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  1. hathor
    They should. If this is one of the chain, they do sell probiotics: Open Original Shared Link You can always call and ask.
  2. hathor
    Thanks for the links, georgie. I've told my husband about all the information I'm getting and he said he was amazed by how people were going out of their way to help. I keep telling him that this is how this board works -- and why I spend so much time here
  3. hathor
    If it contained a soy sauce with wheat, the word wheat would have to appear either in the list of ingredients or a "contains" statement, under US labeling law.
  4. hathor
    I think that would just drag out your symptoms. You would be getting a fix, but not enough of one. I haven't ever heard of anyone doing the slow method for eliminating gluten, so I can't say for sure. When I stop smoking and cut out coffee (NOT at the same time ) I cut back for a period until giving both up. I felt not quite right when I was cutting...
  5. hathor
    I think it is common to feel sad when you have to give up something you enjoy, even if it is for your health. With gluten I started out feeling all brave & strong, at least when I was testing it. When I got the Enterolab confirmation it struck me like a ton of bricks. Of course, it didn't help that I was told I had problems with two things I had never...
  6. hathor
    You do know that gluten lurks in more than wheat, right? Celiac.com has good lists of safe and unsafe ingredients, and those than need to be investigated further. Unfortunately, it isn't always possible to tell if something is gluten-free just by reading the label. Be sure to check the gluten status of any medication or supplements you take. Again,...
  7. hathor
    I have a soy intolerance and never noticed it until my Enterolab test and subsequent elimination of soy from my diet. It is in so many things, it is entirely possible not to notice. Two other factors -- I think intolerances can grow or be suddenly triggered for whatever reason. I used to be able to eat eggs; now they make me very ill, indeed. Further...
  8. hathor
    Enterolab says that their gluten testing is valid for at least a year after eating gluten. If you are uncertain of your response to gluten, I suppose you can test it. However, unless you are smarter than I am, you will probably inadvertently gluten yourself at some point (or have it done to you) and find out that way. Since you are feeling so good...
  9. hathor
    I think egg problems can build over time. As a kid and a young adult I could, and did, eat them all the time. But problems grew and I became more and more sensitive. If I have the slightest bit of egg now my digestive system stops working for several days. I tested as sensitive to egg and I can only think of twice I had any in the previous year (cake...
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    It doesn't help when definitions or diagnostic criteria vary, does it? I have symptoms, a dietary response, and the relevant antibodies (albeit it was fecal testing) but not the so-called celiac genes. Wouldn't the presence of antibodies indicate an immune response? My genes are linked to neurological damage due to gluten, which seems kind of autoimmune...
  11. hathor
    Irish, Scottish & Dutch (and a little English -- I guess that's why I sometimes argue with myself )
  12. hathor
    She did say she couldn't do casein, so that cuts out dairy, at least from cows. With a casein intolerance, some can handle milk products from other animals, particularly goats. Some can't. For me and some others, it is variable. I've had some and not reacted, but the last time I tried, I got sick. I don't remember what was said about eggs. I get...
  13. hathor
    Are you referring to solutions to your in-law problem or to food? My initial response to the former assumed these were people of good will. But given your discussion of how they play favorites, even among their children, you are probably right that confrontation would just make things worse. Do you think they are purposefully trying to upset you? ...
  14. hathor
    There are some study results of gluten sensitivity among different populations here: Open Original Shared Link I'm not sure adding it all up what the overall percentage would be. From somewhere I have the figure of 35% in my mind, but I don't know if that was derived from this work or something else. A doctor in New Zealand reports a gluten sensitivity...
  15. hathor
    I have had small quantities of goat's milk products and not reacted. Sheep's milk cheeses seem to bother me. I have heard that the casein content in goat's milk varies. So one cheese might be OK and another makes you sick. The last time I had a goat's milk cheese (for a recipe that really needs something to hold it together and I was stumped for another...
  16. hathor
    I have a limited tolerance of added oil. You can try cutting out oil completely or at least way back and see if that helps. That, of course, is the true test. If this is the problem, it isn't the end of the world. After a while off high fat, one's tastes change. Now if I happen to have something fried it tastes queasy and rather disgusting. Then...
  17. hathor
    I sympathize, really I do. Whatever my restrictions, though, my family hasn't put me through anything like this. I guess they know I wouldn't put up with it. What does your husband say when all this is going on? Have you shared with him how this makes you feel? In your position, I would say something to my husband. If the food talk happens anyway...
  18. hathor
    I am glad you have the answer to feeling better. It doesn't really matter if you have an official diagnosis or not if you have found a way to be healthy on your own. There is no dietary need for gluten. Plenty of people self-diagnose. I think the only reason to go with testing is if your progress is somewhat ambiguous in the beginning when you go...
  19. hathor
    Thanks! This is exciting news. My husband will be glad to hear of it too. I am saving all suggestions. I'm not quite sure when we would go yet. I'm obviously at the very beginning of planning. Is there a particular time of year you all would suggest?
  20. hathor
    Short of the unlikely or marginal tax benefit -- which would be offset by the need for a lot of record keeping (your time is worth something too!) -- it makes no difference if you are "celiac" or not. I don't see the point of feeling lousy and potentially injuring yourself just to satisfy some doctor's curiosity. Yes, celiac can lead to serious problems...
  21. hathor
    Hi, I haven't read through this entire thread yet, though I will. What prompts me to come here is that my husband has talked for decades about wanting to see Australia and New Zealand, but we haven't been able to because he gets only two weeks vacation time and he thinks it would take way longer than that. He is retiring effective March 1 of next year...
  22. hathor
    You may have a problem with yeast. Yeast antibodies are commonly found in celiacs, at least until they have been gluten-free for quite a while. Do you seem to react to yeasted bread? Another possibility is that you had a wine that was fined with casein. Tiny amounts of fining agents do remain in the final product and people have reported reacting to...
  23. hathor
    Thanks for the pancake recipe!
  24. hathor
    I will be interested in hearing your reaction. I still have an opened box of Nutty Flax. Looking at my food diary, I realized that I did go to the hair salon on the day I ate the NF. I know some products contain wheat. My stylist carefully select ones that don't but I suppose there could be stuff breathed in, not that I sat near anyone else ... This is...
  25. hathor

    ARCHIVED P F Changs

    hathor replied to JustMe75's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I did get another response from PFChang's. According to it, the dish I had is made with soy oil, even though the waiter, talking to the kitchen about soy, didn't say so (he said soy sauce, which the company itself denies). And even though this ingredient is not mentioned in the list of ingredients on their web site -- a point I made, which was never addressed...
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