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  1. Michelle1234
    I just bought these, Jovial Fig Fruit Filled Cookies, at the local health food store (Vitamin Cottage). Open Original Shared Link They taste just a tiny bit better than I remember Fig Newtons tasting. I used to love Fig Newtons. Glad to have a replacement that is yummy. I thought I'd share my review as I know how hard it is to spend good money on a new...
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    Sounds awful. If you aren't taking probiotics you should start right away. And not by eating yogurt or some other fluffy product. You need the high dosage concentrated type to repopulate your gut after the strong antibiotics. Also check out Open Original Shared Link for more information on side effects of the antibiotic you were taking. Well worth checking...
  3. Michelle1234
    This is just a shot in the dark but I'm wondering if you restricted your diet so much that you developed food allergies to most of the stuff you eat. I recently had a huge skin flair up and when they did a food allergy test I tested positive for almost everything I eat. As a result I switched to having things I don't normally eat. For example I would eat...
  4. Michelle1234
    Take a look at the side effects and experiences of others taking Ativan. Open Original Shared Link You can also use askapatient to look up some of the other meds your son has been on and see if some of the symptoms he has are side effects from the drugs. Some things to try for your child that should help heal his gut. Probiotics to replace the...
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    This is the test my Dr. did. You basically collect a stool sample at home and send it in. Open Original Shared Link You can read their info and see if it makes sense to you. A quote from the web site: "EnteroLab has developed a unique screening test for gluten sensitivity, as well as for many other antigenic food sensitivities, that is more sensitive...
  6. Michelle1234
    I suggest taking your child to a holistic Dr. Battling with a physician who doesn't really know what is going on does more damage to your child as they will just give you meds or guess at what is going on. My problem started with chest pains which I went to the emergency room for. They did all sorts of heart tests and since my heart was fine said you have...
  7. Michelle1234
    My best tactic is to eat a huge meal before any type of potluck. That way when people ask why I'm not eating I can say "Oh, I just ate a huge meal and I'm stuffed". They can see on my face it is true. If I say I have food allergies everyone wants to know to what and what my reactions are. I don't mind anyone knowing I can't eat gluten but it does get old...
  8. Michelle1234
    You can order a gluten free stuffing mix from Open Original Shared Link They do mail orders but I don't think they take orders on the internet. You have to call. They come out with the stuffing mix in local Colorado stores every year around the holiday's and I just saw it yesterday so even though it isn't listed right now on the Internet I know it is available...
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    I suggest getting some gluten digestive enzymes and taking them before every meal. I take Digest Gold and Gluten Ease before every meal when traveling as they help with cross contamination. I also take along some probiotics as they are good for the gut and help repopulate good bacteria if you get some bad food or help your immune system out if it takes a...
  10. Michelle1234
    Don't know if this will help you but my Dr. gave me Glutagenics to help my stomach heal when I was first diagnosed. Take a look at the reviews and see what you think. Open Original Shared Link I found the taste to be not very good so instead take DGL pills. DGL is one of the main ingredients. DGL=Deglycyrrhizinized Licorice Root. Michelle
  11. Michelle1234
    Take a look at the results yourself. My holistic Dr. showed me my results. I was one or two points from being a Celiac but was at the high end of the intolerance range. He said it had to be treated like Celiac so I went completely gluten free. From which I learned I was highly sensitive to it and just the smallest amount gives me diarrhea. If your Dr. isn...
  12. Michelle1234
    Diagnosed at 39. Gluten Free for 5 years. About 6 mths or so for the initial chest pains to go away (that was my only initial symptom). Within the 6 mths developed diarrhea as my gluten symptom. It appears 20 min. after ingesting any. I have good luck combating it with Gluten Ease and Digest Gold. However since I never purposely digest gluten I only...
  13. Michelle1234
    When I first went gluten free it took me a long time to ferret out all the hidden sources. And one side effect of going gluten free for me was that I started to get huge reactions to gluten. I didn't even know I had any reaction to it until I got rid of it. Then I started to get diarrhea 20 min. after getting any. Sometimes I get gas or bloating but I'm not...
  14. Michelle1234
    Very interesting article. I think they just don't know. I was diagnosed 5 years ago. But before being diagnosed for gluten intolerance (I was a couple of points from celiac and had the genetic component) I was diagnosed with GERD. However I refused to accept the GERD diagnosis because they were just guessing and telling me to take the very toxic acid reducing...
  15. Michelle1234
    I don't know how accurate it is but I just had a blood test with Meridian Valley Labs because of an extreme skin allergic reaction where I had little white pustules all over my body that itched like crazy. They test for 95 common foods for $140. My results showed strong allergies to cow dairy, casein, egg yolk, egg white, beef, lamb, pineapple, green pepper...
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    Applegate Farms has a great selection of meats that is gluten free. I really like their breakfast sausages in addition to their sliced meat. My King Sooper (Kroger) carries them but they are pricy. They are also at some of the local natural grocery stores so if you have that type of store look there. They don't have a long ingredients list and list gluten...
  17. Michelle1234
    Have you replaced your blender? There is no way to clean all the gluten out of a blender so you need a brand new one. Gluten hides in crazy places. Eventually I had to replace all my cooking implements that had a seam or scratch in them. This meant all spatulas, spoons, measuring cups etc. Mixer, toaster, blender etc. all had to go despite our trying...
  18. Michelle1234
    I've stopped eating at people's houses. Even if they mean well they still get me sick. And they tend to get annoyed when they've specially served cut up fruit just for me and I won't eat it as the knife could have been used to cut bread just before or the cutting surface had crumbs etc. (I did get sick from cut up fruit one time and that ended my eating at...
  19. Michelle1234
    I'm also going to chime in on the cooking utensils. I found as I eliminated gluten I got more sensitive. Everything that had a seam in it it had to be replaced, mixer, toaster, pots and pans that had a handle with a seam, spoons, etc. If there was a scratch or crack I replaced that also. After I did that then I no longer got sick from innocent meals in my...
  20. Michelle1234
    If you are looking for a GREAT gluten free cookie mix I highly recommend Authentic Foods Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix. I liked it much better than the Betty Crocker one. However for cakes and brownies I really like the Betty Crocker mixes. Open Original Shared Link Good luck finding your hidden irritant. Michelle
  21. Michelle1234
    I think the bread is awful so suggest you save your money but they have alot of other products that are very good. Michelle
  22. Michelle1234
    Thanks to everyone for their input. I just sniffed the three different bottles of olive oil I have. One is Colavita Extra Virgin from Italy, another is Napa Valley Extra Virgin from CA and the third is Kirkland Extra Virgin (from Tuscany). They were in my pantry, not the refrigerator. I've bought olive oil from Italy (while in Italy) and none of these...
  23. Michelle1234
    Thanks! That was very helpful. Alot more stuff to avoid though <sigh>. I'm having good luck combating the itching but am not making any headway on the bumps so far. Michelle
  24. Michelle1234
    Thanks again. I did make my husband eat the asparagus in the house, I don't salt anything and we don't eat seafood. Other than that I'm not sure what to eliminate since a general search for iodine lists lots of fruit and veggies that I probably should be eating. Michelle
  25. Michelle1234
    I only have olive oil in my pantry and it gives an odd taste to boxed cake mixes. What is a good healthy gluten free alternative that will make great tasting cakes? Thanks! Michelle (the non-cook so I apologize if this is a stupid question)
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