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    For me, itchy scalp and bumpy areas go hand in hand with ingesting too much dairy or gluten. It also returns when I use any product with dairy or gluten in it. I know that some people say that you cannot abosrb gluten and I believe that as well, but I can assure you that my skin does react to products with gluten or dairy in them (and I am definitely not...
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    I think dairy might be the biggest factor here. It certainly was the clincher for me. Once I cut out most dairy (milk, yogurt, fresh cheeses) things got so much better. I don't seem to have problems with goat cheeses or hard cheeses, though I try to limit the amounts. I drink almond milk - it is the best and I actually prefer it now. Maybe it would...
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    Here are the ingredients for G2 Gatorade: Ingredients: water, sucrose syrup, high fructose corn syrup, Citric acid, Sodium Citrate, salt, natural and artificial flavors, mono potassium phosphate, sucralose,acesulfame potassium. Personally, based on those ingredients, I would regard this as pure poison. No gluten ingredients are listed, but who knows...
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    There's a nice little restaurant called Effie Ophelia which is also very accomodating. What was really nice was when I asked the waitress if the dessert I was considering had any "flour" - (I find it is easier to use the word flour than gluten to get my point across), and she replied, "Oh, you mean gluten? No, it does not have any gluten ingredients." ...
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    Haha, oddly enough, when I look for things like apples and oranges at the store, I often look for those with a blemish. I figure those had a little less pesticide sprayed on them I am very fortunate to live in a rural area with lots of farms and orchards around to choose from. However most do use pesticides and fungicides, so I try to grow most of...
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    You are so right, AliB. It is not only wheat that has been adulterated over the years. I can't wait for summer when I can once again enjoy my own vegetables out of my garden. When I go to the store, it is easy to see that even the "organic" veggies are almost all hybrids that have been bred for storage and shipment purposes. The food industry is driven...
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    Ken70, I agree with you completely. The focus of most "diet" programs is on fresh, unprocessed foods. I applaud those that continue to recommend the SCD program because it does emphasize unprocessed foods and that is probably the biggest benefit to the people that follow it. I think AliB is right in that years of processed foods do damage to so many of...
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    Yes, I have this same pain - to the point that I thought I was having a heart attack. I have been gluten free for months then accidentally ate what I thought was gluten-free food and was not (we've all been there, I'm sure). The pain showed up the next day. It took a good week for the pain to subside. It feels nerve-related to me. When I get glutened...
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    Your symptoms sound almost exactly like mine. Going gluten-free cleared up most of the migraines and eliminating most casein (dairy) products eliminated the rest. The other night at a party, I ate two chocolate candies that I assumed (dumb thing to do) were gluten-free. Turns out the fudgy filling was made with Oreo cookies! I woke up with my first migraine...
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    My mother was known for her cookies and in fact, used to sell cookies at Christmas when I was little. I have all of her old recipes, many stained with batter, vanilla, and butter, and I dreaded having Christmas without experiencing the familiar smells and tastes of those cookies. I used Pamela's Baking Mix which I got for a good bargain off the internet...
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    For me, it's not a matter of ingesting the lotion, shampoo, etc. My skin, especially my scalp, really reacts to the gluten in products. For years, I knew that certain shampoos gave me the itchies, but never knew why. When I eliminated shampoos and other products that contained wheat protein (which are in a lot of them), I had no more problems. Dairy in...
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    I found this interesting report on transglutaminase on Wikipedia and some other sources. As we know, one of the "look-fors" with gluten intolerance is antibodies to tissue transglutaminase. Apparently some manufacturers use transglutaminase to make foods stick together. I wonder if manufacturers of gluten-free pastas and other foods that need to be ...
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    I think there are two separate problems with dairy. One is lactose intolerance which has to do with little to no production of lactase - the enzyme that allows you to digest milk. In most mammals, including many humans, the production of the lactase enzyme is turned off around the time of weaning. We are not really supposed to be consuming dairy products...
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    I stopped buying all Amy's products. They used to be nice to take for lunch when I had to grab something quick and didn't have leftovers to take to work. But every time I ate them, I felt bad immediately afterwards. I teach, and twice I had to leave the classroom, grab a colleague to watch the class, and make it to the restroom quickly. I noticed they...
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    Hmmm, crazy? I wouldn't say so. I am very interested in why people are sensitive to certain foods from an evolutionary standpoint. For example, many of us are sensitive to gluten because we just don't have the genes to digest the stuff. If we keep eating the stuff, it acts like a toxin and causes illness. Not surprising really if you think about it...
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    Oops, our posts crossed in transit The other thing that I find works (and seems to work for my dog as well) is exercise! It seems to stimulate the gut and since your problem is not fiber-related, that might do the trick. Especially exercises that move the core area. Laurie
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    Hi Jason, I don't know what all of your food restrictions are other than gluten but here are a few things that seem to work for me: Chocolate, especially a nice cup of hot chocolate Bob's Red Mill Gluten-free Oats (some people can't eat them, but I can and that seems to get things moving. I made oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips, yum. I have to...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    The study was not published by Dr. Fine and his response was anything but feeble. He was questioning the methodology of the study and the fact that it involved only 20 celiac children. He stated several very valid responses to inaccuracies in data collection and methods. How is that feeble? I thought he made several good points. I guess we will...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    The scientific method as taught in most middle schools these days reflects only the typical observation-hypothesis-experimentation-data-analysis- conclusion steps. In actuality, there is not a prescribed "scientific method" with 5, 6 or 7 steps. Science includes the scientific method but that is not all science is and it certainly isn't the only way to...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    Have any of you seen the movie "Lorenzo's Oil?' In the movie, the parents of a child with ALD seek all possible routes to help their son through conventional medical means. Frustrated with the snail-like pace of peer-reviewable medical studies, the parents strike out on their own, bypassing normal scientific study procedures, and end up discovering a method...
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    ARCHIVED More About Dr. Kenneth Fine

    lbd replied to Gentleheart's topic in Doctors

    Hmm, I don't know if I would call myself an evolutionary biologist. I teach biology and anatomy/physiology and my concentration of graduate courses beyond my first master's degree is definitely in evolutionary biology, microbiology, and environmental biology. Evolution is probably my first love, though, so if that makes me an evolutionary biologist, so...
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    Hi Michelle, I have (had ) migraines too, and they mostly went away with the gluten-free diet, but when I was tested with Enterolab, I found out I also had problems with casein, the protein in dairy. I didn't cut it out completely, but I cut out everything except some goat cheeses and cream cheese. Those don't seem to bother me. Anyway, with going...
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    Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up on this product. I made some curry with the Seeds of Change Korma sauce. It says Gluten-Free on the jar. I had some at dinner, then some again at lunch the next day. By 3:00, I had a gnawing pain right about where my heart lies. I went for a walk with my neighbor and the pain got worse and worse. I began to think I...
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    Oh yes, and how could I forget Tinkyada pastas! They are the best and everyone in my family likes them! Laurie
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    I'm trying to think of things I use that kids would probably like: I really like the Blue Diamond Almond Milk and they have a chocolate version too. I also like the Namaste cake mixes (the chocolate and gingerbread mixes are great and they make a lot of cake). I buy Glutino pretzels. Pamela's Baking Mix is fantastic, but it might have some milk powder...
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