This is an excellent article on the benefits of probiotics for celiac disease. Please be sure to read through all of Dr. Mercola’s comments at the bottom of the article, as they are a great comprehensive overview of why celiacs (and nearly everyone else) should avoid grains.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/05/27/gut-bacteria-offer-new-hope-for-people-with-celiac-disease.aspx
This CNN article explores the many challenges in diagnosing food allergies and intolerance. While I am pleased that awareness of diet-related symptoms is increasing, I can’t help but continue to feel frustrated by the lack of medical solutions to these problems.
I, too, have had a “skin-prick” allergy test for approximately forty different types of allergens and the results were all negative. The allergists’ advice to me was inconclusive and unhelpful at best: see an IBS specialist. I asked whether an IBS specialist would be able to help me identify causes of other symptoms such as skin irritation, migraines, fatigue, etc. The allergists’ response was that I am absolutely not allergic to any foods (or, I can assume, just the forty allergens he actually tested me for…), but that if I really believe I have diet-related symptoms then I need to practice a limited diet. I asked how I could medically determine which foods I should avoid if the allergy test was inconclusive. He didn’t have any answer for me other than, “avoid what makes you sick.”