StephanieSD

Thanks for the info Ken! This is very helpful.

I lived in Central Africa for two years and traveled around quite a bit, although I never went to Zambia. In Zambia there will be a lot of food imported from South Africa which may have gluten-free labeling, but the quality and standards for such labeling are pretty much non-existent. There may be well-labeled European imports, but they'll be very expensive...

Hello! I posted this in the international forum with no response so far, so I thought I'd try here as well. We moved to Hyderabad, India, a few months ago. I'm finally starting to feel settled but I'm having trouble with the names of some of the flours and figuring out which ones are wheat flour and which aren't. I know that besan is a lentil flour and...

Hello! We moved to Hyderabad, India, a few months ago. I'm finally starting to feel settled but I'm having trouble with the names of some of the flours and figuring out which ones are wheat flour and which aren't. I know that besan is a lentil flour and jowar is sorghum. I've also found corn flour and rice flour. I've heard that millet and buckwheat flours...

Sometimes for parties we do a spring roll bar. Just put out dishes of fillings, a plate of the wrappers and a pan full of warm water and everyone makes their own. It's pretty easy to prepare and a unique treat that people don't even think about it being "special diet" food. I like mango in mine and dipped in a sweet chili sauce.

I'm just curious, were you a vegetarian before, and then wanted more food choices so turned to meat? I was not a vegetarian but didn't eat a lot of meat. After my diagnosis I started craving it like crazy. I'm guessing since I was cutting out one major food source my body needed fulfillment from something else. I still eat small portions of meat, but my meat...

I know that about the test, but she won't be getting tested for quite a while so I'm not introducing gluten until closer to test time. We don't live in the United States and they don't do the test where we are. We won't be back in the States for at least a year.

Hello, We have a little muffin who's starting on finger foods. I have celiac disease and we're keeping the baby gluten-free until we can get her tested. What are some good gluten-free, no- or low-sugar cereals that can be snacked on like Cheerios? (Something we'll both find tasty.) Thanks! Stephanie

I tend to think that these are fairly common pregnancy issues and we notice them more because we're more in-tuned with our bodies due to the celiac disease. Of all my friends with kids, I'm the only celiac and I'm so far having one of the easiest pregnancies out of them all. The celiacs on some level may exacerbate some problems, but there may be a whole...

Uno's Chicago Grill (what I grew up knowing as Pizzeria Uno's) has a gluten-free menu. Mary's Pizza Shack and Pizza Fusion also have gluten-free menus, but I'm not sure where their locations are outside of California. I didn't really love Uno's gluten-free pizza, but I appreciated that their gluten-free menu extracted parts from the "regular" menu that...

Would wearing gloves and a mask help? Then making sure you wash up thoroughly when you're finished. Unless you have skin reactions, the only real danger is if you get particles on your lips or hands that get ingested from there. Otherwise, getting gluten on your skin shouldn't be an issue.

If you're eating healthy, gluten-free meals, then it's not the celiac disease. You really should talk to another doctor and another nutritionist, ones who understand gluten intolerance.

The gluten is in wheat, rye, and barley. Lots of soy products have gluten in them, though, like most soy sauces. So the doctor may have misspoke, but it's a reminder to check those ingredients lists on everything. It's probably worth a phone call to confirm if soy was tested for separately for some reason.

We weren't trying at all! There was a screw up with my pill prescription and I was off it for about 3 months. We knew it was a possibility but didn't think it would actually happen in that short amount of time. I've been gluten-free for several years. This is our first. I'm at 13 weeks and so far everything is going along very healthily.

Regardless of antibodies or anything else that may or may not directly cause harm to the baby, if your intestines are damaged because you're eating foods you're intolerant of they won't be able to absorb all the nutrients and vitamins that you and the baby need. And the only way to know for sure that your digestive problems are from the pregnancy is to completely...