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Hello.
My name is Tracy & I am 24 years of age. I started getting symptoms of
gluten intolerance at 21.
 
I have always been relativley thin. I went to the USA for four months
before which I dieted strictly and lost a lot of weight. When I arrived in
the USA, I put on 13kilos.
 
I returned home and lost about 11 kilos over 6 weeks.
 
Due to this sudden loss of weight I started to feel tired all the time and
my hair started falling out in chunks.
 
I went to every doctor I could find to see why my hair was falling out.I
have always had very long and thick hair,so you can imagine how upset I
was.No one could help me.
 
I eventually found a reflexologist who looked at my feet and told me I was
totally malnourished and that I was gluten intolerant.In my  state I  went
off all wheat and found that my hair (which had become very limp) started
to thicken again and stopped falling out.
 
I also had "psoriasis" of my scalp before - a yellow tinge on my scalp
which gets very itchy (and if not washed every day can flake - similar to
dry scalp).
 
Well once off wheat all these symptoms got better.
 
I have however found that when I lapse and eat gluten, my hair smptoms
reccur. I have now tried to make eating no gluten a way of life.
 
I was very happy to find this discussion group on the internet.
I would like to get all the info I can about gluten intolerance and what I
can and cannot eat.
 
I have not had a biopsy but I am sure what I have is in fact gluten
intolerance.
 
I would like to know if anyone else has had similar symptoms, and if cream
liquers contain gluten.
 
I am able to eat rye bread without a problem - is this healthy.
 
Regards
Tracy