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bluestocking wrote:Okay, so I'm grasping at straws. I have a disabling neurological condition called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. I've had it for about 10 years.
I've been McDougalling pretty strictly for about a year. Getting rid of the dairy products solved my lifelong problem with slow-transit constipation. I've even lost a few pounds, so my BMI is now down to 20, which is great because I can't exercise much. But I still have POTS, which is still seriously restricting my activities.
I noticed on a forum for POTS patients that many of the people with POTS have either Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or celiac disease. Since I'm not double-jointed, I asked my doctor if I could be tested for celiac disease. He said that the test is expensive and the results can be misleading, and would probably be negative since I have no intestinal problems. He had no objection to my going gluten-free as an experiment. My question is, how long is long enough for a trial of a gluten-free diet in a situation like this? Or is there no scientific evidence to guide me?
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