Glutened: Strategies to find the Source

[Jeffery D]

My wife was diagnosed a month ago with Celiac Disease and we pretty quickly developed tools and knowledge to eliminate any identifiable gluten from her diet.  Her symptoms have rapidly abated but returned today in mild form with no apparent cause.  We have carefully reviewed her food diary and decided to toss out some pre-mixed garam masala (spice mix).  Do others have strategies for determining the cause of an apparent inadvertent 'glutening'?

 

[Scott Adams]

Besides carefully reading labels and trying to buy items with "gluten-free" or even better, certified gluten-free on them, I have two strategies to deal with such a situation. 1) I use a Nima Sensor and test the items I eat regularly (I think you're right about the spice mix--I tested some curcumin that I bought in an Indian store that did not say "gluten-free" on it, and it tested positive for gluten); and 2) Whenever I eat outside my home I take GliadinX which are AN-PEP enzymes that have been shown in many studies to break down small amounts of gluten in the stomach, before it reaches the intestines (they are also a sponsor of this site, but this is not why I'm sharing this).

[Jays911]

10 hours ago, Jeffery D said:

My wife was diagnosed a month ago with Celiac Disease and we pretty quickly developed tools and knowledge to eliminate any identifiable gluten from her diet.  Her symptoms have rapidly abated but returned today in mild form with no apparent cause.  We have carefully reviewed her food diary and decided to toss out some pre-mixed garam masala (spice mix).  Do others have strategies for determining the cause of an apparent inadvertent 'glutening'?

 

 

1 hour ago, Scott Adams said:

Besides carefully reading labels and trying to buy items with "gluten-free" or even better, certified gluten-free on them, I have two strategies to deal with such a situation. 1) I use a Nima Sensor and test the items I eat regularly (I think you're right about the spice mix--I tested some curcumin that I bought in an Indian store that did not say "gluten-free" on it, and it tested positive for gluten); and 2) Whenever I eat outside my home I take GliadinX which are AN-PEP enzymes that have been shown in many studies to break down small amounts of gluten in the stomach, before it reaches the intestines (they are also a sponsor of this site, but this is not why I'm sharing this).

Echo this. Cross contamination is everywhere. And GliadinX does help. A lot.