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  1. Takala
    Quite possible to not ring up positive on the blood tests and still progress to really messed up to where they acknowledge all the other side effects but still can't give out the Official Diagnostic Seal of Approval
  2. Takala
    If they want to keep making themselves sick because they won't stop eating garbage, that's their problem! You are being pro active about your health, while they are admitting that they have a bit of a problem. I mean, really, what is it with all the cupcakes piled up with 500 more calories of gooey sweet icing on top, littered all over the American...
  3. Takala
    1. Symptoms 2. positive endoscopy 3. positive blood test 4. auto immune diseases associated with celiac 5. Physician tells you "confirmed celiac" Geez, what more do you want ? You have no intention of trying out the diet ? You don't want to "disrupt your life on a hunch ?" Only thing left is genes. When your genetic tests come back showing...
  4. Takala
    Whole Foods and Stonyfield Farms (the yogurt guy) have been really, really disappointing on this entire GMO issue. They are just planning to keep selling their stuff no matter what is in it. The issue of organic dairy says cows whose products are sold as "organic" can't eat GMO feedstuffs, like sugar beet root pulp or alfalfa or corn. But almost...
  5. Takala
    Older relatives are sure fun, aren't they ? Yes, children can test out false negative. Adults whom are positive can have very few of the classic symptoms, too, "silent celiac." Once the kidlet is off of gluten totally for several months, she should then in the future test out negative or too low on the blood tests, because the protein to...
  6. Takala

    ARCHIVED Frustrated!

    Takala replied to K8ling's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Try ginger root.
  7. Takala
    Ah, but we are going to have a problem if the gluten free food industry listens to the Oats proponents and starts sticking Oat flour into everything under the assumption that because some Celiac Association said they were "safe," they must be "safe." This stuff needs to be labeled. Another thing to watch out for is the Genetically Modified Food plant...
  8. Takala
    You need to assume that anyone else's grill will be cross contaminated, and bring some foil to wrap your food in if you use it. First, if you are coming from out of area, I would google gluten free and the name of the nearest city/town near the destination. Then I would get on google maps and yelp and review the shopping opportunities, or lack of...
  9. Takala
    That was just another obnoxious article from the pharmaceutical industry which is funding researchers, to try to get all of the celiacs dependent on those oh- so - expensive biological immune altering DRUGS instead of just letting them eat a gluten free diet in peace, and get symptom relief that way. Since biologic drugs are going to be the way most new...
  10. Takala
    Is it gluten free cornmeal or regular ? You need gluten free because of cross contamination issues with some manufacturers, who are getting their corn from storage distributors with corn that may have been combined harvested, or stored with traces of wheat. That is the problem with Bob's Red Mill, they make a lot of cornmeal BUT look at the packages, only...
  11. Takala
    Acids such as lemon juice or apple cider vinegar, with spices. Balsamic vinegar. Try vinegar and cumin on beans, for instance. Olive oil and garlic, too. Fresh garlic and extra virgin olive oil. Fresh citrus peel, but use organic citrus.
  12. Takala
    One of you needs to learn to cook gluten free, and the other one needs to learn to research restaurants for suitable entrees before heading out the door.
  13. Takala
    Nobody's eating gluten free at IHOP. Okay, I did once or twice very late at night when we needed coffee, after the county fair, and just got fried eggs and was okay, but I'm not super sensitive. For sweets, it's better to either make a pilgrimage to a gluten free bakery, or start making gluten free pancakes at home, and you can then pile them up with...
  14. Takala
    To the original poster: Uhmm, if you feel asymptomatic, it's probably because all the medications you are taking are masking the symptoms/discomfort of the damage. I have a type of auto immune arthritis that most of the time flares from cross contamination, (eating something I shouldn't have, accidentally) or over exercising. The exercise induced...
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    The thing I would most want to see in a gluten free bakery is absolutely no items containing gluten. The risk of cross contamination is too high. If it's a good enough bakery you will get regular customers anyway. There is a bakery in Cameron Park, CA, Azna, which has a sign on their front facade that just says "Bakery," even though they advertise...
  16. Takala
    Say what ? I wouldn't do it, but that is just me. It is okay to experiment upon myself, as I am an adult, responsible for my own well being, and I can easily fend off the slings and arrows of people who Have No Idea What They Are Talking About. But this is a small child with a positive ttg, better health off gluten per your results, and a positive...
  17. Takala
    One teaspoon of xanthan gum per cup of gluten free flour. 2 cups br rice 2/3 cup potato starch 1/3 cup tapioca starch/flour (they are the same thing in tapioca) ___________ that is 3 three cups. therefore 3 teaspoons. mix well. measure out amount for recipe. put leftover in ziplock bag, label with ingredients and date, store in refrigerator...
  18. Takala
    What nonsense. I'm in my fifties and have tried to eat low carb high fiber and lower sugar for most of my adult life, plus exercising. The only thing that got me into trouble was the vegetarian craze in the eighties, although the baking practice has come in handy, as now if I want something breadlike, I make it. Some of the younger gluten intolerant...
  19. Takala
    I just tell them I haven't eaten gluten for { "x" } number of years, and hell is going to freeze over before I would do so again. Since I am so much more different off the gluten than on it, it comes in for a handy excuse as to why I was having so many problems with sero negative arthritis. I was also told more times than I could count, that I couldn...
  20. Takala
    Average height for a female of my generation, but the shortest one in my family. My legs are also pretty long but I'm short in the waist/trunk - this makes some sorts of sports much easier for me in terms of balance, sort of a consolation prize for my neuro damage and bad c- spine. I see pictures of other girls/women riding horses sometimes, and they are...
  21. Takala
    Peanut allergies ? ruh - ro ! I would stick with the Lundbergs for the rice cakes. They go on sale sometimes. Works out to about 25
  22. Takala
    It wasn't too bad because they quoted Dr Fasano, but then they had to ruin it with Professional Registered Dietician Speak. again. Yes, that's us, just stuffing ourselves silly with gluten free rice flour and sugar brownies and skipping the 500 calorie white bleached flour bagel with cream cheese for breakfast. Would somebody tell...
  23. Takala
    That's a good article. Pleased to see more restaurants offering this. I also have had surprising experiences (positive) at a casino, of all places. Go figure.
  24. Takala
    I started out life as a curly with thick hair. And I mean, strawberry dark blonde mixed fuzzola. Jr high and high school was a series of giant rollers and hair dryers trying to smooth it out. High school, every body else it seemed, had straight, slick hair, but mine always tangled at the slightest excuse even after blow drying it. I could not figure...
  25. Takala
    I would find one of those "rate my doctor" websites for the alleged gastro doctor and let him have a suitable rating. After checking to see if he actually had a degree and certification. Just because there are not a lot of us doesn't mean it isn't real. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link You can also google...
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