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    I emailed them in March to find out what steps they take to prevent cross contamination, since the packages indicate that the facility also uses wheat. Here's the response I got: Thank you for taking the time to write us. The factory uses a batch process which means we run one food item at a time and then all of the equipment is cleaned in between each...
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    Quinoa is also a good substitute for couscous.
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    Have you had your iron tested? I'm a runner and I can feel when my iron is low - I can barely make it through a 5km run whereas normally I can easily run 20+ km. Like you, I had tons of energy before diagnosis and really struggled after I stopped eating gluten. I think part of the problem is that most gluten free foods are not vitamin enriched like normal...
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    I never reacted to them, but I stopped eating them after they were recalled by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last October for gluten contamination. I'll never eat them again.
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    This man shouldn't be allowed in or near any food established EVER AGAIN. This is scary......if I ever find out where he's working I will be sure to find out his bosses know about his post.
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    I live in Canada, but have travelled to Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland and France. Australia and New Zealand definitely had the best awareness and availability of food. (I was shocked to fix a huge selection of gluten-free food in the one tiny grocery store in Coober Pedy of all places!). England and Ireland also had good awareness (but Oz and...
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    I use Marcelle products. They actually have an ingredients guide on their website that you can use to find which of their products do and don't contain gluten. They tell you what ingredients denote gluten, and then you can search for which products do and don't contain those ingredients. Just google "marcelle ingredients guide" and you should be able...
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    What I like to call "breakfast rice". I hate rice pudding as a dessert, but I often make a form of it for breakfast. Take leftover rice. Mix in milk and/or yogurt of choice. Add cinnamon, dried fruit, nuts. I often make up a big batch at the beginning of the week and put a serving in a small container and eat it when I get to work. Works great with quinoa...
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    Herbacin and Glysomed are both safe.
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    I was vegetarian for 8 years and within a 2 months of being diagnosed with Celiac I started eating meat. I decided that one food restriction was enough. I've been in so many situations where the choices were eat meat or eat nothing. I'll take the meat thank you very much! I will clarify though that I was never was a vegetarian for ethical reasons and so...
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    Here's a surprisingly good recipe using pureed black beans! They turn out like chocolate fudge brownies and even the gluten eaters will like them! Ingredients: 1/2 C butter (125mL) 6oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped (175g) 1 3/4 cup drained & rinsed black beans 4 eggs 1 1/2 C granulated sugar 1 tsp vanilla Method: Line 9-inch square metal...
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    I have diagnosed Celiac, and I've never ever have D, only C.
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    The primary trigger for me was getting sick from C. Difficile. But, looking back I can see that some mild symptoms started about a year and half before that after I ran my first marathon. I think the intensive training and the race itself put a lot of stress on my body. But the symptoms weren't that bad because I still ran another marathon a year later. Six...
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    ARCHIVED A Little Worried...

    ElseB replied to Joni63's topic in Sports and Fitness

    I ran two marathons before I was diagnosed, but post diagnosis have scaled back to half marathons. I just don't have the same energy I had before diagnosis, nor do I feel consistently well enough to get through the training (weird, I know - I should feel better than I did before, but alas I don't!) Halfs are manageable. If I'm having a bad week, I might skip...
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    ARCHIVED Over 50

    ElseB replied to over50's topic in Super Sensitive People

    If you're buying plain unseasoned, unroasted nuts you don't need to worry about gluten. I just buy plain nuts or seeds (packaged, never bulk) and have never had a problem. Some packages do warn about traces of wheat so I stay away from those ones. For dried fruit, sunmaid is okay - never had a problem. We're okay in Canada - dried fruit is mixed with oil...
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    Something I recently found out: - 100% of celiacs have one or both of the DQ2 & DQ8 genes, but so do 40% of the general population (i.e. 40% of the population has the genes but will never develop celiac). - In celiac disease, the DQ2 & DQ8 genes constitute only 40% of the genetic load. 12 other genes comprise the remaining 60% of the genetic...
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    I heard a doctor speak about this issue recently. He said that people with non-Celiac gluten intolerance usually do have a threshold of tolerance, such that they can eat some gluten (unlike celiacs). BUT there's nothing to prevent these people from developing celiac in the future. How do you know you're not celiac? Did you have just the blood test, or...
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    It could be cross contamination, but some people also have intolerances to rice. I eat SunRice - its an Australian brand (sold in Canada) that says gluten free right on the package.
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    I've never had a problem either. Just watch out for the new pretzel m&ms. And don't eat smarties - they definitely have gluten.
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    I agree with shopgirl - the dentist is worse. All I remember was the numbing spray tastes kinda gross, and that I was in a weird twilight during the procedure and remembered nothing afterwards. My biggest concern throughout the whole thing was whether my mom was going to hear them calling her name to tell her that I was done, because she's hearing impaired...
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    Does it have to be that recipe and can you tolerate nuts? Here's an amazing carrot cake that uses ground almonds instead of flour. I've only made it once, but I can tell you that the gluten eaters in my life loved it! The whole cake was devoured within minutes! I'd suggest increasing the spices a bit, but other than that, it was perfect. I also made...
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    Every gluten-free pancake recipie I found resulted in really dry pancakes - they were okay if you at them as soon as they came off the griddle/pan, but within 5 minutes they were disgusting. My solution was to add a bit of ripe banana (approx. 2 tbsp). You don't really taste it, but adds moisture. The pancakes are still good the next day!
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    I think you get used to gluten-free beer eventually. I was a big beer drinker too - not the crap like Molsen Canadian, but good german beer (which I learned to drink on a student exchange in high school). I had my last real beer on January 30, 2008 - the night before my scope and official diagnosis. I had my first gluten-free beer a month later and thought...
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    I'm so angry at the ignorance of people out there who have obviously never had to deal with food allergies or intolerances or Celiac. I'm thrilled about these new requirements and participated in a letter writing campaign to get our government to take action. But reading some of the comments posted in response to various news articles about these new laws...
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