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  1. hathor
    I journal, but not as anally as Corkdarr No offense meant. Last year, when I was trying to lose weight, I just listed what I ate (no quantities or counting of anything), the exercise I did, and my weight. Since I went gluten-free a few weeks ago, I started keeping track of my, uh, food output, because that is my primary symptom. I think it would...
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    Here is an explanation of one elimination diet: Open Original Shared Link It is a vegan diet, which you may or may not be agreeable to. (I am; that's how I knew about this link ) I just typed "elimination diet" into google and there are plenty of links to peruse. The idea is to start out with a diet where only foods that people rarely have...
  3. hathor
    I've been following a vegan diet for 6 1/2 years and just went gluten-free three weeks ago. It isn't hard, really. OK, I bought gluten-free bread and pasta, wheat-free soy sauce, etc. and drink wine and scotch (no beer, but I'm looking into trying some gluten-free stuff). Other than that, very little has changed, other than the time I spent on this forum...
  4. hathor
    Have you been using any sugar-free products containing sorbitol? That makes some people bloat. I agree that an elimination diet might be called for if you can't identify the problem. You can either take things out one at a time or start out with a diet without the usual irritants and then add things in one and a time and see how you do. I can find...
  5. hathor
    Enterolab does this. You swab the inside of your cheeks and ship the swabs back to the company. At least according to some of the sites I've been researching, there is also a thing called "non-celiac gluten sensitivity" which is far more common. How common? I've seen estimates from 10 to 30% of the population, but no one explains how they come up with...
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    The Bard's and Redbridge web sites allow you to input your zip code and see where you can find the products. For New Grist, it looks like you have to email or call them.
  7. hathor
    The beer is called Redbridge. Looking at the label on the website, it says "beer made from sorghum" and "made without wheat or barley." I don't see that it says "gluten-free" but maybe that is because the FDA hasn't issued a rule yet saying when manufacturers are permitted to put that on a food that traditionally does include gluten. The proposed rule...
  8. hathor
    Part of the problem is how many doctors define the problem. If they believe that the only problem that can exist is celiac disease and it is defined as damage to the small intestine, any testing prior to that point establishes nothing. The fecal testing, in theory, can catch a reaction prior to observable damage. How Dr. Fine of Enterolab describes...
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    Ghiradelli is a company founded in America by an Italian immigrant. Open Original Shared Link I just happened to see a program a short while ago about San Francisco, which is how I happened to know. Lindt is Swiss. Open Original Shared Link I'm not quite sure which Austrian company you are thinking of. If you go down a bit on this link, you...
  10. hathor
    Or you can use ground flax seed, which gives you fiber. I agree with the suggestion about dairy. I'm not giving any more advice because I'm still new to avoiding gluten (only 3 weeks at this point -- it looks like a few days longer than you) and my bowels aren't working how they should yet -- or I don't know if they are yet. First I had no change...
  11. hathor
    True. I was trying to summarize the distinction drawn by GeoffCJ in post 12 and saying that some veganism would be in the same category he was putting avoiding gluten into. My attempt to describe the category was rather inartful; I was trying to summarize what he was saying in a phrase. Or what I thought he was saying, to be more precise. Perhaps I...
  12. hathor
    Interesting. I started McDougall's diet to lose weight, but then had some health problems clear up as well. One was with my gall bladder (my mother and brother both have theirs out). I hadn't recognized the connection. I wonder how the two are related -- whether one causes the other or some other factor causes both. Anyway, being pregnant is a good...
  13. hathor
    For a different look at soy, critical of the position of the Weston Price Foundation's Fallon and Enig: Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link (specifically about the way the WPF cites studies) Similarly see: Open Original Shared Link I know this isn't the place to debate this subject. Just realize that there is a controversy...
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    I haven't seen these in a store around here, but I'll look. They can be ordered online from the bakery. (You have to go to the online order form itself to see the product. It isn't shown on the first page you see when you click on "order." This is a new product for them; I guess they haven't updated that particular page yet. But the online order form...
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    If you are talking about the "gluten-free" labelling rule, that is a proposal that has just been put out for public comment. As I understand the proposal, it doesn't require manufacturers to say "gluten-free" if it is; it is voluntary. I don't know about the rice crackers. There is a recent discussion about different manufacturers of chocolate: Open...
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    What an interesting philosophical discussion. Like many, it comes down to definitions. Here, I think it comes down to how much of an existentialist/Buddhist/whatever concept of "choice" you have. I would disagree that vegetarianism or veganism is necessarily a lifestyle choice in the "no consequences if you don't make it" sense. There are some who...
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    ARCHIVED My Dermatologist Made Me Cry

    hathor replied to Laurad-'s topic in Doctors

    How unfortunate. Some people just don't want to admit that they don't know something. Rather than do that, they will either be insistent that they do know something they really don't or will deny that it is worth knowing at all.
  18. hathor
    To Fiddle-Faddle's logical conclusion -- your doctor is an idiot -- I would add Dr. McDougall's comment: "The contents of the large bowel are the primary determinant of the health and function of the intestine, and a spastic colon is no exception to this rule. Few physicians have even an elementary understanding of the influence that foods can have...
  19. hathor
    True My observations about that subject for what they are worth, based on a lifetime of trying to get down to the weight I'm at right now (and reading the experiences of others too) ... 1. Just the idea of limiting calories can make one feel hungry. I've found it better to eat when I'm hungry and not to get into portion control. Improve the quality...
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    Oh, so much to respond to and so little time Just a brief note to say that I welcome everyone's comments and I do want to be able to take the time to research everything rather than relying on what I remember from books and newsletters read years ago. I have heard of the Weston Price people and their recommendations. I have also read scathing...
  21. hathor
    Hear, hear! To my mind, that makes it candy, not CHOCOLATE Oh dear, this discussion is making me hungry.
  22. hathor
    Ursa Major: I cited evidence and the need for people to look into it for themselves. All you've given is assertion. People can decide which is the more credible. You say you would experience a number of things were you to eat my diet. However, I think it safe to assume you never have. I certainly would not hold up the German diet as something...
  23. hathor
    Wow, I disagree with everyone. I hesitate to even say anything, but I feel honor-bound to set forth the contrary point of view. At the risk of bringing everyone down on my head ... We all have to do our our research and heed the dictates of our bodies. The best study I've seen comparing diet to disease is Campbell, The China Study. In China you...
  24. hathor
    The first listed brands are also definitely child slavery free, if that is important to you. Hershey's is not, the last I researched this a few months ago. The voluntary accord whereby the chocolate industry said it was going to deal with the problem hasn't worked. It was just a way to get those incensed about the subject to leave them alone IMO. I...
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    ARCHIVED Picky Eater

    hathor replied to celiacSuzie's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I've followed a vegan diet for over 6 years and only recently went gluten-free. I've found it easiest at ethnic restaurants (plus I like the food better), although Italian and Mexican are more difficult. (But in Italy itself we had no problems; they always seemed to have a main dish available of assorted grilled veggies.) Check what side dishes are...
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