Posted by
Julie on Nov 16, 2009 in
GF Health |
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Getting an IBS diagnosis is like being told that your headache is caused by a painful pounding in your head. The doctor might even give you a Tylenol to make the pain go away. And if it doesn’t, he will probably tell you that you are under a lot of stress. When I was told I had irritable bowel...
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Posted by
Julie on Nov 2, 2009 in
GF Health |
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Well … the verdict is in. My endoscopy came back negative. I must admit I was a bit torn by the results. On the one hand, I was a bit relieved to find that I do not have celiac disease. A gluten-free diet is a difficult diet to maintain, and it has nutritional deficiencies as well. On the...
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Posted by
Jen on Oct 21, 2009 in
GF Health |
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Migraines affect 30 million Americans, 75% of whom are women. They usually begin between the ages of 10-40 and recede at 50, although some people have them throughout their lifetime. They are not the typical tension headaches that we all know and love (see...
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Posted by
Jen on Sep 23, 2009 in
GF Activism |
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With the proliferation of gluten-free blogs out there it is abundantly clear that there is a lot to say about celiac sprue disease and the gluten-free diet and lifestyle. Celiac sprue is a disease that is believed to affect 1 in 133 people and the vast majority of them have never even heard of it. Through...
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Posted by
Jen on Sep 16, 2009 in
GF Health |
3 comments
I read a fascinating statistic about celiac disease the other day. Did you know that celiac disease affects twice as many women as it does men? This statistic becomes even more upsetting when you consider that according to the Association of Family History of Autoimmune Diseases and Autism Spectrum...
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