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  1. Keemra
    Thanks everyone for all your help. I have been able to find an online store that sells gluten free soy sauce. It doesn't help much when I go out to eat, but it sure helps my home cooking. I will be doing most of the New Years cooking at home this year. In the past, we have always just purchased it. It will be a fun new challenge for me. Joanna
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    Yes, as I mentioned before, there is soy sauce in everything. I have been gluten free here in Japan with the exception of soy sauce for over 15 years, and it hasn't really been that difficult. But the soy sauce is a real big one! For all practical purposes it totally eliminates eating out. My wheat free soy sauce still has not arrived. I will see how...
  3. Keemra
    Thank you so much for the contact information for Ohara Sensei. My husband has actulally found an internet website for a Celiac disease reasearch center in Nagano. He has been trying for about 2 months to contact someone there with no luck. All e-mails and telephone calls go unanswered. Maybe Ohara Sensei will have a contact here (preferably Tokyo) who...
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    What a delight to find you here! I also am an American married to a Japanese man. 95% of our food is fixed Japanese style, and until just recently I have been just fine with that. (See my post to Sally) It is actually easier for me to avoid bread here - I just eat rice. I have never worried about dashi before, but I just went to check my label. I buy a...
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    Hi Sally, Thanks for sharing your experiences with me. Maybe my experiences will help someone here too, so here goes. I actually don't get lbm from wheat. I get it when I eat oats, but wheat gives me the other problem. I get constipated, and the worse problem is severe methane gas that gets trapped and burns behind the blockage. It is very painful. When...
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    Yes, you are right, Celiac is not very prevalent here. I went to a doctor yesterday who SPECIALIZES in stomach and intestinal diseases. When I told the receptionist that I was looking for a doctor who could help me with Celicac disease, she said, I've never hear of it. She went to the back and called the doctor, and he came out and said, "Celiac disease...
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    Thanks Pauliina, for the info about glutinous rice. That is very good news for me. I am so glad I found this board and that you all are so helpful. Joanna
  8. Keemra
    Thanks, Laura for your help. Labeling laws here in Japan are not as strict as they are in the US. There are a few companies that volunarily state what kind of modified food starch they have used, but most do not. Most just say "dembun" which means starch. As you say, if I don't know, it is best to avoid it. As far as I know, there are only 3 companies...
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    Thanks for your response. I really do need to find someone here who can help me with specific foods. For example, sweet rice (mochi) is just rice, but it is a special variety of rice that is very sticky. It is sometimes called glutenous rice. It is used for making Japanese sweets, New Years food, rice crackers and many many other things. Man oh man, if...
  10. Keemra
    I am new here too. This is my first post. I live in Tokyo and have known for about 20 years that I have trouble with wheat. I suspected celiac after a friend was diagosed with it. But I need more information about what I need to stay away from. Bread and pasta, cakes, etc. are obvious, but what about soy sauce, modified food starch, sweet (glutenous) rice...
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    Hello. I am new to this forum, and am looking for answers. I am an American who has been living in Japan for 30+ years. I have had digestive problems since childhood, and first suspected celiac when visiting with another American friend who had been diagnosed with it about 15 years ago. Since then I have eliminated all breads, pasta, cakes cookies, etc...
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