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Posted 3/5/2012 9:07 PM (GMT -5)
by test or by trial or anything else?
Posted 3/5/2012 9:16 PM (GMT -5)
Testing is not reliable, you can get false negatives, and still have major gluten intolerance.

Best way to tell is by total elimination for 2-3 weeks, and then add back and see if there are differences.
Posted 3/5/2012 11:18 PM (GMT -5)
I agree, I did a celiac test and it came back negative. I've also done separate food allergy testing and came back negative for wheat, dairy, egg, etc... but i'm still skeptical.

I'm trying to find this website my mom pointed out a few months ago about specific gluten testing that tests in three different ways for accuracy... I'll post it here if I find it.

The last few weeks have been bad on my stomach, taking chances just eating out here and there is not good!

But if you are trying to follow a gluten free diet like me, I wanted to share this yummy snack I found at Costco for $5 bucks! It's called "Eat Your Vegetables" and their basically potato chips, Gluten free, dairy free, nut free... here's a picure: here
Posted 3/7/2012 3:57 PM (GMT -5)
Another possibility is getting a gluten sensitivity stool test at enterolab. It is

expensive and some people question its validity but you can find out more at their

web site, http://www.enterolab.com/    My daughter and I both tested positive for

gluten sensitivity.

Posted 3/7/2012 11:37 PM (GMT -5)
I don't know how scientific some allergy tests are. You can ask a GI about available tests, or look in the book "Wheat Belly" by William Davis, MD. He mentions about 6 ways of testing. One is called something like tissuetransglutiminase or something like that. I believe it had a higher accuracy than the "regular" celiac test. I suggest looking at the book wheat belly or searching more online.
Posted 3/8/2012 7:09 AM (GMT -5)
Try it for at least four weeks.
Longer if you can.

I was tested and showed no allergies.

I was on Humira for about 4 months seeing little results.
I then tried a Gluten-Free diet and have been in complete remission for 3 years.
Posted 3/8/2012 1:39 PM (GMT -5)
I have been tested a few times for Celiacs...everytime I started seeing a new GI (4 in total) they automatically tested me even though they knew I had an IBD and every test over the years that I had for Celiacs came back negative.
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