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    Yes, it is that much better than any other gluten-free bread you can buy. I went home and threw away all of the other breads I had in the freezer after I tried it. I keep a loaf on the counter and use it without toasting (unless I want toast!) and it's gone within 2 days in our house. If you pick up the loaf it squishes in your hand, it's not hard!...
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    I have seen that too with other brands, and I wonder if it happens at the farm level (during harvesting on shared equiptment) Sucks. Sasha
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    Does anybody know of a brand of masa that is safe? I would love to make some tamales. Ideas anybody? thanks, Sasha
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    Wasabi itself, if you can get the fresh real thing, does not have wheat in it, but prepared wasabi (found in a tube or in in a can or jar in powdered form), which may or may not contain any actual wasabi, could have wheat in it. it's worth checking the label or asking your sushi chef.
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    Tiffany, Since you are also in Seattle I must ask, where do you go for sushi? Sasha
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    I went to Nishino to get some takout sushi the other day, and talk about nice and helpful. After I explained my dietary needs they: checked to make sure the spicy tuna roll was gluten free, made sure I knew that something I had ordered had soy sauce (it was for my husband, I then heard them repeat two times, it's for her husband), let me know they...
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    Thanks to everyone that responded! I agree that this is a big red-flag item. I know that when I make some tasty gluten-free fish and chips at home (not very often, but Yum!) there is a lot of batter residue that ends up in the oil, and I can just picture what this would mean if it were gluten in my batter, it would be in the oil and all over everything...
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    I have been emailing with a local restaurant that has some items listed as Gluten Free on it's menu because I wanted to clarify whether a specific item was or wasn't Gluten Free. The subject of fried foods came up and they said that they were told that it wasn't a concern to fry foods in the same oil as Gluten Foods and label them as Gluten Free. Am...
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    Today my daughter had breakfast with grandma, and she ate 2 bites and then grandma thought to look at the waffles again and realized she had gotten the wrong one, not the gluten free one, arggh! Van's or Lifestream, a brand that makes gluten-free and non-gluten-free. My daughter has a bloated belly and had the worst meltdown this afternoon. The last 2 times...
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    I will be keeping a selection of safe foods at school just in case. The thing is, so many kids have special needs, vegetarian/vegan, lactose intolerant, no sugar, soy allergy, etc, so my daughter is one of many that the parents have to consider. I guess I figure it's a learning opportunity for everyone, and there are compromises in preparing foods that...
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    Lisa, Happy Birthday! And it will get easier, I promise. If you have a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods, get their gluten-free lists online or at the store and get shopping. If you have Whole Foods, ask if they have the Dowd and Rogers Chocolate cake mix, vanilla is OK, but chocolate is best. My sisters and nieces and nephews are not gluten-free and they...
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    Whole Foods make a Whole Kids Multivitamin that states that it is gluten-free. HTH, Betty
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    My 3 yr old is starting school next week. It's a small co-op preschool. The parents take turns bringing and preparing the daily snack (can you feel my anxiety?) and I am trying to educate them as much as possible. I have provided the Trader Joe's list, the Whole Foods list, a brief description and a list of our favorite foods. The parents all...
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    Thanks so much, it wouldn't be a holiday without the cheese grits. Regards!
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    I work for a magazine distributor that sells Living Without on the West Coast, so I can read it for free! But I also can look up what stores carry it, so if someone is looking for a west coast store let me know.
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    Isn't there a rolled Quinoa product? Would that work? Has anyone tried using it? My 2yr old daughter loved my "lola bars" as she called them, and I would love to find an oat substitute.
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    My MIL makes cheese-grits every Thanksgiving and I am trying to find out which brands if any of dry grits would be gluten-free. I couldn't find it on a gluten-free list, anyone know?? Thanks!
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    Here is what I do. It's not really a recipe but maybe it will help. Cut raw chicken breast or thigh meat into chunks. Dip into beaten eggs seasoned with salt and pepper. Coat in cornflake crumbs (dry crust that is extra crunchy) or a combination of cornflake crumbs and ground pinenuts (my secret ingredient, you could use another mild-flavored nut like...
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    Cravings such as these are known as pica, and indicates a deficiency, if I remember right, of either Zinc or Iron. I used to eat match heads when I was very young. Makes sense with Celiac causing absorption isuues and deficiencies that some people would experience this.
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    To preface, I think there may possibly be something to that book, at least as a method for people to examine what foods are not right for them. I think that there may be groups of people for whom there would be value in eliminating some foods, but I think the premise is a little too broad in that book, from what I know of it, though anyone is free to disagree...
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    Arrgh! So my 2yr old daughter had the tests, blood (inconclusive due to low total IGA) genetic(has one gene) and endo(no visible damage found) but she gets sick and stops gaining weight when she eats gluten. So that is all I need to know for now. So I told my MIL that we are gluten-free at home, and my daughter is gluten-free everywhere. She likes to...
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    My daughter was about 13 months old when she had the runs for 2 weeks, followed by 2-3 months of smelly unformed stool, lethargy, weight loss, crankiness, bloating. Testing provided no conclusions so no official diagnosis and only going gluten-free made her health improve and her symptoms abate.
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    I love the Dowd and Rogers gluten-free Chestnut flour cake mix! The lemon is too lemony for me, and they all get sticky on the outside if you bake them a day ahead (not that it matters if you are frosting it), but the chocolate is sooo good and I love the vanilla (be warned that it is not white, which is the only clue that it's something different that gluten...
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    You've come to the right place to vent! There is a lot of guilt and anger and frustration that is so normal after a diagnosis and the first six months or even the first year is certainly the hardest. You are still learning, so give yourself a break, you are doing the best you can, and you will get better at it as time goes on. Your children are so lucky to...
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    scaredparent, The testing is such a frustrating process. I wish I could tell you what would help your son get better. I know how frustrating it is when doctors can't tell you what is wrong with your child. It sounds like you are determined to be a good advocate for your son't health, and that is an important part in finding what will help him. If I left...
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