Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Hi everyone, one of my friend hava a question sound like a bit " silly " but I sincerely hope to hear from all of you! How about someone who are not a celiac or gluten intolereance take up gluten free & wheat free diet! Will that healthy for " him " ? Look forward to hear from everyone, thks! Lena Brenda-Lee Olson <shalomaleichemacadem wrote: I think this is subjective. The only real benefit of having the blood test or the biopsy is to prove to the medical community that you would be better off without gluten in your life. Since Shoshana was trying to get her husband to agree it makes sense to follow through with these tests, but for the average person who gets sick on gluten, staying on it to endure a biopsy which may or may not prove you meet the gold standard of diagnosis serves little purpose when the treatment is to remove all gluten from your diet anyway. My PCP, who happens to be trainined in environmental medicine told us try the diet and if we felt better that was proof enough of a gluten intolerance regardless of whether it was CD or not. He said it's like going to the doctor and saying it hurts when I do this, and having the wise old country doctor say " well, don't do that " Just my 2 cents though, BL The blood test is simple, have your PCP or pediatrician run the test (but don't stop eating gluten until you get this done. If positive, you'll need a biopsy (and have to stay on gluten until that is finished). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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