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  1. Leslie-FL
    There is no mistaking our gluten symptoms, is there? I'm amazed at how clearly obvious it is, every time. To jadeybear, I agree with the poster who said to focus on wellness. I understand your fear, but always remember that the human body has remarkable ways of healing itself. Now that you know what is wrong and will be able to remove the food items...
  2. Leslie-FL
    I was never tested for Celiac because I felt so much better after going gluten-free that I couldn't bear the thought of going back to how I had felt before in order to have a test done. I am overdue, though, for my every-five-year colonoscopy (colon cancer runs in my family, so my doctor recommends having them done). I was wondering if there would be any...
  3. Leslie-FL
    Ooooohhhh, yeah! I have mood swings, depression, horrible bouts of indecision, and a lack of focus that almost cost me my job before I realized that my problem was gluten. Someone also mentioned hormones - I have PMDD and started on YAZ last year, about four months after beginning the gluten free diet. It has made a big difference, but I'm sure that...
  4. Leslie-FL
    Uh-oh . . . I hope Fresh Step isn't one of those!
  5. Leslie-FL
    This isn't a from-scratch recipe, but I've been using the Gluten Free Pantry Muffin and Scone mix and I really like it. You can add whatever fruit, nuts, chocolate, etc., that you want to it. So far I've made cinnamon raisin with nuts; cranberry with sunflower seeds, flax seed, and orange peel; and blueberry with slivered almonds and flax seeds. I freeze...
  6. Leslie-FL
    I'd forgotten about that . . . I used to get that quite often before I went gluten free, including the urge to go and there only being the mucus. Huh.
  7. Leslie-FL
    I don't think I have a problem with dairy. I eat a lot of cheese, for example, and the only time it ever bothers me is within a day or two of a glutening, when evidently the villi is sensitive/newly damaged anyway. Until I hear back from the store/manufacturer of the creamer I've been using (re the artificial colors/flavors part), I'm drinking my coffee...
  8. Leslie-FL
    corn syrup solids, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (may contain one or more of the following oils: soybean, canola, sunflower, corn, or cottonseed), sodium caseinate (a milk derivative), depotassiium phosphate. contains 2% or less of mono- and diglycerides, sodium silicoaluminate, soy lecitihin, artificial flavor, artificial color. . . . And I can...
  9. Leslie-FL
    Not long before I saw your post, I was talking on the phone with someone and said I wondered if animals could be gluten intolerant, especially, as someone else pointed out, since cats are carnivores and don't normally eat grains.
  10. Leslie-FL
    I got an email back from the Science Diet people. They said: Thank you for visiting HillsPet.com and contacting us with your question. Your interest in our Company and our fine products is greatly appreciated. We do use barley, oat fiber, and oat groats in some of our products to provide for nutritional value. We do not use any rye though. If there...
  11. Leslie-FL
    Yep, it's the artificial coloring and flavoring that makes me wonder, but I'm sure I must have called them about it when I bought it . . . well, I'm almost sure. So I'll call again. Yes, pet hair does turn up all over the place. I'm going to do a thorough vacuuming tonight, to speed up my feeling better.
  12. Leslie-FL
    Yay!! That's what Emily eats - so it IS ok. I was hoping it would be, and thought it would be.
  13. Leslie-FL
    Thank you to everyone who replied! Those of you who feed your cats gluten free food: can you tell me what brand(s) you buy and if they are available in pet stores? Do you know if the brand(s) you use offer a Senior or Mature varitey? My cat's vet has recommended that for my cat. She is very sensitive to a lot of things as she ages. Her main food...
  14. Leslie-FL
    Thank you so much, everyone, for your help. :-) My skin tends to be more dry than anything else, so I'll try the Original Glow. I did look briefly at the descriptions of the skin tones, but will have to read it more fully when I get home and can focus on it better (I'm at work). I think I'm . . . oh, now I forget . . . cool, maybe. lol. It's so great...
  15. Leslie-FL
    I just went to the site for the first time, and I'm going to have to spend some time studying it before I order my samples. I feel kind of dumb about this, because I have no idea if I'm warm, golden, cool, etc. I only know I'm fair. It's been so long since I've even worn makeup, and even before I knew about my gluten problem, I didn't wear it much. I...
  16. Leslie-FL
    I've been gluten free since April of 2007. I've done a lot of learning in that time and thought I pretty much had it down pat, but I still have symptoms of glutening every several weeks and I'm at a loss as to what it is I'm not noticing. I live alone and cleaned out every non-gluten-free item from my home early on. I don't wear makeup and I call the...
  17. Leslie-FL
    I'm new to the forums here, so I don't know if it's ok to put links here, but I did a web search and found it. I think I saw a post somewhere else where someone said they got it at their health food store. I'm going to check with mine this weekend. The health food store I go to is really good about ordering things if they don't carry them.
  18. Leslie-FL
    I love the Forbidden and Safe lists here at celiac.com! Back when I was looking for any information I could find and had no idea where to start, I stumbled on them during a web search. I've carried printed copies with me ever since, and they have been so helpful!
  19. Leslie-FL
    I remember reading somewhere that it can take up to a year, in some cases, for healing after beginning a gluten-free diet. I started mine last April, and although I felt a big difference within days, I still had some symptoms that were much slower in going away. It's difficult when you are dealing with more than one problem that can cause similar symptoms...
  20. Leslie-FL
    I read an article recently about probiotic research and it suggested that imbalances in gut flora may be associated with food intolerances, but it also mentioned that so far, researchers only understand something like 1-2% of the microflora in our bodies. My feeling is that if doing everything you know to help keep those bacterias in balance helps one...
  21. Leslie-FL
    I'm also curious about GlutenEase. Does it help reverse the effects? I've also wondered about Red Bull. Does it counteract the really bad fatigue? I occasionally use 5-Hour Energy and it really clears up brain fog, but I get such awful acid reflux reactions to it unless I take it with food. Edited: I just did a web search for GlutenEase. This could...
  22. Leslie-FL
    I have wondered, myself, about flour in the air when someone is baking. So far I have had no reaction when going to places where baking is done, but I don't know that I've ever been somewhere WHILE they are doing their baking. I wanted to help my mother with her holiday baking this year because she has a foot injury and standing for long periods of...
  23. Leslie-FL
    Like someone else who posted earlier, I used to always be warmer than everyone else. Then, in the last few years, I've noticed I get cold way more easily than I used to, and often more easily than others around me. I do have hot flashes, so I'm not always cold, but once I get too cold, it's a feeling deep inside and it's so hard to warm up. I have fibromyalgia...
  24. Leslie-FL
    I noticed a big drop in cravings once I went gluten-free. I used to have these cravings that were completely distracting, so I couldn't think about anything else, and I notice now, if I have a moment of thinking, "Boy, I miss Quarter Pounders", I can remember how good they tasted and then move on to something else. I also find that sometimes, the smell...
  25. Leslie-FL
    I had this exact problem for years and years, and I finally got it to stop when I started experimenting with switching dish detergents. I discovered that if I use Palmolive, my fingers will split right open, but Dawn is fine. I don't know if this has anything to do with glutens or not, but I suspect it must be like an allergy of some sort. I would look...
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