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    I enjoy music and art, good food, cooking, baking, learning, movies, dancing, tide pooling, biking, rock climbing, design, and anything that has to do with the environment and sustainability.
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    Eugene, Oregon

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I can't eat a lot of things other people eat. I can't touch, smell, or be in contact with a lot of things other people touch, smell, and live around. It doesn't define who I am. I have become a better person and am more in touch with who I am and what I stand for. I have also learned a lot about the world since that day back in 2007 when I first learned of this mysterious substance called gluten.

I wouldn't say that being on a gluten free (and many other foods free) diet has brought me to complete health. I definitely feel discouraged sometimes, but I am excited for the future and for finding a doctor who can help me in solving this mystery of my body and my health.

  1. ilikepie
    It sounds like your extended family is being insensitive. It also sounds very clear that your immediate family are all having reactions.
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    Pudding (vanilla, butterscotch, etc), tapioca (I make mine with coconut milk and put berries or baked apple slices and cinnamon on top), dairy free ice cream, berry pies, sugar cookies. Hope that helps to at least get you brain-storming I wish you luck!
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    I know this is an old topic....but I wouldn't want anyone to actually think that you could become dependent on something like this. That is an old wives tale. People whose bowels didn't work properly started using products like senna or bisocodyl, and their bowels started working. Then they were taken off of the product and their bowels stopped working again...
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    I am gluten free. I have been gluten free since 2007, and grain free for about two years. I just wanted to keep updating what has been going on with me, because it could help someone else. Since the original magnesium citrate cleanse (two years ago) didn't work, my doctor had me do it for a second time, where again, nothing happened. I felt pretty...
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    I wasn't sure where to post this topic...and I'm not sure why I feel this way, but I have for the past three years. I go to the University of Oregon and when I am in the music building ALL day, I end up feeling super exhausted, can't think clearly, and have a headache, as if I haven't eaten all day. If I am on campus all day, but have classes in other...
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    I had many doctors tell me this was normal. BUT I just saw a doctor who FINALLY admitted that this is, in fact, NOT NORMAL. Haven't completed any tests yet, but when my new amazing doctor and I figure out what the problem is, I'll post it. Not that anyone ever responded to this....but it could help someone else in the future.
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    I am curious if anyone has ever been "cured" of any allergies, sensitives, or intolerances. I'm not doubting that the food that makes us sick makes us sick...but maybe there was an underlying issue that was solved, and now you can eat rice again! Or maybe you used to be super sensitive to chemicals or personal products, and now you can use them again. (I...
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    Maybe a greater percentage of people who identify themselves as homosexual are more open-minded, and listening to what their bodies are telling them (more so than people who identify themselves as heterosexual) so they are just more aware that gluten is affecting them, or have even heard of gluten. Or it could be that because you are homosexual (and/or gluten...
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    CANE SUGAR! Cane sugar caused horrible ringing in my ears. And it's not just after I eat some. It could be days later, randomly coming on in the middle of the night...it took a long time to figure out. Now that I eat zero cane sugar, I get the terrible ringing almost instantly after it's ingested. It lasts for days and days and days, even from less than half...
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    I told my doctor that I keep becoming allergic to new foods, as well as feel incredibly sick for days and days when I eat any type of sugar, unless it's a whole, fresh piece of fruit. I also can't tolerate ANY chemicals, ingested or on my skin, including non-organic food. He referred me to an allergist, who I am seeing this Tuesday. They sent me a form...
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    I'm hesitant to bring this subject up with my fiance as I am not the bread-winner, and already the sole reason our food bill is so ridiculous....plus I am afraid that if I try it out, I will feel better and then it will be yet another permanent expense, and in a way, another "restriction." Do you notice any difference with types of seafood? Are there...
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    I also had a mirena IUD and also had horrible cramping after orgasms. I also had severe cramping once when the IUD shifted inside my body randomly. I got it taken out the next day. It scared me to think that this tiny thing could puncture my internal organs or uterine wall. I will never do anything like that again. Or use synthetic hormones. It makes me sick...
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    A lot of foods I am intolerant to cause me headaches. The biggest offenders are sugars and alcohol. I can eat most whole raw fruits, but ANYTHING else sweet gives me major headaches. It usually depends on how much of it I eat. If I take a sip of alcohol or eat less than a teaspoon of cane sugar, I will have a severe throbbing headache for at least 4 or 5...
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    I have been wondering if eating animals and animal products (eggs) that are sickly (fed grains and who knows what else) is making me ill. I have done everything else I can think of. I eat only organic, whole foods...but not necessarily when it comes to meat and eggs. Has anyone noticed a difference when they only eat the healthy animals? I know that these...
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    I have been completely grain free in the past. I was grain free for about 3 years....I was and am still developing more food intolerances though. I use some buckwheat flour now (if you consider buckwheat a grain. Some people consider it more of a seed).
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