Re: Sensitivity vs Intolerance to Wheat?
09/08/06 08:52 AM
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ltruss
Reged: 08/29/06
Posts: 9
Loc: Dallas, TX
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I know how you feel! I also have an extreme sensitivity to wheat. So much so, that for a year and a half I ate a gluten-free diet thinking it would solve my problems. I was a bit better, but I still got sick and could never figure out why. I wasn't testing for celiac, but everytime I ate wheat I got D and bloating and gas. My doctor thought it might be wheat intolerance, hence the gluten-free diet. After numerous allergy tests concluded I didn't have wheat allergy, my doctor diagnosed me with IBS. I was really scared the first time I ate white bread (the white flour is dangerous for someone with wheat intolerance, as you probably know), but nothing happened. In fact, the only thing that happened was that I started feeling better after a few weeks of Heather's diet. I still avoid all whole wheat foods like the plague, but I know now that I have IBS rather than wheat intolerance. After I'm stable for a while, I will probably try incorporating whole wheat safely (after I've eaten a soluble fiber base). I hope this is helpful.
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Lauren
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