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  1. Takala
    The disclaimer on the Am a Zombie site for the Betty Crocker gluten free products say don't count on the product descriptions here, make sure to read the labels as ingredient formulations may change. . So when I last looked at the BC site before commenting, it says the cake has soy. I'm pulling up the BC website right now and it redirected me to...
  2. Takala
    "Free To Gluten Home" adorable bamboo cutting board. housebroken. good with small breads. includes free tupperware bowl.
  3. Takala
    Oh, really ? I'm not here to encourage people to cheat because "everybody else does it." That makes the assumption that the average person has no sense of self preservation, nor self control. The average diabetic isn't snarfing down the platters of cookies, either. Yet we don't see the same attitude very much about how impossible it is...
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    There needs to be MASSIVE COMPLAINING about this. I am a scratch baker and there is no reason to put soy flour in ANYTHING, let alone gluten free processed foods. Somebody really has their heads up their bum on this one. The last thing any of us need is to have somebody use one of these soy contaminated mixes, and then try to serve it to us as...
  5. Takala
    The more I read these articles by "registered dieticians" the more I am thinking they should all be forced to submit their pieces here for editing before publishing. It's not all bad. It's just bad enough that anybody who reads it will not understand what gluten intolerance is and will think that the gluten free diet is un- nutritious.
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    Congratulations on your marriage and safe trip ! I know I was pleasantly surprised by being able to get gluten free restaurant food in Las Vegas a few years ago at some casino restaurants. They understood the concept of not wanting to put some sort of gravy or sauce on everything, unlike the restaurants nearest to where I live here in CA, which has...
  7. Takala
    Good grief. Elisabeth Hasselbeck's book is notorious for being filled with misconceptions. I would never take the word of one poster about any sort of fast food item being "gluten free" without a collaborating link from the company. This is just what I pulled off of their website Dec 7, 2010. I did not see any claims their new natural cut fries...
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    My husband has eaten gluten free at home for several years with no reaction, but he is not gluten free because he eats it at lunch on weekdays at work, usually. He is one of those rare adults who can still drink regular milk with no reaction, either. I would not expect people who are NOT having an auto immune reaction, and who don't have the damage...
  9. Takala
    I do hiking. If I had the choice of walking along a path framed by planted turf grass including rye, or natural vegetation to my area, I'd pick the turf grass EVERY time. You should see the "natural" vegetation we get in some parts of Northern CA along the American River trails- poison oak, thorny wild raspberries, and the introduced star thistle,...
  10. Takala
    I wouldn't eat in a regular Chinese restaurant, unless I was sure the kitchen understood what was necessary, but the chain PF Chang's has a gluten free menu and I've eaten there successfully. I have read that imported MSG may have gluten, so now there is something else to be paranoid about, besides regular soy sauce, not tamari.
  11. Takala

    ARCHIVED Hair Loss...?

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

    Hair will grow back and your fingernails will get stronger and better, the longer you are on the gluten free diet.
  12. Takala
    There is no such thing as a universal gluten free all purpose flour mix that works in every recipe. This is because you are combining flours with different weights and physical properties such as proteins and starches. One cup of rice flour does NOT equal one cup of wheat flour by weight even if the volume is the same. You should go to the Shauna's blog...
  13. Takala
    Don't blame the corn if it was the fault of the wheat which was snuck into it....
  14. Takala
    I was eating a really nice dinner out the other night, and thought to myself, while this IS a really nice dinner out and I'm grateful for it, and grateful to the restaurant for having a gluten free menu selection.... but I do eat a lot of meals that are "2 vegetables and a meat" and it could sometimes be sort of just the same old, same old. Your allergies...
  15. Takala
    Note: this is an old thread started from 2004. In the United States, we found out in the past that it is easy for a company to import ingredients for food manufacturing without verifying just what is really in them, so never assume that anything is %100 "safe" just because of the label. In China, the words "corn" and "wheat" gluten proteins can be interchangeable...
  16. Takala
    While not quite the same thing, it's much better than sitting at home feeling sorry for yourself that you aren't eating pizza out anymore.
  17. Takala
    If you are just wanting something to use in coffee or tea, you can get canned coconut milk. The stuff is so intense, one can lasts me about a week. I pour it into another ceramic or glass container and store it in the refrigerator after I open it, spooning it out as needed. You can also blend a little of it into your cup with other gluten-free milk substitutes...
  18. Takala
    Most are okay, when they say ingredients: cream, starter culture For those with thickeners or additives, you may want to check with the manufacturer. This is for the U.S.
  19. Takala
    Flour ? I used canned pumpkin. Works really well.
  20. Takala
    The FODMAP diet for IBS is so restrictive, I suspect it is for people, some of whom I suspect just need to cut out GLUTEN proteins from wheat, rye, barley, and get their guts healed, and then they would be able to eat some or a lot of the other things on it. Two of the biggest culprits that go along with celiac/gluten intolerance are lactose, milk...
  21. Takala
    I agree they should at least have a sign up saying they use oats in some products, and have said products labeled as such in the display case and on the package label.
  22. Takala
    You might be one of those people who thinks rice flour is gritty. I am on the low scale of being able to taste nuances (or I've been doing this for too long ) and I don't notice. My spouse (still eating wheat outside the home sometime) can tell when things have rice flour in them, by the texture. I don't mind bean flours and some people hate it. ...
  23. Takala
    You could either try getting a celiac panel run and risk flunking it while you are still on gluten, if you are the type that needs an "official" reason to do anything. If you pass, you may then receive the Official Diagnostic Seal of Approval
  24. Takala
    It's a bump in the road. Or you can yo yo back and forth, and get told over and over again, the reason you feel crummy and have all these OTHER diseases and problems is that you ignored your gluten free diet. After time you may become more aware of what else is accidentally cross contaminating you, or that you have additional food intolerances. Lactose...
  25. Takala
    People like to talk about the "cost" of medications but they ignore 3 things - the "cost" of downtime from getting sick from being glutened, the cost of playing Manufacturing Crime Scene Detective when the pharmacy isn't going to do anything other than tell you to call the distributor/manufacturer to see if they know anything, and the massive profits the...
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