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  1. Takala
    You can at least call yourself severely gluten intolerant. You could also opt for over the counter genetic testing, if you were curious to see if you do indeed have the official genes which go along with celiac. That doesn't prove anything, but can put you in the class of celiac disease being the more likely probability. You could say your diagnosis is...
  2. Takala
    "Bittersweet," yes - it always helps to finally get medical validation for the reason you're feeling bad, but not in the "never expected this" department.
  3. Takala
    FWI those who can do dairy but not soy: Maranatha brand makes an almond butter and dark chocolate spread that is reminiscent of Nutella. If you can't handle the Nutella, you might be able to handle that. While it has soy lecithin, it doesn't have much soy protein, or I would react to it. Open Original Shared Link I don't know what it is about...
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    It depends what one means by "healthier." In a lot of the mainstream publications right now there are the typical food writers pushing what is considered a "heart healthy" diet for men who are prone to coronary artery disease, which is a diet which is high in grains, vegetables, and fruits, and low in fat, animal products such as dairy, and meat. A...
  5. Takala
    You can form Chebe dough variations into shapes, but that's basically tapioca, eggs, and dairy, and she wants dairy- free and lighter texture. And the Chebe dough types work better if you add a small amount of gluten free higher protein type "tasty" flours, such as almond meal, buckwheat, or amaranth, which add taste and browning, and then make an indentation...
  6. Takala
    If your daughter has been on a gluten free diet all this time from age 2, then she should test out negative for the reaction to gluten, because it is not there any more, to be causing her problems.
  7. Takala
    Dear God. Congratulations on not taking the doctor's advice on this one. Treat it as if you have a peanut allergy. Altho the mechanism and reaction is slower, and it won't kill you outright, quickly, very small amounts of gluten, ingested daily, continue to stimulate the auto immune response which tells your body to attack itself, which then...
  8. Takala
    I'm Ready for My Gluten-Free Lifestyle Makeover, Where Do I Audition to Be a Picky Pain-In-The-Butt on American Idle ? "Waiter, is that a CROUTON in my salad ?! It will make my rump explode ! "
  9. Takala
    This is this scumbag "Hank Campbell" again, previously known for trolling the gluten intolerant as making up their symptoms. "Celiac: The Trendy Disease for Rich White People" - that guy, back in August 2012. Open Original Shared Link "Without the autoimmune comorbidities, there is not much way to know who has sensitivity and who is part of...
  10. Takala
    They'll probably manufacture it with an undeclared wheat starch binder and lactose coating. I believe my auto immune disease is already too severe to risk furthering more brain and neurological damage by ingesting small amounts of gluten, then expecting a "pill" to handle it.
  11. Takala
    Try to ease yourself into eating more healthy fats, such as olive oil, coconut milk, avocado, nuts, because they sate hunger better than carbohydrates. Also, cravings for minerals and vitamins may show up in your body as sugar cravings, because "hunger" is not that specific, more of a generic sensation. Eating carbs in the form of high glycemic index ones...
  12. Takala
    No, at 5'-8", 165# isn't too much, it depends upon your build. I'm gaining weight but losing size because I'm gaining muscle, I gain it relatively easily if I work out, and I'm wide in the shoulder and hip, I'm never one of those "small" sizes even if I were to be thin. Last summer I told the sales clerk at REI I needed a men's lightweight sun-...
  13. Takala
    But it goes pretty quickly, because they don't have to cut anything to get in to see it. Open Original Shared Link
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    Gluten Free Lifestyle Sounds Like We Are Doing A Reality Show In the Whole Feuds Aisle !
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    It's like an initiation ritual when people discover that stuff was the culprit that was contributing to their still not feeling so good. I had someone on an internet board warn me off of it many years ago, and I was at first rather too stubborn to believe it. This was when I was less sensitive to cross contamination. Then I found canned coconut milk. ...
  16. Takala
    Well..... welcome to the world of "no- diagnosis land." There are many of us who went on to become gluten - free anyway, because we got sicker and sicker on a normal diet, and we feel much better on a gluten free diet. Some of us with nerve damage even had some dramatic reversals of other chronic problems, such as I slowly, over the course of several...
  17. Takala
    It is the "holidays." Ho Ho Ho and all of that. In the northern hemisphere we are coming up on the shortest daylight period of the year, and you need to cut yourself some slack because of this. And start taking care of your increased vitamin needs, even if it is an inexpensive, over the counter gluten free B complex you purchased at the grocery store...
  18. Takala
    You have to taper off of prednisone if you take it. I had a nurse friend years ago really, really emphasize this to me, and to warn that this stuff should not be taken frequently, only if there was no alternative, and to never just stop it all at once. This was in response to how surprised I was, that taking it for something else also seemed to help my...
  19. Takala
    Not as bad, tho, as that cutting board just covered in glutenoid crumbs. Yuck! Completely unacceptable ! Really, you must get yourself some new, CLEAN, VIRGIN cooking accessories, mark them boldly with a permanent marker, and tell Mr. Contamination Vector to keep his glutentrash off of it ! Oh, and definitely use post it notes, and a notepad to jot...
  20. Takala
    that their readers have a "Fish problem." Yes, "every one of the 16 sushi bars investigated (in New York City) sold the researchers mislabeled fish. In all, 39% of the seafood from 81 grocery stores and restaurants was not what the establishment claimed it was." When I clicked on this title, I thought for a second that just maybe this would be an...
  21. Takala
    No, you're fine. Everyone has different levels of carefulness they need to practice, so they don't get sick.
  22. Takala
    Okay, so today is day one of your new life. Go to the store, and buy some gluten free food, and start eating it. Hon, sometimes walking is just learning to swing that one foot you can't feel in front of the other which is supporting your weight. You may have additional sensitivities. You may have to experiment to find them, by eliminating certain...
  23. Takala
    This is simple. If you go, take your own safe gluten free food and prepare it, including treats, so your family isn't deprived or left out. It can be eaten at the same time with others. If this bothers other people, it is their problem, not yours. I wouldn't even bother to "discuss" it. This is a feature of your family, that you bring and prepare your...
  24. Takala
    The problem with making it more elastic in the raw form, is then the finished baked product could be used to make car bumpers or drywall. Because I cannot eat as much pie as I can bake, after performing a lot of experiments that merely resulted in having to buy larger clothes but creating the same pie crust the texture of bamboo floor tile, (tasty...
  25. Takala
    Carrying supplies- not just for cold weather. I carry a lot of extra water in my car(s), and this summer had to rescue 2 dogs who were badly overheating because they had been left out in the back of a pickup truck bed, in the parking lot of a grocery - me, 2 other people, and a store employee who went back into the store to try to find the owners, all were...
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