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  1. GFinDC
    Thanks Holly, I think you are right, it is better to get the vitamins from food than pills. When I did my elimination diets, one of the first things I always eliminated was vitamin pills. Especially multi-vitamin pills. It is hard to even find any that don't have soy or gluten or casein. Plus they are always suspect to me when they have so many ingredients...
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    I like Solgar vitamins myself. I mostly get individual vitamins or 1 / 2 combos, like D and calcium. I have some Pioneer brand multi Vits but am not taking those much. Read the thread linked below to see why. They have a lot of Vitamin A in them and that may not be a good thing for celiacs. Blocking Interleukin-15 May Treat Celiac Disease Symptoms
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    It does sound like it could be celiac. Celiac or gluten sensitivity, either one. There is a genetic component to celiac and gluten sensitivity so it would make sense that your daughter and you both have symptoms.
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    No problem, it's fine to ask questions! I didn't think eating toast out of an old gluteney toaster would hurt me. I thot the people on this site were exaggerating big time. But after a couple weeks when I ate some gluten-free toast I made in that toaster, I sure felt it. Your body learns to make antibodies to various bad things, germs, parasites etc...
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    I suggest you join this Yahoo group, DC celiacs. They have an online listing for gluten-free places to eat with reviews. If you post a message to the Yahoo group there will probably be someone who has eaten at some of those places and can help too. Open Original Shared Link
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    Or you could just have a problem with beans.
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    I was going to say the same thing, brush the teeth with baking soda. She could also use plain old salt. You can thicken soups and gravies with pysilluim husks, or okra, flax seed meal, or any other gluten-free grain flour. Sweet potatoes boiled and mushed make a nice soup thickener. Tasty too. You might want to check out possible cross reactions...
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    The simple answer is "no" you can't eat gluten. Not once in a while, not every other month, not ever. Your body is going to pay you back for it if you do.
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    Quote How Sensitive Are You? Helping each other out End Quote I tear-up sometimes watching sappy movies. Ooops, prolly not what you meant! I stay with mostly whole foods, so I don't know how sensitive I am now really. There are not a lot of processed foods I could eat anyway due to my other food intolerances. I used to think I was very sensitive...
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    Oh, well, that should get some attention in a perfect world. But you are right, we don't live in one of them. Well, 6% is enough to form a good size voting block anyway. Viva the gluten-free party!
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    I think he has a point. If we all just assume the world is flat, we may never even think to check for a curve in the surface. So, if we all just assume there is no problem with any grain besides Wheat, rye, barley and oats, we may miss something about the whole situation. I think it would be good if some enterprising scientist-head did a study on other...
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    6% is a pretty large number of people. That should get some attention from researchers.
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    Hi EM4G, I am wondering about the carrots and Vitamin A myself. I figured it out by doing an elimination diet. Actually I did 3 different elimination diets over the past 3 years. Always found something new that I hadn't figured out before too. I was really surprised when I added carrots to my diet at one point and had a bad GI reaction. I tried them...
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    I wonder if this means celiacs shouldn't be taking large amounts of vitamin A in pills? Although if the negative effect only happens with gluten is present, maybe it doesn't hurt anything. It could be a good reason not to take a multi-vitamin when glutened by accident though. OR to avoid foods high in Vitamin A when glutened. Open Original Shared Link...
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    I used to have black stool and bleeding before going on the gluten-free diet. Celiac does destroy the lining of the small intestine, so its no surprise if it causes bleeding. A positive response to the diet is a better test than any test a doctor can give you, no matter how much it costs. If it makes you sick don't eat it. Your body doesn't care about...
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    Thanks for posting about this, I hadn't heard it yet. I don't take Tylenol or Motrin, but I do take Benadryl sometimes. Sounds like it might be safer to a use a generic brand instead.
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    Well, it's not like we celiacs aren't willing to change our diets. So maybe this Eat to Defeat Cancer diet is something that would suit some of us. The idea is to eat foods that have a natural ability to promote angiogenesis in the body, which can retard tumor growth. There is a TED video talk by a researcher who says that some foods have a stronger...
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    GFinDC replied to ShannonL's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Hi Shannon, I don't do bread much myself. I get brown rice tortillas at Trader Joes or Whole Foods instead. Or sometimes I make microwave buns. Or I have in the past made pancake like bread. But really you don't need bread to eat well. It is good to concentrate on whole foods at first, meats, veggies, fruits etc. Avoiding dairy and soy are...
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    When I was still eating nightshades I used to make the Betty Crocker yellow cakes mix with a banana mashed in to make it moister. You can add lots of things to the yellow cake mix to dress it up. Spice cake for instance, or make a dump cake.
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    Wow, a way for mice to eat gluten! Sounds interesting, definitely worth watching for more info on this. Thanks for the post Scott!
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    Hmm, did you grill the chicken on a grill that was used for gluten containing items earlier? Soem people put a piece of aluminum foil on the grill first as a precaution. Not a bad idea. You only just started this diet. You will learn to do it better as time goes on. One of the best ways to start is stop eating all processed foods for the first couple...
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    The enriched rice might be coated with tocopherols (vitamin E containing), which are sometimes derived from wheat germ oil. According to Wiki they are usually derived from soy bean oil though. Probably because soy bean oil is cheaper.
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    Well, I hope you have been eating gluten longer than 1 day before your testing! The usual recommendation around here is 3 months at least. Even at that, there is still a chance of a false negative, as the tests are not 100% per cent accurate. So it would be good to do the diet for several months anyway, regardless of the test results. Good luck on...
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    Hi Lilith, Good to have you here! Welcome! I just have a few suggestions of things we often tell new gluten free eaters around here. Try to stick with whole foods and avoid processed foods for the first few months. By avoiding processed foods you eliminate lots of cross contamination issues, food additives like perservatives, food colorings, and...
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    You could move to another country to avoid gluten but you may not be better off. Eating out is always a risk no matter where you live. Even restaraunts with gluten free menus can have bad days. If you insist on eating out rather than preparing your own food and taking it with you in a lunch box then you are creating your own problem. It is easily solved...
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