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  1. Sophiekins
    You need to add a binding agent to your muffins to make them less crumbly. Applesauce will help (use Amy's suggestion in addition to your current egg replacement and cut down a teensy bit on the oil), you could add some guar gum (though it can be a laxative in some people) or xanthan gum as well (about one and a half teaspoons of either per cup of flour)...
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    Yes, you can substitute olive oil one for one for vegetable oil. Yes, it is chemically stable and non-toxic at normal cooking temperatures (both baking and stovetop) but it is NOT suitable for deep frying (but you shouldn't worry. . .to be terminally toxic you would have to eat litres, and I do mean LITRES of the stuff that had been toxified). If...
  3. Sophiekins
    Guy-Proof Greek Goodness: 250g ground lamb (ground beef works too if you can't find lamb. . .it's just less greek) One 400g tin of CHOPPED tomatoes (not crushed!) 200g frozen spinach (you can use tinned spinach instead, but drain it well) 1 stick of celery, chopped 1 small onion, diced 1 tablespoon Olive oil Crumbled/Cubed Feta cheese Cooked rice...
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    Don't I wish I could go to the dentist without getting glutened. . .I've had the celiac disease diagnosis for 6 years now (that's 12 dentist visits, folks) and my dentist manages to gluten me without fail. We switched from flavoured tooth polishing paste to plain pumice to pressure wash; we stopped doing flouride treatments, she switched to gluten-free, latex...
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    Approximately 30% of celiacs will respond to gluten-similar proteins in soy, corn, casein, millet, amaranth, teff, buckwheat, oats and other supposedly "safe" foods. This is, we think, because of variations in the genes that can combine to cause celiac disease. This is why we do multiple test panels to diagnose celiac disease - you should have your initial...
  6. Sophiekins
    Marlene, If you have been genuinely gluten free for six months and you are still losing weight (and you weren't substantially overweight to begin with), you need to see a qualified and experienced nutritionist to help you determine what to change in your diet to maintain your health. You have lost too much weight. (If, that is, you actually look the way...
  7. Sophiekins
    Buddhist walking meditation is simple - start by walking slowly, paying attention to how it feels to move your body. . .not just your breathing but also the feel of the surface you are walking on, the way your muscles feel as you move, the feeling of your clothes against your body, are you tense, relaxed, healthy, tired, energetic?. These are called self...
  8. Sophiekins
    Schwepps and Canada Dry are both gluten-free, but you do need to check for High Fructose(?) Corn Syrup which is sometimes used in the smaller sized bottles (especially Ocean Spray juices) which, while not a problem for celiacs unless you also need to be corn free, is a suspect in diabetes and several types of digestive cancer. . .either way, not really something...
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    Michelle, Astro is gluten-free but not corn free, except for the very plain one (with no sugar or flavourings) with medium fact content (I think 2.5%?). . .not sure about the B12 as I've not bought yogurt in N. America for a while.
  10. Sophiekins
    Three cheers for our darling Dr. H! (Doing his part to convince the medical community we're not all crazy!)
  11. Sophiekins
    Hey Allison, I'll start by saying that while I haven't been to one of those workshops, I do meditate (at least an hour a day, usually more like 2 hrs. . .and before you say you don't have time to meditate 2 hrs a day, my trip to work involves a forty minute walk, during which I do a Buddhist walking meditation which you can do whenever you walk anywhere...
  12. Sophiekins
    I spent seven years waiting for a dx, during which time no fewer than nine doctors told me it was all in my head. . .(it was uncanny. . .they all used EXACTLY the same words!)
  13. Sophiekins
    i think you'll find that the microcrystalline cellulose in your Chloraseptic is the culprit. . .cellulose is just plant fiber - could be corn, could be wheat, could be bamboo, could be any one of a thousand things. . .just too hard to know.
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    ARCHIVED Naturopathic Doctor

    Sophiekins replied to mtdawber's topic in Doctors

    Congrats Liz, you are blessed to live in WA - the only state (to my knowledge) to accredit proper Naturopathic Doctors - and it sounds like you've found one. The N.M.D. qualification is unusual in America, and they are often only given an N.D. (because the FDA doesn't yet recognise the N.M.D.), making it difficult to distinguish the genuine ones from ordinary...
  15. Sophiekins
    I had a perfectly healthy BMI before I was diagnosed - I was even a bit on the chunky side. In the six weeks after I was diagnosed, I lost 30 lbs, which scared the crap out of my doctors. Once we figured out that I no longer respond to my body's conventional hunger signals and I went on a calorie-controlled diet instead of the "eat when you're hungry" theory...
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    I wouldn't have eaten them either. . .the first time around, he's allowed to make a mistake and you're entitled to object and explain why you're not eating. The second time. . .well. . .I love my Dad, but I'm not sure I'd want to eat anything he'd already stuck his used fork into period. . .particularly if he'd been eating crackers. Next time you're at your...
  17. Sophiekins
    Relax David. You're probably fine. You can google "body mass index calculator" and input your height and weight to find out whether you are healthy (there's a surprisingly large range) and play around with weights to find out how low you can actually go. Personally, I lost about 30 lbs in the first two months which for me was too much, but after some...
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    ARCHIVED Naturopathic Doctor

    Sophiekins replied to mtdawber's topic in Doctors

    Please remember to differentiate. . .a naturopath is NOT the same as a naturopathic doctor. In North America, a naturopath is abrreviated as an N.D.. . .they DO NOT go to med school and are not fully qualified doctors - they often know little or nothing about pharmacological medicines and can 'prescribe' natural remedies that are entirely untested. A naturopathic...
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    ARCHIVED Huuungry

    Sophiekins replied to peasoup's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Yes, this is normal. When your body ingests gluten, it reacts (when gluten is an unusual substance) by ignoring the nutritional value of everything you ingested with the gluten, and sometimes everything you ingest for a couple of days. . .just to be safe. This means that everything you eat with a gluten substance is basically a waste of your body's time...
  20. Sophiekins
    Hi Katie. . .I know exactly how you feel. I've had DH since the age of 11 which is all over my arms and legs and has patches on my stomach and breasts, though thankfully not on my face. People can be genuinely insensitive, but many of them also don't realise that we are so incredibly conscious of it. Rock bottom for me was the day my mom and I went shopping...
  21. Sophiekins
    Please post Lisa, and tell us you've been to a clinic/the ER and have been told that we're all over-reacting over-protective busybodies. . . If you'd have to lie to do that, please please please go to a clinic/ER NOW. Yes, this could be related. . .and yes, it could be very very serious. Now is not the time to be a tough Canadian. . .
  22. Sophiekins
    I hear you on the urination and the cough. . .my weird one: the. . .ahem. . .the. . .um. . .(why is there no embarassed smiley?) . . . the is better, if you catch my drift. . .muuuuch better
  23. Sophiekins
    I get OCD when I get glutened - I become so disoriented and uncoordinated when I am glutened that exercise isn't really safe when I get glutened (I should really be supervised or tucked up in bed), but I do sit there and shake my hand or foot rhythmically and incessantly. . .I'm not really aware I'm doing it (in fact, it's one of the most reliable early indicators...
  24. Sophiekins
    Lisa, Try Jestgar's advice - take two ibuprofen or acetamenophin, and ice your wrist and hand for 30 minutes (place a teatowel around the bag of ice to protect your skin, and alternate ice on for ten minutes, off for 5 until you've had 30 minutes total of ice time). If the swelling does not diminish dramatically (and I mean DRAMATICALLY within 30 minutes...
  25. Sophiekins
    Hi Kandi, The milk thing sounds more like allergy to me than autoimmune. If your son is in fact celiac (and I'm not saying he isn't), his TtG will have come down in four months gluten free. To ensure an accurate biopsy, you need to put your son back on gluten - it needs to be AT LEAST two months of heavy duty gluten ingestion to make the biopsy reasonably...
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