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  1. OptimisticMom42
    Have you tried going dairy and soy free? I read somewhere that some people don't even realize that gluten is slowing down their motility because dairy and soy speed it up. I remembered that because dairy and soy give me D and gluten gives me C. Hope you feel better soon
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    It was worth it for me. I had always considered carrots as one of my safe foods. I reacted to celery in the food allergy testing. And using the elimination diet, I found that I am reacting to that whole plant family. It would have taken me a long time to figure that out on my own. Also when I suddenly became unable to digest dairy I tried replacing dairy...
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    Go low carb. It works. It's gluten free. I never had the patience to figure out my threshold (how many carbs I can eat and still lose weight). I just ate about 10 carbs a day. After the first two days the lbs start coming off pretty quickly. The carb cravings are pretty intense for a couple days then they go away. When I did the best on this I was using...
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    Hope your baby is feeling better soon.......I just wanted to second the tart cherry juice suggestion. It has a mild aspirin effect. Reduces pain and swelling. I sweeten it with real maple syrup. The syrup aids digestion and has zinc, magnesium and a couple other things in it that help the immune system. I like it best really warm. You don't want to over...
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    I haven't had a problem with the varieties that are soy free like Ruffles.
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    Hi Miss Emily, Can you get your meats from the slaughter house? I'm also from a small town in Michigan, on the Lake Huron side. I buy my meats at a fruit market that has a butcher counter but if I didn't have that trusted resource I would call around and find a slaughter house. We have several small ones in our area. One in Standish and another in Pinconning...
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    Good Morning Shirleyujest, I'm still not convinced that there is a difference between gluten intolerance and celiacs. If you notice your intolerance early enough to prevent damage to the villi you are not a celiac. But once off gluten the villi heal and you are still a celiac! My problem with this whole thing is that my Aunt Susan died of intestinal...
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    Brothers errrrrr! He's going to tease you about something, when biscuits become boring he'll choose something else. He's doing it to get everyone's attention. He'll grow out of it at about the same time he gets his first girlfriend or driver's license. Until then he's just gonna be a pain. Maybe if you give him the biscuits .......... Thank him for getting...
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    I also had to stop eating all processed foods even the ones labeled gluten free. Out of pure frustration I limited myself to homemade chicken or beef broth (meat, sea salt, pepper, onion cooked in the slow cooker all day) lemon juice concentrate cherry juice concentrate pure maple syrup (used to sweeten the juice) eggs bananas Using this...
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    Most of the stuff will start to improve within a couple of days. The muscles aches take longer for me. I was using tart cherry juice to help reduce the inflammation and for the other mild aspirin effects. I ran out. Couldn't get more. Didn't need it anymore anyhow. Still taking magnesium for cramps in my feet at night. Skipped it last night. Mild cramping...
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    I try really hard not to buy meat from anyone but the butcher. I like that the meats are locally raised and not processed with a million other animals from all over the world. No plastic wrap, no foam trays.
  12. OptimisticMom42
    I didn't notice a reaction to the McCormicks spices we used to make taco seasoning. I had to buy individual spices because the packaged ones have milk in them. Could you be reacting to the oils in the meal instead of the spices? Vegetable oil (soy) would do it to me.
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    It's somewhere between twenty minutes and two hours because I get a reaction on my tongue and in my left side.
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    Same answer. I'm celiac and hypoglycemic. Honestly, if cereal and rice milk were my only options I would just go hungry. The carbs would raise my sugar only to let it drop two hours latter making me hungry and sick. Repeating this process every two hours all day would make me fat and tired. Been there. The smart thing to do is to eat a good protein source...
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    Good luck and let us know how she's doing!
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    It won't be - 60 days no gluten and then a doughnut. You'll get sick when you were sure there was no gluten in your diet, you'll look back, read the label, look it up on the internet and find that others have had reations to the same item. After this happens several times and you can't blame it on the flu or your Aunts potato salad, you'll realize...
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    Hello HelpinOhio, Just wanted you to know that I'm also reading along and wishing you good health. I've only known about my celiacs since March and my reactions were so straight foreword that my dr. didn't even run any tests other than a food allergy panel. So I don't feel qualified to give you advise other than this... I've done a little research on...
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    I called the Rice Dream 800 number and asked about the soy lecithin in their frozen deserts. I was told that soy lecithin was safe for people with soy protein allergy. I have not been brave enough to test it out yet. I was not aware when I made the call that there is some controversy over the process used to make Rice Dream and wether it is really gluten...
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    I'm not brave enough to intentionally eat gluten or dairy. I have been CC'd at least three times and poisoned by a co-worker who thinks I'm a hypocondriac once. within minutes - my tounge feels scauled in a stright line across the center and my elbows itch within an hour - my left side hurts like there's a medicine ball in there pressing on...
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    Hi, I've been dealing with candida on and off for years. I'm allergic to yeast (as in bread) and brewers yeast and vinegar. My last flare up was from the vinegar in ketchup. It's better now. I don't have to take anything for it. I just eliminate the source and drop my carbs to about 10 day for a couple days and it dies off until the next time I'm exposed...
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    Gluten free is all or nothing. Going gluten free before your testing will cause a negative result. The testing is unreliable anyway so the only way to know if gluten is a problem for you is to go 100% gluten free for a period of time(not sure how long) and then bring it back into your diet. If like the rest of us you get so sick you swear you will never do...
  22. OptimisticMom42
    Wow, lots of great advise! Did anyone suggest adding coconut milk to your diet? It's pretty safe and easy. I use it in place of butter in recipes or half it with water to use as milk. Much healthier than soy. It also has a good protein level and is easy to find in the ethnic foods section of any grocery store for about $2.00 a can. Also read up on corn...
  23. OptimisticMom42
    Why are you worried about fiber? Just curious because fiber was the answer I recieved when I asked about constipation. Fiber was not the problem. I get plenty of fiber. Adding more fiber made it worse. Getting the cc out and the potasium and magnesium in worked.
  24. OptimisticMom42
    Find some legal foods that make you feel like you are getting away with something! When I was a kid, my mom would sometimes look the other way when I fed my hotdog bun to the dog! so eating gluten free brats without bread feels good. Also because we had a large family and fruit was expensive we were only allowed one peice of fruit a day. Now I eat a whole...
  25. OptimisticMom42
    Sounds like a politician
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