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    i would love to know the answer to this as well. i have a bottle of this in my freezer from before my diagnosis in november and i haven't had a sip since prior to that. it is so yummy.
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    the lip balm is really great, one of the best i've ever used. the peppermint oil makes it feel really fresh and tingly and it keeps the lips soft for hours i'm a lip balm junky and always have some in my pocket. also i tried the herbal blemish stick because my face breaks out from shaving.... it seems to be working pretty well.
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    lol - thanks, i needed that. the problem is that my doctor's office called a couple of weeks ago and told me that everything was taken care of. then the collection notice arrived the other day. so i called aetna, and spoke with a complete moron who said i have to file an appeal. apparently nobody told my doctor's rep that when she called two weeks ago...
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    OK so I had blood drawn to test for Celiac on November 9, 2007. My Insuance provider is Aetna. When they received the claim from Quest Diagnostics, they denied all 3 tests for the Celiac panel on the basis that they are "experimental and investigational". I am now slapped with a bill for $600 that is ready to go to a collections agency and I am fighting...
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    i've just been on my first few dates with a special someone since going gluten free a few months ago. i recommended a local japanese place for the first date, since sushi can be pretty safe (and I know they carry gluten free soy sauce and i know the owner and he is conscious of gluten intolerance). second date was to a seafood place and i got grilled fish...
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    i think the guys are a lot stronger than the girls this season. david archuleta is definitely going to make it to the end. did anyone else know that he won $100,000 on star search when he was much younger?? i didn't read through the whole thread so i don't know if this was discussed already Open Original Shared Link
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    hey kim, i'm 30 years old and had a positive blood test in november and positive biopsy in december. i was diagnosed with small intestinal crohn's disease 14 years ago after being very sick for about a year. i just recently started seeing a new gastro doctor who finally made the celiac connection. when he reviewed my prior medical records with me...
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    My bet is that all of the dairy that you had that day is the culprit. I've been on the gluten free diet since December 3rd, so it's been almost 3 months for me. I still have good days and bad days. I was misdiagnosed for many years, so my gut is a mess from being symptomatic for so long. I usually limit my dairy intake to just a pat of butter in my cream...
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    Tiffany, that was extremely well-worded. I echo every line of your post. I was diagnosed in November after suffering for 14 years with a diagnosis of small intestinal crohn's disease. When you've forced yourself to deal with the fact that "this is how life is just going to be for me", it becomes a reawakening when you get the correct diagnosis of Celiac...
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    wonderful story.... thank you for sharing
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    thanks Lisa.... but I actually meant the Cadbury Mini Eggs... they are the small solid chocolate eggs with the hard candy shell. my absolute favorite candy. I haven't seen the ingredients myself, but my sister is my biggest advocate and she looked it up for me somewhere. I was never a big fan of the big cadbury eggs with all of that goo inside anyway...
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    I know for a fact that Marshmallow Peeps by Just Born are listed as gluten free. see this news release: Open Original Shared Link In addition, Hershey does not maintain a gluten free listing but will always clearly label allergens in accordance with the following page: Open Original Shared Link Cadbury Mini Eggs are in the Hershey...
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    thanks for providing this info.... i've tried free samples of the NOW sports protein and it's pretty good, but i also just found Biochem Sports whey protein at my local health food store. the chocolate fudge flavor is really good, and mixes very well with a small amount of almond milk without a blender (just in a shaker). it uses a small scoop, and...
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    Add a third fan of the grainless baker sandwich bread (though I'll need to try the mock rye). i also just tried the Kinnikinnick sandwich bread this week and it's quite good also! neither brand crumbles and actually the kinnikinnick is a tiny bit bigger. i also like baking my own bread
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    Woo HOO! Thanks for posting. Caffeine gets me a little crazier now that i've been on the gluten free diet, but i still LOVE my starbucks coffee.
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    Thanks for posting Stacey! The Contadina canned tomato products are something that I've been meaning to check on, b/c I really like their sauces and diced tomatoes for quick meals... but I just haven't had the chance to call. Good info to know....
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    I had initially heard great things about The Grainless Baker products, and tried out the sandwich bread. It was very good, but it came frozen, and had to be toasted and was VERY small for a sandwich. GET A BREADMAKER!!!! My sister bought me a breadmaker (Breadman Pro with gluten-free setting) for Christmas and I made my first couple of loaves in the...
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    Just to give you insight based on what I just went through recently, I was informed of my blood test results just after Thanksgiving in 11/07. My doctor scheduled an endoscopy for 12/21 to confirm the findings, but told me to go ahead and get started with the gluten free diet. A lot of people on here will tell you NOT to go gluten free before the biopsy...
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    ooooh if you find out, let me know! i LOVED the white hot chocolate before i was diagnosed or get this.... a combo cup of 1/2 white hot chocolate and 1/2 coffee. yum. maybe i'll call... haha, it's cold as hell in jersey this week! ~joe
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    i'm such a dumb @ss. sorry guys... i'm "multitasking" at work
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    i LOVE larabars...... but i've also been eating these Organic Food Bars.... i get them individually at a local health food store, but i was thrilled to find full boxes of them at The Vitamin Shoppe. They have a great protein bar with 22 grams of protein that is really good for eating after a workout. They are also quite high in fiber which makes them...
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    i was a bit baffled to see "chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream" on this list. so i went to the haagen-dazs website to look at the product and here are the printed ingredients: Ingredients: Cream, Skim Milk, Cookie Dough (Flour, Sugar, Butter, Brown Sugar, Corn Oil, Water, Fructose, Corn Syrup Solids, Coconut Oil, Salt, Vanilla, Baking Soda), Sugar...
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    FYI..... cut and paste from the Wrigley's website, just b/c I looked for myself and figured I'd see if there was a posting to add this to: Do your products contain gluten? The following is a list of U.S. Wrigley products that are free of any wheat, oat, rye or barley gluten: Wrigley's Spearmint
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    hey jodi, welcome to the forum. i'm joe, 30 years old from NJ. i was misdiagnosed and medicated for crohn's disease from the age of 16 with the only signs of improvement being that i proceeded through my adult growth spurt in the beginning of college, and i wasn't paralyzed by daily "D" as i was when i was really sick (at 16). i went through those 14 years...
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    I use Aquafresh Extreme Clean Empowermint.... i've seen somewhere that Aquafresh is gluten free. Anyone know for sure? The ingredients don't look too scary....
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