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We spent last week in Steamboat Springs, CO. I was thrilled to find two great sources of gluten-free food there and wanted to share. First, I shopped at a health food store called "Healthy Solutions" - they had the best selection of gluten-free food I've ever found in one place! They even had homemade baked goods for sale - the carrot cake muffins and...

I think so!!! My dd (now 10) does not have either of the recognized celiac genes. We tried her on a gluten-free diet on the advice of a friend (whose dd and dw have celiac) and she started to feel better very quickly! Her symptoms were pretty severe - reflux, gas, bloating, D, pale, low energy. Within a couple of days her reflux started to subside a bit...

You're not nutty....you're normal, by my standards. I burst into tears once when I saw someone carrying a birthday cake out of the grocery store. I'm not sure if I was mourning the food, or the convenience of the food, but I was crying hard, regardless of the exact reason. I also cried in the grocery store once, early on, when I was trying to learn to...

Call ahead, so they can be prepared. Instead of the paste they usually use to clean your teeth (prophy, I believe it's called) they can use pumice powder. They used that on me and I coudn't tell the difference. Glide floss (Crest) is gluten-free, and that's what my dentist used anyway. For my kids, they use a fluoride treatment that is gluten-free (only...

I'm very happy with my pancake recipe. It took a few months, and lots of flubs, to come up with it. I use an egg, but I'm sure you could use egg replacer. It's already dairy/soy free (we don't do dairy or soy here.) 1 egg (or equivalent replacer) 3/4 c. rice milk (or almond milk) 2 tbsp. canola oil 1/2 c. flour blend (I use Tom Sawyer, which contains...

I think that a peaceful, intimate affair would be way more meaningful in the end than a big showy affair that took months to plan and stressed you out! I love the idea of having more money for good food, too! We just celebrated our 18th weddding anniversary and ours was a very simple wedding. We rented a house on our favorite Florida beach (I'm originally...

I haven't eaten Nutty Flax since your post....and I've been feeling great! Hmm......I may try it again this week and see what happens. I'm a bit apprehensive, considering that it made you feel bad again. I don't want to lose the only gluten-free cereal that I really like! I have been enjoying all the homemade pancakes, though! :-) I'll let you know...

Hi Meredith - This isn't an easy transition, huh? The thing that has helped me the most is educating myself. I've read every book about celiac disease/GI that I could find, and I've spent hours reading through the archives on this, and other, websites. I didn't have any severe symptoms before figuring out that I needed to give up gluten, so I kept having...

That's what we use, too. Soy has *always* bothered me, if I consumed very much of it. My dd had the same reaction to soy that she had to dairy....has given up both, for now. Me, too. At first I thought it was a tragedy, but we've adjusted. I use rice milk or almond milk in place of dairy milk in my cooking, and it works just fine! Rhonda

Same here. I see it EVERYWHERE I look. I don't mention it that much anymore, though. My friends and family were starting to think that I was paranoid and obsessed. I even had one friend say "Every health problem in the world isn't related to gluten, you know." Welll, yeah, I DO know, but when you see these clusters of conditions/symptoms in so...

LOL! Sorry for laughing, but I've done the SAME THING with a pumpkin cheesecake! It was years ago, on a Thanksgiving eve. I got the cheesecake in the oven and was cleaning up, when I noticed the bag of sugar sitting on the counter and realized I'd never opened it. I had to run out to the store to buy more cream cheese and start all over. I was up until...

Oh, I'm so glad you started this thread! I've been stewing about my two "misses" all evening. First, the stuffing that I made in the crockpot was a gummy mess! I obviously put too much liquid in it, and I also think I cooked it too long. I love the idea of doing stuffing in the crockpot, so I'm going to work on this. My second big miss - and it really...

I *think* there are a host of neuro symptoms that people refer to: ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, headaches, fatigue, head "fog", irritability, rage. I'm sure I'm leaving something out, but I've seen posts regarding all of these things right here in this forum. Lately, it seems to me that I'm hearing more and more about the link between gluten and autism...

Someone brought me a box of See's once....and I've never forgotten it! They were seriously good chocolatess! VERY GLAD to hear that they're gluten-aware. I hope they ship (I'm in the Easter US.) Rhonda