Can Someone Please Explain Something for Me
#316095 - 10/04/07 08:00 PM
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i recently read how Celiac's can be mistaken for IBS so in addition to getting tested (results pending) i decided to cut out gluten from my diet. since i cut it out my intestines have gone into a spastic state and i feel very bloated and am more C than usual and its putting pressure on my bladder and making me very uncomfortable all around. can anyone explain this? if gluten is so hard to digest then how come removing it is making me feel worse? thanks
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Maybe you're not getting enough of a soluble fiber base now that you've cut out gluten. Usually, you'd have bread or pasta as a sort of cushion, what have you replaced that with when you eat a meal? Rice? Potatoes?
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and only 1 response? Come on now - someone must have somthing useful to say
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Did you doctor do a blood test for celiacs disease?
Gluten is not hard to digest. In celiacs disease gluten triggers the immune system to damage the villi in the small intesting.
It is quite possible that you don't have celiacs disease and you don't have to eliminate gluten from your diet.
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When did you start the elimination diet? How many days ago?
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I would say the exact same thing as Maria. Did you replace wheat with anything else in your diet or just cut it out? Are you getting the same amount of fiber?
Let us know what you're diet is like now. Without that info we can't be of much help.
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#316180 - 10/07/07 10:16 AM
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I've replaced wheat products with rice, quinoa, potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn products and my colon is in knots.
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#316182 - 10/07/07 10:44 AM
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Dizzy
Reged: 03/04/07
Posts: 206
Loc: university place washington
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I tried glutten free for three months last year, and was miserable, my stomach went crazy, I had rice with every meal. gluten free rice sticks, baked glutten free bread. at the end I saw no improvement, and felt worse, Im back to the with glutten version of the ibs diet, and feel alot better. I hope you start feeling better soon
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#316188 - 10/07/07 10:55 AM
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TATYANA
Reged: 07/22/07
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Jenny, wheat has insoluble fiber which helps to clean out your intestines. If you're eating potatos, rice and etc, that's a lot of starch and that plugs me up to. I am also prone to constipation and Heather's diet doesn't completely work for me. I eat wheaties (cereal) and wheat doesn't seem to bother me, it helps me "go" in the mornings. If wheat doesn't bug you, eat it. Eating lots of white starchy things will plug you up for sure.
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Hey Jenny,
have you heard back about your coeliac test yet?
If negative... I say get back on the wheat! Bread (white for me) helps for me, I always feel things are processing better with some bread or noodles in there.
Good luck
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