JennyC

I worked as an organic chemist for a while, and now I'm back in school studying clinical laboratory science, meaning that I'll be running all of the patient lab tests for hospitals, clinics, and/or reference laboratories. I am counting down the days until graduation...

I won't buy Hershey's either.

I do buy Mars/Dove, Tootsie, Nestle/Wonka and many other companies that will disclose gluten in their ingredients.

Thanks! I will definitely make these soon!

I emailed See's and (quickly) received the following response from their Customer Service Dept. I wanted to share this with my fellow Celiac/Gluten-Free friends, for your reference.

"Thank you for visiting Sees.com. In response to your request for information about the presence of gluten in our candies, our Quality Assurance Manager has advised that we have reformulated our products and eliminated wheat as a direct ingredient in all of our candies packed in standard boxes. Some of our packaging for our Awesome Candy Bars still lists flour (wheat) however this is no longer the case. We also do not use rye, barley, oats or malt as ingredients in our candies. Therefore, none of our Custom Mix pieces contain gluten as a direct ingredient and cross contact is no longer a possibility. This would include our Peanut Brittle, Krispys, and our Sugar Free products.

You may have noticed that we do have some products which are manufactured for us. Some of these items that do not contain gluten are our Milk Chocolate Drops, Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips, Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate Foil Novelties, Sugar Sticks and Sour Chews. As we've noted, most of our products are gluten free.

However, we do have a few items which our Quality Assurance Department does not consider to be gluten free because of their decorations or they are produced in a facility that processes gluten. These are all decorated Creams (decoration), Springtime Truffles (decoration), Egg Nog Truffles (decoration), all Climber Canes, Puppet Canes and Candy Canes, and the 3 oz. Peanut Butter, Bordeaux, Chocolate Walnut, and Dark Raspberry Hearts (decorations). Also, all of our decorated Easter Eggs may contain gluten because of their decorations.

In addition to the information above, we wish to advise that the distilled apple cider vinegar used in our Butterscotch Lollypops and Little Pops is grain based."

I love See's! My five year old, and every one else in my life, always gets their chocolate when I give chocolate gifts!

Welcome to the board! False negatives are common in children, and you are lucky to have knowledgeable doctors for your son. Many doctors seem to be severely uneducated when it comes to celiac disease. Most GI doctors will want to do a biopsy of the small intestine. For this procedure it is important that he continues to eat a gluten rich diet. There are different schools of thought regarding diagnosis via biopsy. It is the "official diagnosis," but it is possible to miss the damaged areas of the intestines during the biopsy, resulting in a false negative. Many believe a biopsy can only rule in celiac, not rule it out. Then there are other doctors who will not diagnose celiac without villus atrophy (flattening of the villi visible during biopsy). Just be sure to find a great GI. You might try to contact the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) for doctor recommendations in your area.

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Dove chocolate will clearly disclose gluten in the ingredients if present. I don't know if you have See's chocolate in your area, but all their chocolate is gluten free, except for the chocolate with decorative icing (like the Easter eggs). The decorations are made by another company in another facility, and they do not claim them to be gluten free.

Have you found the Strawberry ones that are actually marked gluten-free? I've been buying them for a while around here, but not the ones that are actually labeled gluten-free and made on the dedicated gluten-free equipment.

I can't remember if the box stated gluten free, but I don't think so.

I'm in Portland OR and I have found Strawberry Chex. I found gluten free Kix ONCE at Walmart (and bought 9 boxes)! The Albertson's in Milwaukie regularly stocks Honey Kix!!! The Honey Kix only have an extra 10 calories per serving, so I'll buy them until regular Kix becomes widely available.

There is some variation amongst laboratories, but here are some general iron reference ranges:

Iron Studies

Total Serum Iron (TSI)

76-198

Wait 'till Wednesday night. That's fightin and drama night!

best regards, lm

Or wait until someone mentions McDonald's french fries!

I am a member of the General Mills advisory board, perhaps the panel has a bunch of us. Ah for the day when I can answer a survey they send without page after page of 'nope don't touch those'

Me too!

If you private message me your email address I'll send you a PowerPoint presentation I did on celiac disease. It was for an immunology class so I don't know if it's too detailed.

WOW! That's great!

No gluten is added to Tylenol or Motrin, but they do not test all of their products for gluten. The products on their gluten free lists are the products they have tested, but all of their products should be safe.

Last time I checked both Kroger and Safeway brand chicken and rice condensed soups are gluten free. It's been a while since I contacted Safeway so you should talk to them if you want to buy their soup.

Maybe cornstarch or arrowroot starch?

This recipe has some good reviews, but I have not tried it yet...

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Yes, I have been buying them for over a year with no problems.

Wow! Thanks. Gluten-containing chips have been banned from our household, everyone will be thrilled!

I called them about a year ago and they said that they would list any gluten and not hide it in their natural flavors or any other ingredients.

I have been having the same trouble and I use a regular oven. For a while I got the problem to go away when I switched recipes, but for some reason the doughiness has returned! I cook my pizzas on parchment paper on top of a pizza screen for five minutes, then slide the crust directly onto the screen. Last time I cooked it at 450 degrees until the crust looked very done and it was still gummy. I also made sure that the sauce was slightly warm. I think my next venture will be to make a thin crispy crust made out of mostly starches. I am also thinking of investing in a pizza stone.

First of all, there are plenty of laboratory tests, such as GFR, where the "gold standard" is not often used. This can occur for a variety of reasons, such as expense, and patient discomfort. If the patient has celiac symptoms or family history, positive blood work, and positive dietary response that is an adequate diagnosis. Many health professionals take that as a diagnosis, including my son's highly regarded gastroenterologist. It seems that there is a gradual transition taking place in the medical community, moving away from biopsies, and there are been plenty of studies suggesting that biopsies are not required for diagnosis. Lastly, many who do get the biopsy do not show villous atrophy and still walk away with a celiac diagnosis...so what's the point?

They look for the measles antibody in your serum. They do this by screening for antibodies using the measles antigen, such as measles protein. The measles antigen is usually immobilized on a surface, such as a plate or well. Then your serum is added and any measles antibody you might have in your serum will bind to the measles antigen on the plate. Then the plate is washed and another conjugated antibody is added that binds to your antibody This second antibody is capable of fluorescing or producing a color change which is measured. This indicates a positive result. They can also perform this test on dilutions of your serum to achieve a quantitative result. There are variations on the testing methods, but this is a common and basic method. I hope this helps. Basically it is a specific reaction between a measles component and your measles antibody.

There are not a lot of pediatric gastroenterologists in the Portland metro area. The only clinics that I know of are at Emanuel or Doernbecher children's hospital at OHSU. I am personally a fan of Doernbecher, since they have a private lab on the specialty ped floor and they have outstanding doctors. When kids get their blood drawn they go into a closed door room one at a time, so this prevents any anxiety from hearing complaints from the child before them. The phlebotimists also draw from nothing but kids all day, so they are experienced with children and good at what they do. We see Dr. Terry. She is great and is also recommended by GIG.

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What are See's chocolates? Susan

They are a chocolate company. Nearly everything is gluten free.

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