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Along with the weight loss and studying about food and it's effects on me and the loss of other symptoms from eating low fat vegan, gluten free my doctor decided to test me for celiac and the tests came back positive. So, now after all these years I know what is wrong with me and I am thrilled but feel like crying at the same time. Has anyone else who was diagnosed felt the same way. I can't help but feel relieved to know that finally it is not all in my head, finally a test came back showing that something is wrong. I also feel like crying because I feel like I have lost so many years to poor health. Anyway, onward and upward I am doing great and the support here on this forum is awesome. Thanks for listening.

From Dr. McDougall:
http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2005nl/ ... celiac.htm

http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2008nl/jan/grains.htm (He refers to "celiac" in this newsletter article.)

Maybe something helpful in the above.

I can understand your dual reaction.

And it is good to know the problem, because NOW you can LIVE in the solution.

Hi Diane,

Thanks for the response. As soon as I began Mary's mini a month ago, I instinctively knew what the problem has been all these years. But getting affirmation was good for me.

I have been investigating this more and have found that some of the salad dressings I ate recently had wheat in them so now am into careful reading of all labels. My thing is this, I need to lose a lot of weight and I am staying away from all substitutes for bread and things like that. I did find a gluten free pizza crust made from only brown rice and potato at the health food store and tried it and it satisifed my pizza craving.

I don't even miss dairy and meat and breads anymore at all.

Clary,

Thanks for the links, I feel hungry for knowledge about this and I feel that it is all I talk about lately, but I need to learn how to live and continue to feel better. I have been plagued with migraines and weight gain since I was 10 years old. I have lost years of my life to pain and depression and now that I am feeling better I want to let everyone know. Ok, I am now officially a gluten free McDougaller, LOL.

Years ago I began having symptoms of celiac disease, the worst being that I lost all kinds of physical energy after eating even whole wheat or "healthy" bread. I was tested in the Netherlands and when it all came back negative, I told the doctor that the test was crap.
About a year ago, I found a very special biological bakery that had its own wheat, grains and seed grown and also ground its own grain as well as making the breads. People from miles around come here. Well, as I'd suspected all along, since I never had a wheat allergy before and certainly not even as a child--I'm 61 and an American citizen--I suddenly had no bad reaction to any of this bakery's products! Therefore, it is not the wheat itself but what greedy agribusiness has done to it.
However, I'm avoiding bread at the moment because I have other health issues and am on John's MWL program. Of course, we are not all the same, but after years of eating those lame rice cakes--where I'd have found the packaging just as tasty--it was clear for me that the problem was not the wheat or grain. Do with this information what you will.