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  1. Tim-n-VA
    Both Pamela's and Gluten-Free Pantry's bread mixes have instructions for bread machine and a regular oven. I just use the mix and bake in a loaf pan. My first loaf started to brown too much and I took it out early - big mistake. After that I started putting a tent of foil over the bread with about 10 minutes to go and haven't had a problem.
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    I was in ROTC but didn't do the drill team. As a cadet I ran the drill competition at ETSU in the spring of '82. Congratulations on your team's performance.
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    I can't find the source now a few months ago I read a related theory that the immune system has "excess capacity" due to better hygiene and sometimes it just tries to find things to do. I obviously paraphrased the terms and mechanism.
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    From my perspective it isn't that "no one denies that MSG is a neurotoxin". The reality that I see is that no one says that it is a neurotoxin except a couple of advocacy websites and some people trying to sell books. The FDA website says there is no evidence that dietary quantities of MSG are harmful to neurons. My bottom line remains the same, do...
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    Wow. I read on the internet that I was advocating using MSG and it fooled me for a minute. I went back and re-read everything I posted. I think that all that I said, and certainly all that I meant to say, was don't trust advocacy websites. The rest of my posts were trying to defend when my comments were taken out of context or discredited with what...
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    If you are playing the strict semantics of science, your fact is really the theory. The fact is the observed effects of a substance containing MSG on neurons. The theory is that the effect is due to MSG being a neurotoxin.
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    Rice guy - the peas didn't naturally occur in the package, they were added. That's why they were on the ingredient. The fact that a company follows the letter of the regulation, not the level you would like doesn't automatically mean there is a conspiracy. GPF - Sorry but your guilt by association doesn't work. You are posting on the internet - some...
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    GPF - in the first section of your reply you changed the context to added MSG. You can believe anything you want, just don't expect it to go unchallenged when you through it out on the internet. Rachel - can you point me to any study that shows that MSG has a cummulative effect?
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    Most research is funded either by an industry that is interested or by the government. In this thread we've "established" we can't trust either of those. All that leaves is the research funded by advocacy groups who certainly have no stake in the outcome. Research is done by humans. Mistakes are made. Studies are poorly designed. I think incompetence...
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    There is even a website where there are discussions about this: Open Original Shared Link Things evolve but the "classic" definition is that a TV show has to be good for a while to jump-the-shark. A show that was bad from the beginning is just a bad show, not one that "jumped". That ferry episode gets lots of votes for jumping but, again by the classic...
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    That is the type of logic that has people organizing to ban dihydrogen monoxide (Open Original Shared Link). I don't want to hear conspiracy theories and circumstantial evidence, I want facts. The post above about marmite is a classic example. He mentions that peas are labeled as containing "peas" but marmite doesn't list MSG. That sort of logic is...
  12. Tim-n-VA
    And from that website I cited above: "No evidence exists to suggest that dietary MSG causes brain lesions or damages nerve cells in humans." And again, all I'm saying is that these "facts" that are being thrown out are not globally accepted.
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    I've noticed that the unit price for some of the mixes becomes almost reasonable if you order from Amazon but you have to buy six packages at a time. Even before my diagnosis I didn't eat a lot of bread so six packages would last me a long time. Specifically for the Pamela's bread and pancake mixes but generically for any of these type products, should...
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    Thank you Rachel - you post supports the point I wanted to make. There are advocacy groups saying that MSG is harmful. There are posts that "no one" disputes these facts. The 30 seconds was only to illustrate how wrong that assertion was - not to suggest only looking for 30 seconds. My earlier post in this thread had already made that point. Of course...
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    I don't know what the answer is but it took me less than 30 seconds to find a website, from the FDA, that disputes the "facts" cited. Still, my point in this thread is not to argue for MSG but to argue for not blindly accepting "facts" posted in a message board. The link is Open Original Shared Link
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    The two arguements against oats are: 1) high probability of cross-contamination 2) the similarity of the protein structure to the recognized "bad gluten" actually causing some people to react Your daughters' reaction could be due to either of those. You also have to evaluate the odds that they were exposed to a virus and the sickness was coincidental...
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    In general, the goal is not to change the mind of the person posting information but to make sure other people reading the board are aware of opposing viewpoints. The human body is very complex and there is a lot that varies from individual to individual. A single person's experience is hard to extrapolate from because of all lack of variance reduction...
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    Whey is a milk product and safe from a gluten perspective. Generally, it is the milky liquid in cottage cheese. In the nursery rhyme when Little Miss Muffett was eating curds and whey she was eating cottage cheese.
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    Do a google search for MSG and you'll find lots of info. There are advocacy sites both against and for. The truth is probably somewhere in between.
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    What brand of beef jerky was that? Most that I've seen here near DC are made with soy sauce and therefore (usually) with wheat.
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    JR Stockyards is a place to avoid in Northern VA. I e-mailed prior to my visit and was told they could accomodate a gluten-free diet. I told my waitress that I needed gluten-free and said said "no croutons" when I ordered the salad. She brought my salad with croutons. When I called her on this she actually picked up my salad, half-turned hiding it and...
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    Interesting how different people react to the same program. Both my wife and I thought that episode had all the markings of "shark-jumping" episode.
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    Any medical lab test that is said to be 100% accurate is being misrepresented. If for no other reason, there are humans at some point in the process so errors can be introduced.
  24. Tim-n-VA
    If you knowingly have a disqualifying condition and enlist, you have committed fraud. As to whether anyone would try to prosecute, that is a local commander's decision. If you know you have it, there are documents somewhere. If you get these or are diagnosed after joining, there is a medical evaluation procedure that could either designate you for...
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    I eat there occasionally and order a burger without a bun. Cross-contamination would be a concern with the way condiments are on a salad-bar-type layout. I have never reacted but I generally don't to small amounts.
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