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    Live Free or Die Hard was very good also. Definitely had a neat plot. I liked it a lot even though it is a stereotypical "guy" movie.
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    Aren't sweet potatoes considered nightshades? I haven't been eating them because I react to regular potatoes, but I haven't tried. I have been using red wine vinegar from Wal-Mart with olive oil on my salads. Yum. The vinegar is labeled gluten-free.
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    I personally think rice milk tastes better than soy.
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    I second the nomination for Superbad. But only if you don't mind lots of curse words and crude humor. I, Robot was great. Loved Ratatouille (apologize if that's spelled incorrectly) National Treasure
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    I wanted to add there are some on this board whose numbers went up before going down. Don't despair, but do look for hidden sources of gluten. For instance, a sauce that I thought was gluten-free whose ingredients I read 100 times turned out to have hidden gluten. Grr!
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    What kind of doctor is that? He can't help? What are we paying these people for? *deep breath* Well, I don't have kids. But here are some thoughts: 1. She's getting cross-contamination from somewhere. Possible sources are bakeware, cutting boards, dishes, etc. Maybe the family pet is giving her kisses after eaten its food (which has gluten...
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    I used to always get sick there and figued no restaurant was safe for me. Then I realized it was the butter. DUH! I have eaten there once since then and gotten everything with no butter and been OK.
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    I personally like when people say that a gluten-free diet would be hard. And if they thought that was hard, they could never imagine a gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free and potato-free diet. What I hate most is if people say it would be easy to eat gluten-free. That actually infuriates me, and I have challenged one person to eat totally gluten-free for...
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    I have some family members in denial about gluten, so although I can't possibly know how difficult this is for you, I do know how frustrating it is to watch someone poisoning themselves with food. I know for me, especially in the beginning, it was hard to stop eating gluten once I started. When I was first diagnosed, I'd get accidentally glutened, and...
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    I love 14 pounds very quickly (a week and a half?) when I initially went gluten-free. I was somewhere around 240 pounds at the time? Not exactly sure. When I eliminated casein (dairy), I had another fairly rapid drop of 10 pounds, but gained 5 of those back. Eliminating soy and I had another 5 pound loss very quickly. When I cut out potatoes, I dropped...
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    Good article to link to. You can use pretax dollars through a flexible spending account to be reimbursed for the DIFFERENCE in cost between regular food and gluten-free foods. You do need a note of medical necessity from a doctor. I signed up for a flexible spending account next year and plan to do this primarily with the flours and maybe pasta since...
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    Yes, these companies are pretty idiotic to put soy in their milks. Obviously the reason most people are paying much more for a much smaller amount of product is that they cannot have soy milk.
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    I got quite embarrassing acne flareups when I initially eliminated dairy, then casein and most recently soy and potatoes. One of the first signs now that I accidentally ate one of these is if I get a few new pimples.
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    If you are eating only these foods and still getting sick, then you know you are intolerant to at least one of them. My first guess would be soy in the mayo. There *is* soy-free mayo. It's called Spectrum. It's quite expensive, however. Second guess would be the eggs. It is extremely frustrating to have so many intolerances. Right now I get sick if...
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    You can get gluten-free pasta. Get the brown rice, not corn. Use rice and potatoes instead of bread. You'll find the premade gluten-free breads don't taste good, but if you're going to resort to them, try the almond. Pamela's pancake mix is the best, but does have dairy, so if you find she can't have dairy either I recommend making your own from scratch...
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    I think it would be important to know all the symptoms. I didn't mention GI problems until they were so bad I thought I had food poisoning. It is embarrassing! And when you have this your whole life, you don't necessarily realize that it's not "normal." The symtom I had that eventually lead to the dx was tingling/numbness/burning in my arms and legs. And...
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    Morning all. Got my Xmas shopping done, no problem. I have a sinking suspicion hubby is trying to get me a puppy for Xmas. I hope he doesn't b/c I'd like to pick it out, but I'd also love a puppy either way. (I bought a puppy two years ago who ended up having fatal kidney problems. He died at 10 months old.) I forgot to do the spit test, so I will have...
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    *Looking feverishly through thread* I haven't heard that! Are you spitting in a glass of water? Well, I'm off to start and finish my Xmas shopping. Wish me luck!
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    For those craving KFC chicken ... try McCormick's Montreal Chicken seasoning. It's delicious! We put a little olive oil in a glass pan, then sprinkle seasoning (we like a lot). Then put down the chicken. Then rub a bit of olive oil and top and add more seasoning. Cover with aluminum foil Bake for 30 minutes at 375 or until chicken reaches proper temperature...
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    I read that Lyme article, too. Wow. Just wow. But still there are some major symptoms I don't have, like joint pain. But so many others fit. The horrible balance. Horrible sense of direction. The occassional, unexplained dizziness. Headaches. Light sensitivity. Digestive problems. Numbness/tingling in the hands. Recent hand numbness that sounded like carpal...
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    Jin, No, sadly, we're probably not getting a tree this year. We redid the office first, so stored virtually every box that didn't go upstairs into the living room. Heck, we can't even watch TV yet (although we do have cable) and sit down at the same time. We do have a miniature tree, though. We bought lights, but they aren't up either. Maybe on Sunday...
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    I had my B levels checked, as well as was checked for diabetes (and had a sleep study, and a stress test, etc), and none was the cause behind my tingling/burning. I believe in my case it was a type of restless legs, although it typically affected my arms much more than my legs (but sometimes occurred simultaneously in the left leg and right arm, for example...
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    Hi everyone! We're getting settled into the new house and loving it, although I can't wait until all the boxes are gone. I have to brag a little bit. The background: Been overweight my whole life. Hit 253 pounds last September (before diagnosis), although my highest weight ever was 270. I can't EVER remember being under 190 pounds, and in college...
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    I don't know the exact answer to your question, but I will tell you I had the paresthesia symptoms for 6 months before diagnosis. Test after test couldn't find the answer. Finally, I switched doctors and mentioned that my aunt can't eat gluten and could I have that, too. The symptoms greatly diminished when I went off gluten, but did not completely disappear...
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    I have not seen a soy-free tomato pasta sauce at a regular grocery store here (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). You can make your own tomato sauce, though, from diced tomatoes, tomato paste, etc. I personally have be putting a little bit of olive oil on my rice pasta (not too much) and then some type of meat and herbs. I also have sauteed veggies...
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