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  1. Takala
    What is it with pHD biochemists and gluten issues ? There is NO STANDARD for serving sizes, either, in the United States. There is a plethora of single serving packages that contain "one and a partial" servings, to give the illusion of the foodstuff being lower calorie. And they screw it up ALL THE TIME! I would be infuriated...
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    They are really tasty. I had read a travel writer's review in a midwestern newspaper and thought, hey, that's within a weekend trip driving distance, no airplane trip required, so we had a meal there last year. The hot chai tea and the lamb burritos were very good, too.
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    This is one of the reasons I stopped playing music decades ago, but I also had cervical spine damage and the combination was doing me in, along with some chronic (it's a feature w/ me, not a bug) tendonitis. I don't have a formal celiac diagnosis, but had enough damage to fill a book, that the Neurologist from Hell
  4. Takala
    You need to show what the ranges are, not just the one number, because laboratories use different scales. Make them give you a written copy of the test results, not just over the phone. The doctor may want to do a biopsy and/or a genetic test next. If you have a rash, it might be DH, which you can get a skin biopsy done next to it when you are having...
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    Takala replied to beth67's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

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    They're not calling Asperger's or Autism auto immune right now, but I predict there is a good chance in the future that "they" might be. I had gallstone/gallbladder symptoms but no diagnosis before going gluten free, which resolved my inability to digest fats. My rule: if something bothers you, don't eat it.
  7. Takala
    Write down what you are eating every day. What is different? You may not understand where the cross contamination is coming from, but that doesn't mean it's not there.
  8. Takala
    One can always find a specialist more interested in making money than diagnoses. By "SBC" do you mean Sea Buckthorn Berry ? see cautions: should not be used by people with inflammation of the intestines or obstructions Open Original Shared Link I don't suppose he came up with a better reason for the ulcers, nor any proof they are really there unless...
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    Take the cookies back and tell them they have an "off" taste, they may want to know, since all of you are tasting "something." Too much baking soda is really awful, both salty and bitter. I did this recently with a pancake accidentally, thinking it wouldn't matter that I spilled a bit extra into it. I know what my pancakes are supposed to taste like...
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    Eat simply. Some of the gluten free substitutes eaten as replacements can be rough on you until you figure out which ones they are.
  11. Takala
    Don't give her benefiber, it has wheat in it. My, I would interpret that as almost... hostile. I would suggest filing a complaint with the state medical board. There are also places on the internet along the lines of "rate my doctor," which you can use. There are also research sites where you can check to see if he's had a licensing problem...
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    Oh, for the love of ****, they are in KENYA, AFRICA, where children are still, miraculously, mostly NOT in need of pharmaceutical mood altering intervention to get thru childhood ! Did you know that toddlers and pre schoolers tend to have temper tantrums when they are are tired and not feeling well, and this is normal ? "Bipolar childhood disorder"...
  13. Takala
    What flours ? Are you using gums? My first thought is try adding a bit more vinegar and baking soda for some more leavening.
  14. Takala
    Start keeping a food diary and write down everything that your child eats. And at the bottom of each page day, what sort of day he had. This way you will start to see patterns. The two most common "problem" foods that run together with this is soy, and then dairy cow milk products. When making a change, it's easier to change one thing at a time....
  15. Takala
    Okay, I have a sort of devious idea. Invite her over for a meal that you will prepare, for all 3 or 4 of you to have together, (you can invite another SO or friend, and even let them in on joke) to be gluten free. And while serving this, you can make sort of a Big Deal Out of It, casually, like "and this is the risotto that was prepared to be GLUTEN...
  16. Takala
    Tapioca flour is tapioca flour, there is nothing special to "recommend" it, and I would certainly not be recommending a brand processed on the same lines as wheat when there is plenty of it that is NOT processed on the same lines as wheat. I just looked at their website and they sell a lot of wheat and wheat products like spelt and bran. They do clean...
  17. Takala
    Stay off of gluten long enough, and the blood test comes out negative.... no surprise. Even comes out negative sometimes on gluten, with symptoms that are obvious. You would have to eat it seriously for months, for the re- tests, and for what purpose, again ? You already have celiac associated disease(s), liver do problems go with this, I'm assuming...
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    We don't know what really transpired between her and the first set of doctors. We don't know if they recommended a biopsy or not, did she follow thru with it or bag it, and what would the doctors have said if the biopsy was negative though the blood tests positive - which we do see people here in the comment threads talking about. There was a poster who...
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    Just wanted to say thank you for putting up those recent links on fructose in the wine discussion. My daughter has been having possible fructose issues the docs can't figure out, and I'm going to be taking this info. to her doc to see if it may help! Thank you!

  20. Takala
    Save the binder, because if you like something, you may end up spending hours trying to recreate it, and it might be a guideline. I've also done some conversions of recipes by substituting the flours and adding/subtracting what needed to be done. Even if you don't eat it all yourself, the trick is to start making foods for others, if they like it, then...
  21. Takala
    Don't tell your hub he has to go gluten free. But you might suggest that meals at home be gluten free if you're the one cooking them. My husband volunteered to do this after seeing me wiped out once too often, and he got tired of the pantry being an accidental minefield. In return, I bake as much (gluten free) stuff as he wants ( I had to slow down...
  22. Takala
    Something is wrong here, especially with the endocrinologist suggesting "depression" when it is clearly either gluten cross contamination or accidental consumption, combined with thyroid disease which the replacement therapy is not resolving. Not resolving the underlying physical malnutrition and endocrine issues cannot be "fixed" by then treating or ignoring...
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    This article was so poorly researched and full of misconceptions, I actually checked to see if the author was what she claimed to be in real life. She is a dietician and an associate prof at a small private midwestern university. I would suggest she start researching celiac and gluten intolerance seriously instead of repeating the same old canards...
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    _______ Metabolic thing. If you're low on certain vitamins and magnesium, it can happen. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link
  25. Takala
    PF Chang's version of General Tsao's chicken, which they call gluten free "Spicy Chicken."
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