<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hello again, I was touched and overwhelmed by the tremendous response to my plea for help. I am so grateful to all of you. I received 54 e-mails with many different suggestions. That is what I needed, I felt like I had nowhere to turn, and now I have many avenues to help myself with. The day after I sent my note out, my husband won a gift certificate for a place called the Wellness Oasis. He gave it to me since it was a nutritional type of place. On Monday I went there and had a Bioenergetic Stress Test. WOW! What a test. I was diagnosed with Candida and they verified allergies to Corn, Rice, Potato, & Beef. I did not have the full allergy test though because she thought the Candida needed to be dealt with first. This test also verified Gluten Intolerance. It can't diagnose diseases, so she could not tell me if I had celiac, but she thought I did. I am in Fort Wayne, IN, if anyone near here would like to know more, let me know. Even though I now have even less foods that I can eat, I feel like I have hope. I really believe that this is a big step in the right direction. Thank you all again so much for the wonderful wealth of info, and for the encouragement. I have not cried since Friday! April 1. A 4 day Rotation Diet could help prevent further allergies 2. Build up gut with L-glutamine and Probiotics 3. VETRATRUM ALB 30C, 2 pills under tongue for gluten accidents 4. Many people stated that initial intolerances would possibly go away with time and healing. 5. Celexa or Zoloft(drug for depression) 6. Many people stated that stress (mental, physical, or hormonal) can cause Celiac like symptoms 7. Mesa Sunrise Cereal with Raisins as somthing to try 8. I am not alone, MANY others suffer the same limitations with food 9. http://forums.delphi.com/n/main.asp?webtagiliac&nav=messages With thousands of GF recipes and very caring and knowledgeable people to answer your questions. 10. Eat Red Potatoes or Yukon Gold, no Idahoes or White 11. Eat mild non-starchy soft foods while gut rests 12. Eat small meals often 13. Cut our all dairy 14. Possible "leaky gut" syndrome 15. Call Dr. Cynthia Rudert <M.F.A.C.P.>, Founder of Atlanta Women's Alliance 16. Pregnancy alone can cause your system to go crazy 17. Hormone Fluxuations/Imbalances 18. Elimination Diet - eat only rice and water, use no skin care products or pills, then add them one by one to see reactions 19. Don't worry about a diagnosis yet 20. Prayer 21. It could be true allergies that won't go away 22. Don't eat prepared items, make everything yourself 23. Focus on meats and veggies 24. Drink Lifeway brand Kefir (a fermented yogurt type drink) 25. Research at the Library and Internet 26. Click here: irritable bowel syndrome from On-line Medical Dictionary http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cancerweb/library http://innerself.com/Health/index.shtml http://cbshealthwatch.health.aol.com/aolmedscape/p/gcommunity/ghome.asp http://gerson.org./ http://cbshealthwatch.health.aol.com/aolmedscape/p/gcommunity/ghome.asp http://cbshealthwatch.health.aol.com/aolmedscape/p/gcommunity/ghome.asp 26. Modified food crops could be the cause 27. Celiacs have more miscarriages/stillborn, but once on a GF diet for at least one year, the risk is no worse than for a non-Celiac, take extra folic acid during pregnancy since we don't absorb it well 28. Shampoo containing Wheat Germ Oil can cause problems since our skin is the largest organ on our bodies 29. Get a small bowel biopsy to verify/rule out Celiac, it could be a different disorder 30. Join a support Group 31. Contact Chem Balances. They work with balancing your system so that food intolerances go away. They build you up nutritionally. www.chembalance.com or contact the office mgr. Karen Nielsen 32. Better Health USA - blood test that identifies allergies, then a dietician works with you via phone for the next year. They offer a money back guarantee, been in business 20 years, are Medicare certifies. Call Lisa Durow at 1-800-943-6313 to get info. If you don't get Lisa, call 1-800-684-2231 ext. 6251 33. Read "Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type" 34. www.neanderthin.com - this is a book about nutrition, www.paleodiet.com for info, and www.paleofood.com for recipies 35. www.delphi.com, go to the celiac disease forum or type celiac disease in the search box. This is a celiac site run by Abigail who is a super sensitive celiac with lots of experience. This is a "warm & fuzzy" site with lots of very informed people 36. Rembember to laugh and indulge yourself once a day 37. Try Tapioca starch/flour and arrowroot 38. Saliclyates and amines can cause troubles - to find out about these - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~sdengate/ 39. Drink Boost, it is GF and fill of vitamins 40. Get FG flours from Authentic Foods - for no crosscontamination 41. Under a doctor's (a holistic gastroenterologist) care, go on a very restrictive cleansing diet with probiotic supplements and Ultra Clear Sustain for 6 weeks. Then slowly re-introduce foods one at a time. This cleaned and rebuilt the intestine. This works for yeast troubles as well 42. Get treatment from a doctor and ask about a payment plan 43. Barry Sear's books on Zone Dieting 44. Lectins could be the problem 45. The Atkins Diet - A super-low Carb diet 46. Encouragement - if eating foods we were allergic to caused miscarriages, many more babies would be lost 47. Have your husband/friend help with the diet working towards gradual health 48. Corn Meal, corn flour and grits can often be contaminated. Check with the manufacuter. As for rice, Uncle Ben's is GF 49. Be careful of condiments and cooking oils 50. Try a pancreatic enzyme to help in digestion 51. Mercury amalgam fillings poisoning the body. The following is a quote: "Yeast also produces larges amounts of tartaric acid. This damages the kidneys also. Kidneys therefore have a problem processing protein. Food intolerance reduces the amount of Taurine(a vital amino acid), which is also needed to process protein. (Food Poisioning, Mercury poisioning, Antibiotics, Emotional stress) --------> (Digestion System Imbalance, Exhausted Liver and Kidneys, Brain Function Impairment, Hormone dysfunction, Immune System Dysfunction, Bacterial/Organism Imbalance, Metabolic Imbalance, etc) ----------> (Stress, Fatigue, Emotional problems, CFIDS/ME, etc, Kidney failure, Alzheimers, etc, etc) Treatment: 1) Remove source of toxin e.g. carefully replace mercury amalgam fillings 2) Cut down yeast with garlic. It also aids the Kidneys and Detox. 3) Take Natracalm for stress and emotional problems 4) Eat food which aids the kidneys. Avoid salt and potassium and vitamins 5) Stay away from alcohol. Drink instead fizzy water with slices of lemon. 6) Get deep sleep with Natrasleep. 7) Hot Indian curries are also very helpful in controlling harmful bacteria/organisms. 8) Avoid processed/complex foods which boosts yeast and make life harder for the kidneys." 51. Give myself time to heal before becoming pregnant again