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  1. Tim-n-VA
    While corn meal will not have gluten, most corn bread mixes will have wheat flour so read the labels.
  2. Tim-n-VA
    A couple of other things to consider. I was diagnosed because of liver function tests, not because I was getting sick. Or that is what I thought. It is hard to do a retrospective test but over a few years before the diagnosis I would wake up occasionally feeling sick and think that I'd gotten mild food poisoning or a 24-hour-virus. I also got really...
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    from Open Original Shared Link Obviously reading a lot into a little information but it sounds like you actually have a good doctor who isn't rejecting options just because they don't yet register on a test.
  4. Tim-n-VA
    Since no one seems to agree what "gluten intolerance" means, it might be a stretch to say that celiac is a progression of GI. There are multiple auto-immune diseases and they frequently occur in clusters. Jumping to the conclusion that one caused the other is different than saying that people with one should be aware of the other. Just scanning the...
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    I have only done a casual scan of the Entero Lab website but I only saw reference to gluten sensitivity, not to "intolerance". I have seen some usage of "intolerance" to mean only a digestive system response and that might be the context where the allergist was saying there was no test for intolerance. By way of comparison I've seen "intolerance" used...
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    Not sure how widely used it is but that seems to be getting to the point of a phrase a former co-worker used "Better is the enemy of good enough".
  7. Tim-n-VA
    I doubt that it will surprise you that there are varying opinions on this. The only pre-made, frozen bread I've found that I could enjoy eating was the sandwich bread from the Whole Foods chain's gluten-free bakehouse. Of the mixes I like the gluten-free pantry but it seems that Pamela's gets more support on these threads.
  8. Tim-n-VA
    In my reading on the subject over the past two years or so, I've seen intolerance used to mean a "GI system response to food consumed" and I've seen it used as an umbrella term to include true allergies, celiac and unknown-mechanism negative dietary response". That lack of a definition creates problems with the validity of any definitive statements about...
  9. Tim-n-VA
    This is what I posted in a different thread: Short answer is that a gluten allergy is when the body mistakenly attacks the gluten consumed and the histamines used in the attack irritate the surrounding tissue. With celiac, consuming gluten causes the immune system to "think" it needs to attack the body - usually in the small intestines but symptoms can...
  10. Tim-n-VA
    The only additional point I'd make is that dietary response is all you need to make the lifestyle adjustments required. A dietary response alone won't tell you if you have celiac versus a traditional allergy or even some digestive problem. Knowing which type of "response" is happening internally can be important since these conditions happen in clusters...
  11. Tim-n-VA
    Short answer is that a gluten allergy is when the body mistakenly attacks the gluten consumed and the histamines used in the attack irritate the surrounding tissue. With celiac, consuming gluten causes the immune system to "think" it needs to attack the body - usually in the small intestines but symptoms can appear other places. The treatment to both...
  12. Tim-n-VA
    I read this originally in the context of weight loss but... Think about those navigation systems you have in your car. If you miss a turn it doesn't tell you to drive through people's yards and it doesn't say "You missed your turn, drive off of a bridge". It figures a way to get you back on track. We all make mistakes, some intentional, some not....
  13. Tim-n-VA
    It probably gives him more credibility. Most atheists I've encountered, especially the ones who arrive there after being raised in a non-atheists family have given a lot of thought and study to these various issues.
  14. Tim-n-VA
    A related question: There is some opinion that stess has a negative health impact. While any gluten causes damage to a celiac, sometimes without outward symptoms, is it possible to worry too much and become too stressed?
  15. Tim-n-VA
    Is there a standard medical definition of "gluten intolerance"? I've seen the term used here to cover a variety of situations some of which are probably pre- or early celiac.
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    I have moved around a lot (former military) and lived in a lot of places where there were Fuddruckers. I used to really like them. Independent of the gluten-free issues, the quality at the ones near me have dropped in quality a lot. From the gluten-free perspective, it is clearly one of those places that doesn't have a specific gluten free menu but there...
  17. Tim-n-VA
    The most likely thing is that the test is correct and you just don't have noticable symptoms. There are some ways to get a false positive. Human error in reading slides on the tests that require examination of a slide. The American Celiac website says that other auto-immune diseases can theoretically cause a false positive but it says nothing about...
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    Open Original Shared Link There is a link to contact info on the main page.
  19. Tim-n-VA
    I think that depends what you mean by "gluten intolerance". That term isn't used consistently. If you mean the same thing as celiac, you can't outgrow it although some people to go thru an asymptomatic stage (not to saw that there isn't silent damage still occuring). If you are using gluten intolerance as an umbrella term for "I don't feel well when...
  20. Tim-n-VA
    from the website Open Original Shared Link Now you have two different items on websites telling you conflicting information.
  21. Tim-n-VA
    I think there should be a happy medium. However, anyone asserting they have a right to take something in to a privately owned business because they are "in America" is missing the point that the business owner has rights also, including the right to make a choice not to allow non-paying customers to occupy a table. Depending on context (others in the party...
  22. Tim-n-VA
    Open Original Shared Link "Some ingredients can be derived from wheat or barley but are safe for people with Coeliac disease. This is because they are highly processed and the gluten content is negligible." That quote is from the page at the URL given. I'm not advocating that anyone knowingly eat any amount. The question I'm answering is why they...
  23. Tim-n-VA
    Not knowing exactly which package you were looking at, I went to their website and some list wheat and some don't. If one is listing wheat but still says safe for celiacs, it cold be a ppm threshold.
  24. Tim-n-VA
    It is confusing since these terms aren't used consistently. One website says that an intolerance in a digestive system reaction, on this site many use intolerance as a general term that means "it bothers me" whether the underlying mechanism is allergy, celiac (auto-immune) or some other response while for others gluten intolerance = celiac. Still, the...
  25. Tim-n-VA
    I usually find them at my normal grocery. However, usually the corn tortillas are usually in a refridgerated case unlike the flour ones which are frequently found on shelf in the bread or mexican sections.
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