Comments on: Growing Gluten Free Awareness http://switch2glutenfree.com/misc/growing-gluten-free-awareness/ Life when switching to Gluten Free Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:31:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hajo (Custom Choice Cereal) http://switch2glutenfree.com/misc/growing-gluten-free-awareness/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 Hajo (Custom Choice Cereal) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:24:20 +0000 http://switch2glutenfree.com/?p=1776#comment-1362 Mike, thanks for yet another great blog article. Totally agree with you that any new gluten-free product introduction - be it due to the gluten-free diet being a fad or not - helps those who really need it. Reading your article I wanted to point out an important point for the so-called "self-diagnosed" celiacs: it is great if you feel better by going gluten-free. However, you have to be aware that this prevents your doctor from successfully testing you as gluten has to be in your system. My very personal take on this: it does not make sense to re-introduce gluten and feel awful just for the sake of being tested. If think you might have celiac disease and want to go on a gluten-free diet, get tested before the switch! Mike, thanks for yet another great blog article. Totally agree with you that any new gluten-free product introduction – be it due to the gluten-free diet being a fad or not – helps those who really need it.

Reading your article I wanted to point out an important point for the so-called “self-diagnosed” celiacs: it is great if you feel better by going gluten-free. However, you have to be aware that this prevents your doctor from successfully testing you as gluten has to be in your system.

My very personal take on this: it does not make sense to re-introduce gluten and feel awful just for the sake of being tested. If think you might have celiac disease and want to go on a gluten-free diet, get tested before the switch!

]]> By: Jim Purdy http://switch2glutenfree.com/misc/growing-gluten-free-awareness/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 Jim Purdy Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:57:53 +0000 http://switch2glutenfree.com/?p=1776#comment-1354 QUOTE: "a flood of people who adopt the diet, sometimes claiming they are a self-diagnosed celiac, just for the attention and to be part of a fad." I guess I plead guilty (at least for some kind of grain/cereal intolerance), except for the idea of wanting attention. The discomfort sure outweighs any benefits of the attention. I only recently started learning about gluten, and I was amazed about how that seemed to explain my very uncomfortable symptoms after eating bread or cereal. If nothing else, it gives me something to ask my doctor about. <a href="http://the50besthealthblogs.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The 50 Best Health Blogs</a> QUOTE:
“a flood of people who adopt the diet, sometimes claiming they are a self-diagnosed celiac, just for the attention and to be part of a fad.”

I guess I plead guilty (at least for some kind of grain/cereal intolerance), except for the idea of wanting attention. The discomfort sure outweighs any benefits of the attention.

I only recently started learning about gluten, and I was amazed about how that seemed to explain my very uncomfortable symptoms after eating bread or cereal.

If nothing else, it gives me something to ask my doctor about.

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