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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6odz4ZKBm0w&t=1s
At the end of Imbument Quirk Dynaste AU Episode 3 he writes, "So I'm going to go through with one I recently thought of. Abused/ Wolf God Dynaste. I'm not really comfortable explaining it very much because of personal reasons" (!?)
Abused/ Wolf God Dynaste Episode 1. "His mother was a cruel woman who beat him daily at first with her hands. But then after seeing it no longer had any effect she began using steel chains. When Dynaste turned twelve his mother began using his body to make money by letting other women have "fun" with him leading him to develop an enormous fear of females. Three years has passed and it has continued like this. Every day was the same. Get beaten. Get raped. Repeat."
In one of Zav Girl's videos, an anonymous former friend of Shanda and Eric's said the two (as well as Trish and Adam) were part of some Christian BDSM community and people would come over to their house in Oklahoma. The friend noticed the kids would innocently play with Shanda and Eric's BDSM toys/equipment and saw Shanda harshly punishing the kids, particularly the oldest Nolan. Hot sauce was also used back then (as punishment and/or in BDSM-play I can't remember exactly).
Also seeing that a punishment no longer had any effect, the mother upped the severity? Doesn't that sound like what happened to Timothy??
Abused/ Wolf God Dynaste Episode 2. Paul writes about the mother putting a shock collar on Dynaste. "Sees his mother pulling out the shock collars remote. Squeezes his eyes shut. Manages to get the collar off moments before Mrs Okamikami presses the button".
Shanda the dog trainer. The other parents, including violent/abusive Eric, are dog people too. I wouldn't be surprised if shock collars were/are used on their dogs.
Abused/ Wolf God Dynaste AU Episode 3. Paul writes "The doctors found him (Dynaste) and found that he had PTSD and severe anxiety"... "Not to mention he was extremely malnourished"..."Due to malnourishment, Dynaste is quite short but has gained a few inches after eating three good meals every day for a week".
The former family friend said at some point in Oklahoma when under Shanda's care, all the kids were very thin to the point DHS had to be contacted. They said apparently all the kids were celiacs and Shanda wasn't feeding them properly. I think food restriction may have also been used as a punishment back then? Paul was diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder among other things, and showed signs of Anti-Social Personality Disorder in Oklahoma.
These episodes were posted 1-2 months before Timothy came to live with Shanda and Paul in Michigan.
What do people think?

We have five young kids (under 10) and two were recently diagnosed with advanced celiac. To keep them safe because 1) they are too young to understand 2) they don’t have GI symptoms that would indicate whether they’ve been glistened and 3) we want them feeling comfortable in their own homes and not have to obsess over what’s safe, what’s “fair” if other kids are eating it, etc… we made the decision to make our whole home GF. So we completely swapped out our dishes, cutlery, cookware, etc for all new, and rid our entire fridge and pantry or gluten full foods.
However….. we are finding our grocery bill has literally doubled. From $250 per week to around $475 per week. I buy on Friday or Saturday and by mid-week the fridge is already looking lack luster for options.
I do allow my two non celiac kids to eat the hot lunch at school, and while the state mandates GF hot lunch options, I just don’t trust the school to handle properly or not cross contaminate their food. Plus I know what my kids will eat and when I pack for them I can also monitor at the end of the day what/how much they ate while away.
I do realize that GF “dupes” are going to be insanely expensive, so I try to do Whole Foods instead. But peaches are $2 a piece. Pears $1.25 a piece. So either way, it’s already becoming a struggle. As a family of 7, another $1000 per month in bills (on top of mounting medical bills for certain) is going to really affect us.
Is there any sort of financial help for families who don’t otherwise qualify for assistance? I’m in Michigan. I know that this is legally considered a disability, I’m not sure if there are any stipends or anything to help offset the cost.
Any other wisdom is greatly appreciated.

I had assembly gf Detroit style tonight and it was good but pricey. Will respond once my friend from Michigan with Celiac tries it.

Twice this week I saw patients who I hadn't seen in ages whom I last saw for random problems. I had previously made their diagnosis, prescribed a treatment, and said, this should work, let me know if it doesn't.
It didn't, but I didn't know, and then they never went back to me to address this.
I have no idea why this is so common. I am not an infallible god and medicine is an art. Sometimes stuff just doesn't work as planned. If I told you to do X about Y, you did X, and then Y is not better, you need to tell me.
I care for literally thousands of people and between portal/online/in person and tell 40 different people a day to do different stuff to fix their issue. If I don't hear anything, I assume no news is good news.
I cannot speak on behalf of other physicians, but if I told you to do something, it failed, and you come back and tell me it failed, I'm not just going to throw my hands up and say, "sorry! I dunno!".
I have never in my entire career stopped trying to figure someone's diagnosis out or stopped trying to get them in with the correct specialist/test/surgery that could fix their thing as long as they remained an active participant in their care.
The patient yesterday told me they did the thing, it didn't work out, so they just learned to live with it as they, "didn't want to bother me about it".
I WANT TO BE BOTHERED. This job is really the only thing that gives my life any meaning. Its like getting to play Professor Layton games all day in real life, except the topic is medicine, and the reward is a dopamine donut every time I sink a 3 pointer. I am literally thrilled to continue to work with someone on figuring out their rare diagnosis. I've gotten to the point of using whole genomic sequences to figure out the exact thing happening to someone more than a handful of times.
In short, please allow me to fail and try again. I am eager to do so. I can't speak for your own personal doctor, but generally speaking, doctors do not want their patients to remain sick. I can't sleep at night sometimes as I'm being driven insane by a lack of an explanation for someone's weird problem.
I once woke up in bed on a Sunday morning to a completed diagnosis. I had worked this lady up for weeks who had seen everyone under the sun for her belly pain. She had been labeled "anorexic" as she didn't want to eat, as eating = pain. I was absolutely certain this was MALS or SMA syndrome as I could hear the bruit on exam and figured that a bunch of GI docs just didn't bother to use their stethoscope properly. I ordered the angiogram to cinch the diagnosis, and... it came back negative. I was crushed to tell her that my theory about her diagnosis was off, but asked her to give me time to think more on it.
I woke up that weekend on Sunday morning, sat up in bed, and went "oh shit, we do CT angiograms with people lying on their back, and so gravity would disrupt the study as she gets the pain while seated/standing. The crux of her diaphragm only pinched off her celiac artery when the weight of her thoracic organs sat on it. One custom ultrasound study later and the diagnosis was done and she was off to surgery. I won outstanding case of the year for it in 2016 in Michigan. She is one of many times that I was just like doing a thing, and then BANG, the solution came out of nowhere like some subconscious subroutine process that was like, "File's done".
In short, I am a medicine obsessed lunatic who spends his day thinking about your weird thing. If attempt #1 isn't a success, please reach back out. I will keep trying until one of us dies.
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I have anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and Celiac disease. And I am slowly building up research on training programs and suitable breeds until my husband and I can afford a service dog.
One of my triggers is men who yell/shout and I’ve had a recent incident at work (which is being handled through HR) where I was in a heated situation with two male co workers. I know a service dog can be trained to position themselves between me and another person but can I also train them to do an alert bark if a man is getting in my face? Would that be appropriate even?
I know that service dogs cannot be trained in protection and I am considering bigger breeds of dogs to feel safer but I am very confused on alert barking in general since I’ve read conflicting information about whether it’s allowed or not in the US.
I also haven’t found a ton of information about gluten detection as it seems to be a fairly new discipline. So far I’ve only found on training program in Michigan but I was wondering if there were any more resources out there that I’ve missed.
Edit: Thank you all for the replies! What I’ve taken away from them is that I would need the dog to be trained in a diversionary way. Like having them get in the middle of me and other people, or making a good excuse to leave the situation.
Also thank you all for the links and advice about the gluten detection.

Age: 26
Sex: Male
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 235
Race: black and white
Duration of complaint: 8 months
Location: Michigan
Any existing relevant medical issues: anxiety, concussion and traumatic experience
Current medications: none
Hi I’m probably going to sound crazy explaining this but I need help. I have been having very bad sleep problems where I will wake up feeling weak as if I didn’t get a good nights sleep and getting extremely sleepy/drowsy during the day to the point where I cannot do anything and must lay down or nap which is causing me huge issues in my life because it’s not like I can just say “hey boss can I go take a nap” or “hey friends I need to take a nap quick”. As you can tell it’s been impossible for me to work due to this circumstance or go hangout with friends. This all started around the time that my mother had a stroke I was extremely sadden and took this very hard I was sleeping almost too much during this time and would find it hard to get out of bed sleeping almost 12-16 hours a day probably due to depression as my mother is one of the most important people in my life. I had been having issues for a month or so before this sleeping due to drinking alcohol and staying up way to long which would mess with my circadian rhythm and caused me some other sleep issues related to anxiety. I also suffered a concussion at this time which I’m sure didn’t help my situation and I developed an anxiety of falling asleep, which made it hard for me to fall asleep. Part of this was due to the fact that I had been experiencing insomnia which caused me to not be able to sleep when I would be extremely tired. Which would send me into a frenzy of anxiety because I wanted to sleep and couldn’t. This would cause me to be super tired and start a cycle of being super tired and not sleeping until 5-6am then sleeping until 4-6pm. I stopped drinking a month after my concussion due to the fact I was starting to have shitty sleep and feel crappy all around. The first week sober was awful I felt crappy I couldn’t control when I would get tired, would start getting extremely drowsy/sleepy randomly, had the worst anxiety of my life and was dealing with insomnia. I thought this may be a response to my anxiety because my anxiety had gotten so bad that I would just get sleepy whenever I’d get stressed or have anxiety, usually whenever I have to drive or go to work or go in public. Well this phenomenon continued and I would have a lot of days where I would wake up feeling really crappy and need to sleep an extra hour which would make me feel better as long as I didn’t have insomnia or bad sleep anxiety that day which was happening almost everyday. Other days even when I got enough sleep I’d get this overwhelming sleepiness that would cause me to shutdown and not be able to do anything but shut my eyes and rest. Eventually the job I was at had to let me go because of this, rightfully so because you unfortunately cannot just sleep randomly. Since losing my job I’ve moved in with family and got a girlfriend. I will say slowly and I mean very slowly my sleep has gotten better. Sleep anxiety is almost gone especially if I sleep with my girlfriend. I still get these overwhelmingly sleep attacks and have days where I wake up feeling sick/weak as if I had not slept enough even tho I slept a full 7-8 hours. Some weeks are good, some are bad. I still am dealing with this insane random sleepiness during the day which is affecting my life greatly. I thought it was anxiety and maybe it is somehow but it just happens randomly and it happens almost everyday sometimes I go a couple days or even a week without it happening and I call those my good days/weeks. I’m really wondering what this could possibly be and I know it sounds crazy. I genuinely am in a way better place now and feel a lot better mentally but it’s hard for me to go out with friends or go to a job when I have to worry about randomly getting drowsy/sleepy if I’m out. Side note I have been tested for sleep apnea and narcolepsy both came back that I didn’t have any problems. Blood test came back normal. No celiac or lyme. I really would like to think this is all in my head but at this point I feel like something’s going on and I have no idea what it is. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Again the sleep issues have gotten a lot better over time since quitting alcohol 6 months ago, the only real problem I’m still dealing with is random sleepiness and sleep attacks that basically make me sleep drunk.

I'm attending a conference at the Hilton on Michigan Ave. in Chicago (where I will also be staying). Does anyone have any recommendations for celiac friendly places to eat? Hotel stays are always tough and I don't think I will have a ton of time to venture outside the loop.
Thanks!

Hello fellow celiacs, I was diagnosed last year and I can always tell when I've been glutened because a couple hours after the meal I get a familiar stabbing discomfort and severe bloating in my abdomen. I live in Michigan so my go-to movie theater is AMC. From the looks of it the my are scattered across several USA states. Their popcorn is advertised to be gluten free, so I asked both online over text and in person at concessions about cross contamination. Both staff members assured me that popcorn was fully gluten free and handled separately from other food, so cross contamination wasn't a risk. So, I had a popcorn (and no other food during that time period). Sure enough, twoish hours later comes the bloating and stabbing pain and I immediately knew it was the popcorn since I hadn't eaten anything but that for a while. I decided to tell the person who texted me that there wasn't a risk to please reconsider how they advertised their popcorn since I had a reaction. They responded and said after consulting with other staff, the butter seasoning put in the popcorn as it is popped is actually made in a factory that also processes wheat... Welp. Thankfully this person was very apologetic, and checked on my health and everything. And I even received two premium tickets to any movie of my choice in their best theater room! So that's a win I guess? But all this to say, don't eat the AMC popcorn lol. I don't know if they will continue to say if it is free of cross contamination, but it is NOT SAFE even if they say it is. And always be cautious when eating at concession stands in general, because the person working there might not actually know how extensive cross contamination can be and say something is safe when it isn't.
EDIT: multiple people are saying I'm being misleading by not mentioning the butter topping, which is not gluten free. I DID NOT HAVE THE BUTTER TOPPING. The topping I mentioned in the OG post is just the powder that is added to the kernels before they are popped. And others are accusing me of confusion a usual stomach ache for a celiac one. I know what a celiac ache feels like and this was definitely that. I'm not a stranger to other types of stomach problems but celiac is always different.

I've (30F) been working various part-time and seasonal jobs over the years, especially after graduating college with a BFA in Graphic Design and minor in photography in Dec 2020. One job has been me working part-time as a graphic designer for a non-profit since 2017 (started as an intern). This job recently hired me full-time with benefits and a pay raise. I was making ~$15k/year and will now be making ~$35,000/yr. I have never made this much money before, so i'm not sure what to be doing with it all.
Here is my income, savings, debt, spending:

Income (graphic design job and freelancing)	$17/hr x 40/hrs per week (paid bi-weekly) -- 7 paid holidays + week between Christmas and New Years -- $0-300/yr from freelancing
Checking Account	$2,400
Savings Account	$400
HSA ($25 gets added from each paycheck)	$85
403B Plan	Still need to set up. Rolling over $880 from other retirement plan. Not sure how much to take from each paycheck to add to this?
Debt	$60k in federal student loans (on REPAYE for when payments resume). Not sure what my payments will be once I recertify with my new income.
	$2,700 in private student loans (been paying as much as I can to pay it off quickly).
Subscriptions	$635/yr for Adobe CC (need for job and freelancing).
Rent/Utilities	$0 - still live with parents. Dad wants me to start paying rent. Mom doesn't care if I pay or not. I have been doing chores, running errands, helping do remodel projects, etc. in exchange.
Car (gas, maintenance, repairs)	~$2,700/yr (I have a 2012 Subaru Forester with 126k miles that has had a lot of issues)
Car Insurance	$0 -- mom pays for it. I want to start paying when I can. I believe it's ~$600 twice a year.
Phone	$0 -- mom pays since i'm on the family plan. I want to start paying this. Last time I asked it was ~$40/month for my phone.
Health/Dental/Eye (previously on Medicaid. New insurance coverage went into effect immediately)	$0 -- Only have to pay co-pays and whatever insurance doesn't cover.
Food	~$200/month (I have Celiac Disease so gluten free is a must. Also lose weight quickly so I snack a lot) Not sure if I can reduce this...
Pets	$37 on two bags of cat food. Buy as needed for two cats. Mom sometimes pays since one cat is hers.
Misc. (eating out, clothes, haircut, etc)	$100-300/yr

Other details: I am single. Childfree for life. Located in a rural area of West Michigan, so a car is a must (no public transportation). Job is a hybrid model (go into office 40 mins away two days a week).
How much should I put in the 403B Plan per paycheck? How much to pay on my student loans? How much should I put in savings? Ways to reduce spending?

I'm at Michigan State for my daughter's Odyssey of the Mind competition. There are people from around the world here and we're all in the dorms and eating in the dining halls. It was confirmed before traveling that we'd have safe options and I assumed since it's such an enormous university that it's taken seriously.
Day one I speak with a manager to confirm what's available for GF. He shows me a card with the icons noting vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free, and nut-free. No gluten free icon. I was told that besides the icons the top 8 allergens (including wheat) were listed below each menu item. For (infuriating) example: grilled steak- contains soy. It doesn't say wheat. I asked what the soy ingredient was and I was told it was soy sauce marinade! WTH?!
I've asked servers about ingredients and mentioned gluten free. They are all confused by this and keep trying to tell me that "yes, this is vegetarian." Today I asked if chili was gluten free because I don't see a label. The employee told me that it contained meat and was not vegetarian. I clarified that I cannot eat wheat ingredients. She tells me there's beans in the chili. I can't get anywhere with these employees. I cannot believe people in food service don't understand this. And I seriously can't understand that there only offerings are literally a very limited salad bar and a dedicated fridge full of Udi's bread and bagels.
At a major university that has a culinary program which (according to signage) encourages candidates to work in the dining halls, this is what they feel is normal. Are Midwesterners not susceptible to Celiac? I'm also stunned by the lack of fruits and veggies on offer. They're fully expecting me to eat bread and sad salad all week. Ugh.
I flagged this as discussion. It's kind of a rant but I would like to discuss if Celiac friends in the Midwest feel hopeless. I live in the Northeast and have good access to safe foods.

an international research team composed of scientists affiliated with more than a dozen institutions, including the California Academy of Sciences, propose a first-of-its-kind framework for governments around the world to evaluate their preparedness for -- and guide future policies to address -- ocean acidification, among the most dire threats to marine ecosystems. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230328145428.htm
Be strategic about the tasks you work on If possible, you should avoid work tasks that require willpower on days when you haven't slept well the night before. Instead, work on tasks that are simple and don't require a lot of thinking or attention.
If you can't avoid tasks that require willpower, schedule them for early in the day as that's when you are likely to have more mental energy.
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-bad-nights-sleep-can-ruin-your-work-day-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it The fact that Québec winters are less cold than they used to be partly explains the increases before 2020. The warmer climate enables the ticks to survive and grow more easily. https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/lyme-disease
But in a novel experiment, quantum entanglement has just been demonstrated between different particles for the first time, and already the technique has been used to see an atom’s nucleus like never before. https://www.freethink.com/science/quantum-entanglement-weird
I found this electric home made dehydrator the simplest DIY to make.
If the original designer’s claim is anything to go by, then you’ll be excited to know that this model works much faster than most bought dehydrators.
This means that you can dry your jerky on a short notice without any worry.
Here Is What You Require To Make This DIY Electric Dehydrator: https://dehydratorlab.com/how-to-build-a-food-dehydrator-diy/
Best foods to dehydrate
Many foods can be dehydrated — including fruits, vegetables, meats, yogurt, and even pet food.
You can even dehydrate jams and sauces to free up storage space and help them last longer in the pantry.
However, keep in mind that foods that are high in fat or oil do not dehydrate well, as the fat can go rancid. Therefore, avoid drying foods like peanut butter or avocados and be sure to trim meat to remove any fat before dehydrating. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/dehydrated-food#best-foods
Potential Risks of Dehydrated Foods
Dehydrated foods can be a rich source of vitamins and minerals, but their calories and sugar are concentrated as well. Because the serving sizes are so much smaller after dehydration, it can be easy to overeat dehydrated food. https://www.webmd.com/diet/dehydrating-food-good-for-you
Pulsing ultrasound waves could someday remove microplastics from waterways https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230328145536.htm
While there are many benefits of wearing socks to bed, health experts urge people to put on a fresh pair before falling asleep.
It is also recommended that you wash all socks and underwear at 60 degrees to kill any bacteria and viruses, or else they could spread.
What are the benefits of wearing socks to bed? https://www.dailystar.co.uk/health/brits-spreading-faeces-bedsheets-wearing-29589436
A ban on selling junk foods from store entrances, aisle ends and checkouts should continue after a new study found the plans were largely backed by the British public and food industry.
Legislation to restrict the placement of products high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) was introduced by the UK government in October last year as part of efforts to tackle obesity. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2023/04/british-public-back-ban-on-selling-junk-foods-at-checkouts-reveals-research.page
President Biden even threatened to impose a windfall tax on Big Oil if it didn’t invest some of those record profits into lowering costs. But the sector’s financial secrecy, and its efforts to blame environmental regulations for the high cost of filling up, have made price gouging notoriously difficult to prove. https://gizmodo.com/california-takes-the-lead-on-curbing-big-oil-price-goug-1850293775
It said the increase was probably due to leakage during the production of chemicals that are meant to replace CFCs, including hydrofluorocarbons (HFOs).
Although at current levels they do not threaten the recovery of the ozone layer, they contribute to a different threat, joining other emissions in heating the atmosphere.
"If you are producing greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances during the production of these next-generation compounds, then they do have an indirect impact on the climate and the ozone layer," https://phys.org/news/2023-04-ozone-depleting-cfcs.html
Imperial physicists have recreated the famous double-slit experiment, which showed light behaving as particles and a wave, in time rather than space.
The experiment relies on materials that can change their optical properties in fractions of a second, which could be used in new technologies or to explore fundamental questions in physics. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/244037/double-slit-experiment-that-proved-wave-nature/
Researchers found that a carbonic anhydrase in aphid saliva promoted the infection process of at least two aphid-transmissible non-persistent viruses in plant tissues. This effect occurs as a result of decreased apoplastic pH leading to increased vesicle trafficking. In addition, they demonstrated that this carbonic anhydrase was more highly expressed in winged aphids than wingless aphids, consistent with higher virus transmission by winged aphids. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-aphid-salivary-protein-virus-infection.html
“What’s unclear for us is how much of these banking stresses are leading to a widespread credit crunch. That credit crunch … would then slow down the economy. This is something we are monitoring very, very closely,” Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said in a March 26 interview on CBS.
Kashkari noted that it’s too soon to gauge the “imprint” that bank stress will have on the economy. https://www.theepochtimes.com/americas-biggest-banks-experience-massive-withdrawals_5167584.html
In the meantime, researchers hope to scrutinize each other’s analyses to search for clues that might help explain discrepancies in W boson mass measurements. “The CDF April 2022 paper provides a number of cross-checks of the CDF methodology and is transparent,” Kotwal says. “I look forward to detailed discussions of the ATLAS methodology.”
In the end, the conflict might reveal a new crack in the standard model. Or it could turn out to be another example of one of the most successful theories in history standing strong. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/w-boson-heavier-accelerator-collider
One thing has become clear: human land use change is a major driver of pathogen transmission from wildlife to humans—so called zoonotic spillover events. In part, this is a result of changes in the abundance and distribution of wild zoonotic hosts and of bringing wildlife into closer contact with humans.
Now a study led by Dr. Vera Warmuth from LMU's Department of Evolutionary Genetics reveals another important factor: their study clearly demonstrates that bats in human-dominated habitats are more frequently infected with coronaviruses than bats in less disturbed habitats. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-disrupted-ecosystems-infected-coronaviruses-reveals.html
With the risk of mosquito-borne disease expected to grow with climate change, a new study by Stanford researchers and their Kenyan colleagues sheds light on the factors that put communities at risk for these illnesses – including the presence of trash. https://news.stanford.edu/2023/04/03/study-deepens-link-trash-mosquito-borne-disease/
We found that the majority of participants in the study were cured with surgery alone, avoiding the toxicities associated with traditional therapies. We are confident that surgery for this disease state will be included into treatment guidelines in the near future," said lead investigator Dr. Sia Daneshmand, a urologic oncologist at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California and a member of USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Testicular cancer is typically treatable and most commonly affects younger men, ages 15 to 35. https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2023/04/03/1241680527740/
3D printing promises to transform architecture forever – and create forms that blow today’s buildings out of the water https://theconversation.com/3d-printing-promises-to-transform-architecture-forever-and-create-forms-that-blow-todays-buildings-out-of-the-water-198954
Important enzyme for the composition of the gut microbiome discovered https://phys.org/news/2023-04-important-enzyme-composition-gut-microbiome.html
Researchers have succeeded for the first time in adding a highly purified form of curcumin to yogurt in a way that ensures it remains dissolved in the dairy product and preserves it, while tasting good.
Their discovery, which is published today (April 3) in Frontiers in Nutrition, makes it possible to create a probiotic yogurt that contains no artificial preservatives but that still has a long shelf life and properties that may enhance good health. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-purified-curcumin-artificial-additives-probiotic.html
The presence of prebiotic molecules at interstellar sites so close to this star clusters suggests the possibility that accretion processes are taking place onto young planets which could contribute to the formation of complex organic molecules. These key molecules could have been supplied to the nascent planets in the protoplanetary discs and could in this way help to produce there a route towards the molecules of life" stresses Marina-Dobrincic.
The detection by the two researchers is based on data taken wth NASA's Spitzer satellite. The next step will be to use the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230403100254.htm
Exposure to female odors and pheromones causes weight loss and extend the life spans of mice, which may have implications for humans, researchers have found. While it was already known that sensory cues in humans and animals influence the release of sex hormones, this study shows that these cues could have more wide-spread physiological effects on metabolism and aging. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230403100308.htm
Imagine a scenario. A young child asks a chatbot or a voice assistant if Santa Claus is real. How should the AI respond, given that some families would prefer a lie over the truth?
The field of robot deception is understudied, and for now, there are more questions than answers. For one, how might humans learn to trust robotic systems again after they know the system lied to them? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230403100316.htm
show that around the world left-leaning people are more inclined to be altruistic, in general and towards the international community. On the other hand, conservative and right-leaning people tend to be more altruistic toward their country. What might sound like the confirmation of a prejudice, is in reality a tendency observed worldwide through a multi-country survey. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-multi-country-survey-tendency-altruistic-common.html
Cold activates a cellular cleansing mechanism that breaks down harmful protein aggregations responsible for various diseases associated with aging. In recent years, studies on different model organisms have already shown that life expectancy increases significantly when body temperature is lowered. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-cold-beneficial-healthy-aging.html
By directly measuring greenhouse gas emissions from an airplane flying over the Gulf of Mexico, a University of Michigan-led team found that the nation’s largest offshore fossil fuel production basin has twice the climate warming impact as official estimates.
The work could have bearing on future energy production in the gulf, as decisions about expanding oil and gas harvesting depend on calculations of the climate impact. https://news.umich.edu/gulf-offshore-oil-and-gas-production-has-double-the-climate-impact-as-inventories-report/
One of the studies compared the benefits of functional kimchi with those of regular kimchi and reported that consumption of functional kimchi resulted in improvements along various parameters such as total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides, skeletal muscle mass, percentage of body fat, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), interleukins, and adiponectin.
Levels of beneficial bacteria such as Bifidobacterium and Faecalibacterium were also seen to improve, while Escherichia coli, Clostridium, and other harmful bacteria in the gut were seen to reduce after the consumption of functional kimchi. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230404/What-are-the-effects-of-kimchi-on-human-health.aspx
As calculated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one regular raw carrot, weighing about 2 ounces (or 60 grams), comes with about 25 calories and would provide nearly 72% of the vitamin A an adult woman's needs, and about 56% of an adult man's daily needs.
In the carrot world, colors are trending, and as colors vary, so do nutrients. Purple carrots get their hue from anthocyanins, which have been linked to healthy gut biomes, improved cognition and better heart health. Yellow carrots provide lutein, which helps vision and brain health. And red carrots contain lycopene, which also is found in red tomatoes and watermelon, and which has been linked to lower stroke risk. https://consumer.healthday.com/aha-news-what-s-up-with-carrots-let-s-root-out-the-truth-2659736070.html
On Tuesday morning, the White House released a statement from President Joe Biden, who said that he “look[s] forward to welcoming Sweden as a NATO member as soon as possible, and encourage Turkiye and Hungary to conclude their ratification processes without delay.”
When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last February, the Kremlin believed it could “divide Europe and NATO … today, we are more united than ever. And together—strengthened by our newest Ally Finland—we will continue to preserve transatlantic security, defend every inch of NATO territory, and meet any and all challenges we face,” Biden added. https://www.theepochtimes.com/natos-border-with-russia-doubles-as-finland-joins-military-bloc_5170829.html
Washington Joins Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Monday he is joining a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against Google over what he describes as the company's monopolization of online advertising. https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/washington-joins-antitrust-lawsuit-against-google
a team of psychologists tested a sleight-of-hand trick called the French drop on three species of monkeys with different hand structures. In this trick, an object appears to vanish when a spectator assumes it is taken from one hand by the hidden thumb of the other hand.
The monkeys without opposable thumbs did not fall for the assumption and were aware of the whereabouts of the treats a magician tried to “make disappear.” But, the monkeys with opposable thumbs were duped. The findings were published April 4 in the journal Current Biology. https://www.popsci.com/environment/opposable-thumbs-monkey-magic-trick/
China has its own chip foundries, but they supply only low-end processors used in autos and appliances. The U.S. government, starting under then-President Donald Trump, is cutting off access to a growing array of tools to make chips for computer servers, AI and other advanced applications. Japan and the Netherlands have joined in limiting access to technology they say might be used to make weapons.
Xi, in unusually pointed language, accused Washington in March of trying to block China’s development with a campaign of “containment and suppression.” He called on the public to “dare to fight.” https://www.pbs.org/newshouworld/u-s-computer-chip-controls-threaten-chinas-tech-ambitions
Since the emerald ash borer (EAB) was first detected in North America in 2002, the invasive beetle has killed hundreds of millions of mature ash trees. After an attack, branches and trunks weaken and the trees become more likely to fall. Though this degradation has historically been attributed to damage from the beetles, new research from the University of Minnesota confirms that fungi play a significant role in the process. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-fungi-contribute-loss-strength-trees.html
Others argue equatorial latitudes may have been relatively ice-free. Evidence buried in the fossil record also suggests there might have been patches of exposed ocean, enough for oxygen and light to permeate the waters and allow complex life to flourish.
Illustration of Snowball Earth model with open waters in both low- and mid-latitude oceans. (Dr Huyue Song) https://www.sciencealert.com/snowball-earth-may-not-have-been-an-endless-frozen-wasteland-after-all
have developed a strategy for augmenting semi-transparent organic solar cells. These cells rely upon carbon-based materials, as opposed to the inorganic substances in conventional devices. The investigators incorporated a layer of a naturally occurring chemical called L-glutathione, which is sold as an antioxidant dietary supplement over the counter, and found that the addition extended the solar cells' lifetime, improved their efficiency, and still allowed adequate sunlight to reach plants in a greenhouse prototype about the size of a small dollhouse. https://beta.nsf.gov/news/scientists-design-solar-roofs-harvest-energy
European backsliding on electric vehicles is bad news for the climate
Attempts to put a brake on the transition to electrification and allow ‘climate neutral’ fuels after 2035 ignore the science — what’s needed is policy clarity now. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00951-z
Vitamin D is listed as a nutrient of concern in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines. Low levels of this key nutrient during pregnancy could have negative child health outcomes, according to research by Melissa Melough, assistant professor of behavioral health and nutrition at the University of Delaware. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-links-greater-gestational-vitamin-d.html
By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history's largest volcanic eruptions. An international team of researchers, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), drew on readings of 12th and 13th century European and Middle Eastern chronicles, along with ice core and tree ring data, to accurately date some of the biggest volcanic eruptions the world has ever seen. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-unexpected-contribution-medieval-monks-volcanology.html
A new study carried out by Cancer Research UK-funded researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL has revealed how air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked. https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/new-nature-paper-examines-how-air-pollution-can-cause-lung-cance
expert reaction to study looking at how air pollution might promote some lung cancers https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-study-looking-at-how-air-pollution-might-promote-some-lung-cancers/
Herein, we present a case report of a 47-year-old woman with Down syndrome diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and absence seizures with accelerated cognitive decline over 6 years. A ketogenic diet restored her cognitive function over 6 weeks, with an increase in Activities of Daily Living Scale score from 34 to 58. A therapeutic ketogenic diet was associated with significant cognitive improvement in this patient with concurrent Down syndrome and dementia. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1085512/full
Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle. It’s also often used as a medication for people who have difficulty sleeping. Since there are known links between sleep problems, depression, and self-harm, we were interested in exploring whether treating sleep problems with melatonin would lead to fewer instances of self-harm. https://theconversation.com/melatonin-use-may-reduce-self-harm-in-young-people-research-shows-202895
Insect decline also occurs in forests Study of TU Darmstadt shows dramatic species decline https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230404114210.htm
Long-COVID fatigue reduced by over 50% in active individuals compared to sedentary https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230405/Long-COVID-fatigue-reduced-by-over-5025-in-active-individuals-compared-to-sedentary.aspx
Fierce fires lessen a forest’s appetite for carbon
Extreme blazes mean that woods in California take longer to return to their pre-fire rate of carbon uptake. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00907-3
NASA has confirmed that on October 9, 2023, our solar system was struck by a gamma-ray burst originating 1,900 light years away that was brighter than any since the beginning of human civilization, in what the space agency calls a "1 in 10,000 year" event that blinded space satellite sensors. https://newatlas.com/space/earth-hit-brightest-gamma-ray-burst/
The effect of glyphosate is based on inhibition of the ‘shikimate pathway’, a metabolic pathway for the synthesis of amino acids that is found in plants but not in animals. However, this pathway is present also in many microbes.
“It is often overlooked that the shikimate pathway is present in microbes as well. We know already that glyphosate-based herbicides and their residues can affect some free-living microbes in soil. Altogether, we are only starting to understand the importance of endophytic microbes to plant health. Thus, it is important to study whether these microbes are affected by glyphosate residues. The next question is whether the glyphosate residues that imposed changes in endophytic microbes are also affecting plant nutrition, health and disease-resistance, among other things,” says Dr Mathew. https://www.utu.fi/en/news/press-release/residues-of-glyphosate-based-herbicides-in-soil-negatively-affect-plant-beneficial-microbes
Media law specialist Professor David Rolph said suing an "online intermediary" for defamation would be complicated, as matters of jurisdiction would need to be taken into account.
If Cr Hood proceeds with legal action, it will be a landmark test case to determine if artificial intelligence companies can be held liable for false information dispensed by their chatbots. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/hepburn-mayor-flags-legal-action-over-false-chatgpt-claims/102195610
One example genus is the Actinobacterium Collinsella, which isn't only associated with Alzheimer's and the APOE variant but rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, and Type-2 diabetes as well.
The researchers suspect Collinsella's ability to promote the expression of inflammatory messenger hormones, together with its knack for making the gut more permeable, could play a role in exacerbating – if not triggering – neurological damage.
Elevated cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels found in healthy adults with high numbers of Collinsella further show some link between microbes, fat metabolism, and neurodegeneration.
This is just one avenue for exploration; the research also uncovered 'protective' bacterial groups that could counter inflammation. https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-study-pinpoints-specific-gut-bacteria-linked-to-alzheimers
21 Million Americans May Take a Hypothyroidism Drug They Don’t Need https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/21-million-americans-may-take-a-hypothyroidism-drug-they-dont-need/
Based on this profile, the researchers were able to estimate the likelihood of procrastination for each participant.
The study revealed that the cost of effort is not motivating enough for the brain, and therefore, the further in the future the deadline, the less costly the effort and the less the reward seems to be. The research could help develop individual strategies to stop procrastinating on tasks that are within our reach https://www.gilmorehealth.com/scientists-decode-how-our-brain-makes-us-procrastinate-new-study-reveals-surprising-findings/
With such an unusual location for discovering new insights about Earth’s history, it’s a reminder to always be on the lookout for hidden clues.
“It’s a testament to the value of being curious about our surroundings and paying attention to the world around us,” c https://www.iflscience.com/dinosaur-prints-found-under-restaurant-table-confirmed-at-100-million-years-old-68326
Intercropping—the practice of planting mixtures of crops—can be an effective pest management tool worldwide, a new University of Florida study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology shows. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-diversifying-crop-fields-pest-abundance.html
"While the intuitive solution to countering unfounded conspiracy beliefs is to present facts and arguments that contradict the conspiracy explanation, our review indicates that this approach is among the least effective," Cian O'Mahony, lead researcher from the UCC School of Applied Psychology, said in a statement.
The most effective approach was to arm subjects with critical thinking skills before they were exposed to conspiracy beliefs. This method, referred to as "conspiracy inoculation," involved a three-month course on the differences between scientific evidence and pseudoscience. https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/04/05/4991680729162/
"Our findings suggest that health promotion efforts targeting both physical activity and sleep duration may be more effective in preventing or delaying premature death in middle-aged and older adults than focusing on one behavior alone," a coauthor said in a statement. "In an ideal scenario, people would always get healthy amounts of both sleep and physical activity. However, our study indicates that getting sufficient exercise may partially offset the detrimental impact of missing a good night's sleep." https://consumer.healthday.com/physical-activity-sleep-duration-linked-to-mortality-2659687576.html
Limit added sugar to six teaspoons a day to improve health, urge experts
Evidence review finds harmful links between excess sugar intake and 45 outcomes including diabetes, depression, obesity and heart disease https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/985139
Diamond material is of great importance for future technologies such as the quantum internet. Special defect centers can be used as quantum bits (qubits) and emit single light particles that are referred to as single photons.
To enable data transmission with feasible communication rates over long distances in a quantum network, all photons must be collected in optical fibers and transmitted without being lost. It must also be ensured that these photons all have the same color, i.e., the same frequency. Fulfilling these requirements has been impossible until now. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-important-quantum-internet-diamond-nanostructures.html
Pesticides detected in pollen and nectar may pose a long-term hazard for pollinators https://phys.org/news/2023-04-pesticides-pollen-nectar-pose-long-term.html
The big problem with bad posture is that it often feels so good.
Postural considerations often relate to formed habits, and even though bad posture can have negative consequences in other areas of the body—and on bodily function as a whole—bad postural habits often feel comfortable and familiar. At first, bad posture is just bad posture, but over time, certain muscles can grow tight and strong while others grow stretched and weak, upsetting the body’s natural postural balance. https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/bad-sitting-habits-lead-to-upper-crossed-syndrome-3-simple-stretches-to-correct-it_5140189.html
Significance
Microbes can be either bacteria, archaea, protozoa, algae, fungi, viruses or multicellular animal parasites while bacteria are a type of microbes. Hence, this is also a difference between microbes and bacteria.
Conclusion
Microbes are a group of microscopic organisms including bacteria, archaea, protozoa, algae, fungi, viruses, and multicellular animal parasites. They can be either prokaryotes or eukaryotes and either unicellular or multicellular. In contrast, bacteria are a type of unicellular, prokaryotic, microbes. Both microbes and bacteria can be either beneficial or harmful. However, the main difference between microbes and bacteria is their organization. https://pediaa.com/what-is-the-difference-between-microbes-and-bacteria/
Here's something (a comment) that the moderation team at r /"science" hid from us for no valid reason. I thought it was a shame cuz some people might actually want to look into that knowledge. It's not new it's just not advertised and in some cases suppressed.... It could possibly explain so much for so many.
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Deficiencies in iron, cobalt, molybdenum, copper and other rare metals associated with celiac disease can be attributed to glyphosate's ( Roundup ® ) strong ability to chelate these elements. ...that can be fully explained by the known effects of glyphosate on gut bacteria. Characteristics of celiac disease point to impairment in many cytochrome P450 enzymes, which are involved with detoxifying environmental toxins, activating vitamin D3, catabolizing vitamin A,..
...We conclude with a plea to governments to reconsider policies regarding the safety of glyphosate pesticide residues in foods.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24678255
Gmo Roundup® kills gut bacteria.http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416
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After users on social media spotted an incredibly racist job listing from the company, its website has been completely shut down without explanation, Vice reports.
At first glance, it appears like an ordinary job listing posted on the job site Indeed, until you get down to the "note" in the full description.
"Only Born US Citizens [White]," the note reads, "who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, Texas" And, in brackets: "[Don't share with candidates.]"
Yeesh. Talk about saying the quiet part out loud. https://futurism.com/the-byte/company-white-only-job-listing
They found that overall Pl@ntNet and Leaf Snap did the best job of identifying plants, but neither had an accuracy above 90%. They note also that some of the other apps scored as low as 4% on some tasks.
The team concludes that none of the apps are good enough to use as a field guide for people foraging for food in the wild, nor are they good enough for use by environmentalists or farmers to determine which plants to protect and which to eradicate. Instead, they suggest, they can be used by hobbyists hoping to learn more about their local environment https://phys.org/news/2023-04-smartphone-apps-good.html
Human responses to moral dilemmas can be influenced by statements written by the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The findings indicate that users may underestimate the extent to which their own moral judgments can be influenced by the chatbot. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-chatgpt-statements-users-moral-judgments.html
Published today (April 6) in Cell, the study showed that Lactobacillus reuteri stimulates cancer-killing T cells by secreting a compound called indole-3-aldehyde, or I3A. When the researchers gave mice a diet rich in the amino acid tryptophan—which the bacteria convert to I3A—immunotherapy drugs had a stronger effect on restraining tumor size and prolonging survival. The findings lay the groundwork for clinical trials to test whether I3A treatments or combining probiotics and diet could improve outcomes in melanoma patients undergoing immunotherapy. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-reveals-diet-probiotics-boost-melanoma.html
A new study from UCLA researchers finds sex-specific brain signals that appear to confirm that different drivers lead men and women to develop obesity. https://www.newswise.com/articles/men-and-women-have-different-obesity-drivers-pointing-to-the-need-for-tailored-interventions
Over various lifestyle patterns at baseline, the cancer risk declined proportionately to the degree of positive lifestyle change.
Of special significance is the proportionate increase in cancer risk as the lifestyle shifted towards the unhealthier side, while it remained stable in the group whose lifestyle did not worsen. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230406/The-association-between-lifestyle-changes-in-adulthood-and-cancer-incidence.aspx
“Bad actors have figured out ways to use public USB ports to introduce malware and monitoring software onto devices,” FBI officials announced in a tweet.
“Carry your own charger and USB cord and use an electrical outlet instead,” the FBI officials said. https://www.govtech.com/security/denver-fbi-issues-malware-warning-on-public-device-charging
Muscatine, Iowa, will soon be the site of the first 3D-printed home in the state. The project is part of a community-led initiative to build four affordable and sustainable houses. https://www.govtech.com/fs/iowa-community-set-to-welcome-states-first-3d-printed-house
“By understanding the process of exploding stars, we’re reading our own origin story,” said Milisavljevic. “I’m going to spend the rest of my career trying to understand what’s in this data set.”
Having expanded for so many decades, the remnant now spans about 10 light-years. Cassiopeia A is located 11,000 light-years away. https://www.iflscience.com/gorgeous-jwst-image-of-cassiopeia-reveals-hard-to-explain-details-68367
Using holograms, a nano-scale 3D printer can now rapidly fabricate complex items with details smaller than a wavelength of visible light, a new study finds. This new research can rapidly manufacture nanotechnological arrays of wires, lenses, rotating magnetic gears, and other structures—suggesting applications in electronics, photonics, micro-robotics and more. https://spectrum.ieee.org/nano-3d-printer-holograms
NASA Is Getting Really Serious About Tracking Air Pollution
With new satellites and programs, the agency is tackling air quality from all angles—for the health of people and the planet. https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-tracking-air-pollution/
A high level of sodium in salt-preserved vegetables was considered to be the key driving factor behind the increased risk of death from CVD. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230407/Is-preserved-vegetable-consumption-associated-with-mortality.aspx
For what they say is the first time, British researchers report that they have found the spread of COVID-19 in households is linked to the presence of the virus on hands and surfaces, not just in the air.
The investigators collected data from households at the height of the pandemic, finding that people were much more likely to get COVID-19 from someone in their house if virus was present on hands or frequently touched places, like refrigerator door handles or sink faucets. https://consumer.healthday.com/covid-infection-2659747718.html
The study found high heterogeneity in the association between pesticide exposure and waist circumference, with a β value of 1.00.
Conclusion
The study findings indicated that pollutants, particularly endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as dioxins, furans, and pesticides, are linked to alterations in body composition, particularly in waist circumference and the sum of four skinfolds. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230407/Can-environmental-pollutants-alter-body-composition.aspx
The best kimchi is made in earthenware pots. Science reveals why.
Experiments show that the traditional onggi pots “breathe” carbon dioxide to create ideal conditions for probiotic microbes to thrive https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/04/07/kimchi-onggi/
Broccoli is known to be beneficial to our health. For example, research has shown that increased consumption of the cruciferous vegetable decreases incidences of cancer and type 2 diabetes. In a recent study, researchers at Penn State found that broccoli contains certain molecules that bind to a receptor within mice and help to protect the lining of the small intestine, thereby inhibiting the development of disease. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230406/Broccoli-intake-protects-the-small-intestine-lining-inhibits-development-of-disease.aspx
Our own voice often sounds strange and unfamiliar when played back to us in a recording. This is partly the result of the lack of bone conduction, which alters the acoustic properties of our voice. This has made it difficult to study self-voice perception, making it one of the least studied aspects of self-awareness. The researchers behind the new study sought to use relatively new technology — bone-conduction headphones — to overcome this issue. https://www.psypost.org/2023/04/your-own-voice-is-not-just-a-sound-bone-conduction-tech-offers-new-insights-into-voice-perception-74872

Hi, I could use some help… I have been to many appointments, had tests done, trying medications, and cannot figure out what is wrong but there’s something. Any advice or suggestions are appreciated. Pictures of stool changes in comments.
24f, weight has fluctuated since this started at the end of January, but currently around 235lbs, diagnosed with depression, anxiety, adhd, and herpes. Take: vyvance (70mg), lexapro (10mg) and Ativan (1mg as needed)… daily marijuana smoker, disposable nicotine vape regularly, occasional psychedelic and coke use (a couple times a year)
End of January: blood on TP two days in a row with 0 pain anywhere. Led into severe abdominal pain where I could not move positions. Moving caused severe pain. Began being constipated for several days. Headaches, muscle fatigue, brain fog, exhaustion. Missed a significant amount of work.
Beginning of February: began suspecting lead poisoning as I live in an old house, Michigan water is bad, and my symptoms matched. Lead poisoning test came back normal. Was not eating much at all, back pain, stomach pain all over, muscle fatigue, brain fog
Constipation began letting up and turned into “peeing” diarrhea from butt with mix of hard stools. Severe stomach pain.
Now I am having a great increase in stools, the other day was 7 for the day and it is only 11am and I have had 4. Slight blood (now hemorrhoids? And began using over the counter hemorrhoids wipes).
On the 10th: doc prescribed the medications of bentyl and zig ran with helped me eat, but still being very cautious.
I have been eating and drinking: crackers, fiber 1 bars (occasionally), kefir, bread and butter, rice, organic pasta, lots and lots of water!, Gatorade zero…
I will attach pictures of the changes in my bowel movements. Thank you for taking the time to read and help!!!
January 25-26th: blood in stool, no pain anywhere
January 27: doctor visit 1 ⁃ Weight 242 lbs ⁃ Temp: 97.9 ⁃ SpO2: 97% ⁃ Pulse: 100 Tests done: ⁃ CBC with differential: all within normal ⁃ SED rate: normal ⁃ Comp metabolic panel: glucose 108 (high), Anion gap: 8 (low), everything else within normal
January 29th: took stool sample and returned on 30th ⁃ Lactoferrin: positive ⁃ Calprotectin: negative ⁃ Fecal occult blood: negative
January 31st: CT scan abdomen and pelvis with contrast ⁃ “No evidence of acute process in abdomen or pelvis” ⁃ “Hepatic steatosis suggested” (phase of contrast limits evaluation)
February 3rd: doctor appointment #2 ⁃ BP: 110/74 ⁃ Pulse: 115 ⁃ Resp: 16 ⁃ Temp: 97.8 Increased bowel sounds Vagina discharge (diagnosed as BV, finishing up meds for that now) ⁃ flu, respiratory virus, Covid all negative ⁃ Urine sample: ketones (80) ⁃ Chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomonas vaginalis all negative ⁃ Ultrasound of gallbladder: liver shows increased echogenicity (suggests steatosis or hepatocellular disease) ⁃ Ultrasound of pelvis: normal
Feb 4th: ER visit Temp: 98.4, heart rate: 77, resp rate: 16, blood pressure: 133/75 and 108/72, SpO2: 99% Radial pulses, dorsalis pedis pulses, posterior pulses: 2+ on both sides for all Affect: blunt and flat ⁃ TSH: within normal range ⁃ CBC with differential: no abnormalities ⁃ Lead in blood: normal ⁃ Lipase, 15 (low) ⁃ Comp metabolic panel: glucose normal now, anion gap up to 10, all others are within range still ⁃ Urine: WBC: 14, bacteria: trace, ketones: 80, leukocyte esterace: trace
Feb 10th doctor visit 3: BP: 120/60, pulse 103, weight 233, oxygen saturation: 98%

⁃ Cyclic citrullin peptide: normal ⁃ ANA: 1:40 ⁃ Celiac screen: normal ⁃ GI panel: all negative 

I have an appointment with a GI doc in the beginning of May but I feel awful and just wanted some help!! Please!

Living in the Midwest, one of the bigger grocery stores that I'm familiar with is Meijer. I believe they're based in Michigan but they're all over as far as I know. Up until I believe a year ago they used to keep the lions share of the gluten-free items in one section. It wasn't perfect but it definitely eased the process of finding something, especially bread products. They've changed their policy to where they now put all of the gluten-free items in the appropriate space for whatever item they are. It is impossibly difficult now to go in and simply pick up an item and no one at the company seems to know why this change was done. If I'm not alone in this aggravation and anyone wishes to voice their concerns regarding this change I would recommend contacting and politely letting their customer service people know that this was an unwelcome change. I honestly believe the person who made this decision probably doesn't understand celiac disease or gluten restrictions in general or they would not have made this change.

Hi Celiac Redditors. I don’t have a gluten intolerance or Celiac Disease but I wanted to share my Mom’s story in hopes of helping someone and learning more about what you all go through. This might be kind of long but I want to be thorough.
My Mom was born in 1952. We all can assume not much was known about Gluten/CD at this time. Sometime in my Mom’s youth she developed a skin issue on her elbows. It didn’t react to the treatments of the time. She would tell me how the kids at school would make fun of her because of it. It made her very self conscious. Sometime in the 1980’s she had a bad flare of it (I believe around 1982 when I was born) and a doctor diagnosed it as Dermatitis herpetiformis.
So now the skin issue had a name.
Let’s fast forward to 2017 or so. She had no stomach issues whatsoever when all of a sudden she is hit with terrible diarrhea and overall illnesses that were unexplained. This is when she was diagnosed with that gluten thing that we’ve all heard about but probably shrugged off and thought it was a “fad”. She began eating gluten free. She was around 5’ 6” and let’s say 160lbs majority of her life. She began to get to a healthier weight and the stomach issues got a little better.
Now around 66 years old came the random breaks in her spine from everyday activities. Welcome the osteoporosis causing several excruciating injuries and surgeries.
Sure she cheated sometimes. But she paid for it. Training your 65-66 year old brain that loved to eat was a chore.
The next few years she continued to lose weight and have ups and downs. The doctors said “don’t cheat”. She had bouts of stomach blockages, blood clots, several stays in the hospital all while dropping to around 100lbs.
“Don’t eat gluten” they would say. She only cheated at this point rarely.
My mom was turning into skin and bones. She could not eat due to feeling full all the time. Her skin was like paper. She was NOT retaining ANY nutrients, no matter what. Now down to about 90lbs.
Several more hospital and rehab stays with no answers now we are in the hospital with severe rectal bleeding. While doing a scope, her heart stopped from blood loss. The revived her but also found a stomach full of blood, ulcers and stomach lining as thin as her external skin. Now she also had a broken chest and ribs from the CPR.
The doctors had no answers. These were good doctors too! Some of the best gastros in Michigan. My Mom chose to stop all treatments and deteriorate over the next week and pass at 70 years old. She had ruined her stomach from a life of eating gluten and not knowing she shouldn’t. I gave her some good “normal” pizza before she took her last breaths. She passed weighing 85lbs.
If you are diagnosed, take this serious. It’s real. They are still learning about this disease so don’t assume you know it all. Take care of yourself.

4.5 years ago I had a bunch of blood work done due to still having autoimmune symptoms despite my thyroid meds keeping my TSH and T4 levels normal. In addition to a new celiac diagnosis at the time, I also had a positive ANA (1:640, homogenous pattern), SLC70 ratio of 1.91 and RNAP3 was positive at a level of 105. Since then, I’ve only had mild Raynaud’s when I get cold. I see a specialist Rheum at the scleroderma clinic at U. Michigan and even he can’t tell me what to expect. I get annual lung function tests, blood work, etc to monitor everything. Has anyone else known about a positive blood test before symptoms were really noticeable? I’m wondering if I’m just lucky or if the symptoms will get much worse soon. I feel like I’m in limbo.

I just went to my local dispensary in Michigan. I do not partake in recreational or medical cannabis. But my wife does. I told them how I had Celiac and she's trying to go with me and follow my diet. They did Warren that people were celiac there are some cross-contaminations of medical marijuana and recreational marijuana that you can smoke and still get gluten from the smoke. Plus the edibles a lot of them have gluten in them. So be careful if you do partake and recreational or medical cannabis. I know it helps some people with celiac but I'm not sure how. Maybe we could start a discussion on that.

Trigger warning for discussion of cooking meat… sorry about that.
Hi there! So I’ve made it my goal to veganize all of my grandmother’s recipes. A lot of them are easy peasy, but there are some I’m struggling with.
We are sephardi Jews (expelled from Spain after the Spanish Inquisition, ended up settling in the then Ottoman Empire), and some of the meat-based ingredients get weird. Especially for the sabbath stews. I’ve got a recipe that includes ox tongue, one with lamb neck, and soooo many for veal (gaggggg)… things I’ve never tried in my life. The majority of the broths also use bone, and I’ve been vegan so long that I have no idea what exactly that contributes to soup. I always just use better than bouillon not chicken or veggie broth lol. Is there something I should add to mimic the “depth of flavor”?
I’ve decided to make concessions and just find well… ANY vegan meat substitute that will do well in broth regardless of the meat I’m replacing. Unless someone knows of some good vegan ox tongue. Anyway, what meat substitutes hold up well in soup without falling apart? If at all possible, I want I keep everything gluten free. My mom has celiacs and I’d like her to be able to try the veganized version of her childhood. If that’s not possible, though, i can still enjoy it!
Thank you for any help!
(I’ll be back probably. I’m going to have to get really creative with my egg substitutes. I think my favorite recipe so far has been folares, which is literally just a whole ass hard boiled egg half heartedly wrapped in some pastry dough lol.)

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As the title suggests - where in the world can I just get a good celiac-safe carne asada taco? I’ve tried Mexican food a couple times and it makes me sick, and I was wondering if there’s anywhere (specifically in Michigan or, in the next day or so, the LA area) where I can get a good carne asada?