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  1. mushroom
    Okay, so the basics of whole foods, which everyone seems to be talking all around, is meat, fin fish (not shellfish), vegetables, fruit, rice (preferably brown for nutrition). Then you add cooking oils like olive, grapeseed, or coconut oil, salt and pepper. Single ingredient spices, preferably McCormicks since they are the most reliable. You can add in...
  2. mushroom
    A flaky croissant, a real crusty sourdough bread, something savoury made from phyllo pastry, and a pepperoni, mushroom and olive pizza.
  3. mushroom
    It does sound like a good start. There is no need to do any fancy cooking at first. Start simple and plain. Follow the package directions for the rice and make sure it doesn't boil dry. Vegetables can be steamed in the microwave under some plastic wrap with a hole poked in it and a little bit of water added to the bottom of the bowl. Meats can be pan...
  4. mushroom
    Sounds just like the Deutschlanders. Temp -30 (F); nothing but ice and frostbite everywhere, and the little uns struggling to school, wearing four layers of everything which it takes 20 minutes to put on and 20 minutes to take off again; shop assistants in fancy establishments allowed to wear Uggs (iffen they had had them then), but furlined boots and wearing...
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    Celiac disease is not actually an allergy to wheat/gluten. It is the body's autoimmune response to gluten which sets a whole stream of negative reactions in the body in motion. With celiac disease the gluten creates what is called a leaky gut which comes about because the gluten attacks the villi which line the small intestine and causes them to atrophy...
  6. mushroom
    I haven't really tried any of Carol's recipes because of the potato starch. And arrowroot is so hard to come by here. I will try all cornstarch, but I am not very good with corn either
  7. mushroom
    I am pretty sure I would not be able to do that either
  8. mushroom
    Some jams and preserves are thickened with gluten. also be sure to check all relishes and sauces. It is hard for me to remember now because everything gets tossed or doesn't come in in the first place. Really, you do just have to look at every label
  9. mushroom
    I'm sorry but I cannot come up with any ideas for decontamining your clay pot. I have one in my cupboard I have not used since going gluten free, but I am still reluctant to toss it. I really don't think there is any answer to the problem
  10. mushroom
    I'm with you on the itching. It drives you crazy. I already had psoriasis when I went gluten free, but developed a bright red rash all over my chest and neck that itched intolerably. It came to pass in due course that I discovered it was caused by soy. Other things I am intolerant to that have caused me to itch are potatoes and citric acid. Sometimes...
  11. mushroom
    I thoroughly enjoyed an episode of Top Chef Masters on TV the other night. The contestants were Hubert Keller (French Laundry and Fleur de Lys), Michael Chiarello (Italian, Napa Valley), Anita Lo (Asian fusion, New York), Rick Bayless (renowned for his Mexican cuisine) and Art Smith (hadn't heard of him before). Each chef was asssigned a course to prepare...
  12. mushroom
    I agree with the previous poster. Five days of eating gluten is sure enough to make you sick, but nowhere near enough to develop enough antibodies for the celiac blood test or do enough damage for positive biopsy. If there is some other reason, you should find out what it is, but if celiac testing is the reason he is wasting your time and causing you harm...
  13. mushroom
    Hello, Mercy, and welcome to the forum as a member. We look forward to your valuable contributions. You are not alone in having problems with casein as well as gluten, as you have no doubt found out. Nor are you alone in being undiagnosed That seems to be the fate of so many of use. Maybe the diagnostic criteria will change come the enlightenment
  14. mushroom
    Celiac tests test for gluten, not just wheat. There are a few people who are intolerant of wheat but can eat gluten from other sources (oats, rye, barley). I know one such person. But most people who can't eat wheat can't eat the other gluten sources either. Unfortunately the celiac blood test is not a very precise instrument. Like any instrument...
  15. mushroom
    I am sorry I missed the part about your Enterolab test. I am also sorry you are feeling so overwhelmed by this disease It can make one feel very depressed and a bit hopeless at times. But somehow or other we have to soldier on (and hope that the light at the end of the tunnel is not a train ) I suppose I was a bit hard on you, but most of what I said...
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    Well, I'll be equally blunt, DigiSage, there is nothing I can do to give you the willpower to take care of your own health. If you are unwilling to do it, I cannot do it for you. It is really not that hard and it would not be for long. And no doctor is going to be able to give you a magic pill or shot and make it all better. I am sorry to say, it is something...
  18. mushroom
    Congratulations on making the gluten free decision. Yours is a very reasoned approached because as you have noted, so many of us discover other intolerances when we eliminate gluten. The whole foods approach is the best way to approach the diet anyway. Meat, fish, chicken, rice, fruits and vegetables. Some people also have problems with nuts so its...
  19. mushroom
    Most of us here feel the same way as your doctor. It makes no difference if you are positive or negative on the tests for celiac; celiac or gluten intolerance, the symptoms are the same, the results of eating it are the same, the improvement on the diet is the same: for want of a label, would you continue to poison yourself?? Suppose the endoscopic biopsies...
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    mushroom replied to Lisa's topic in Board/Forum Technical Help

    Another way to do it would be to click on your own profile, click on your posts, and find the topics you are interested in from there. I don't use the subscribe feature so can't help with that, but this is the way I find out if I have missed a response to a post.
  21. mushroom
    I think when it comes to labs, x-rays, all tests ordered by a doctor, the results are released to the ordering doctor who then has the duty to release to the patient. I may be wrong, but that is what I have run into.
  22. mushroom
    (italics added) I would suggest that the rest of your sentence is oxymoronic with the use of the term "merely". Merely, being to minimize, whereas in fact gluten intolerance can have an equally devastating effect on one's life. And, as you say, it is a poorly defined problem so there's no way of knowing how serious or deleterious it is. That which cannot...
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    Me sees the potential for much evil-doing if this feature is ever enabled
  24. mushroom
    The only other thing I can think of to try is to really simplify your diet, no grains or processed foods, but back-to-basics, easy-to-digest things like fish, rice, cooked vegetables (not the crucifers like broccoli or cabbage), cooked fruits, chicken, and see if that makes any difference. Soups with rice in them, stuff like that. Avoid the nightshade family...
  25. mushroom
    Hi, and welcome to the forum. I can really sympathize with the night-time bloats. It was always the major feature of my gluten problems. Along with it goes racing heart, difficulty breathing, and fainting if I get out of bed and stand up. It went away after I identified, successively, corn, gluten, soy, nightshades and I did really well with sleeping...
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