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  1. Takala
    Because it is cheap, because growing it is heavily subsidized by the government(s), because what they don't use for fattening hogs and cattle on feedlots has to go somewhere, and their lobbyists are always promoting it to the baking industry. And there are a whole slew of people with financial interests in the GMO marketing aspects who run around the internet...
  2. Takala
    Check out the super sensitive forum. I thought I had/was developing multiple intolerances last year, but, as it turned out, I was just getting repeatedly cross contaminated with a few brands of (gluten free) items, plus manufacturers had changed ingredients on me for another thing or two I was consuming. I had a talk with an expert in this sort of thing...
  3. Takala
    I could not look more "caw kaze shun" but I am part indigenous aka "got here a little earlier." Females of this group tend to have higher rates of auto immune diseases. You'd think that with the caw-kaze-shun being northern European/Irish (and my married name being that, conveniently adding to the whole identity as perceived ) this would have been considered...
  4. Takala
    It means, that, instead of "fighting" with doctors who don't get the whole food intolerance/allergy thing, you instead take charge of the situation, and eliminate the problem causing foods from the diet. That is gluten, and soy, casein, and egg. And you replace them with whole, natural foods and less processed junk, and you keep a food diary, logging in...
  5. Takala
    Lfrost, Smoking tobacco does, for some, suppress celiac symptoms.
  6. Takala
    Of course. The test was administered by NFCA. The same people who brought you Domino's brand, Certified Kitchens "Gluten Free" Pizza, lovingly made on the same equipment as the regular ones. ___ added: And, oh, just frigging wunnerful that they're trying to scare gluten free peeps about Worchestershire sauce now. WTG, NFCA !
  7. Takala
    More likely that you are allergic to what the dogs have been eating. I went from being so- called "allergic" to dogs to being able to having dogs in the house, once I cleaned up my diet. But this coincided with something else. What I noticed back in the late eighties/early nineties is that when they started changing dog food kibble to include soy...
  8. Takala
    If you allow yourself to fill up enough on the real foods, you will have less cravings for the processed ones. If you are eating lots of chips, try instead putting a potato in the microwave to bake it (few minutes, big results) and then loading it with everything you can, as a snack, such as salt, olive oil, yogurt, shredded cheese, etc. The potato, loaded...
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    ARCHIVED Need Advice

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

    You need the antibody test for thyroid, because thyroid levels can skyrocket up and down into normal range with auto immune thyroid diseases. see explanation here: Open Original Shared Link You should also get an ob-gyn checkup to check for cystic ovaries, which can play he(( with periods. Try the natural form of progesterone cream that you apply...
  10. Takala
    The benefits of a biopsy, (assuming it confirms) are that if you come back here in a few months saying you doubt that you really have celiac after all, and you're cheating on the gluten free diet, and considering going off of it, because it didn't make you feel much better, is that you have less of an excuse. Some doctors will give you a hard time without...
  11. Takala
    Don't be so quick to blame just the whipped cream, as I have had terrifically bad reactions to that supposedly "gluten free" tea, even in the alleged flavors that are said to be safe, and I won't touch that chai mix ever again. It could be a combination reaction. Daily use of prescription strength anti inflammatories, even in the newer categories, are...
  12. Takala
    Here is a copycat with the wheat, for the illustration of what this is supposed to look like - Open Original Shared Link
  13. Takala
    This is one of those situations where, if you have any tendency to be a bit..... compulsive about something, you can use it to your advantage. Anytime I go somewhere, anywhere, the first thing I do when I come home is that I wash my hands. I even do this before putting groceries away, and then afterwards again, when they're put away. I also try...
  14. Takala
    You sound like an undiagnosed, early stage spondy to me, one who is reacting to taking a lot of over the counter or script NSAID anti- inflammatories, which have their own sets of problem causing symptoms when taken in large quantity daily. I used to have a doctor who understood this decades ago, but since moving to this state the "experts" I have seen...
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    On the "other" test results you posted at the bottom, are there ranges given, as it was a 6 and a 7 on a scale of ?????
  16. Takala
    Does it have to be..... Gluten Free, Egg Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free, Almond Free, and Oat Free or just gluten, soy, and oat free ? I can make a high protein gluten free bread, but I'm usually using egg and dairy products to help hold it together, besides the protein bump. The alternative would be to use guar or xanthan gum. Suggested gluten free...
  17. Takala
    This means nothing without the actual numbers and ranges and genotypes. And the testing is not 100% accurate, anyway. Anybody who claims otherwise is mis- informed. If you have a PCP with whom you've had test results indicating a gluten antibody reaction, work with them.
  18. Takala
    Symptoms match, and you have one positive blood test. You are trending "hashtag celiac undiagnosed" yet. I re - read the other thread. If you are in a glutenoid mixed household, esp. with small children (aka "wheat goo vectors") you may have been getting too cross contaminated during your experimental phase to have had decent results. If I had access...
  19. Takala
    Yes, heartburn, acid reflux is a classic symptom. always get copies of your test results. For both further reference and to re- check. You'd be surprised how often docs don't order anything resembling a "full" celiac blood panel. You may have non celiac gluten intolerance, same problems with gluten, but without the diagnosis.
  20. Takala
    You are gluten intolerant. Welcome to Club Well- Fed ! If you break out in another rash, you can get the skin next to it biopsied for DH. You can also get a genetics test, but that won't tell much other than you have a probability of developing the disease. Otherwise, you'd have to re- gluten a large amount for a long time, and there is still...
  21. Takala
    I think you are on the right track. You are slowly introducing foods back in and keeping track of your reactions. It's likely you're a more sensitive type person, who may never get the celiac diagnosis but who really is for all intents and purposes, in terms of what you can and cannot eat. The trick is while you're sorting it out, to just add ONE new...
  22. Takala

    ARCHIVED Opinions?

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

    The agenda of these writers for the NY Times is completely different than that of us who are trying to avoid gluten because it triggers auto immune reactions with devastating consequences. The last thing we need is the general public thinking that we can be served einkorn wheat without consequences, and having it being labeled "gluten free." See...
  23. Takala

    ARCHIVED Opinions?

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

    I just skimmed the article. I will rebut it later when I'm not in the middle of baking a loaf of genuinely gluten free, wheatless bread, and doing 2 other thing simultaneously. My short answer. These people are celebrity-type morons and they are part of a larger pushback by the wheat lobby against the necessity of the gluten free diet for those with...
  24. Takala
    I had to go SCD (modified for my own needs) at first. I think I could make mortar and brick out of almonds, and cover it in marzipan adobe by now . Keeping a food diary helps. In the past 3 years I had gotten much more adventuresome, and as a result, I was eating things that do not work for me. Tracking down the culprit ingredients was very challenging...
  25. Takala
    Get rid of any doctor that says "you can't have......." based on test that were done years ago. That is beyond idiocy.
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