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  1. Gemini
    Jillian....first off, is your total cholesterol high or just your LDL? For the LDL, fish oil/flaxseed oil and foods containing these Omega 3 oils are the best you can take for lowering bad cholesterol. Oatmeal is good but that's more for total cholesterol numbers. The other misconception is not to have butter or cream. In small doses, you most certainly...
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    Sarah....it's not that gluten on it's own is added to processed foods.....gluten is the protein in wheat that gives it it's stretchy, pliable consistency. When you knead dough, you are developing the gluten and the more you knead, the more elastic the bread becomes. The problem is that wheat is added to many processed foods because it's cheap and does...
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    There is a place in Cambridge that serves gluten-free sandwiches?!?!? I have to get me there soon! Boston is a really good city for Celiacs and it's probably because Bostonians tend to be very well educated and we have many medical schools here. I have noticed that when I dine in Town, most waitstaff know what gluten is. You don't get that glazed over...
  4. Gemini
    What a nice, supportive guy you are to go gluten-free for your fiancee's sake! And you are absolutely correct in that the gluten-free diet, if done correctly, is a very healthy diet. No one needs gluten to survive and be healthy and, from I see every day with my after diagnosis knowledge, I think many more people would benefit from the gluten-free diet. ...
  5. Gemini
    Anyone with celiac disease or GS should not be eating anything labeled just "wheat free" because most often, they are NOT gluten-free. Many use barley derivatives in wheat free only products so you would be ingesting gluten. That's why it doesn't say gluten free. As far as cosmetics are concerned, except for those with DH, the only thing you have to be...
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    Apparently, we have a number of Celiac's here in the Boston area with excellent taste in food! I usually come in to dine with my husband and we meet up with a friend who lives in Cambridge and our goal was to go to as many "Best of Boston" restaurants as we could. That got slightly derailed when I was diagnosed but then picked it up again when I realized...
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    No, I don't believe they have a kids menu.....at least I didn't remember seeing one on the menus we had. It probably isn't the type of place you would take younger children to. I would say for a child 12 or older, it would be fine. Expensive, but fine! You may want to call the restaurant beforehand to see if they accomodate younger kids.
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    No...thank you, Adam, for letting me know Henrietta's Table and Noir are good places to go. You never know how gluten-free friendly some places are until you call them. Aside from being pricey, you won't be disappointed at Rialto's....the food was incredible. Just tell them you have celiac disease when you make reservations and they'll be ready for you...
  9. Gemini
    Your decision to do the biopsy is a private one, and although I know your daughter is a Celiac, I wish you luck with the whole procedure. However, she has a positive EMA, from the looks of it, and is becoming anemic.....that's more than 90%, it's about 99%. Also, to add one comment made regarding false positives...there is no such thing as a false positive...
  10. Gemini
    I feel it is my duty to tell everyone who lives in the Boston area, or those that may visit, that Rialto Restaurant, in the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, has one of the BEST gluten-free menu's I have ever seen. I was literally blown away! First I should say this is a very high end place and is on the pricey side. Who cares when you can have gluten...
  11. Gemini
    The only point I have to add would be if your daughter followed the gluten-free diet after her positive blood work and noticed tremendous improvement, the comment about it being a "life altering change" would become a moot point. I also only went as far as the blood work because I failed all tests in the very high range. Three days after going gluten-free...
  12. Gemini
    Hello Ginsou.....I grew up in Peabody and still live in Massachusetts myself. Make sure you get to Woodman's because those clams are well worth it!
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    ARCHIVED Osteopenia

    Gemini replied to Mickide's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    To Gemini, I will say to you what my husband says to me which is to ask you why you don't respect yourself enough to make time to do what you should to help your body heal. I have never been able to come up with a reply to that one. Being thin doesn't necessarily mean your bones are ok, apparently they need strong muscles to support them. Maybe you could...
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    ARCHIVED Osteopenia

    Gemini replied to Mickide's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    Good for you for not wanting to be goaded into taking Fosimax! Doctor's and their pills! I also have been told I have osteopenia but will not take bone pills for numerous reasons. I am older than you though, 48, so it should be easier for you to re-build your bones because you still have your hormones. First off, once you remain gluten-free for awhile...
  15. Gemini
    In answer to Richard's remark about gluten being absorbed through the skin. I should have clarified myself better. I do not have DH but it seems to me that folks with DH react more as if it were an allergy. I have heard some who cannot touch gluten because it will cause a topical reaction. You would be correct in saying that one cannot absorb gluten through...
  16. Gemini
    The problem with deli meat from the counter is that the slicers are probably contaminated from all the other deli meat they slice on it that does contain gluten. Applewood Farms sells pre-packaged deli meats that are delicious and gluten-free. The brand is sold in Whole Foods Market here in the Northeast. Very high quality product also!
  17. Gemini
    It all depends on how paranoid someone wants to get over the Celiac diet and many people are misinformed. People with DH, I absolutely agree, may have a problem as they react through skin but DH is another issue altogether. For most true Celiacs, you have to eat gluten to spark an autoimmune reaction. Period. That is medical fact. I was smoking for a while...
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    I have been to Woodman's myself about a month ago and yes, they are gluten-free except for the above mentioned items. I contacted them a while back and spoke with one of the owner's and they have Celiac in their family, so they know what they are doing. All gluten-free items are fried in a dedicated fryer and they coat everything in corn flour. Just tell...
  19. Gemini
    As an ex-smoker and Celiac, I can tell you without any doubt that if you are smoking the cigarette, you do not have to worry about gluten at all, whether it contains gluten or not. Chewing tobacco is another animal because you could swallow what's in your mouth. You have to swallow gluten and have it get into your intestinal tract to produce an autoimmune...
  20. Gemini
    I can fully understand why you have a need for an "official" diagnosis, however, a negative biopsy does not mean you do not have Celiac! If there is not enough villi damage done yet, and everyone is different on this, then the doc will proclaim you do not have celiac disease and tell you to keep eating gluten. This is where common sense has to come into the...
  21. Gemini
    A history of Vitamin B-12 deficiency is a warning bell that a malabsorption problem could be the root cause. Vitamin B-12 is found mainly in animal products like dairy and meat.....it is not made within the body itself, just stored there. It is also used very slowly so you would have to be either not eating at all or have a malabsorption issue to become deficient...
  22. Gemini
    Excellent advice, Ravenwoodglass! My blood work was so high on all counts, my "good", non-HMO doctor told me the biopsy was not necessary. I was also extremely ill with classical presentation. I could not believe the HMO dummies wanted me to wait for an appointment for a biopsy when I was near hospitalization from being so sick. I went gluten free and have...
  23. Gemini
    I am glad to hear you have found a doctor you like.....that is just so important. I did want to add one note though, regarding the use of Armour thyroid. Although a good hormone substitute, it is not always better to switch from a synthetic to Armour. I used Armour for a couple of years but, as I have autoimmune thyroid disease from Celiac, it was not...
  24. Gemini
    You ought to be tested for Sjogren's Syndrome, which is another of those wonderful autoimmune diseases one can get along with Celiac. It is a simple blood test. My eyes were incredibly screwed up a couple of years back, before I was diagnosed with celiac disease. I started to suffer from attacks of conjunctivitis when the mold count was high. I also...
  25. Gemini
    Caster sugar is just superfine white sugar. That is what it is called in the UK and it's more common there than here in the States. It is best used for baking because it blends well with the other ingredients and tends to give a more bakery like product. It can be found in Whole Foods Market but many mainstream grocery stores may have it.
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