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  1. Takala
    Q.Should you continue to cut all of the gluten out of your diet ? A.Yes. Based upon your self monitored, positive response to a gluten free diet. Q. Should you do it now or later ? A. Depends on whether or not you feel you need a formal medical diagnosis to go about your life. The drawback is that you will have to eat gluten daily for weeks to...
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    Combining Tylenol and an non steroidal anti inflammatory (NSAID) such as Motrin (ibuprofen) is extremely hard on the liver.
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    ARCHIVED Tacos

    Takala replied to Lexi's topic in Gluten-Free Recipes & Cooking Tips

    Authentic tacos around here in the taquerias, use cilantro and finely diced sweet onion on the meat to give it "zing." Can you do cumin ? I put it in most of my cooking, even baking. How about apple cider vinegar or lime juice ? A little bit of olive oil ? That would also perk it up. For spaghetti, it's hard to go wrong with a basic olive oil and...
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    So put a bloody paper towel down in the microwave first before you use it. They have paper towels down under, don't they ? Chips. Take a raw potato. Put paper towel in microwave. Poke the potato and cook it. It cooks fast in a microwave. Put a piece of tin foil in your pan. Cut the potato up and put it on the foil. Salt the potato...
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    Pet foods. If Puddy or Petunia is drooling all over you, the couch, and the kitchen floor, you may find yourself a lot less reactive to the pets if they're not eating it, either. I also have some pets that have food intolerance issues, so I figure we were meant to be together in the great cosmic universe. One horse has mega issues which completely...
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    It's very likely the gluten intolerance, triggering the auto immune conditions, that is doing this, so don't blame yourself. It messes up your gut lining so that you cannot absorb the nutrients as well, but your body is still trying to keep your blood chemical levels functional, so it "raids the pantry" of your existing bones and body organs and cells, and...
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    Congratulations on creating the secret formula to make Barbie
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    ARCHIVED Exciting!

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

    They opened one to the city to the south of me, in Roseville, but they've deliberately scattered and spread out all the gluten free goods all over the store to increase the amount of time and effort one has to spend searching for the products. There is a gluten free aisle, but it only has a few items on it. Ditto the premade frozen gluten-free aisle. This...
  9. Takala
    Central California- Find a Raley's / Belair grocery store and they will have a big health foods/ alternative foods/ gluten free aisle. I take it you're nowhere near a Whole Foods. Even if you don't have one of those nearby, you might have a Superwalmart with some gluten free items as the nearest Big Store, altho that very size would be problematic...
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    Is that it ? Where's the egg ? The pinch of salt ?
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    Makes me think some ding a ling office medical clerk didn't understand that you need the entire page of the lab report. Try calling them back and sweet talking them into copying it the old fashioned way, or cutting and pasting it onto a file they can then copy, if they say they can't, tell them you paid for it, you own it, cough up the full results...
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    If this is your problem, you could be suffering from malabsorbtion issues of vitamins and minerals, which in turn, cause pretty intense cravings. Your body does not interpret this vitamin/mineral imbalance as the need to really suck down a calcium citrate tablet, but as a sugar or carbohydrate craving as it seeks to regulate the blood calcium levels. The...
  13. Takala
    Well, there's tofu, but that has soy in it. I was thinking maybe a garbanzo bean (chickpea) hummus mixture, seasoned generously with olive oil and some lemon, might work. I skip the egg in the ricotta anyway. And add frozen spinach, seasoned with olive oil, vinegar, and italian spices, in addition to the cheese and meat. I don't cook the noodles,...
  14. Takala
    That is a really, really cool website ! Link: Open Original Shared Link I was born strawberry blonde, but my hair darkened and moused up as an adult, so I've always highlighted it with a mild, peroxide based bleaching solution to bring it back up to a lighter shade. Unfortunately the item I was using for nearly 2 decades, without a problem, was discontinued...
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    I have had such bad reactions to modified food starches in the past, that I will tend to avoid it just out of conditioned habit, if presented with a choice between 2 similar items, one with, one without. I could tell you what sort of condiment and brand it was, but I haven't eaten it in several years, so I don't know if they still use it in it, but at that...
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    You can do an internet search for "gluten free health food store" or "gluten free grocery" with your mother's zip code, and see what sort of stores are nearby that would be available to shop at, so when you get there, you know exactly where to go to pick up whatever you need that she didn't buy and regrets.... These can be regular chain groceries with...
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    Frustrating, isn't it ? I think the Canadian M&M candies are screwed up, too, but the American ones are okay, so far.
  18. Takala
    ___________________________ I bolded the parts above in the original post that make me very concerned. I don't know where this myth is coming from that anybody really needs wheat, rye, barley, or oats to get enough nutrients and to develop properly, whether they are children or adults. There are many nutritious forms of carbohydrates and alternative...
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    Sounds like you are very sensitive. There are so many ingredients in pet foods that could be setting you off besides the wheat, so this could be a combined immune/allergy/gluten issue, but if I had to guess, the entire kitchen area is contaminated. Open bag of pet food gaaaaahhhhck You will have to approach this very carefully, for two reasons...
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    No, it's the opposite if you stick with the diet, give it some more time. Try eating some more good fats in the form of olive oil, coconut oil, avocados, nuts (those almonds are good) flaxseed (if you can stand it, I can't do the oil, disagrees with my system), salmon, tuna. Also apple cider vinegar is good for micronutrients. Are you taking a gluten free...
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    Wow. If he is a licensed physician and ignoring the results of the biopsy showing you have damaged villi..... and still insisting that you should be taking the anti tumor necrosis factor biological drugs.... I don't know what to say other than that sounds like malpractice. Once you get healed up your body should start to be able to use minerals and...
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    She was doing publicity last year about going VEGAN on top of being gluten free, for weight loss, and since she's such a flake anyway, it hasn't helped her reputation. It's very difficult to eat vegan and gluten free and get enough nutrients, it can be done, theoretically, but realistically, does she do it with her schedule and public appearances, and...
  23. Takala
    One of the problems with this disease is that when it damages the lining of the intestines it also leads to nutrients not being absorbed properly by the body anymore, and the lack of those nutrients can make one act in ways that they wish they weren't. The cravings are quite "real," not imaginary and not a matter of willpower so much as eating the foods...
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    Care to share just where you have been "researching" these erroneous conclusions about going gluten free online ?
  25. Takala
    Approaching it from a positive standpoint so as to have the proper attitude will make it easier. There's another thread up now where someone is complaining that they won't be able to just stop and have the kid eat any type of fast food anymore when they travel by car. Well, yes, but not having a sick kid because you are able to pack lunches should be a...
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