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Do you know how glucose sugar is labeled in Japanese? Other than the katakana for glucose, the dictionary also gives "budou-tou" which would lead one to think it's from grapes, but is that necessarily true? We often eat wagashi, and I was happy I wouldn't have to give up my mochi, but maybe I still have to be careful. Maybe the anko is sweetened with barley...

Cool! We just looked up sobagaki and we'll give it a try. I used to drink mugi-cha a lot, but I'm getting used to just plain water now. I'm a bit too overwhelmed to try eating out right now, but I'll have to keep that in mind if and when I do. My wife can taste my food and drink for me! Too bad for her I'm not a king... haha.

Hey, thanks again! For some reason the nearest JA always seems to be sold out of everything but red peppers or turnips. Kobe has lots of health food stores, and I'm going to make a trip to stock up this weekend. We're pretty good at label reading. We tried making brown rice bread, and although it tasted good, it wasn't bread. So we'll try stocking up on some...

Thanks to everyone who replied! That's what I wanted to know. I rarely eat out and already eat few processed foods, so it won't be so hard to extend that. But as my wife is Japanese and cutting miso and soy sauce from our menu might be a little too much for her, I think I'll start contacting the companies that make gluten free varieties to see what their...

Hi, I have recently come to suspect I have celiac disease, but because of the difficulty and expenses involved with getting tested where I live (Japan), I am just going to try going gluten-free. If that solves my problems, I'll assume I do have celiac disease. Maybe someday if I go back to the States I'll do a challenge... My question is, how important...

Thanks for the support! I will try going on a gluten-free diet and see if that helps. If it's successful, I'm thinking of compiling information from my experience to help other people who run into the same problem in Japan, or people who know they have celiac disease and are planning on going to Japan. It's amazing how much of the food in my house right now...

It turns out that the test can't be done in Japan. Blood must be sent to the US to be tested, and so it's not covered by insurance, and it comes out to a tune of 100,000yen ($1,000US)!! That is not an option. I'll give going off gluten a shot. Wish me luck!!

Thanks for the information! We will contact Imai-sensei soon. Hopefully he has some connections in in the Kansai area.

Wow, I don't want to go through all of what she did! I tried to send her a message, but it gives me an error. I don't see the harm in trying out a gluten free diet, although I did read of people's difficulties in trying to go back on gluten for the purpose of testing. Ah, I'm not so sure about doctors here anyway. Except for in Kobe, the pediatricians we...

I live in Japan and I strongly suspect I have celiac disease, but the doctors I have seen so far don't seem to have ever even heard of it, and one told me my problem is mental (i.e. stress). I suspect I have it because I have had frequent diarrhea for at least a few years, maybe more, and because the results of a health test in July show my cholesterol is...