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Just received my first copy of the magazine by "my gluten free canada"  what  a find this magazine was at my family physician's office. It is full of useful facts about celiac disease, gluten sensitivity and forums.  It contains not only gluten free recipes but articles such as 'gluten free travel tips." Yes, it does have advertising (how else could it offer the magazine free), but it is approved by the canadian celiac association and seems tied to the canadian celiac association.  I am endeavoring to try to find out if it is actually published by them the amount of adversitng they put into the magazine.  There are commpetisions (such as a $50.00 gift certificate to whole foods). Sadly it is not open to the province of quebec and only for canadian residents. But, by contacting the canadian celiac association they can put you into    #myglutenfreecanada    web site and you too can subscribe to the free magazine.  I cannot promise that you will not receive advertising from bakeries or gluten free stores because from somewhere i have had numerous advertisements come into my e-mail site with regards to celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis and gluten sensitivity.  {for me, as a journalist, it is great ~ maybe for you receiving unsubscribed advertising with regards to retailers wanting your business and you wanting to know their purvue (authenticity). I do not want e-mails that are going to tell me that there is an instant cure for celiac disease - just mail in $50.00 for a month's supply of pills and your celiac disease will be cured!!

If you hurry, or ask for the back issue of the summe 2017 you may be able to receive the excellent recipe for "gluten free puff pastry buns",  something i have been endeavoring to make for years. {i am going to post that recipe in the fall issue of "the celiac journal of gluten sensitivity".

One article that really spoke to me is the one on "can airborne flour make you sick?"  I have been struggling for the past five weeks with the question, "where oh where did these lesions, dermatitis herpetiformis, come from?  Being most vigilant this past six months, even questioing again my pharmacist on new medications i have been taking, to questioning "pickles" of all things. {some pickling processes include malt vinegat which may contain gluten). Getting more vigilant about watching out for plegelatnized starch, sodium starch, glycolate, dextrin and dextrate especially on my daily vitamin ingredients, whih may use gluten as a binding agent.  Finding out that marshmallows can contain a modified food starch which may contain gluten is a new one for me to watch especially during the summer months and wiener roasts.  I know about vinegars, was unaware that restaurant omelettes use pancake mix in thier omellettes as a filler and to make them extra fluffy.  When i approached "ricky's" here in canada they were no help simplly because they used powdered eggs and the large tin did not list its ingredients. So sad! Thought ordering an omellete was safe!

This new magazine led me to the culprit, for me!  I had been doing a lot of summer entertaing and baking and using flour and experiencing celiac disease symptoms as well as dermatitis herpetiformis particularly in my scalp in the normal areas i usually get the darn "spots"!   Airborne gluten. They suggest using a face mask if you are going to be doing a lot of sifting or baking for guests with plain flour, and even avoiding bakeries on days when they are doing their baking. (you can often smell cooking bread or buns as you roam by a grocery store bakery. This can impact your breathing at times, flour can loom in the air taking up to 24 - 48 hours to settle. Direts you to listen to your boy and ask questions and be aware of airborne flour because it might make you sick if you are sensitive to gluten. 

A big surprise, many brands of pet food contain floud and can cause a problem if you are using your hand to dish out your dog's food from a large bag or inhaling it when it is poured for a large pet. It is possible to inhale some flour particles, but also when your dog licks you or wiggles on your furniture. My pet is not a wiggler but is defintely a 'licker'.  So after reading this article i left my husband the job of rolling out the pastry for pies containing gluten and stopped baking except with gluten-free flour, baking powder and baking soda, and the DH lesions have lessened considerably.

Vonnie Mostat, retired nurse

 

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Waterbridge Wine Gums

We have always bought our wine gums from England through Maynards, and they are gluten free.  But this time, having limited shopping time we purchased some Waterbridge Winegums, Imported by IMPORTE PAR. BUT IS IS ALSO FROM ENGLAND -www.waterbridge.net.  Similar price but we purchased it from HOME SENSE, A CONNECTION to WINNER.  its third ingredient is WHEAT,  IT PAYS TO CHECK INGREDIENTS ON EVERYTHING EVEN WINE GUMS FROM THE SAME COUNTRY. Make a note to put these wine gums on your "Do Not E

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

Vonnie Mostat

Whatever you do, DO NOT fail to mention that you are a Celiac if you have to go into your local hospital, even if it is not an admission for celiac disease:- It is dangerous not to mention to your nurse, or any nurse treating you, that you are a brittle celiac.  I have had so many "accidental issues" - outbreaks of dermatitis herpetiformis and celiac disease issues. From the nurse that told me she would make me a "Nice cup of tea with some cheese crackers" when I could not get back to sleep

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

More Celiac Resources

Do you know about Open Original Shared Link about the path to his celiac disease.  My knowledge of the National Celiac Organization was limited until the past few years when I was very restricted with the cousin to T.B. - M.A.C. and I found myself spending more hours researching my nursing degree books (out-dated of course) and all the new information regarding celiac disease from throughout the known world. It is amazing how many inaccuracies you find and the statistics can be confusing be

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

PECAN GLUTEN FREE BUTTER TART SQUARES

PECAN GLUTEN FREE BUTTER TART SQUARES 2 Cups King Arthur Flour (or other gluten free flour that you prefer) 1 Cup of sugar 1 Cup margarine, or butter, softened 1 1/2 Cups of seedless raisins 1 Cup dried currants 2 Cups of boiling water, cooled a little 4 eggs lightly beaten 2 Cups lightly packed brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. Xanthum Gum Mix well, pat into prepared pan. You can sift some icing sugar, but it is sweet enough If yo

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

Stuffing Recipe

BABA\S STUFFING RECIPE~ Every family member uses this recipe 2 pounds of gluten free sausage meat (The kind you find in the meat department and ae rolled into "chubs" 2 Medium onions, shopped fine 1 Cup finely chopped gluten free bread crumbs Brown sausage meat in a covered frying pan,   chop up the meat into small pieces and brown Cook until celery and onions are clear Cook up 2 Cups of rice (If you do not like rice, reduce to one Cup, but it is

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

Clinical Study opportunity for people with kidney damage caused by Celiac Disease

I have been asked to make you awar3e of a new Clinical Study opportunity for people with kidney damage caused by Celiac Disease. First, have you ever been diagnosed with enteric hyperooxaluria? If you have, you may be eligible for a clinical research study undertaken by Allena Pharmaceuticals. First, with a long name like that you may wonder what it is. It is a condition in which there are high levels of oxalate in which there are high levels of oxalate in the urine. Oxalate is a chemical substa

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

The vague "Natural flavors" should be avoided

Have been on a little review of my diet. After at least twenty-two years of celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis, even though it is likely I was born with it, I know some gluten has been sneaking into my diet, and unbeknownst to me. TEA:  It has changed over the past twenty-two years. Now we have an assortment of flavored teas that run the risk of cross contamination during processing, we also have many different flavors that were not around "in the dark ages". The vague "Natural flavors"

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

A Company called NAMASTE

A TREMENDOUS BUY!:  About two years ago now we bought a gluten free spice cake mix from A Company called NAMASTE. At first it came in a brown paper lunch bag type of container, this past year it is in a box. The value is in the quantity. It makes two cakes, either "8 x 9" or 8" x 13". It tells you on the side of the box how to divide the mix if you are only wanting to make one cake. What is great about this product is it not only can make a cake, it can make a loaf or muffins. I added 1 Cup of s

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

Yvonne (Vonnie) Mostat, RN

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