was: Vitamin deficiencies, now: this-n-that

April 22, 2010

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> Hi: I just listened to a great video on YouTube by Dr. Vikki sen that

talks about reasons that Vit. D levels might not come up even if you are totally

gluten free. There was a lot of great information, including some surprising

information on how other supplements - like retinol (vit. A) and cod liver oil -

could block absorption of D. This might give you some other avenues to

investigate. The title is: Vitamin D3: Latest Research. Good Luck!

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Interesting that this should come up now. I just went to the dr. last week for

a check-up, and found out I'm low on vit. D. I've been gf for years now---can't

remember how many, but at least 7. Of course, I also don't eat any dairy, so

that could be why I'm so low on D.

She put me on a prescription D pill: 50,000 iu/ once a week for 2 months. Then

I get re-tested. She told me that I will be amazed at how well I feel when my

levels get up to normal. I hope she is right, because I have been feeling like

cr@p for a long time.

I've been having a lot of pain in my hands and feet lately. I went on a fast

for 24 hours, and then ate very simply for several days. Only home cooked food,

nothing processed. No corn, no pork, no red meat, no soda. The pain in my

hands disappeared completely. I introduced buffalo, and that was fine.

Sunday night, some friends took me to a Taiwanese restaurant on Clement St

called " Taste of Formosa " : 2428 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121.

The food was absolutely disgusting. I ate very little of anything except the

white rice. Within 1 hour of eating, my hands became quite painful, and have

remained that way. I mentioned this to my rheumatologist, and she thinks I got

glutened, or there was MSG in the food. She says gluten can cause joint pain in

Celiacs. Have any of you noticed this? I think she may be right, because my

digestive system has been really upset all week, and now i have dire-rear :^(

This is the worse reaction I've had in many years, and I don't even react to

things like beer or small amounts of soy sauce! God only knows what was in that

food.

I'm wondering if any of you have joint pains/arthritis that is worsened by

gluten? I went to see her under suspicion of having rheumatoid arthritis.

Turns out I have a genetic form of arthritis in my hands and feet that causes

calcifications and bone spurs and subsequent swelling and bumps in in all the

joints in my fingers. They are called Bouchard's and Heberden's nodes. I'm

trying to find out if this is at all linked to celiac. Anyone know?

BTW, if anyone needs a rheumatologist in San Francisco, I highly recommend her.

Her name is Dr. Kirstin Morehead.

Lori

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