So so sorry, gosh, discovered something.....

First sorry if GRRR anyone upset anyone, forgive.

I been suffering acid reflux/gerd for years now. So bad i can get blood up in my spit, yeah, saliva then, internally bleeding.
Now, typical man, and scared and not trusting of doctors, no chance gonna go until i practically have to, as in drop dead.

Anyway, tried few times to get off Omeprazole, hate man made treat you cause another drugs.

Anyway, discovered something... searching on the net more, as have done over years, trying various thing, discovered, think came across something, about sugar on PBS one, think Sunday money, one of their channels.

I started to cut down on sugar, hang on, some things, same sugar amount as these chicken nuggets, the sugar thing might not cause me much trouble, chicken nuggets or strips, etc were.

What's in certain foods causing this awful burning, that's slowly literally killing me, damaging my lungs, constant burning just about 24/7.
Then i came across articles online to do with Gluten.



What is Non Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity?
Non Coeliac Gluten sensitivity (or intolerance) is a seemingly less severe immune reaction to gluten. It is possible to have gluten sensitivity with no digestive systems and no damage to the intestine. Even though it often seems less severe, it can still lead to very serious health issue and cannot be taken lightly.
“Gluten is a silent germ; it can inflict lasting damage without you knowing it” Dr David Perlmutter, Neurologist.
Can gluten really affect mood cause neurological issues?
Yes it can, in recent years we are seeing many new definitions for what it means to be gluten sensitive, rather than rely on digestive systems alone we are seeing gluten in a new light. Dr David Perlmutter, Neurologist says that “gluten sensitivity always affects the brain”. This is why so many people get symptoms of mood change, depression, anxiety, irritability, forgetfulness, fogginess, big drops in energy and drowsiness after when they eat gluten. It literally reduces oxygen flow to the brain and depletes the neurotransmitters that help you feel happy, relaxed and motivated.
Dr Rodney Ford, MD (Paediatrician, Gastroenterologist, Allergist) says that “the fundamental problem with gluten is its interference with the body’s neural networks. Gluten is linked to neurological harm in patients both with and without evidence of coeliac disease. Evidence points to the nervous system as the prime site of gluten damage. The implication of gluten causing neurological network damage is immense”.

Oh my gosh, like got my life back when not having it now, trouble is, shopped weekend and i was looking at sugar, not the gluten, so all the bread and buns i got, yeah you guessed it .

Anyway cereals and chicken mostly been today, limiting to one bread bun thing first thing in morning.

No headaches again, feel great, last night in tears, emotions wacky again, and feeling suicidal and why?

I had three buns that day and chicken strips.

I'm about 90 to 99% certain likely Gluten.

WHY the message.

First to apologize, cause you know, i can be all grrr and smug and come across nuts and down and depressed.
Secondly to alert anyone else.

IF you have heart burn, headaches, anxiety like i have had, then try going gluten free, look in to it, research it, i simply love revealing truth and helping others, not gonna just ignore the chance to pass this info on and maybe help others out, as this is a growing thing.
I ought to sue them, disgraceful, i have had no idea, about the gluten anyway.
But no, instead burning, got the other end, hmm, smells, lol, but better that than it killing me internally, want darn thing out, not burning me to death.

That with being unfit gosh, could, can hardly run say oh 15 yards and like iv'e done a mile or 5 miles, about to drop down, crazy, but now I'm suspecting why.

Do your research, please, ok never just 100% take my word for anything, but if you do, well, and suffering like I have, i hope you find the answer to .

Blessings to every one especially Tasman. .

Lastly MERRY, not happy holidays nonsense, MERRY Christ-mas, every one, hope you truly all have a wonderful and blessed time, continue all to pray for me and my on going battle with this and living in the USA, been tough, having given up my cat, car, job, house, country, cousin etc, lol, very tough at times, easy at other times.

Anyway, that's all i wanted to say, bless you all and thanks so so much for tolerating someone as awful as I have often truly been, so so sorry again, great to shake my head and feel lighter for once, hoping that it is gluten and by cutting it out, I'll lead a much better life, whether my escougegus, note spelling, you know, recovers remains to be seen, badly damaged I know that and means me giving up things i've loved all my life on and off, no chocolate, unless gluten free, and many other things, gosh hard to find things i will eat as it is, lol, getting sick cereals already, lol.

Blessings, Delman.

For those wanting to eat out, i been preferring kfc, now know it's a no no according to this list, most helpful.

Anyway, so far next to no burning to slight burning, seems i can have chicken, so long as just chicken from frozen bag, thaw and cook, kettle chips i call crisps.. Err, have almond milk and ordinary milk if gluten free, should be think anyway. Erm, cereals cheerios 100% oat ones, lowest sugar, naff tasting, but gluten free, seems no trouble with them and yet to try, but saw it said gluten free, the great value rice squares cereal.

I do have and did try to find out and suspect could have gluten in, is Great Value Cheese Crackers, white cheddar, green box from walmart.

Yogurt, should also be fine, have that too. I do and am until they gone, having one bread bun in morning, still taking omprezole at moment, one in morning.

Stopped taking the rantidine in evenings now .

Anyway gosh, nasty business this, and I wonder how many others, including kids, this gluten screws with, affecting their attitudes and so on.
Horrible it truly is, glad I finally discovered what was going on, hoping to get off all pills and never take again and be gluten free entirely, or least 90% cut down, seems more have the trouble starts.

As for farting, LOL, rather have it back that end personally, smelly or not, LOL, than trying to eject it up my throat and causing internal damage and bleeding.

Anyway I'll keep you guys posted, surprised no one replied, lol, each to their own we all have reasons for not doing so I suppose. Many likely not come across this, logged in yet.

BUT... reminder, you suffering, heartburn and headaches and anxiety and goodness only knows what else, look in to if you are consuming Gluten, that's likely....

Wheat, Barley, Rye, Oats, Malt, Brewers Yeast.

Oats do not of themselves contain Gluten, often it is like with peanut allergy a risk of cross contamination.

I truly hope from the bottom of my heart that helps anyone and please spread the word.

GOSH, you never know, if a conversation with your family, friends, relatives might help them hit the nail on the head..

Gosh Maureen, I found out what been causing my heartburn, this idiot (me) well guy on that site I make money on, well he said...

Really Becky, no way, because of late as you know I've been suffering stomach issues, I might look in to this, thanks for that.

If suffer any of these look in to it...

Common Symptoms Of Gluten Intolerance
If you have any of the following symptoms it could be a sign that you have gluten intolerance:

1. Digestive issues such as gas, bloating, diarrhea, and even constipation. I see the constipation particularly in children after eating gluten.

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2. Keratosis pilaris, also known as “chicken skin” on the back of your arms. This tends be as a result of a fatty acid deficiency and vitamin A deficiency secondary to fat-malabsorption caused by gluten damaging the gut.

3. Fatigue, brain fog, or feeling tired after eating a meal that contains gluten.

4. Diagnosis of an autoimmune disease such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, lupus, psoriasis, scleroderma or multiple sclerosis.

5. Neurologic symptoms such as dizziness or feeling of being off balance

6. Hormone imbalances such as PMS, PCOS, or unexplained infertility.

7. Migraine headaches.

8. Diagnosis of chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia. These diagnoses simply indicate your conventional doctor cannot pinpoint the cause of your fatigue or pain.

9. Inflammation, swelling, or pain in your joints such as fingers, knees, or hips.

10. Mood issues such as anxiety, depression, mood swings, and ADD.


God bless you all and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all on Clix .

Thanks for these posts Delman. I too suffer from acid reflux and take Omeprazole which I would like to be able to stop taking. Even though I take it regularly, it doesn't help if I eat too many sweet desserts. Sometimes it feels like the medicine is containing it but just barely, if that makes sense. I am going to try to go gluten free but it will be really hard for me. Bread is one of the things I truly love and I don't know if gluten free bread and other products will taste the same.

Thanks again for posting this and Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Delman77. I hope your new eating habits resolve your sickness and
that you won't suffer with it into the new years.

We're all different but there are general things that we can all do that can help us feel
better and be healthier.

Personally, I think there are TWO top of the list problems in America when it comes to
food consumption and health.

1. Eating too much
2. Drinking too little

I heard on the news the other day that in just a few years HALF of all children in America
will be OBESE. That's very shocking and of course coming with that will be a hoard of
sickness and rising health care costs.

Most all the foods we buy in the grocery stores are laced with various chemicals. There's
no getting around it.

It's become a very money hungry food industry. Unfortunately the majority of those food
companies do not care about you and I. They only care about money.

Thank goodness you are on the right track seeking out gluten free products. Don't forget
to drink lots of water every day, eat healthy as you can, and don't over-eat.......except for
Christmas you can over-eat on that day.

rmccarron2000 wrote: Thanks for these posts Delman. I too suffer from acid reflux and take Omeprazole which I would like to be able to stop taking. Even though I take it regularly, it doesn't help if I eat too many sweet desserts. Sometimes it feels like the medicine is containing it but just barely, if that makes sense. I am going to try to go gluten free but it will be really hard for me. Bread is one of the things I truly love and I don't know if gluten free bread and other products will taste the same.

Thanks again for posting this and Merry Christmas!

Naw, I don't think there is any difference in taste. I buy gluten free flour and I make
rolls and biscuits and I don't notice any difference in taste at all.

I've ate plenty of products that stated 'gluten free' on the package and I never noticed
anything different in taste.

That's good to know. I've been hesitant to try them.

Aww RMccarron, yes i know, me too, holding slices of chicken in my hand eating them, not the same as on cheese and bread bun, lol.
Please do try, still get the feeling weird, low blood sugar after 3 hours or 2 to 3 hours if not eaten, but heartburn, reduced 90% to often nothing, amazing, shocked, tried everything, manuka honey when i lived in UK, cost a fortune, you name it.
PLEASE please do research it, i was shocked, most upset, I'd see labels gluten free, just thought naa, just a bonus if i buy that, in fact not sure what it is, but i have no nut allergy, so naaa, who cares, I'm fine, lets eat my processed frozen foods, now I know I can't and why. .

I do not drink enough period that's the trouble, thank you Valerie, so so sorry, I genuinely had no idea, you know, feel like been, you know, in a box and suddenly the box has opened and I am free and alive and feeling great. . Thanks for your reply.

Adult-onset psychosis.

She was 37, studying for her doctoral degree, under some degree of stress related to this, when she began expressing beliefs that people were talking about her. These beliefs progressed to paranoid accusations when she was burglarized a few months later and accused her parents of complicity.

She was hospitalized at a state psychiatric facility and labeled with psychotic disorder, treated with risperidone and sertraline and discharged after one month.

She was ultimately diagnosed with Hashimoto’s as well as Celiac disease which accounted for her multiple nutrient deficiencies, weight loss, and inability to absorb thyroid hormone medication.

Amazingly, the case report goes on to state:

After receiving the diagnosis of celiac disease, the patient thought her practitioners were being deceitful regarding the diagnosis and refused to adhere to a gluten-free diet. Psychotic symptoms and paranoia persisted, and she continued to “find clues” of conspiracy against her. She lost her job, became homeless, and attempted suicide; her family took out a restraining order against her. Eventually, she was rehospitalized at a psychiatric facility, where she was placed on a gluten free diet.

After 3 months on a strict gluten-free diet at an inpatient facility, her delusions resolved completely (associated with remission of Celiac confirmed by negative serologies and biopsy), but she was continued on risperidone for several months. At the time of the case write up, she had relapsed psychiatrically after an inadvertent exposure to gluten.


I was thinking that earlier, how many have died, killed themselves or got in trouble, cause of this darn gluten, it should be banned in my opinion.

BTW RMccarron... let me know how get on cause if does not make a difference, try lowering carbs, having things with low sugar or no added sugar..


Hope all that helps..

Suffering bit more today, thinking oh no, jumped the gun again, have to say sorry, it's not gluten after all, why, why my trouble area suffering a bit more, is it eating the extra chips that are gluten free perhaps, well, i did have butter spread on cheese and ate that, had other day too..
Ingredients seemed okay...
However....

Search on google straight away threw up this...

Land O'Lakes® butter is gluten free. (This does NOT include Land O'Lakes LIGHT Butter, which the company says does contain gluten.) The rest of their butters, natural and process cheese, margarine and Fresh Buttery Taste® Spread products do not contain gluten.Jul 31, 2012

I have light kind with canola oil in...

I do know it's 90 to 99% sure it's gluten as far as rest of things go cause I suffer 90% of the symptoms and felt better in those areas since cutting back.

However can't be 100% on the heart burn, likely does not help, but other factors likely too, the low carbs, sugar and fats still possible.
Thing is, not sure heart burn, just hurting my already damaged area, because it is never closed, open to stomach to constantly eat away at it, .

Anyway I shall have to, tomorrow, have no more that butter, luckily that's 90% gone, but bread and buns, everything recently bought last weekend, likely be wasted and hate wasting food.

At the moment, limiting myself to one bun with it in in the mornings. I'm ok until afternoon, cause omeprazole takes care of it until then. I'm at moment fighting another pill, rantidine ones in late afternoons as had started to take.

Horrible business this, to constantly be living in pain, most women would not I tell you, not as daft as men, lol.

Anyway thought update you guys.
I went through pantry yesterday and/or day before and labeled myself with warning might contain gluten to safe to **warning** This contains Gluten.
Most interesting looking at what had it in and what didn't and what could, cause said contains wheat, so I held it suspect.
I love tuna melt, and tonight watching my step daughter and wife eat it, horrible for me, and bread, fair few dollars, no chance, have a bread machine apparently, so could buy, at $14 plus the red mills think it is, 4 pack and make my own.

suffering again at moment, looks like once again have to resort to pills ..
Erm, I did leave out selenium pill this morning, ran out of my Vit B now, taking Vit C and D and garlic and some times, some days iron one.

Apparently, watching video this guy says what it does in some people is stop the nutrients getting in to the body.
Along those kind of lines..

Sickening.... Very sad.... Wish I had known years ago, instead of, you know..
Least my head and mind for the most part so much better, and energy and breathing wonderful, still not sure if sinus improved, always suffered with something, hayfever and ears clogged kinda thing, oh oh.....

HEARD something about that, to do with colds and flu, yes so much more research I need to do...

Blessings...

See post above, but...


Funny cause I looked at ingredients and I could not see anything bad in it like wheat..

Oh well, live and learn, I'll leave it out tomorrow..
Have to go shopping again this weekend, normally go every 2 weeks, . Such a pain, more expensive for gluten free stuff...

Threshold for Safe Gluten Intake
The simple truth is that some people can get very sick by eating even a tiny amount of regular bread or other gluten-containing foods.

Studies over the years have conflicted in what they consider to be "safe" thresholds for gluten intake. Some have suggested that 625 milligrams per day (roughly one-fifth a slice of bread) is perfectly fine, while others raise the red flag at anything over 10 milligrams per day (1/350th of a slice).

But it's not the just the amount of gluten we're concerned about. We're starting to understand that the negative effects of gluten tend to be cumulative in people with celiac disease. Even when intake is as low as 50 milligrams per day (roughly 1/70th a slice of bread), the daily, low-level consumption of gluten was as much associated with intestinal erosion (villous atrophy) as a single, excessive event.

A study conducted at the University of Maryland's Center for Celiac Research found that people who consumed 50 milligrams of gluten per day developed villous atrophy after just 90 days.

By contrast, those who consume either 10 milligrams or no gluten had no significant changes to their intestinal lining.

Why all this drama

Just start gluten free diet , problem solved forever

My wife is over 50 years on gluten free food , no problem

Only problem is cost , most gluten free food here cost 100% to 200% more here in Australia , if it is same at your place just try to work a bit more , like 48/7 and you will be ok

gluten free food taste ...... maybe Valerie did try just few things but trust me ,most gluten free food taste like pure shit

tasman1 wrote:
gluten free food taste ...... maybe Valerie did try just few things but trust me ,most gluten free food taste like pure shit

HaHa!

WOW at this lot...
Beyond Celiac: Why CD Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Official statistics suggest that Celiac disease affects between 0.7 percent and 1 percent of the U.S. population. (9) But considering the limited scope of the testing, it’s possible that the actual incidence might be much higher.

In addition, CD is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to gluten intolerance. Celiac disease is caused by a distinct autoimmune response to wheat proteins and transglutaminase enzymes in the gut. But CD is just one possible expression of gluten intolerance; there are many other ways that sensitivity to gluten can manifest in the body. These are collectively referred to as “Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity,” or NCGS.

There’s no consensus definition of NCGS yet, but the most common understanding is that it’s a reaction to gluten that is not autoimmune (like CD) or allergic (like wheat allergy). Another definition I’ve seen is, “a reaction to gluten that resolves when gluten is removed from the diet and CD and allergy have been ruled out.” (10)

It’s difficult to estimate the prevalence of NCGS because there is no definitive diagnostic test for it. As I mentioned above, the currently available tests for gluten sensitivity are primitive and only screen for a small fraction of the components of wheat that people react to. Another issue is the variety of symptoms caused by CD and NCGS. While most people assume that gluten intolerance always causes digestive distress, this is not the case. Almost 50 percent of new patients diagnosed with CD do not have gastrointestinal symptoms. (11) Moreover, for every one case of CD that is diagnosed, there are 6.4 cases that remain undiagnosed — the majority of which are atypical or silent forms without gastrointestinal symptoms. (12)

Gluten intolerance can affect nearly every tissue in the body, including the brain, skin, endocrine system, stomach, liver, blood vessels, smooth muscles and even the nucleus of cells. CD and NCGS are associated with an astonishing variety of diseases, from schizophrenia and epilepsy, to Type 1 diabetes and osteoporosis, to dermatitis and psoriasis, to Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism to peripheral neuropathy. (13) Because the range of symptoms associated with gluten intolerance is so broad and nonspecific (e.g., can be attributed to any number of conditions), many patients and doctors don’t suspect gluten may be the cause.