“My celiac panel came back negative. My biopsy was negative as well. Do I keep pushing for a Diagnosis, or assume I am truly not sensitive to gluten?? So perplexed!! :)”

This is the most common question that I get asked.   So I wrote 4 books about it!

• The Gluten Syndrome;
• Are You Gluten Sensitive? Your Questions Answered;
• The book for the Sick Tired and Grumpy;
• Full Of It: The Shocking Truth About Gluten.

Three things:
1- Did you get a gluten antibody test? (IgG-gliadin antibody)? That helps with the diagnosis.

2 – If you feel better gluten-free, and get sick/unwell when you eat gluten: then you are gluten sensitive. The diagnosis is made by your own experience (that is made by elimination & challenge). It is not exclusively a blood test diagnosis.

3 – The blood tests help with diagnosis (checking for gut damage [celiac disease], confirming gluten antibody responses, checking nutritional status). But if you have “normal” tests, this does not rule out gluten-sensitivity … this is known as The Gluten Syndrome.

Do take a visit the eClinic
Dr Rodney Ford
http://www.DrRodneyFord.com