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  1. Takala
    You can make broth from a tablespoon of Coconut aminos added to a cup of water. Add some extra virgin olive oil for the fat. You can also make soup base from coconut milk. Thai style, you add some fresh squeezed lime juice, but you can also make "cream of" soup with this, it's very versatile. And high calorie. And canned pumpkin makes a great vegetable...
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    Eat more proteins and "good" fats such as from olive oil, avocado, nuts, coconut milk if you are eating less carbohydrates. Some food cravings are the result of being low in vitamins and minerals which aren't getting absorbed due to damage. Others are because the the blood sugar is going up/down up/down rush- spike- and- crash because of too much refined...
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    The first thing you will need to learn is that if you actually want to keep yourself "safe," you can't care what other people think about your avoiding their food. Eat beforehand and just drink coffee or tea. Bring your own gluten free food snack, such as that bowl of fruit. Ignore the supposedly well meaning people who will be pushing food on you...
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    This isn't such a bad idea for people who have to have restricted diets for medical reasons. I learned this the hard way when we lost our electricity the better part of a week several winters ago, and there was not only significant flooding that limited road access, there was no electricity in many of the surrounding small towns - one assumes one can just...
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    It would be wise for the potential spouse-to-be to be very, very careful about not cross contaminating you.
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    Oh, wow. Glad you woke up out of that ! Have a look at this blog, especially the 2009 archives page: Open Original Shared Link Side effects from this stuff are more common than the regulatory body is letting on.
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    What recipe are you using ? With the egg substitutes, you can get a nice loaf of bread if you do them as a quick bread with a baking soda and cider vinegar leavening, but with using yeast, it may not work the same way. It also helps to alter the pan size to a smaller one, which makes the bread able to cook thru at a lower temperature for a longer...
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    1. You've always had it, but it's now getting worse again, unless the diet is gluten free. Doctors once thought incorrectly that childhood celiac could be "outgrown." NOPE. 2. Ataxia and other neurological symptoms resembling MS can be a symptom of gluten intolerance and celiac auto immune damage. Celiac can cause brain lesions called "bright spots...
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    Yes, 7 Sisters Italiano is good and has lots of gluten free. But it is not in Rancho C, it's in Citrus Heights, 8493 Auburn Blvd, not too far south of 80, in the Kmart shopping center. Some other places in the Sac area, February 2012, offering gluten free options:
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    The only way corn or oats could cause "this" is if they were already cross contaminated with gluten. Otherwise they are safe, because they are a different grain than the wheat triticum family, unless you have an additional food type allergy or intolerance to them. That will still not be a celiac reaction that causes auto immunity. However, it is recommended...
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    If her "issue" is truly gluten intolerance, then actually adhering strictly to a gluten free diet is the best physician. Hear me out. If she is already off of gluten mostly for a significant period of time, then when the Primary Care P. tests her, the blood tests will come back negative. The PCP will then announce that Mom Dearest cannot possibly have...
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    Egg Free, Dairy Free, Surprisingly Good gluten-free Buckwheat Pancakes or Flat Bread that does not even need gums or chia or flax Makes 1 large or 2 small pancakes, 1 serving Use a gluten free dedicated cast iron skillet for the best, easiest cooking. Preheat, add some olive oil or other oil, but if using olive oil, take care not to burn it. Combine...
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    Takala replied to Bubba's Mom's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Oh, mercy. I intercepted the contractor 2 months ago with a pickup load of "anonymous" straw heading towards our pasture where they had put the new septic lines in, and told him we'd just be scattering hay on it instead, since the one horse is allergic to many different types of hay/straw plus my wheat "allergy," thank you, but what I really didn...
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    Try drinking a LOT of water, going for a walk everyday, even if it is a short one, and eating as much UNPROCESSED food as possible, meaning fruits, vegetables, nuts, meats, eggs. Try to avoid processed grain starches in commercially prepared gluten free foods, until you are stable. You can also try brewing fresh or powdered ginger root into tea or putting...
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    I ate most of a bag of a different flavor a few years ago on New Year's Eve, never again, that made my new rule of NEVER eating something commercially made and new that I have not tried before, if I am planning on or have to be functional the next day. At the time there was a discussion thread whereby we discovered the company was not disclosing that...
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    This "shakedown" phase is really exasperating. You have my sympathy, I have some ongoing issues with common ingredients to gluten free items made commercially, like flax, and I was also reacting to something I was using at home, I had to really go "back to basics" in November, but wow, subsequently, I actually lost weight over the holidays, and my...
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    Wow. Open Original Shared Link Since you are more vulnerable to infections, and celiac s l o w l y destroys the lining of the intestine, the long term outlook would not be pretty if you keep saying "to hell with it." The intestines are full of bacteria, looking for something to do. The subsequent malnutrition can cause bone loss (you don't need...
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    Re the cough- new studies show that acetaminophen (Tylenol) makes asthma worse. Just in case he is taking it. Open Original Shared Link
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    Was this an electric toaster, or did you have to gather wood and build a fire under it, first ?
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    Rice cakes, peanut butter.
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    Get rid of the knife block. Also, anything else old wood, like wooden spoons, rolling pins. And old tupperware.
  22. Takala
    It a nutrient deficit, blood sugar levels amiss, vitamin deficiency driven behavior. I don't have any desire to eat gluten, it makes me way too sick. Eating very much sugar at all, does the same thing. I can not eat much white, simple to digest cereal carbohydrate by itself at all, either. I tend to reward myself with ONE serving of chocolate...
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    Try taking a gluten free B complex vitamin and a calcium, D, magnesium supplement. And eating more "good" fats such as olive oil, nuts, coconut milk, avocado, plain dark chocolate. There's plenty of ways to splurge without eating gluten, including things like coconut milk "ice cream." A normal person can eat gluten free for days, and then eat gluten...
  24. Takala
    Make him go grocery shopping with you, and have him pick out his snacks for the week. Also, from now on, at least one to two nights a week, he helps you prepare his gluten free family dinner, where everybody eats the same gluten free meal, such as Rice Pasta Night or gluten-free Pizza Night or whatever. Send extra non-perishable food with him to...
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    Oh, the cultural thing is a bit different, as over here, (across the pond) if you are not medicated to the gills with some sort of addictive or prescription **** with horrible side effects, you have nutcases telling you that you don't really have the disease. You really have your hands full over there with the return of the Thatcherites trying to privatize...
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