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    You can also use shredded cauliflower or zucchini in the salad-y recipes that call for bulgar. I am mostly paleo, so I tend to go for the non grain alternatives.
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    You know... that's a hundred percent true in my life experience, though it's a very depressing thought. I don't know how settled in my skin I will ever be - I didn't hit the usual milestones, and spent most of my adult life being sick, and sometimes have setbacks that throw me (like, was doing well in school until this semester, and started to be slammed...
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    Basically - until I was gluten free, I was in a complete fog. Spacy, detached - learning issues despite testing with high intelligence, perpetually confused, ditzy. I had trouble holding any but the simplest jobs. Couldn't think my way out of a wet paper bag, and later on, struggled with brittle Graves Disease which impacted my ability to do physical work...
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    I eat congee most mornings. This is a Chinese dish that is sort of like a "cream of rice". Open Original Shared Link You can add whatever you like to it, such as frozen peas/carrots or leftover meat. I generally eat it with shrimp or leftover chicken, mushrooms, green onions, bean sprouts, some peanuts for crunch, then season with sesame oil and gluten...
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    For bulgar based salads such as tabbouleh, my go to is quinoa. I also frequently bulk things up with lentils.
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    Seriously - women are VERY picky. Part of it is that women are picky and part of it is that our subculture also has its own issues... the lesbian community has a particular ideal that IMO is probably hard for a lot of women to live up to - we have to be healthy and fit and badass and independent and professional; you have to be "equal" and I'm really...
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    My symptoms are *dominantly* neuro/psychiatric. I have to have been on gluten for a while before I start noticing dramatic physical symptoms - otherwise, my physical symptoms tend to be the "nagging minor complaint" variety that tends to make other people think I'm a malingerer. I was in a psych day program for three weeks when I broke out with a bad,...
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    I took a look at that site and it's mostly straight people! You're right. There must be something I can do with my keywords on OKCupid so that I can be found when people do targeted searches. It's so weird - the stereotype is that women are more accepting and nurturing but I actually found men easier to deal with because they're just... well, more...
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    This is somewhere where it was definitely easier when I was in a relationship. I didn't have to negotiate the singles scene and eating out and it was okay to beg out of more social events. It seems to dominantly be an "online dating" issue. Due to geographic issues, online is my main way to meet people. I am sure that if I met women in person - they...
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    Hi folks - First of all, I'm gluten intolerant and also sensitive to soy. Also have Graves Disease. I find that I experience fewer symptoms and am able to stay off of meds as long as I'm gluten free, and want to avoid getting radioactive iodine ablation. I tested negative for celiac, but my doctor still felt I was best staying off of gluten, and I get...
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    This is interesting because I have Graves Disease. We don't know yet if my GI symptoms were aspects of Graves. I was negative on my Celiac blood tests. But I DID get a rash taht doc thought was DH (which is how celiac was brought up) and I start having recurrence of symptoms when I eat gluten. I just dont have severe GI symptoms now that Graves is under control...
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    My improved well being on Atkins should've certainly been a sign of something wrong... I was on Atkins for a year and a half and did very well. I discovered "brain fog" feelings were gone. I only started to have real GI (gastrointestinal) issues when I went OFF Atkins after being on for a year and a half. I never connected the GI with the gluten until I got...
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    Bumping because it got buried under other posts before anyone could see
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    Does anyone know of any coffeehouses in Sacramento, CA that have anything gluten-free to snack on *other* than chocolate bars, expensive bags of nuts and fruits? Starbucks allegedly sells some things that don't have wheat, such as a mozarella caprese salad, but every Starbucks I'm in never carries the wheat-free packaged salads or snacks when I'm there...
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    Does anyone here have an issue tolerating corn? I may not even have a clinical issue with corn but for some reason "things don't feel quite right" (it's a very vague thing) if I've been eating a lot of it. I don't feel quite right basing my diet on corn based products... just a vague thing of feeling "off", as opposed to the dramatic effects of being glutened...
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    I'm gluten intolerant but tested negative for celiac. My Nutrition teacher (I'm a pre-nursing student and this is a required class) informed me that many Celiacs test negative for a long time before testing positive... she is very well informed about Celiac and I'm just so amazed that my Nutrition instructor knows much more than any doctor I've ever had....
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    My blood test just came back negative... but I've had the symptoms of celiac including DH. My doctor thinks it could be my hyperthyroidism. What do y'all think?
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    Question, is this typical of celiacs? * diarrhea mostly in the morning * diarrhea that is mostly gas, some clear liquid, some gelatinous liquid, with little bits of sludgy/fluffy material, but very little actual poo * hard to hold in, and makes you stay in the house for fear you'll have an accident out in public
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    Question - should I go gluten-free before having the biopsy and everything? I'm reading I may get a "false negative"... what do you all think?
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    I have friends who are Raw Vegan and who go to a Raw Vegan restaurant. Does anyone know anything about this diet? I suspect it has no wheat in it but I want to be sure.
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    Interesting. This was my experience when I went on the Atkins Diet a few years ago - it never occurred to me that the issue was gluten, not carbs even though I occasionally "cheated" and had sushi with sushi rice, with no ill effects.
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    Make your own fries! A fry shouldn't have anything in it but potato. Dust lightly with salt and/or pepper, and for a tasty treat, herbs. You can also top it with garlic and fresh grated parmesan cheese, yum.
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    My doctor is the one who thinks I have DH and is ordering tests for Celiac. I think I may have it too, but I want to know if this rash is like what others here have experienced. It started out on the inside of my thighs... I get acne in the summer so I just thought the two or three red bumps were zits. Within a day, there were lots more. Day three, red...
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    Greetings folks... I went to a doctor for treatment/diagnosis of a rash, and he suggested I might have Celiac Disease... he ordered some blood tests. I'm waiting for them to get back. Here's what happened up to then. For months now I've been having really bad gas. Getting bloated and having to pass gas a lot after every single meal and almost every...
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    Greetings folks... I went to a doctor for treatment/diagnosis of a rash, and he suggested I might have Celiac Disease... he ordered some blood tests. I'm waiting for them to get back. Here's what happened up to then. For months now I've been having really bad gas. Getting bloated and having to pass gas a lot after every single meal and almost every...
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