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    At first (when I was first on the diet) it felt like the flu and quickly moved onto bloating and burping and horrible gas pain. Before the pain really set in I would feel distressed (despondent, I guess really) and just wanted to sleep, after about a few hours it turned from muscle aches to joint aches. Now, it's gotten worse - goes pretty much straight...
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    I don't think that you can be too paranoid when it comes to avoiding gluten. I say this after having been sick several times because I thought that the "avoid a crumb" and "beware pots and pans" advice was just going overboard. I can see how it might be harder to be so careful when you don't have intense reactions but unfortunately damage is still being...
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    I've gotten sick off of crumbs, but worse, got sick once off of just a smell. Actually I was taking a very deep smell of a plate of chicken nuggets - I probably breathed some crumbs in - very stupid move on my part. As tarnalberry mentioned a crumb can cause damage that you may not feel, though. My husband brushes his teeth after he eats gluten and it...
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    Wow, the little ones are contaminated? That's kinda scary. Butterfingers, Babyruths and 3 musketeers are safe , at least the normal sized ones.
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    Mike and Ike's.
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    This is an awful thing to have happen - I think that if some of these people (that lie) were faced with a person that had an allergy to peanuts, they wouldn't hesitate to tell the truth and certainly not have ideas about "just a little is okay". People seem to know about peanut allergies but it seems to me that anything involving gluten (wheat, grains...
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    I eat them like popcorn! I bought a tub of them when I was less paranoid about cross contamination and I guess I got lucky. The brand is "Homa" and they come in a plastic tub. Have never had a reaction to them and I am extremely sensitive (lucky me ). Like Carla said: pretty much bananas and sugar. Yummy!
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    I got it at Fred Meyer's which is kind of a west coast Kroger's. You can order it from their website, though. I tried their Biscuit mix and made Scones out of it (orange cranberry) and they turned out suprisingly well. It was a bit hard to handle the dough because it was kinda gooey (the xanthan gum, I guess) but I chilled it a bit and that made it much...
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    I tried (my first time) Bob's Red Mill gluten-free bread mix in my bread maker and it turned out really well. It's a little different than regular bread because it requires quite a few eggs but it was pretty easy all in all. I know this isn't exactly a recipe but you might consider it for a first time thing - those flour mixes that go into a gluten...
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    ARCHIVED Downward Spiral

    ÆON replied to 2tired's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Concentrate on natural whole foods - what I mean is fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy (if you can tolerate it). All of these things are gluten free unless they're processed. I wouldn't worry about he "special" gluten-free food. It is expensive and takes a little getting used to in taste and cooking and besides living without all of the bready things...
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    Aargh! You're killing me with those yummy toppings! Thanks much for the recommendation. I had completely given up on having pizza again since I figured the crust is way too delicate for gluten-free flour mixes. Plus, gluten-free cooking is such an investment that I don't make anything unless someone says it pretty good first. Cowardly of me, I...
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    Naentzie! Oh I love it. I can just see the vein sticking out in someones forehead as they try to figure that out.
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    It's one of the few names that I could think of that had that "ae" combination in it. I like the way it looks.
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    Yeah that's perfect and thanks.
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    I've read what Penguin had to say and I'm very sorry to lose her but maybe it would be better to have a few threads and some discussion about what has degraded on the site. Speaking as a newbie, I'd hate to see experienced people dropping like flies (off the site) because things went downhill. I'm still a bit mystified by the degradation that is being...
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    ARCHIVED What Do You Miss?

    ÆON replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    No, I'm sorry to say that they're not. Morningstar makes good stuff though, I agree. Alot of fake meat has wheat in it but there are a very few that don't. Qourn makes some chicken bits (little chunks that go nicely in rice) that are gluten-free and really good and Gardenburger makes a grilled burger that's okay. My all-time favorite was gravy...
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    ARCHIVED What Do You Miss?

    ÆON replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Oh, this is an easy question. I'm a vegetarian and I miss meat substitutes so, so, so bad. Fake chicken, fake lunchmeats, I even had access to fake tuna for a while and it was soooo good. I get overwrought just thinking about that stuff.
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    Oh, someone who likes to cook - what a wonderful thing! That's a step up in celiac world I think. I can't stand cooking myself, I used to do alot of eating out of microwaveable boxes. I think the flour combining thing is a little complicated but I've had good luck with a couple of mixes from Bobs Redmill. The bread and the biscuit mix (I made scones...
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    I love this approach. ^^^ I'm new (1 1/2mos.) to this stuff too and I also thought that all this business about crumbs and separate jars was a bit over the top at first. I learned the hard way quickly that this is darn good advice. I think that seeing how firm you are with avoiding contamination may help him realize that this is a really serious issue...
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    ARCHIVED Any Ideas?

    ÆON replied to ÆON's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Thanks much for the input, I really appreciate it. It's a little tough at times to know what to be careful of. I was sick for two nights until I realized it was my toothpaste, go figure. I was having similar thoughts about the glue/resin things but I couldn't find any information on the net. I didn't know about the industrial strength glue, though...
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    ARCHIVED Gluteny Symptoms?

    ÆON replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Yes, indeed I do. The day after is a lessening of all the symptoms but with an added "jetlag" feel to it or like I've almost recovered from a really bad flu.
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    ARCHIVED Any Ideas?

    ÆON posted a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Hi everyone. I'm kinda new here and I hope I'm putting this in the right area. I just had a weird thing happen and I'm wondering if any of you have had it happen or any guesses as to what it is. I was out spreading some polyester resin on an old Beetle that I'm restoring (I was fiberglassing a floorboard) and after a couple of minutes I started to...
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    ARCHIVED "the Trigger"

    ÆON replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I hope this answers your question (from): Open Original Shared Link "Infectious mononucleosis (mono), or glandular fever, is often called the kissing disease. The label is only partly true. The virus that causes this disease is transmitted through saliva, so kissing can spread the virus, but so can coughing, sneezing, or sharing a glass or food utensil...
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    ARCHIVED "the Trigger"

    ÆON replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Interesting question. I looked around a little and what I found seems to bear you out. Here's one:Open Original Shared Link "Until recently, the typical presentation of celiac disease was thought to be a severe malabsorption disorder of childhood.1–3 It is now increasingly recognized that symptoms of celiac disease may appear at any age, and several s...
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    Gluesticks? I'm not surprised. Anybody can put any nonsense they want on the internet. Using an actual scientific study is probably a better idea.
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