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  1. Carol the Dabbler

    Happy birthday and may God bless you today!

  2. Carol the Dabbler
    I agree that my wording was vague, and have modified the initial post to say simply that I rarely use xanthan gum. I have also changed post #6 to say that xanthan gum is used "routinely" rather than "indiscriminately." While I do suspect that many gluten-free recipes call for xanthan gum in a rather knee-jerk fashion, my intended point was that it's present...
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    My specific reasons for avoiding xanthan gum, and the specific reactions that I may (or may not) have to it, are really not relevant. (I mentioned them only as examples.) And I realize that many people use xanthan gum on a regular basis without noticing problems. Let's talk about corn for a minute. It's gluten-free and apparently well tolerated by most...
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    Right, that's the site. But, as you point out, not only can information be contributed by anyone, it can also be edited/corrected by anyone. From what I've seen, the incorrect stuff doesn't tend to last long. As with anything on the Internet, it pays to exercise your own good judgement. Here's a link to their Open Original Shared Link. And here...
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    I can see that the definition of "gluten free" has to be practical. But it seems to me that the label, in addition to saying "gluten free" if the product is below so many ppm, could also mention whether the product contains any gluten-type ingredients (even if in very small/trace amounts), for the benefit of any extra-sensitive individuals. Unfortunately...
  6. Carol the Dabbler
    I just ran across the following in Wikipedia's entry for Xanthan Gum: I don't often use xanthan gum, and on the rare occasions when I do ingest it, there are generally a few other miscellaneous additives present as well -- but as near as I can tell, it makes me feel thirsty, weepy, and/or edgy. It's nice to know it's not just me!
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    Nikki -- maybe we can figure out what the problem is. I certainly don't expect or want you to post your actual email address (the one that you couldn't use), but could you describe it? How many characters is it, total? What punctuation marks does it contain (other than the @ sign and some dots)? Is there anything at all unusual about it?
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    Second Update: I finally got up nerve enough to go to "My Controls" and try changing to my preferred email address -- and it worked! I still don't know exactly what the registration software didn't like, but obviously the address-change software doesn't have the same quirk. So if you're having a mysterious problem with getting registered -- the software...
  9. Carol the Dabbler
    Do you perhaps have an omnivorous friend who might be willing to take the remainder of the container off your hands if you find that you don't tolerate it?
  10. Carol the Dabbler
    Hi, Larissa. Hey, you're ahead of me -- I expect to get my blood-test results in about a week. Here's a thread that I found shortly after I joined, that has been a tremendous help: Open Original Shared Link. Instructions of how to get the Delphi list are in post #4. There's lots of other basic info in the thread as well. Good luck to us both!
  11. Carol the Dabbler
    Rachel -- You're also fairly close to Lafayette (well, closer than I am, anyhow!), so you might want to check out the Open Original Shared Link. From what I hear, they're a very friendly, very active group.
  12. Carol the Dabbler
    I'm in Indiana, but thought you folks in NC might be interested in the Open Original Shared Link. I know very little about the group, having run across their web site in the course of a Google search. I did email them recently, and the webmaster got right back to me with a thorough answer, so they really do exist! Apparently they meet a couple of times...
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    I just got this reply from Open Original Shared Link regarding their Chickpea Miso, as well as their other non-barley misos: Hi Carol, In response to your question about gluten and Chickpea miso: We developed the Miso Master Chickpea Miso with folks in mind who have soy allergy, using chickpeas instead of soybeans, but it is also beneficial for...
  14. Carol the Dabbler
    Well, their web site (Open Original Shared Link) lists the following ingredients: Organic chickpeas, Organic partially polished brown rice, sun-dried sea salt, well water. As has already been mentioned, there is the question of trace ingredients in the koji, as well as possible traces of barley miso left in the wooden vats. But the ingredients are both...
  15. Carol the Dabbler
    Well, there's always the Miso Master Chickpea Miso. It's made with rice.
  16. Carol the Dabbler
    I've been wondering about miso myself, so it's great to see that there's a current thread! My all-time favorite brand is Miso Master. Their products are utterly delicious, all-organic, and made in the traditional Japanese way. As long as you stay away from their Barley Miso, their products are free from any overt gluten ingredients. HOWEVER, they are...
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    I'm an hour southeast of Indy -- out in the boonies!
  18. Carol the Dabbler
    To start a new topic (aka thread), go to the appropriate forum and click the green New Topic button near the top right-hand corner of the page. Type a brief description of your topic into the Topic Title box (and a subtitle, if you want one, in the Topic Description box). Type your opening post into the big box in the middle of the page, then click Enable...
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    OK, maybe this is the crux of the matter -- we have no idea what's normal, because we have no frame of reference. Once we graduate from diapers and the potty chair, NOBODY ever looks at our stools. And except when our kids are in diapers, we NEVER look at anyone else's stools. So if our stools are the same as they usually are, we tend to assume that they...
  20. Carol the Dabbler
    OK, I just checked out the ultimate "general consensus" reference site, Open Original Shared Link. They start out by defining diarrhea as "frequent watery, loose bowel movements," then proceed immediately to say, "Acute infectious diarrhea is a common cause of death in developing countries," thus supporting Ursa Major's claim in post #6. They also have...
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    It occurs to me that when diarrhea is listed as a common celiac symptom, it simply means that quite a few celiacs checked that box on a questionnaire. Therefore, "diarrhea" simply means whatever it meant to those celiacs -- pretty similar to any/all of the above, I suppose.
  22. Carol the Dabbler
    It sounds like you've already found an answer that works for you. If you're wanting to save yourself the work of shelling, you could look for walnuts packaged in facilities that do not deal with anything besides nuts (or at least, no gluten products). Most manufacturers are happy to answer questions about this sort of thing.
  23. Carol the Dabbler
    Thanks, ktp! And please come back here any time you like.
  24. Carol the Dabbler
    So as you understand it, diarrhea is just another way of saying loose stools (with or without other factors)?
  25. Carol the Dabbler
    I kept reading that one common celiac symptom is diarrhea, and I thought, well, I don't have diarrhea, just loose stools. Then I got to wondering what is the definition of diarrhea? My dictionary says, "excessive frequency and looseness of bowel movements." It doesn't say anything about cramping or urgency, which is what I have always thought distinguished...
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