RE: Re: Vegetarian before diagnosis?

[Guest guest]

I wasn't vegetarian before, but was on Atkins for a few years before I was diagnosed and a lot of the low carb baked stuff uses soy flour and adds vital wheat gluten too. So, perhaps there is a link with people who were on diets that had wheat gluten as an added ingredient.

Also, there was an interesting article in yesterday's New York Times magazine section about an artisanal baker back east who sources and grinds his own wheat that was talking about the problem being the strains of wheat that are being used in America being a major source of the wheat intolerance problem. Because people who don't tolerate wheat can tolerate his bread.

Martha

From: m k <rickybigthighs@...> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:04:52 AMSubject: [ ] Re: Vegetarian before diagnosis?

Well. I became vegan at 15, diagnosed with celiacs when I was 23. Last year (age 33) I developed a soy allergy and lost 15 pounds (was only 135 before) and started eating Glaum eggs and some cheese. Still can't bring myself to eat meat though...

[Guest guest]

I ate anything and everything before being diagnosed at age

24. After 2 years post diagnosis I still felt bad and went vegan for a

year 2 months before my 27th bday (no casein, no whey, no products

made with eggs, etc.). Once I was diagnosed with CD, anytime I ate meat it

felt like it sat in my system for a long time, like my body had a hard time

digesting it. After a year of being vegan, I slowly incorporated certain

dairy products, then eggs, then fish. I basically went vegan as an

elimination diet (there’s very limited food vegan youre a GF Vegan who

cant eat nuts, peanuts, soy or corn.) It helped me figure out better on

what I could or couldn’t eat.

I’ve been eating this way for 2 years. Not sure if I’ll

ever eat meat again (never say never), I just think with all the animals being

force fed grain, etc (as well as the treatment of them) – it doesn’t

sit well with me physically or mentally.

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Subject: [ ] Re: Vegetarian before diagnosis?

Well. I became vegan at 15, diagnosed with celiacs when I

was 23. Last year (age 33) I developed a soy allergy and lost 15 pounds (was

only 135 before) and started eating Glaum eggs and some cheese. Still can't

bring myself to eat meat though...