Re: Hi, newly diagnosed member and question on the Paleodiet

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On 10/31/04 1:16 PM, " Connie " <connie@...> wrote:

Hi Connie,

My 16 y.o. son was recently diagnosed with CD as well. I also attended that

FABULOUS conference. Gratitude is sent to those who organized it!

I've done a LOT of reading needless to say. Two books that I'm finding

helpful regarding the whole issue of grains in general are:

GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN by Diane who's a nutritionist and

health educator. (Ifound this book very informative. It's reader friendly

and based on seemingly good research)

DANGEROUS GRAINS by Dr. Braly and Ron Hoggan, MA (I've just started to

read it and I'm finding lots of good information)

Hope these resources help!

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> I've just been diagnosed and am really grateful! I have seen quite

> a bit of improvement in the last 6 weeks and yet there are still

> times when I'm having symptoms - how long might it take to be able

> tok know if a particular symptom is from some failure of the diet or

> if it is just a " not yet healed " symptom? I've been very strictly

> not eating gluten and sticking to very clearly fresh or GF foods. I

> thought that some of it might be from an accidental ingestion

> of " modified food starch " but I heard at the Stanford conference

> that my statisticial chances of the modified food starch in the US

> being wheat are very low, so now I'm confused. Any thoughts on this?

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> Also, is there anyone on this list who is pursuing the Paleodiet or

> some form of " pre-wheat agriculture " diet? I'm curious about that

> and about how so many of the top 10 problem foods are recent

> (evolutionarily speaking) the introduction to the human diet or at

> least to the " northern European fogbelt peoples " diet.

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> Thanks!

> Connie

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HI To the person who is wondering how long the symptoms last. The worst of my symptoms went away in 6 weeks. There were some subtler ones that did not go away for 2 years. It took that long for my intestines to heal. At the time it seemed endless. Now, I am fine, but have some residual immune system damage because I did not find out about the disease until I was 45. I still feel lucky to have found out about it when I did or there would have been even more damage to my immune system.

Good luck. Being on the diet becomes second nature to you after awhile. I travel all over the world and do just fine on the diet Life with CD just takes a lot of careful planning and diligence, but it worth every second.

Jane Unland" A. Haumann" <laumann@...> wrote:

On 10/31/04 1:16 PM, "Connie" <connie@...> wrote:Hi Connie,My 16 y.o. son was recently diagnosed with CD as well. I also attended thatFABULOUS conference. Gratitude is sent to those who organized it!I've done a LOT of reading needless to say. Two books that I'm findinghelpful regarding the whole issue of grains in general are:GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN by Diane who's a nutritionist andhealth educator. (Ifound this book very informative. It's reader friendlyand based on seemingly good research)DANGEROUS GRAINS by Dr. Braly and Ron Hoggan, MA (I've just started toread it and I'm finding lots of good information)Hope these resources help!> > > > Hi!> I've just been diagnosed and am really grateful! I have seen quite> a

bit of improvement in the last 6 weeks and yet there are still> times when I'm having symptoms - how long might it take to be able> tok know if a particular symptom is from some failure of the diet or> if it is just a "not yet healed" symptom? I've been very strictly> not eating gluten and sticking to very clearly fresh or GF foods. I> thought that some of it might be from an accidental ingestion> of "modified food starch" but I heard at the Stanford conference> that my statisticial chances of the modified food starch in the US> being wheat are very low, so now I'm confused. Any thoughts on this?> > Also, is there anyone on this list who is pursuing the Paleodiet or> some form of "pre-wheat agriculture" diet? I'm curious about that> and about how so many of the top 10 problem foods are recent> (evolutionarily speaking) the introduction to the human diet or at>

least to the "northern European fogbelt peoples" diet.> > Thanks!> Connie> > > > > > > > > > >