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    Think of it as routine maintenance, like gassing up the car and changing the oil and filling the windshield wiper fluid. No fuel, no go. I decided to do 2 outdoor activities early in the morning in the past month, which were going to cause me to exert myself. Because I also am not carbohydrate or sugar tolerant, this meant I had to eat early, eat...
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    Funny how much easier the gluten free diet is to follow for just gluten intolerance, if you are sick enough to start out with
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    If you can do dairy and egg, I would suggest you try the Chebe mixes, and make those little Brazilian cheese biscuits. I will put just a little bit of other savory gluten free flour in the batch, (almond, buckwheat, amaranth types of higher protein flours) along with a bit of extra oil and either egg or yogurt, and this makes it even better. The problem...
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    Oh, here it is. I tried posting to this thread a few days ago, my computer went pffffffffft, and then I wasn't sure where it was. Applegate Farms, the gluten free, preservative free organic lunchmeats, I've had good luck with. I wanted to suggest that if you can't stand the thought of touching the stuff, get a nice pair of kitchen tongs to pick the...
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    ARCHIVED Wolff

    Takala replied to Tigercat17's topic in Super Sensitive People

    I would be getting after your Whole Foods store to resume carrying the Pocono brand. I mean, they have these clerks all the time saying "did you find everything you need?" and not carrying the safe brand of gluten free buckwheat in a supposed "health food store" doesn't do anyone any good. It's bad enough that I can't use so many of their house brand...
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    From all the posts that I have read on this site and elsewhere, it is not unusual for doctors to recommend a biopsy when the patient has not been "fully" diagnosed, but still has been off of enough gluten for a long enough time, and doesn't resume eating it for a long enough time to redamage themselves thoroughly, that the biopsy then is negative. Then the...
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    Okay, who wants to set the Salon writer Mary Elizabeth Williams straight on this ? The article didn't start off too badly, but then deteriorated into this:
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    Oh, we have to fix your breakfast of 'rice- rice and sugar' first, then. No wonder you're near passing out. Can you do eggs and vegetables ? Pumpkin custard made with non dairy liquid ? Bacon ? I don't know about all those restrictions. Yes on ditching the potential triggers for latex, and maybe most soy, (some people can put up w/ small amounts...
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    If you are trying to avoid eggs, look for gluten free recipes that contain buckwheat flour, amaranth flour, and almond flour or meal, which are all "stickier" than rice flour based recipes. They work even better, if you can pre soak them in some liquids from the recipe. A little amaranth in a recipe is not only higher protein, but strangely mold retardant...
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    ARCHIVED Confused

    Takala replied to pullieq2's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    If you are celiac, the same damage celiac causes to the intestine lining is preventing you from easily handling dairy products right now. That may change after you have been on the gluten free diet for a while, and you may be able to add back in non lactose dairy products such as properly made yogurt and aged cheeses. The biopsies miss the patchy damage...
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    What in the world are they THINKING ? Gluten free food over here in North America is a lot cheaper, but still more expensive. But over there, where it is outrageous, they are telling one percent of their population (Irish have one of the world's highest rates of celiac) tough luck, it's not really medically necessary ? This is outrageous. Who makes...
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    Ruh - oh. You're likely to get flagged and audited if you try to get funny with the tax deductions for the gluten free foods, I would not recommend doing that, even if the author said "contact a qualified accountant" for advice.
  14. Takala
    Eeeew. Replacing the lactose with soy is not helpful, as many celiacs cannot do soy. Also, inulin is a plant based fiber that must be checked for sources, as sometimes it can be made from........ wheat. But a lot of time it's chicory root. Way to go, rocket-food-scientists. Hold the "faux sauce" on that entree.
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    ARCHIVED Going Out?

    Takala replied to Kate35's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Get a beverage that you think is safe, and have a safe, gluten-free snack in your purse or briefcase to eat with it. Example, recently I decided to risk this, and got the plain coffee, and put half and half in it, but, to my surprise, there was a gluten free snack bar with acceptable ingredients for sale at the counter, (this is rare for me) so I got that...
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    Go get the celiac panel done. ASAP. While you're still on gluten. All they do is draw blood, and then you'll have peace of mind when it likely comes back positive. This gives them a baseline number set to measure future follow-up tests against, so they can see if your antibody levels to gluten are dropping on a gluten free diet. If your biopsy...
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    Yeah, but.... somebody says this at least once a week around here. I've even had it happen to me, that I told a doctor I'd not eaten gluten in years, and they ran a panel anyway. At least that one came out negative, too. Of course, now, I am even more non- officially diagnosed than I was with the previous doctors, other than this doc accepts that...
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    Oh, you mean they aren't housebroken yet ? (S)he who cooks the food, calls the menu. They will find it in their best interests to keep the cook healthy. That's a shame your toaster just broke. Be sure to get your own when you go to the store and replace it with a "his" and "hers." The folks at Goodwill can take the old one. And that was...
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    How To Make A Gravy Roux Okay. Take the pan the meat was cooked in, with the remaining crusty bits, and add to it a form of fat, such as butter, margarine, coconut oil, olive oil, lard, or whatever you are not allergic to. Melt or heat it up, stirring and scraping the pan bits into it. When it is heated, add the gluten free flour substitute of...
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    Yes, you should make as many test pies as possible. You have time to do at least 5 weeks worth, if you start now. If the almond milk doesn't work out, there is always the canned coconut milk version with honey, extra spices and pecan topping.
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    "Fast Track" - from the same American government bureaucracy that can't be bothered to issue gluten free labeling rules pending for 5 years and the labeling rules they are contemplating would likely allow greater amounts of cross contamination in imported goods, plus allow uncalled wheat starch and oats, because they are voluntary and the FDA is going to...
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    With the gluten free pie crust recipes, if it calls for an egg, you had best use the egg or the egg sub, (such as a flax gel or a chia seed gel) because the gluten free flours behave differently when they are used in a pie crust recipe. Even if you have found or made a gluten free flour mixture that works for other recipes for baked goods, when it is used...
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    Sounds like a cross contamination issue, are you going out to eat on Fridays or Saturdays ? Where you start is easy. Write down everything she eats. Look for the changes. Correlate what was eaten and what happens later. She may just need to be reminded to wash hands and rinse very well, before eating. Oh, and those food dyes.... my goodness...
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    No, you are not "wrong." Because the doctor knows you have insurance that will reimburse him for screwing up her diagnosis again, because now the chance of it being negative is even higher, you did the right thing. What a sadistic son of a .......... This is the equivalent of going to a new doctor 7 months after recovering from an infectious...
  25. Takala
    Make sure your thyroid medications are gluten free. Don't forget, some people never test positive, either, so it's all good as long as you stick to the gluten free diet. You also might want to look into whether you could be reacting to "other" ingredients.... I had to switch brands on gluten free flour type ingredients because oat cross contamination...
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