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  1. I think outside the US citric acid is often derived from wheat (since corn is pretty much an American crop), so if the food was imported there might be a problem. I keep having problems with artichoke hearts imported from Spain--but I can't find any that are packed in the US to compare them with! --Sarah
  2. I used to get infrequent vertigo attacks that I wasn't able to link to any trigger, but I haven't had one since I went gluten-free, so I think gluten must have been it. (Quite possibly an empty stomach had a lot to do with it, too; my eating habits used to be abysmal!) For me, it felt like my head was hovering a few inches above my neck and my "inertial...
  3. Mariann, excellent point! I am casein-free, but I forget to mention it anymore (can you believe that?!). That may very well be why tummy rumbling is so reliable a predictor of a gluten accident for me!
  4. Audible bowel sounds are often my first clue that I've had a gluten accident, with diarrhea following the next morning. My intestines are no longer noisy unless I've eaten gluten, though they used to gurgle pretty frequently. My stomach only growls when I'm very hungry!
  5. Jan, I know what you mean about the itching! I have used Desitin on it as well, or Vaseline, when I am desperate. Do you have gas at the same time you have the itching? I do. I think what happens for me is that I pass gas PLUS a tiny bit of fecal material, which then takes up residence on my anal sphincter and makes me ITCH! I find that using wet...
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