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    I almost wish my vitamin levels were off, that would be an easy fix! All of my levels are fantastic, I am not deficient in anything. I take supplements daily (b complex, flax, biotin, b-12, d, calcium, e, garlic oil, c, cranberry, echinacea, goldenseal, l-carnitine, etc.) and have never noticed a cessation in the frozen extremities. It's happened my whole...
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    First off, YAY FOR YOGA! I love, love, love yoga and recommend it for everyone, it's such a fantastic activity for mind, body, soul. What kind of class did you take? I'm very familiar with the Cody area, let me know if you need any info or help! I've spent many a summer there. I'm not sure about the availability of a cabin to RENT, though plenty...
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    I have this same problem, as does my mother. My mom is actually diagnosed with Raynaud's, and I'm just assuming I have it as well. My hands and feet will be FREEZING for no apparent reason. It is worse in cold weather, but it can happen in any sort of climate or temperature. Sometimes it's one hand and not the other. Sometimes it's just a finger or two...
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    Still here, still feeling good! I'm starting to get my old body back. My clothes haven't fit this well since last April. I have not been courageous enough to add any foods back, I'm sticking with meats, veggies, fats for now. Maybe in a month or so I will try adding a food. I was thinking of adding nuts or nut butter, what do you think?
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    Medical marijuana does help with nausea and it does give users an appetite. I knew a woman with cancer who used marijuana as a last resort because she absolutely could NOT eat anything. However, I think it might not be the best idea for a celiac patient to use it, just because of the specific dietary needs of the patient. I'm not saying that every celiac...
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    What a thought-provoking thread! I find it interesting that society's role in this has not been brought up yet. I think as a culture, we "westerners" (and other industrialized countries) are hedonistic and impatient, and we want results NOW. IMO, mainstream America thinks, "Why eat healthy foods, why exercise, what's the point? That takes time. That...
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    The good news is that not ALL wine barrels are sealed with a flour paste. The flour paste is used only to seal oak barrels; if a wine is un-oaked, there is no flour paste involved. Also, this practice varies by region. From what I've discovered, it can be quite common in aged French wines, but less common in Spanish wines and American wines. Some...
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    I don't take fish oil, but I've taken flax oil for a couple of years. (Sometimes I do go through spurts where I forget my supplements, bad girl!) I love the results--shiny hair, soft skin, youthful glow. I know flax seed/meal is illegal, any particular reason for this? Is the oil illegal too?
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    PUMPKIN MOCK DANISH This really isn't anything like a true danish, but that's what it's called, so I won't go changin' a good thing! This is a modified Atkins recipe, and I'm new to SCD, so please let me know if the ingredients are not legal! Feel free to modify this to suit your needs. 1/2 can pumpkin puree (or 3/4 cup fresh pumpkin puree) 3 eggs...
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    pele and Mia--I tried explaining that to her, that eggs won't raise her cholesterol (and I used myself as an example) that it's really carbs that are the root of most evils. I wish Taubes's book had been out at this point, so I'd had something "mainstream" to quote! She of course poo-poo'ed me, and claimed that eating her Trix yogurt and toast each morning...
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    This is such an interesting and enlightening thread! I just have to post! I'm not officially diagnosed with celiac disease, and I doubt I ever will be. I think it's too late to diagnose me now, since I've been gluten-free for a few months, and it turns out that I've got a selective IgA deficiency--discovered by my allergist, something which my GI never...
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    I agree with the above posts. Mainstream medicine dismisses candida as a systemic problem. Check out The Yeast Connection--it's both a book and a website--and you can start from there. There are some questionnaires that can give you insight on whether or not yeast is problematic for you. There's also the "spit test" which is free and easy. ...
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    Let's not forget angular chelitis, those unsightly, painful cracks on the outside corner of the mouth that NEVER want to go away. UGH.
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    I can't answer your question about the "high alert" immune system response, but I am another who does not do well with any grains. After going gluten-free, I had to keep removing things from my diet as I began to notice more subtle problems that the gluten had overshadowed. I had to remove corn products, then whole rice, then all rice products, then I...
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    I'm also a huge egg eater! I eat almost 2 dozen eggs per week, either hardboiled, scrambled, or used as an ingredient. They're quick and easy and cheap and taste good. I eat hardboiled eggs with sea salt for breakfast in the mornings, and sometimes for dinner I'll have scrambled eggs with veggies. I also make a "mock danish" with pumpkin and eggs and...
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    My symptoms and onset times differ with each accidental ingestion, BUT most of the time it hits me about 30 minutes after eating. I get bloating, gas, cramping, and I feel like I'm going to explode. Usually about 8-24 hours later is when the D comes. I'm usually exhausted for at least 3 days. I might get a migraine the next day, or when the gluten finally...
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    Ali--I've made avocado smoothies before, and they're delicious! I'm also a fan of all-fruit smoothies, but I've not had a fruit/veggie smoothie. I can't stomach the thought of doing an all-veggie smoothie, so I guess I'll have to hold off on smoothies for a few months until this fructose thing settles down a bit. I loved strawberry smoothies, those were...
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    I might be wrong on this, but I think they might not be gluten-free because of the brown rice syrup? Some brown rice syrup is made with barley. Open Original Shared Link
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    Ali--yes I suppose you're right, I'll just have to be patient. I'm just always worried that I'm doing something wrong. If I know I'm doing the right thing, I can be patient, just as long as I know I'm doing things correctly. Carbs and sugar, so addictive! Actually, you know I thought I was totally addicted to all carbs, but once I removed gluten from...
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    Though I do not have allergies, I am intolerant to corn, rice, wheat and ALL GRAINS. The corn thing is a bit tricky, since I think corn (in its many forms) is even more prevalent than gluten! Processed foods can be risky. My advice is to stick with NATURALLY gluten-free foods that are NOT grains. You can eat fresh, frozen, canned, just watch for additives...
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    I have used quinoa flour a few times before, each time with bad results. I don't consider myself to have a very sensitive palate (not a lot of tastes offend me) but man oh man, I made bread that had some quinoa flour in it and it was AWFUL. So awful, I couldn't even eat one tiny piece. It went into the trash can immediately. I'm not sure if my flour...
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    As far as fluids go, for the most part I drink only water. (Very occasionally I will drink hot tea.) I drink about a gallon of water per day. I don't think I'm dehydrated, because I usually have to get up once or twice in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom! So it's a puzzle. When I have gone, the BMs have been "normal" but they seem to be...
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    Lovey--yeah I'm the black sheep of everyone I know. It seems all the women where I live are into low-fat, a million hours of cardio, pre-portioned/pre-prepared/processed meals. Where as I'm the crazy one who eats low-carb and whole foods and lifts weights with the boys. They all think I'm a crazy hippie I'm sure. Like you said, health is more than just...
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    Mia--oh yes, I'm definitely sick of people extolling the virtues of weight watchers and lean cuisine. I am the lone freak who eats vegetables and whole foods while everyone else here at work eats a frozen meal when they want to be "healthy." That's a shame about the histamine reaction! As for the weight loss, maybe you can cook your veggies in butter...
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    Mia--once again, thanks for the great info. Oh lord, don't even get me started on sugar alcohols. I get HORRIBLE GI symptoms from foods that have sugar alcohols. I remember baking these peanut butter cookies with xylitol and being so excited, because xylitol is a "natural" sweeter derived from birch bark or corn, but it is low GI so wouldn't cause blood...
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