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    Thanks for the help everyone. I really appreciate it all. I will start buying the canned beans and making more rice to go along with things. Quinoa and millet are things I forget about when they're not right in my face at the grocery store, so I'll have to search those out more. I'm scarfing peanut butter by the jar here and still craving it! Kinda...
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    Hey everyone - I'm looking for some advice for being gluten free while attending university. I know that the issues that I'm dealing with are not the same for everyone, but I would like some advice for my situation. I'm a vegetarian and cannot do dairy. Eggs aren't my favorite either, but if they're in a recipe (think bread, not omelet), that is okay...
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    Despite the lack of bumps or blisters, you might still have Dermatitis Herpetiformis or DH. Keep in mind that the damage done to your intestines is going to take up to two years to fully heal. I know that sounds ridiculous, but it is true. I would wait about 6 to 9 months on a solid gluten free diet before eliminating other foods from your diet you feel might...
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    Yes, I've heard of the link between iodine and DH before. There was a community member here who greatly helped me in cutting out my salt intake after I was still suffering with DH despite a gluten-free/CF diet for nearly two years. Now, with little to no iodine in my diet, I can keep my DH in check about 95% of the time. The way it was explained to...
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    With your family history of Celiac's and bowel cancers, I would do all that I could to avoid any grain of wheat, rye, or barley in my diet to avoid taking the path that others in the family took. You are right: a wheat allergy is different from Celiac's. The doctor was wrong telling you that if you can tolerate it, you can eat it. That's horrible...
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    is moving to Portland, Oregon!

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    Here's the thing with corn and rice gluten: They do not contain gliadin like wheat, rye, and barley. I really appreciate your effort and thought into this, but I feel it might be a bit misdirected. Many people who have problems with one food (like gluten) are more prone to having issues with other foods (like corn or soy). If you do not have access to...
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    This sounds crazy, but try switching brands. I have an issue reacting to certain brands of coffee. They might use straw bags (made from wheat shafts) to store and dry the beans in or they might be grown near wheat. Some Celiac's have a reaction to wine because the cask it was stored in had it's lid glued back on with traditional wheat glue, thus contaminating...
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    I get the fatigue, but it usually comes within the next few days for me. I have a frantic rash for two days that subsides into the exhaustion and inability to stay out of bed. haha I think most people have a slight form of this they refer to as 'brain fog' when they are glutened. Just like all they varied symptoms of Celiac's, some individuals have a...
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    I love Sabra Hummus and have never had any problems with it! I made a blog post where I used it in a recipe and got an email from a reader saying some people have had reactions to it. While Sabra is my preferred brand and I have not yet read definitively about others having a reaction to the hummus, I am going to make a note of this in an upcoming post...
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    Happy birthday and may God bless you today!

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    I'm really going to try these. I was just at the store the other day and wishing I could make soup with egg noodles again! Thanks so much!
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    I grazed through most of the posts on this topic here, but being a fellow vegetarian I wanted to add one or two things. I know that most fresh produce does not have any sort of sprays or powders put on them. If you're really really worried about that, you could just find a local farmer's market or farm to buy from (check out localharvest.org for that info...
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    I'm actually still breaking out and have no clue why - I've not been so valiant about keeping the salt out of my diet, but I'm going cold turkey on that so I"m looking for any improvements. I do the hot shower thing, too. It helps so much for me. I use hot compresses too if things are bad enough. I've itched for almost two years straight and am getting quite...
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    One of the main complaints from newly diagnosed Celiac's is the difficulty in getting used to the new taste and texture of the breads and pastas. I promise that within two months, you will love the taste of rice pasta. It's weird at first, but your taste buds will come around eventually. There is only one bread that I enjoy buying at the store - Food...
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    Various papers contain gluten, but some use a tree gum that is gluten free or use a sugar based glue that is gluten free. Some cigars (Optimo, Phillies, Dutch Masters, etc) contain gluten somewhere, but I haven't gotten a straight answer from the company as of yet. Most will tell me that they contain no glues, but I'm having a reaction within 15 minutes or...
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    Just wanted to follow up on this thread with a new discovery of sorts.... The gluten was in a smoking wrap. For some reason that never crossed my mind, but I stopped using that particular brand on a fluke and haven't had major problems since. I'm still a bit itchy, but I'm not expecting it to all be out of my body at once either. I tested my theory, too...
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    Hey! Welcome firstly. Secondly - Yes Addison's can be a result of untreated Celiac's. Doctors do not know a lot about either disease and are slow to test everything out that can determine the issues. I've got the same scarring/low sodium blood/ high sodium intake issues as you. I'll respond to your numbers as that's an easy way to do it for...
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    I've found that everyone reacts differently to a wheat allergy or Celiac's disease. I always give the same advise: stop eating it and if you feel better, don't eat it again - even if the doctors tell you you're doing it for nothing. You'll find if you poke around on the forums here a bit, that most of us have given our doctors a crash course in Celiac...
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    I've decided that I'm cutting out iodine because that is my next logical progression to figure this out. After doing a little digging on the information superhighway, I discovered that seaweed, especially kelp, is very high in iodine. What type of soap AND shampoo am I using? Sea Kelp. Perfect. I loved that shampoo... * le sigh * I'm going all the way on...
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    ARCHIVED Iodine

    linuxprincess replied to Mack's topic in Dermatitis Herpetiformis

    I heavily disagree with this as someone who has DH flare ups at milk, wheat and possibly iodine now, too. I am worried about not getting iodine in my diet and I understand that can be an issue later on. Symptoms of Celiac's, including DH, often worsen for people the longer they avoid certain triggers or allergens and overtime they develop new intoerances...
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    YES!!!! I drank a bottle of XXX Vitamin water December 27th and I had a swollen itchy face and horrible stomach swelling and pain before I even finished the bottle. I checked the label and calcium lactate and magnesium lactate are listed on the ingredients. Here's where it got interesting: I emailed the company and asked them about the source for...
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    Another reason why gluten is not on a top allergens list is due to the fact of the low number of people with an actual ALLERGY to the gluten. Most just have intolerances or Celiac's to some degree. The FDA's counterpoint to this is that because there are such a low number of people with an actual allergy to the gluten, it will not be on a list. They do however...
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    Exclusion diets are an easy (haha) way to find out what your intolerances are without an expensive trip to the doctor. The worst that can happen is that your symptoms do not clear up after two months of avoiding foods you even have the slightest inkling that might be the culprit. Introduce them back one at a time, one week at a time and you might have an...
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