Hallie Davis
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Hi All,Back in September of 2008, I submitted a petition to FDA to include rye and barley in the list of most common allergens which must be disclosed on packaging. Right now, only wheat has to be disclosed, but as we all know the gluten of rye and barley is just as offensive to celiacs as that of wheat. So to include wheat in the list, without including...
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I have been invited to a group dinner out at a local restaurant. It's BYOB, and friends have announced they are bringing beer. Not wanting to be the odd one out, I decided I must obtain and bring gluten-free beer. So today I called 4 grocery stores and 10 liquor stores in an attempt to find gluten-free beer. I finally located multiple brands of it at Roots...
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Mix 1 package of Pamela's Pecan Shortbread cookies, crushed, with 1/4 C margarine or butter, melted. Press into a 9" pie pan. Preheat oven to 350 and bake this crust only for about 5 minutes if using a pumpkin pie filling. Cool. Pour in the filling, cover the edge of the crust with foil, and bake according to your pie filling instructions. I had extremely...
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ARCHIVED Desperation Point
Hallie Davis replied to nick's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I'm sorry to tell you, Nick, but the study of Jurnanik et al (at Open Original Shared Link ) indicates that untreated celiac disease may result in multiple myeloma. Your friend needs further testing for both! Since gluten sensitivity may not show up in the serum blood tests, he should probably have the fecal antibody test and HLA testing. These are both... -
ARCHIVED Desperation Point
Hallie Davis replied to nick's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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ARCHIVED Desperation Point
Hallie Davis replied to nick's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
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Celiac.com 10/16/2008 - Having gone gluten-free I, like many of you,have been struggling with gluten-free baking challenges. I began withpancakes. My first pancakes, made with a popular mix, were not thelight, fluffy things that I remembered...
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ARCHIVED Anyone Else A Subtype (5,8)?
Hallie Davis replied to johanna's topic in Related Issues & Disorders
I, too have the DQ8 gene. I also have lupus/CREST overlap syndrome (lots of aches and pains), IgG kappa monoclonal gammopathy, some sort of neuropathy (aching, burning hands and feet), with skin nerve biopsies showing progressive loss of nerve fibers), Hashimoto's (autoimmune) thyroiditis with slight goiter and hypothyroidism, mild liver inflammation showing... -
Celiac.com 02/28/2008 - A study published in the Leukemia Research Journal (Open Original Shared Link) looked at samples of serum from multiple myeloma patients. In 35% of the samples the myeloma monoclonal proteins had antigliadin activity...