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  1. Takala
    We lost power for the greater part of the week in the winter several years ago (in northern CA) after a winter wind and rainstorm which snapped off the power poles like toothpicks a few miles down the road. It also knocked out power to many of the surrounding towns. You know how they say to have a radio to listen for information ? Well, the local radio...
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    ARCHIVED Glutenology

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    I am trying to think of something more annoying than when somebody says "watch this video" instead of describing what the video says, or providing a link with an actual transcript, and I can't. Now the page is really downloading slowly, and still has no information in text, only look at the video. So I'm listening to another video from the same person...
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    Buy some gluten free rice tortillas and keep them in the freezer. Thawed out and pre baked a little, then spread with toppings, they make a super thin, crispy, fast crust. Personal pan pizzas can be made out of a corn tortilla, or two corn tortillas with a "stuffed" crust of shredded or sliced cheese layered between them. Third option for fast...
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    Wish my ex- neurologist had been this smart. Instead kept insisting throughout a year of drawn out tests that my diet had absolutely nothing to do with any of my symptoms, in spite of the fact that I had already trialed a grain free diet and had gotten a great lessening of some of the worst of it. The finale was when she lied to me, to my face, about...
  5. Takala
    No, peel the skin off the onion. CUT OFF THAT LITTLE ROOT END because that is the part where the mold starts. Cut off the little sprout at the top. Put the now naked onion into a ziplock bag, and slice off a slice as needed. Slice crosswise and the thing is already half pre sliced. Slice the slice again once horizontal and once vertical, into quarters...
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    Old cast iron can be successfully stripped out. Might want to take the batteries out of the smoke alarm during it.
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    That would be absolutely wild if Subway could find a way to pull that off and not cross contaminate the sandwich fillings.
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    Not necessarily. Individual sensitivities to personal care products vary. I try to avoid the gluten bearing cosmetic stuff as much as possible, for I have very sensitive skin and my face and scalp are much healthier looking off of it. I don't want to be putting wheat laden conditioner all over my hair, yuck, it won't rinse out all the way and then it could...
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    I don't do real life ones, I don't know if they could take the beatings I would administer with the cane I used to have to use to walk with, if some clown told me I was being a lifestyle dilettante moshing on their Serious Auto Immune Disease diagnosis. Then I would sneak out to the parking lot and chock their wheels with a loaf of Ener- G. That...
  10. Takala
    No. If you cannot get this resolved, you can either have her change insurers if she is on Medicare, during the open enrollment period, or go to over the counter testing for antibodies and genetic tests. The gene tests will not prove anything, but she can see if she falls into the categories of having the genes which pre dispose her to being gluten...
  11. Takala
    _________ Tapioca flour and starch are the same. Looking at this recipe, it looks like a total dud. Between the lack of xanthan gum and no egg substitute, no other protein or gum, and all that water, geez, what is supposed to be holding this together ? It only has 2 cups of flour. That makes a very small loaf, not a full sized one....
  12. Takala
    Oh, that's right, the texture and everything being the same from the last time is magnified with these little ones ! In general, the easiest way to tell is to see if the item says "gluten free" right on the package. Once your eye is trained, you'll see it more and more. The second way is to go to a health food store and hit the gluten free aisle, where...
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    Cooking from scratch gets rid of a lot of the cost difference. Since gluten free ingredients (flours and nut and seed meals) have to be grown and handled differently to avoid cross contamination, of course there is going to be a price difference to get food ingredients that are really gluten free. If done in a restaurant, the food also has to be handled...
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    Time to get her stocked up on the gluten free special treats.
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    Hey, y'all certainly can make a roux. I like brown whole grain flours to supplement the almond meal I normally use. I make almond meal in a dedicated blender, just toss in a handful of almonds and whirrrrrr on high for a little bit and it grinds up quickly. Almonds taste nice, toasted. I also take a package of sorghum flour and another of amaranth...
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    Yes, decent butter will do that to people. The way the weather's going, you're going to be sending cookies back to her in care packages. Warning for newbies: Bob's Red Mill all purpose contains bean flour which some people do not like the taste of. At all.
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    Balsamic vinegar is okay. Pure apple cider vinegar is okay. Anonymous vinegar in a restaurant that the waitstaff cannot vouch for as to what it really is, which might be some sort of flavored vinegar and not the real stuff, is not okay, and that's when I ask for the lemon. In certain parts of the country malt vinegar is very popular as a table condiment...
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    Celiac and gluten intolerance cause malnutrition because the gut lining is damaged. That "sugar" craving is just your blood trying to balance the chemistry of itself to where it needs to be. Try eating a lower carbohydrate, higher (good) fat and protein diet. Many of us are carb intolerant, and do miserably on the modern American scheme of eating...
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    For most people, it will take a while to resolve the symptoms because it took a long time to get that way in the first place. Even allowing for that, you may be accidentally cross contaminating yourself with gluten, because it takes a while to really figure out how not to do that. For example, you may be having family members leaving crumbs everywhere...
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    I have never ever heard of clonazepam being used in the treatment of celiac or gluten intolerance. Open Original Shared Link Everyone has "stress." The majority of healthy people don't need sedatives to be able to digest their food properly. One of the symptoms of gluten intolerance or celiac is mental anxiety, which is in turn caused by lack of...
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    I have gotten so sick on some of these house brand generic nuts in the packaging from shared facilities, esp. the sunflower seeds, I no longer purchase nuts from the store in question. They seem to be running a lot of stuff out of Texas now, which must be one giant state full of gluten with manufacturers with No Earthly Clue. The owner of Whole Foods...
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    If the pharmacist says "they can't help you" (and not the dweeble, clueless, sometimes nasty counter clerks) they may be breaking some sort of state law, and certainly their code of ethics which is akin to the physician's "first, do no harm. " In this state they have to offer a consult with the pharmacist if the customer needs one. I have them flag the...
  23. Takala
    Costochondritis - inflammation of the cartilage in the ribcage. One of the charming symptoms of sero negative arthritis along with the sjogren's and the tendonitis. I don't get it as much now, but it's one of those oh just let me die now sort of things if it coincides with a chest cold and asthma or if you sustain an accidental impact to the ribs.
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    Meh. Article (by a naturopath) claims gluten intolerance is not auto immune, only celiac. pfffffft. Also says latest figures say 1 in 133 can be celiac. No, higher. Theory on "why" it seems to be increasing - pfffffft. More likely we just survived our childhoods, thanks to antibiotics (and sometimes cigarettes and over the counter meds...
  25. Takala
    More likely a soy reaction from the soy flour or the cross contamination. Bette needs to ditch the soy in the gluten free mixes.
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