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  1. julirama723
    Chasbari--you are brave! I got rid of all flours when I went gluten-free. The only thing my husband has is bread/buns, and beer. He even eats gluten-free pasta now! When I returned home, it was like I had been glutened, and I'm not sure what from, since I hadn't eaten anything out of the ordinary when I got back. I'm basically grasping at straws here...
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    Thank you for your replies! Salax--I've never thought myself to be overly sensitive to gluten in particular (but I am sensitive to a lot of foods in general) so I don't know if it's that I'm breathing something or what. As for liking where I live, it's OK. I like certain things about it and dislike certain things about it. I actually like living here...
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    Thanks for your replies and your words of congratulations! How long should it take for the nasties in my gut to react? It seems like no matter how long I'm gone from home, I do well, UNTIL I return home. We went on vacation this summer and I felt pretty darn good for the 2 weeks we were away, but a couple days after I got home, BAM I felt like...
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    Hey all! It's been a while since I've posted, or at least it seems like a while. My wedding was last weekend, so now I'm officially a Missus. It was absolutely amazing! I allowed myself a bit more freedom with foods (still all gluten-free) and I had a gluten-free brownie, some gluten-free cider, a bit of fruit, etc. over the space of a few days. ...
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    Just an update, and something to ponder. I keep thinking about this subject, if living where I live is making me sick. Sometimes I think it's hooey, sometimes I think it's the key. My wedding was last weekend, in the southern CA desert. Prior to leaving, I had some tummy troubles and was very nervous about being in a car for so long. We left on Tuesday...
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    YUM, no-bake cookies! Now, is there something ELSE I could use besides oats? (I have to admit, the quinoa flakes don't sound too appetizing either...)
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    I made the mistake of buying potato flour thinking it was the same thing as potato starch. (I thought, "If tapioca starch and tapioca flour are the same, it must hold true for potato, right?") It sounds like the Club House is starch, Bob's is flour. That being said, what the heck do I do with potato flour? I tried to use it in cookies, and...
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    I am free of all of those foods you mentioned, and then some! Here are some of my favorite things to eat: mashed cauliflower--cook a bag of frozen cauliflower, put it in a food processor, puree the heck out of it. I add ghee (since I'm casein- and lactose-free) or earth balance, sea salt, pepper, parsley, chives, garlic powder, and it's SOOOO...
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    I'm feeling a slight snag in my progress this morning... Yesterday my fiance had to try on his suit for alterations and for a fitting, so I went with him, as I didn't want him to be driving alone in the dark. This happened in a bigger city quite some distance away, so we had to drive 1.5 hours there, and 1.5 hours back. He picked me up from work and...
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    This is not neccessarily gluten-related, but here's what I wish my doctor would have told me: STOP eating so much food! In the months leading up to my diagnosis, I was absolutely RAVENOUS! I would eat breakfast, have a huge lunch at school, a huge after-school snack, a huge dinner, and a snack after dinner. If we went out to eat, I would eat a whole...
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    I used to have a stomach of iron, nothing ever upset it. I then started having problems with gluten. Took that out, I was fine for a while, then I had to remove dairy. Then I had to remove corn. Then I had to remove rice. Then I had to remove all grains. Then I had to remove soy. Then I had to remove sugar. Then I had to remove fruit. I'm hoping...
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    Oh my gosh, I don't know if this can be proven, but I DEFINITELY think you're on to something! I began low-carbing a few years ago, and didn't eat any grains for about 8 months. I felt fantastic! About 7 months in to the diet, I started running regularly, and had no problems. A month later, I reintroduced grains (I would eat wheat most often, sometimes...
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    I'm right there with you on the "nothing constricting" apparel. I have to wear huge sweatshirts and baggy, stretchy pants, mainly because my gut gets so huge and I feel like a big fat toad. I also have to fall asleep (and sleep most of the night) on my stomach. Prior to all these food intolerance problems, I rarely slept on my stomach as an adult. This...
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    Thanks JNB, at least I know I'm not losing it.
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    I can't seem to find a straight answer. Does lindt chocolate have gluten in it (barley malt/extract)? I remember reading that it did indeed have gluten, which explained why I'd get GI symptoms after I ate a few pieces. (I would buy those large bars, not the truffles.) But if it doesn't have gluten, then something else in them must have been causing...
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    Have you looked into the Specific Carbohydrate Diet? It really does wonders for a lot of people with multiple food intolerances, or those who just aren't healing the way they should be. I'm sort of on a pared down version of that right now, eating only vegetables, meats, fats. I don't have problems with raw vs. cooked, but I am pretty sure that I have...
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    Fig girl--thanks for the info! I feel a bit sheepish, as I could have been pro-active and found that myself. I'm glad to know that at least flax oil is legal! I've got a big container of it that I'd hate to see go to waste. I'm sad about flax meal though, since I really do love that stuff. I made the BEST flaxmeal cinnamon muffins...oh well. Hopefully...
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    When I was gluten light, GI distress would last basically from after breakfast of one morning, until the next morning when I woke up. I had a small window of freedom from symptoms for that hour or two before I ate breakfast. I think because during the night I was able to stretch and get rid of all the gas (which was truly horrendous, omg) and wake up feeling...
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    OMG yes. Prior to the gluten challenge, when I was "gluten light" my first symptoms were horrible cravings for anything made with flour, and water retention. I would eat wheat bread and swell up like a balloon, yet I'd immediately want to eat more. I remember eating an entire loaf of whole wheat french bread in one sitting. A few months later, my symptoms...
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    I have a mini food processor that I swear I only paid $20 for, and a cheap-o coffee grinder that was about $10. They're lifesavers! I use the coffee grinder to make my own flours/meals from coconut and other nuts. The food processor...well I use that for everything else! I make salsa, grind chocolate, puree squash, make mashed cauliflower, etc. I definitely...
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    I have a busy schedule, but no kids, so I can eat what I want when I feel like it. That being said, I don't have all the time in the world to cook. I have one "cooking" day, usually Sundays, where I prep a lot of breakfast/snack foods. I'll boil 12+ eggs so I can eat a couple per day as breakfast or a snack. I also make my own sausage patties and...
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    Like you, the greatest benefit for me is that doing the challenge left no doubt in my mind that I cannot have gluten. My husband was asking every day when it would be over so I could get back to my gluten free diet and really wanted me to give up the challenge and skip the biopsy because I was so sick. The rest of my family gets it that I have an issue with...
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    As far as I know, there is no reliable "scientific" or laboratory test for candida overgrowth. EVERYBODY has candida in their bodies, so a test to see if you "have" candida would be worthless. And mainstream medicine does not accept candida overgrowth as a systemic problem, but rather that it's limited to certain parts of the body (oral thrush, athlete...
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    I feel your pain. I have almost an identical story, though I was gluten-lite for 2 years, with intermittent periods where I would be totally gluten-free. I did the gluten challenge, which was the worst month of my life--my symptoms were so severe and I had such dramatic changes that a biopsy was scheduled. It turns out that not enough samples were taken...
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    chatycady--the museums are OK, very interesting, but I was disappointed with how "touristy" and commercial the BBHC has become in past years. They talk up how real and natural and preservative of historical integrity all of their exhibits are; yet they didn't even have real fur pelts for an interactive display--it was that fake stuff you buy at craft stores...
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