SpikeMoore

We have a similar tax credit here in Canada for adoption fees, something like 10,600. All of our private adoption is open. There is another route as well that is through the public system where children are declared wards of the court usually due to neglect or abuse. Here in Ontario there are no fees for public adoption. International adoption is getting...

I didn't quite know where to post this question. Just wondering how many people have adopted here, possibly due to gluten induced infertility? I have given up on getting pregnant and have to use the birth control pill to control cysts and endo, but I still want to be a mom and feel that joy of anticipation waiting for a child. Any happy stories out there...

I notice most recipes call for xanthan gum, but some for guar gum. Anyone know the difference or if they are interchangable?

lizard00 That's how I eat quinoa too! I use home canned tomatoes and also toss in a little corn with the beans. I think it is a great combination for nutrition as my nutrition book says 1 cup of cooked quinoa has equal calcium to a quart of milk! With the tomatoes and beans I think it is quite healthy. Otherwise I use it like rice--as a side dish and...

Hi I believe the site is endo-resolved.com...there is a diet section there and it says to avoid wheat and dairy. I was a cheese lover also, but now find much less pain when I eliminate or reduce it (I don't have a sensitivity, but the milk fat converts to inflammatory prostaglandins in your body and they cause the pain). I had high hopes that going gluten...

I did suceed with a healthy and yummy quinoa invention... cooked quinoa, canned tomatoes, red kidney beans, corn niblets and a dab of butter. Makes a "soup".

Just venting. I tried to make bread one time in the oven. A brick of glue resulted. So I thought I'd be smart and use a bread machine with premixed bread mix. Another brick of glue. Oh, but I had another bread mix...make it 3 bricks of glue, expensive glue.

It is interesting to see how common these dreams are. It wasn't until I read this thread that I realized the dreams (of accidentally eating a food containing gluten, realizing it in horror and trying to spit it out) have subsided. I'd say it took a year. But thinking back, I used to get a lot of exam dreams after univerisity. I guess it just shows you...

I didn't understand if you were completely avoiding gluten as your message says many kinds of...gluten and then any kind of oil. I'm 37 and wish I knew what I know now when I was your age. Including that its ok to question your doctor. I would encourage you to do a lot of reading on the different hormones that are involved in the menstrual cycle. A...

For years I just knew that popcorn gave me gut pain. My theory now is that the hard and sharp seed cases hurt the gut because it was chronically inflammed. I now eat popcorn with no problem at all. I make my own on the stove with a metal basket that you shake over the element. No oil at all! (although I do add melted margarine and salt after) And now...

Hi I was just reading hathor's note on casein and menstrual cycles. very interesting. I am wondering if it is not the milk fat content of the cheese that affects the cycles because cheese and dairy fat converts into bad protaglandins in your body, that is to say, mediators of pain and inflammation, hence more cramps. I am trying a trial of no cheese and...

I think there is a link. On endo sites, under dietary topics, it is suggested that wheat is avoided for those with endometriosis. My theory is that the chemical mediators of inflammation released by the body in the gut from the gluten reaction causes further inflammation of the endo. I think it could also work in reverse as well.

I have looked into the relationship and one of the things that they suggest you avoid eating with endo is wheat. (I think it should be gluten). They are now looking at endo as an autoimmune condition and once you have one... Here's my theory at this point. If you have "mediators of inflammation" in your abdomen from celiac (=chemicals relased in inflammatory...

Has anyone got any thoughts on egg quality? I have severe endometriosis and have been off gluten for a year. Had laproscopy in March, had some of it "cleaned up" by the surgeon at the time. He didn't try to take the endometrioma off of the ovary. Had a follow up ultrasound of the ovary at this point and the word from my family doc is that there is only...

I'm 36 and found out this year I have severe endometriosis and this is linked to gluten problems. Looking back I think the two have existed together for many many years. Anyway I feel much better without gluten. I can't help but think that gluten has had a big effect on me with respect to infertility. It is a tough decision to make about IVF and a...