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Starting a new medication tomorrow - and as always, it's frustrating trying to find a list of inactive ingredients online. This one has been especially difficult to come by, because I found the list for the tablets (safe) but not the capsules. Anyone know if the 20 mg capsules (marked with 4356) from Teva are gluten free? Also need to find out about soy...

I too have to vote for Trader Joe's gluten-free brownie mix. The flavor & texture are amazing, & even my picky, gluten-eating husband loves them! Many of the other mixes have soy, so I haven't tried them. One brand I tried (can't remember which) turned out so hard that I practically needed a chisel to get them out of the pan. On a side note,...

My Enterolab results showed intolerance to gluten, casein, soy, & eggs. I only suspected the gluten, so the others were shocking. I eliminated them all, & after a year I tried eggs again - no reaction at all! I have since eaten eggs many, many times with no adverse effects at all, which I'm so thankful about. I've inadvertently had soy (I didn't realize...

JBaby, I thought about pancreatitis too, in the midst of the pain. However, after about 5 days the symptoms were gone, & now I feel back to normal again. Since I had similar symptoms back before I knew I couldn't eat soy, as well as when I had to go on the gluten trial for a diagnosis, I think it's either a cross contamination issue, or a new food intolerance...

Have you checked medications you're taking? Toothpaste? Vitamins? Is your kitchen completely cleaned of gluten/dairy/soy? There are many different things that could cause a reaction, & sometimes it's very hard to pinpoint what it is. Perhaps you are also sensitive to corn? Good luck, & hopefully you'll feel better soon.

Hi GFinDC, I've already decided chips of any kind are on my "no no list" for awhile (maybe that's what I'm giving up for Lent??) I wanted to eat something last night but it was made with corn flour, so I avoided it, though I don't want to become paranoid either! I will rule out plain, cooked corn soon, once my stomach feels back to normal again. I hope that...

Thanks for the information, Mushroom. I truly hope this isn't a corn intolerance. I still find this very hard sometimes, even almost 3 years into it. I was just about to reintroduce dairy to see if I could tolerate it since I've been taking digestive enzymes (and didn't know dairy was even an issue until I was tested by Enterolab), & then this setback...

Thanks for the support - we all need it! And I do appreciate it.

Oh - and did you make sure the medications you're on are also gluten-free? That could be a source of hidden gluten you may not know about.

I'm sorry to hear you're not feeling well! Many of us have found, either through trial & error, or testing, that we cannot tolerate soy, dairy, or other foods. Try sticking with a very simple diet, with meats, veggies (cook them if raw aren't tolerated), fruits. Other people will probably have ideas too, but that's what helped me at first. I've had very...

Thanks for the perspective, everyone. I know he's trying, & the Valentine's Day thing was very sweet. I guess I still grieve not being able to feel "normal" & eat whatever I want, whenever I want. There's no way for him to truly understand that, though I wish there was! I will continue to praise him when he tries, & remind him if things are...

The brands of chips are Fritos corn chips, Kettle brand yellow tortilla chips, & another brand of tortilla chips that state "Gluten Free" on the front. All 3 have only the ingredients of corn, salt, & corn or canola oil. I read every label every time, to make sure there is no soy, because I cannot tolerate soy in any quantity. Maybe it's something...

I've been following the restrictive diet lifestyle for nearly 3 years, with good results for the most part. I am the one who cooks the meals in our household, mainly because my husband won't cook, even though we both work full-time (that's a topic for another day!). I would think by now that he's also well-aware of my restrictions, because he sees me struggle...

Thanks for the information about lectins - I was suspecting corn since I had corn tortilla chips on all 3 of the occasions when the stomach pain was severe. But, I eat corn & brown rice very often since eliminating gluten & soy, & have never had any problems. Why, all of a sudden would it come out of the blue like this?

I use Trader Joe's Rice Milk (vanilla flavor) & have had no problem with it. All of Trader Joe's products say they're made on lines shared with wheat, soy, etc; I think they're just being thorough, & have not had any problems with their products.