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  1. Takala
    1. the tests aren't 100% 2. there's such a thing as non celiac gluten intolerance 3. some people get more sensitive after being off gluten for a while, which is proof that it's a real gluten problem 4. no matter what, sometimes you or a loved one gets cross contaminated by gluten, and you have to play "search and throw out" aka seek and destroy. 5. a...
  2. Takala
    The "water infections" - malnutrition from celiac/gluten intolerance can cause lack of calcium and other minerals/vitamins being absorbed in the gut, so you are low. The body has to have certain levels of this in the blood so your organs can function, so the kidneys try to regulate the blood levels of calcium, as it filters everything, and it is leached...
  3. Takala
    I don't drink beer, but I have super, super annoyed by waitstaff (who are trying to be helpful) in restaurants offering me one of these fake "gluten free" beers, which are still made from gluten bearing ingredients, because they are ASSUMING that anyone with a gluten free diet requirement, who just asked for the gluten free menu and repeated that they need...
  4. Takala
    Uh, uhm, ah, well... have you thought about baking your own customized bread type items in the microwave, to make a single serving bun ? Because then you could make a sandwich out of some thing. You can make very high protein, pretty dense "breads" with some grated cheese added, such as a half chebe mix/half high protein seed or nut meal, with olive oil...
  5. Takala
    The USDA is currently taking comments on a new, proposed food rule for snack foods sold in schools which are not part of the regular school meals, called "Competitive foods & Beverages." This was posted nearly a month ago, on 2/4/13 but got very little notice, so nearly half the 60 day commentary period before the rules are finalized is up: ...
  6. Takala
    Just wanted to add, welcome, and don't forget it is a good idea to keep your daughter on gluten during the testing process. Bummer about your previous experience.
  7. Takala
    And you can get a lot of constipation from just a little gluten cross contamination, or a soy or dairy reaction that is being caused by the celiac reaction. Just the uncomfortableness of it would throw anyone's appetite off. Also, you may want to avoid pet foods/kitty litter with gluten, if you have a pet she is interacting with closely. Is your kitchen...
  8. Takala
    Oh, sorry. I like to just roast plain chicken or pieces of chicken, with olive oil, fresh lemon, fresh rosemary, and fresh garlic. (this is the time of year in CA where you try to use up the lemons on the tree, because you have to get them off before the tree wants to re- bloom, so it's Lemon Everything! ) Then the cooked leftover chicken can be used...
  9. Takala
    You missed the reference to wheat. Towards the end, he talks about switching his children to eating whole wheat toast for breakfast. Then they let the kids pick out their own breakfast cereals, as long as they are low in sugar. So these kids are getting a double whammy serving of grains for breakfast, which is portrayed as being "healthful." I didn...
  10. Takala
    mommida - And they are taking out the naturally low, or no-lactose portion of the whole milk, and trying to get the children to consume the high lactose part of the product, by adding an artificial chemical "enhancement" to it. It's insane.
  11. Takala
    She may have additional food intolerances, besides gluten, the most obvious ones tend to be cow dairy products and soy, for celiacs/gluten intolerants. How are the tests for nutritional levels (assuming they have done this ?) is she also low on any vitamins or minerals ? How is her thyroid function ?
  12. Takala
    Darn, Bartfull, you just can't catch a break.... Well, that was strange, I tried to pull up the little emoticons, and it posted, instead ! Anyway, you can right now take the fruits/veggies and put them and some water in a blender/magicbullet type thing, and make smoothies and drink them.
  13. Takala
    Oh, I'm "reading between the lines," alright. This insidious campaign to put artificial sweeteners in dairy is a marketing "gimmick" to children, whom are minors, who have a greater taste for sweet things than adults, AND have parents that are being harangued by self-styled "health experts" that their little darlings are unpleasingly chubby to the eye...
  14. Takala
    "Made to order cookies?" - if that was a regular bakery also making alleged gluten free items, you could not pay me enough to try anything in there. Even so, I had to pretty much stop eating regular, good dedicated gluten free bakery fresh items because they were still hitting me with cross contamination from something, likely from flours made in the...
  15. Takala
    More likely you have either developed an additional intolerance to something like gluten-free oats (this got me about 8 years into my diet change, it took another year to figure it out, only because I was fortunate in that a local gluten-free health food store owner told me to think of that option, after I told her which products seemed to be setting me off...
  16. Takala
    Oh, fer the Love of ****, is this for real ? Just when you think food policy couldn't get any stoopider..... I can't even SAY what I think about the this, I will have to comment tomorrow, after I have my cooling down period. (need icon with smoke coming out of ears) The only way they could screw this up even further is to make it GMO artificial sweetener...
  17. Takala
    Yes, gave up grains completely while "trying to heal," and went very, very low starch on a variation of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (which I had to tinker with quite a bit, as the list of good foods at times was either contradictory or here in the USA we had different ingredients in some of the processed goods. And I couldn't get along with yogurt for...
  18. Takala
    "Barley is not an allergen?" Beg pardon. Anything can be an allergen. Legal laws do not always dovetail with science. Nothing more aggravating than to make something with an alleged gluten free product, and then feed a bit of it to the pet as a treat, and then have a pet suddenly scratching himself raw, and ending up with a vet bill. And I have animals...
  19. Takala
    Some hotels will mysteriously make a room fridge appear if you have a medical necessity. Otherwise, keep them frozen until you leave, then you can slow down the thaw with packing a little ice chest with you, then refilling it there with hotel ice - be sure to bring extra plastic bags to keep the food dry. Don't forget to keep your warming or toasting...
  20. Takala
    How to test a corn allergy/intolerance. Don't eat corn for awhile. Take an ear of fresh sweet corn in the green husk. Shuck it, then cook it in water. Eat it. See what happens. This is the only way I can tell if it is the corn or the cross contamination. I have reacted to so many cross contaminated corn products, even GMO ones such as chips, because...
  21. Takala
    My fingernails.... what is it, with having to keep on trimming the things back once a week ?! They won't stop growing. My problem is that long nails are not really compatible with my outdoors activities, and now I have to remember to cut them down after a shower when they are softened. And then there are the toenails. They are somewhere down there...
  22. Takala
    That is great that your gastro doc was thorough and checked for celiac while he was in there. If this is it, you have a chance to make yourself well by adhering to a gluten free diet, after testing is completed. You have symptoms of celiac, and the positive biopsy is usually the "gold standard" to get the official celiac diagnosis. So you are "trending...
  23. Takala
    The supercilious tone of this article is so different from this one from January 27th, Open Original Shared Link allegedly by the same author, that I wonder if it was ghostwritten or partially cut and pasted from all the other ignorant, anti- gluten free labeling garbage being passed around by the various government, GMO, and agricultural lobbyists. ...
  24. Takala
    Yes, the avocado will be green and firm in the stores outside of avocado growing areas. You have to let the thing ripen on the counter. Do not put them in the refrigerator, because then nothing will happen. The skin will go from dark green to a darker shade of sort of green-mud-brown color and the avocado will then become softer to the touch when you squeeze...
  25. Takala
    Oh, it will take the imprinted design on the raw dough.... but you could do a comedy routine on you tube with what happens afterwards in the oven. I say this as a biscuit maker who puts a deliberate imprint on my doughballs so they will bake all the way through, and the dough rises up enough that it almost disappears. Sometimes I use my thumb and sometimes...
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