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  1. Russ H
    Maybe not Guinness, but I have seen a few gluten-free stouts available. It would be interesting to have the gluten content of Guinness measured in a proper lab. Someone tested it and got a negative, although I would want stronger evidence before I tried it. https://smartgurlsolutions.com/2018/04/16/guinness-stout/
  2. Russ H
    It was the Cumberland Hotel in Alston. They don't always have it on though, and I drank the last of it. Probably worth phoning ahead to be sure. Quite a few places sell Allendale Brewery ale but you would need to phone to see what they stock. http://www.allendalebrewery.com/where-to-drink
  3. Russ H
    And they would be correct. I had my first decent beer for many months at the weekend. Local brewery makes a gluten-free ale that actually tastes like ale - Allendale Hop On. Nectar of the Gods.
  4. Russ H
    I am in northern England and apparently the GPs prescribe gluten free flour. I want to see if they will prescribe gluten free beer instead.
  5. Russ H
    The Barilla pasta is good. I like Sainsbury's own brand brown rice pasta. It is in the pasta section rather than the free-from aisle but is gluten-free. Have to be careful cooking as it rapidly turns from undercooked to overcooked.
  6. Russ H
    I have always suffered from cold hands and feet and had a mild Raynaud's type condition where my fingers would go white and numb. About 10 years ago, I began to get chilblains in winter. I haven't had a any chilblains this winter after going gluten-free. I also no longer suffer from cold hands and feet. Has anyone else had a similar experience? There...
  7. Russ H
    I think the UK modus operandi is diagnosis via blood test results. Further endoscopy to check for pathology if over the age of 55 or under 55 and symptomatic but negative blood test.
  8. Russ H
    Ha, I know what you mean. The trick is finding a genuine Italian restaurant, staffed by Italians. If they struggle with English, all the better. I have been nomadic for the past year and eating out a lot, so I have learnt to be polite but persistent when asking about food preparation. Only takes a single contaminated meal to boost antibodies.
  9. Russ H
    Btw, I found some good bread and pastry recipes here: https://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/
  10. Russ H
    You get used to it. The main difficulty is eating out. I haven't found a gluten-free bread as nice as real wheat bread but there are some excellent gluten-free pastas. It has severely curtailed my beer consumption, which is probably for the best. Good luck!
  11. Russ H
    Not a bird keeper by any chance?
  12. Russ H
    I take it that with Budweiser, they are not actually malting the rice but using it as a source of starch and relying on the barley enzymes to break it down to glucose. You can sprout brown rice, but I suspect it would be very difficult to sparge without the hulls. I have only found unhulled paddy rice as pet food in the UK and don't know whether this...
  13. Russ H
    I used to develop small, individual, intensely itchy hives about the size of a mosquito bite. I used to get them above my knees and on my buttocks, shoulders and hairline. I would have several at any one time but never a herpetiform rash. Some, but not all would blister and crust over. They would come up suddenly, and it would feel like I had been bitten...
  14. Russ H
    Apparently rice can be malted and mashed just like barley and makes very palatable beer. Sounds much better than the hideous gluten-reduced or sorghum beers. I am still a nomad at the moment but as soon as I have a place, I am getting to work on making rice beer. There is good overall information here: Open Original Shared Link Some varieties...
  15. Russ H
    That sounds very risky. The UK guidelines are to limit daily gluten consumption to below 50 mg, some authorities suggest even less. That is equivalent to 0.5 g or 1/50 oz of flour - just a small pinch. You could get a hefty dose of gluten from a shared fryer. I would never do that. As to baked goods from a bakery, I always ask what procedures they follow...
  16. Russ H
    My father was a Scot but I am originally from the South East. Lived in Sweden for several years on and off and now in Aberdeen. Great place to live. Very friendly and hospitable and can get into the hills easily. Have a few pubs with gluten-free beer on tap. What more do you need?
  17. Russ H
    That is just how I felt. A sense of impending doom, anxiety and confusion. Also paranoia and memory problems, particularly short term memory. I saw 5 doctors but did not get diagnosed. I was saying all the right things and had the classic symptoms. Just unlucky I suppose. If I eat gluten my neurological symptoms come on within in a few hours...
  18. Russ H
    Thanks.
  19. Russ H
    I think this is possible. I have a similar experience. I think I inherited it from my mother who was plagued with health and psychiatric problems that emerged in adulthood. Particularly, she developed seizures and calcification of the the occipital arteries and blindness in later life. I was beginning to develop neuropsychiatric symptoms but they have resolved...
  20. Russ H
    Ultrasound will pick up things like diffuse inflammation - useful for detecting a fatty liver and liver fibrosis for example.
  21. Russ H
    I didn't find this in Sweden or Denmark, and I was there for a year. Haven't visited Finland (which is not Scandinavia). It does seem to be EU law, and the UK has similar regulations, which are strictly applied.
  22. Russ H
    In the UK, foodstuffs are marked with a list of ingredients and any possible allergens in BOLD letters. It is easy to see whether something contains gluten. In all of Scandinavia, I never saw this. Eating out is a nightmare because staff don't know and don't seem to care about allergens and food intolerances. The only places that were safe were genuine French...
  23. Russ H
    Definitely not the UK. Diagnosis in the UK can now be by blood test alone, especially for younger people. Sadly, Scandinavia is rather backward in these matters.
  24. Russ H
    That could be a fatty stool. I never had diarrhoea but my stools had the consistency of sticky porridge. Didn't float but were difficult to flush away and stained the toilet pan under the water level. Horrible but began to resolve after a couple of weeks on strict gluten free diet.
  25. Russ H
    I had foul smelling fatty stools, but I did not realise until I stopped having them. I was also plagued with body odour, memory problems, bad breath, difficulty concentrating, tendonitis and weight loss. All pretty much gone now. I feel a little bit better every day. I hadn't realised just how ill I was before, and for how long. I have moved back to...
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