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Where Are We Getting Gluttoned From?


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Contamination from Bins   

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My husband and i went gluten free end of Nov 08 Dec 1 ish - Today we were back at the doc for our latest test results. Initially my gliadin (SIgA) count was 12 when diagnosed his was 15 BUT TODAY our counts were higher 23 and 27! Shouldn't it being going down down down! We are wondering what we could be eating? I am frustated don't know what we are missing? We try to eat organic as much as the wallet lets us and as healthy as possible. We shop for fresh fruit and veggees regularly, eat soy or coconut yogurt - Eat, beans, lentils, rice etc. more vegetarian vegan than not but we do eat eggs. I buy flours labelled gluten free. Wondering Feels like I start to feel so much better and then wham again!

Some items we are wondering if we are making a mistake eating::::::::::

I have bought Jolly time popcorn this does not say anything about gluten free it says contains egg, soy and milk ingredients NOT wheat so??

To Bin or Not to Bin - Heck I started a Poll for those who only want to give quick feedback. To Grind or Not to Grind?????

We have always bought from bins and even when we were first diagnosed and fatigue was improving for both of us ; spoke to Whole Foods where we shop for certain items and they have shared their process with regards to bins; THEY DO NOT change bins ingredients they move the whole bin if they need it somewhere else ; they do remove bins. They even mark on some bins may contain wheat or do for example the flours, oatmeal etc. They have scoops for particular bins attached Not many say may contain wheat that are not wheat based.

We buy fresh ground peanuts we grind at whole foods on our home baked bread It is accross from any other bins and all products on same side are sealed.

I have bought things from the bins now that I think of it but never from the 'may contain wheat' bins.

What about Jams that don't say gluten free like Trader Joe's or WF fruit preserves lower sugar with fruit pectin -does not say may contain wheat etc. -should be okay then I think????

Anyone buy their Manchego Cheese - It is the only cheese we buy as I have a problem with dairy The cheese is a sheep cheese from Spain and yummy this lactose girl can eat it!

I know blue cheese can have wheat so..

We also buy the Only Egg whiles from Trader Joe's

I am going to contact Whole Foods and ask them again to check on the bins that we have used and the peanuts we grind.

For those out there just joining - I am still new at this and even though I get tired of the immense work etc. I am glad to find out the cause of my childhood illnesses. I read a post and say hey that's me too! I l was always throwing up as a kid/ not growing/ getting sick colds, infections and dental cavaties but the biggest obvious change for me is my nails; they were growing amazingly strong and long; I had to cut them! Now they have been breaking growing; Seems like it takes so long to get over a glutinous experience!

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I posted about buying from Bins in another thread too. I suspect I was glutened at low levels over the past month by cc from bins. I had bought some nuts, seeds and cranberries from a local organic store several times (not WF) and have been having trouble sleeping, which is one of my gluten symptoms. I suspect, (with my big suspecting mind), that perhaps they (the store staff) have been loading all the bins at the same time using the same scoop. They have individual scoops at this store per bin, but those are for customers. The scoops are attached to the bins with a short cable so they can't reach very far or get lost. I don't think the staff staff loads the food bins with these same dinky little scoops that customers use though. That would be hard to do after all with such a short cable tethered to the bin. So I imagine they take one big old scoop and go through bin after bin loading them all up from the top. The bins have a large top lid that comes off, as well as the little door the customers open at the bottom front. On a good day maybe they start loading bins with gluten-free items and end with the gluteney items. On a bad day maybe they start loading bins with the whole wheat flour and end with the gluten-free items, all the time using the same big old scoop. Anyhow, I haven't been buying at WF's so I have no idea how they do their bin loading there. I suppose there could be a bin loading guide around that would help train staff in these issues, although I don't know where to find it.

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