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Hi.   I have a million allergies, thyroid disease and candida.  Have always
thought that I had a gluten intolerance and or at the least a wheat
intolerance.  When I went on the "cave man" candida diet two years ago
(gluten free, yeast free, sugar free, alcohol free, dairy free diet) I
actually managed to stop the monthly yeast infections for 6 months, dropped
15 lbs, face cleared up, mental health was restored, etc etc.

I finally requested testing for CD when I read an interesting article
suggesting that thyroid disease was quite common in CD and if a gluten free
diet was followed, the thyroid disease usually cleared up.

I had the initial test through my Primary Care Physician who didn't even
know what test to order, had to look them up.  These came back as the
following:

Gliadin AB IgA  11 (negative)
Gliadin AB IgG   59 (strong positive)

She didn't even know how to read the test and told me that since I had
tested positive for having it in the past that I should probably assume
that I had it and go on the GF diet.

I then went and saw a Gastro who ordered the following:

transglutaminase AB (IGA)   6 (negative)

He told me I didn't have it and to have a nice life.

The problem is is that I still feel that this isn't conclusive.  I've been
on and off GF diets for the past 2 years, most recently for 2 weeks (on a
cleanse) in May.  From everything I've read this could have screwed up the
results.

What should I do and does anybody know of a great gastro or a Holistic
Physician in Nothern NJ?  Thanks for your help.


Christine in Madison, NJ

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