
Since gluten bothers you, then you know you must stay away from it,
regardless of a CD diagnosis.

second person:

But basically ... about 1 in 100 people get full-blown celiac. You get
celiac when you have been gluten intolerant long enough to
actually damage your villi. But not all gluten intolerant people
actually manage to damage their guts to the degree it takes
to get noticed by the current testing.

If you DO decide to get tested, figure out exactly why
you are doing it. There have been some very sad stories
on this list of people trying to chase a "diagnosis" and
getting their health damaged in the process. My take on
it is that gliadin is basically somewhat toxic, and not
really a good thing to eat, and the fact our society
eats it so much is basically weird and due to the fact
it is an opiate. We feel SOOO much better without it.


3rd person:

1- It takes about 2 years of a totally gluten-free diet for the villi in
the small intestines to be restored.

2- Gluten traces remain in your system, blood tests, for upto 6 months
after going gluten-free.

     I've been on a GF diet for 4 1/2 months and my Gluten IgG AB blood
test reads 38 which is High as the normal range is less tan 20.

Me:

I'm dubious that people who don't have a leaky gut would find gluten addictive,
proteins are supposed to be broken up into amino acids before going into the
bloodstream.

Thanks for the responses!  It looks like i ought to get the genetic test when
it comes out and not try to get a diagnosis by other tests.  i assume the
genetic test doesn't require you to be consuming gluten.

I am sensitive to rice, also!!!  i found that out yesterday.  A bowl of rice
noodles did it to me.

Laura

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