Always call the restaurant and double check!

[agman00]

Hi you guys. I just registered my account to let you all know that if you plan to go out or order in, always always call the restaurant ahead to check the ingredients. I had two close calls tonight. Ordered in from doordash and called two thai places to inquire if their curry and pad thai were gluten free. One had soy, fish sauce, & wheat in both, the other did not. I had to make a special request in my order for the gluten free pad thai that had it cause it wasn't available online. I put it all in capital letters for emphasis. Then I called the restaurant back to confirm my special request was noted. They tell me they never saw it on the order. ?. They thanked me for calling and letting them know and made it as I requested. *sigh*

This gluten free life is NO joke. You have to constantly be on it or risk the consequences. I didn't even feel like doing these things tonight because I always order thai food (the gluten-free ones) without issue but out of instinct did and inevitably saved myself money and sickness. Just wanted to remind everyone to always call ahead. 

Edited February 15, 2020 by agman00

[Scott Adams]

This is good advice. Some restaurants offer gluten-free menus or mark items with “GF” on their regular menu, and I try to eat at such places. I still talk to the manager when I order to be sure. 

[Fenrir]

Unfortunately, I've found most of my favorite eastern restaurants are a no go. None of the Asian or Indian places near me are remotely safe for celiacs. Mostly small, family owned places around here that are mostly unaware of food allergies. If I travel to other places sometimes I can find a safe place. 

[zenith12]

On 2/15/2020 at 5:38 PM, agman00 said:

Hi you guys. I just registered my account to let you all know that if you plan to go out or order in, always always call the restaurant ahead to check the ingredients. I had two close calls tonight. Ordered in from doordash and called two thai places to inquire if their curry and pad thai were gluten free. One had soy, fish sauce, & wheat in both, the other did not. I had to make a special request in my order for the gluten free pad thai that had it cause it wasn't available online. I put it all in capital letters for emphasis. Then I called the restaurant back to confirm my special request was noted. They tell me they never saw it on the order. ?. They thanked me for calling and letting them know and made it as I requested. *sigh*

This gluten free life is NO joke. You have to constantly be on it or risk the consequences. I didn't even feel like doing these things tonight because I always order thai food (the gluten-free ones) without issue but out of instinct did and inevitably saved myself money and sickness. Just wanted to remind everyone to always call ahead. 

Wow you are brave. I will never be that brave but I love India food. I was gonna try the Thai place that i used to eat at all the time, but now NEVER, since if i can't handle Fraud Wal-Marts Gluten free corn chips, then I definitely can't trust a restaurant.  I do by some frozen meals, Thai. They are good and certified gluten free. How do i report places like Wal mart for mis lableing the corn chips or NOT taken better measures from contamination in the factories? That was a big mistake. I never should have trusted chips with TONS of ingredients including maltodextrin.  I think they don't really know when their chips are gluten free so they put in small letters on the back of their bag, when they use to put in HUGE letters on front of the bag. That is telling me they are  NOT sure whether their corn chips are gluten free but they are still putting those words on their chips which is WRONG. I want to report them.  They don't certify any of their products because they are cheap A@@es.  I don't buy anything edible at wal mart now or un edible. Only cat litter. All their stuff is laced with chemicals. I don't buy mainstream cleaning products. Because i don't buy chemicals. 

[Ennis-TX]

1 hour ago, zenith12 said:

Wow you are brave. I will never be that brave but I love India food. I was gonna try the Thai place that i used to eat at all the time, but now NEVER, since if i can't handle Fraud Wal-Marts Gluten free corn chips, then I definitely can't trust a restaurant.  I do by some frozen meals, Thai. They are good and certified gluten free. How do i report places like Wal mart for mis lableing the corn chips or NOT taken better measures from contamination in the factories? That was a big mistake. I never should have trusted chips with TONS of ingredients including maltodextrin.  I think they don't really know when their chips are gluten free so they put in small letters on the back of their bag, when they use to put in HUGE letters on front of the bag. That is telling me they are  NOT sure whether their corn chips are gluten free but they are still putting those words on their chips which is WRONG. I want to report them.  They don't certify any of their products because they are cheap A@@es.  I don't buy anything edible at wal mart now or un edible. Only cat litter. All their stuff is laced with chemicals. I don't buy mainstream cleaning products. Because i don't buy chemicals. 

Gluten Free Watch Dog, does lab testing on food, and reports stuff to the FDA. They are subscriber run, and the person that runs it is really proactive. I have had a few products tested by her, I first got sick, then ran in a NIMA and got positive then contacted her and she had them tested...one did actually comeback with like 18ppm gluten years ago.

But I do stress to be double sure of the fact it is gluten, I have many other foods that make me vomit and ill other then gluten that developed called food sensitivities/intolerance.

[Scott Adams]

If you're going to eat out I advise getting an AN-PEP enzyme and taking 1-2 with the meal. Here is a new article we just published on this topic:

 

[zenith12]

23 hours ago, Ennis_TX said:

Gluten Free Watch Dog, does lab testing on food, and reports stuff to the FDA. They are subscriber run, and the person that runs it is really proactive. I have had a few products tested by her, I first got sick, then ran in a NIMA and got positive then contacted her and she had them tested...one did actually comeback with like 18ppm gluten years ago.

But I do stress to be double sure of the fact it is gluten, I have many other foods that make me vomit and ill other then gluten that developed called food sensitivities/intolerance.

Wow so i send an email to gluten free watch dog? And tell her about the  'Gluten free' walmart chips?  Is it free? What is NIMA? Yea i just believe several batches of those chips probably got contaminated. Most likely big bags of the spices/powders came into the factory and i think it got laced with gluten before speading over all the corn chips. 

But it was a slow build up then BOOM. Do you have a built in safety system? I think it is possible i would NOT have gotten glutened  if I paid attention to it. NOW i do.  As far as i remember when i started eating the chips I immediately started getting a small PAIN in the middle of my stomach just right above pelvic area. (That was Thursday 5PM). The more i ate the more slight pain i would get.  THEN on Friday I ate quite a bit at  1PM then  before bedtime and had those pains both times then BOOM i went to bed like at  11PM then within  5  minutes GOT GLUTENED.   Now i KNOW where all those weird symptoms i was having since  2010. I was actually getting glutened many times back then and did NOT know it.  I heard there was a testing kit  i could get. DO u  know how that works?  Do you  know how  gluten sniffin' dogs work?    Like wouldn't it pretty much tell you to not EAT anything processed since it can smell down  to    .0025  PPM??  I am a bit confused on that but i would LOVE to get one. There is one video on youtube about that woman who has a gluten sniffin dog.  I don't trust any cereals at this point. Besides i do not really like cereals. I have to eat more protein than carbs. But that dog said it was ok for her to eat that cereal.  You think there would be at least  2PPM in there. Thanks 

[zenith12]

22 hours ago, Scott Adams said:

If you're going to eat out I advise getting an AN-PEP enzyme and taking 1-2 with the meal. Here is a new article we just published on this topic:

 

Thanks i will check that out. Are there any side effects? I really do not like taken anything except vitamins and minerals. I think I did see similar stuff on amazon and some ppl said it did work. 

[zenith12]

On 2/21/2020 at 9:00 AM, Fenrir said:

Unfortunately, I've found most of my favorite eastern restaurants are a no go. None of the Asian or Indian places near me are remotely safe for celiacs. Mostly small, family owned places around here that are mostly unaware of food allergies. If I travel to other places sometimes I can find a safe place. 

I am glad you are untrustworthy like me. That is how you have to be.  lol

I think there was a post on here about the Freschetta pizza and how they got glutened. I am gonna try to go find it. But i think it was in 2015. Maybe companies didn't know what gluten free really meant back then. I just bought some and did fine. I heard the gluten-free stuff didn't really come around till 2014.  

[Scott Adams]

A Nima sensor is accurate and would be far less expensive than owning and taking care of a gluten sniffing dog. 

[Zenith]

On ‎3‎/‎8‎/‎2020 at 1:36 PM, Scott Adams said:

A Nima sensor is accurate and would be far less expensive than owning and taking care of a gluten sniffing dog. 

Omg, yes I heard they (dogs) are super expensive. And I am thinking about getting a sensor.  Do you know anything about your tolerance? How do I know my tolerance would be 15PPM or less but then the sensor detects  20PPM or less. SO then if it detects  20PPM it would NOT be a good product for me to eat and  I  would get GLUTENED. Is it common for ppl to get glutened on  18-20PPM? I am just curious. I believe those chips had much more. And when I get my sensor I will test them from a bag at the neighborhood market store then return the product.