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  1. ElseB

    ARCHIVED Manhatten

    ElseB posted a topic in Traveling with Celiac Disease

    I just got back from a week in Manhatten and was blown away by the number and quality of restaurants providing gluten free options. I've never seen anything like it. I almost want to move there just for the food!
  2. ElseB
    Another thing to check that you might not have thought of - your kettle. I used to make tea or coffee at my boyfriend's place and suddenly a grain of rice would appear in my cup! Thankfully he wasn't much of a gluten eater so there was no chance of crumbs or pasta having fallen in there, but it was still disturbing that there was food in there. When we...
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    You definitely must go to Des Si et Des Mets in Paris. Its a completely gluten free restaurant and its delicious! If you google it, you'll be able to find the website. My only struggle in France was that while they understood what I was saying, just the concept of not being able to eat bread was astounding to them. Pas du baguette? C'est Dommage! I would...
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    I've never heard this before. But what I have heard from many experts in the field is that undiagnosed Celiac can lead to many other autoimmune diseases, particurly diabetes and thyroid issues. What this means is that if someone is celiac and not following a gluten free diet, they are susceptible to developing other autoimmune diseases. Strictly following...
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    Corn might be traditional, but I find in a lot of these countries they don't cook local food for the tourists or people from other countries. They cater to the tourists' tastes - bread, pasta, pizza, etc.
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    Any kind of severe physical or emotional stress can trigger it. In my case it was C.Difficile.
  7. ElseB
    I'm Canadian but my dad is from SA. We have a butcher nearby that makes gluten free boerewors. Just had some for dinner for tonight, made on the braai! Yum!
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    As you are no doubt aware, Ontario remains the last province not to cover the blood tests for celiac disease under medicare. This gap has resulted in hardship for many suffering individuals across the province. Within the Ontario government process, it has now gone as far as it can. It has been studied and recommended for approval by the Ontario Health...
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    Des Si et Des Mets - Paris, France Organic Oven - Toronto, Canada Kensington Cornerstone - Toronto, Canada
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    I was on Yasmin for about 6 year, starting pre-diagnosis. I confirmed gluten free status, but last year I started getting constipation, which is my gluten symptom. I don't think it was gluten though, just the hormones from the pill upsetting my system (because I got no stomach ache, which always precedes the C when I get glutened). But then I got a blood...
  11. ElseB
    Herbacin and Glysomed are both gluten-free.
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    I had no symptoms before being diagnosed, and for a while afterwards. I think the symptoms started about a year and a half after I was diagnosed. So now if I ingest gluten, I know within a few hours. I waited about 2 years before trying oats, and I eat them almost everyday and have no reaction.
  13. ElseB
    cornmeal? it works for oil. which i know because i once dropped a glass bottle full of olive oil on my kitchen floor and it broke. there was oil everywhere! i poured cornmeal on it and then just scooped up the cornmeal. don't use flour.
  14. ElseB
    All of the canned and dried lentils I've seen have the warnings. I've looked at Loblaws, No Frills, Noahs, Whole Foods. I've never seen Lentils de Puy - where do you buy them? I'm in Toronto...
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    According to one of the gluten-free cookbooks I have, it says that guar gum can be used instead of xanthan gum (but I don't think the other way round). It says however that if a recipe calls for 1 tsp xanthan, then use 1 1/2 tsp guar gum. I've also seen recipes using ground flax or ground chia, instead of xanthan, but I'm not sure about the amounts. You...
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    I'm assuming you're in the U.S.? I was going to suggest Heinz beans, but then realized you don't seem to get them in the US based on this list: Open Original Shared Link I'm in Canada, and I always eat Heinz baked beans. What about Amys Organic? They have some gluten-free beans: Open Original Shared Link I've also been finding that a lot of canned...
  17. ElseB

    ARCHIVED Andy Murray Article

    ElseB replied to chasbari's topic in Sports and Fitness

    Hmmmm, the sun is shining, nice blue sky, looks like a great day to spend in bed. I think I'll have some real bread today. Pass the loaf, dear! Yum, just as I remembered. Oh wait, I'm not feeling so good......
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    Food for Life brown rice tortillas were recalled in Canada in October 2010 due to gluten contamination. I believe there was also a problem with undeclared wheat in spelt bread in 2008. Before anyone says it, yes, I know that spelt is not gluten free, but I mentioned it because I think it shows a pattern of problems with this company. I used to eat the tortillas...
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    I got "you have celiac, look it up on the internet!" Then she sent me to a dietician who kept suggesting foods that contain gluten!
  20. ElseB

    ARCHIVED Constipation!

    ElseB replied to watata's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I don't think one apple a day is enough fibre to provide the daily recommended dose of fibre.....
  21. ElseB
    Thanks for the laugh! I just read the whole dialogue out to my (non-Celiac) husband and his response was "well of course no one at McDonalds knows anything. Why on earth would any celiac even try to eat there!"
  22. ElseB

    ARCHIVED Constipation!

    ElseB replied to watata's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I also get constipation when glutened, and it usually lasts about a month before I'm back to normal. My strategy, as soon as I realize I've been glutened, is the following: - cut out dairy (I'm fine with dairy all other times, but not after glutening) - acidophilus pills (2-3 times per day) - exercise (no matter how bloated and icky I feel, I force myself...
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    The biopsy is covered by OHIP, the blood test is not. Unless you have it done at a hospital lab. My GI works out of Toronto General, and I had the blood test done at the hospital lab, so I didn't have to pay for the blood test. I won't recommend my GI though - great at diagnosing, but horrible at explaining things.
  24. ElseB
    Any advice on how to convince family members to get tested? When I was diagnosed with Celiac 4 years ago my parents immediately got themselves tested, and were negative. My sister never got tested. By that time, she had already been diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, and decided that all symptoms she had were Crohn's related. Now, she's on the verge of hospitalization...
  25. ElseB
    I find that it always takes me longer to recover from illnesses. Last March my husband and I both got the stomach flu. He had diarrhea for one day, and was just tired for another day. I vomited for 8 hours straight for one day, and then had diarrhea for another 4, and then general malaise for another week. Same virus, only difference is that I'm Celiac and...
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