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    Thank you all for your input! I have some research to do. I did not even consider Boulder before.
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    Originally posted in travel, but I thought it would get more hits here. Anyone know what cities (U.S.) are the safest for Celiacs? This includes safe options in restaurants, products offered in stores, labelling laws, public knowledge (of the disease), acceptance of the public/medical community, and promotion of general healthy living. I am sure I am...
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    I am gluten intolerant and used to wake up with swollen lips and eyelids. They would remain puffy for the 1st half hour upon waking. Now that I don't eat gluten anymore, I no longer have those symptoms.
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    I react to gluten-distilled alcohols. I don't know about whiskey or gin, but Smirnoff, Chopin, Ciroc, Pinnacle vodkas are gluten free. If you like rum as well, most are gluten free.
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    Does anyone know if this product is gluten free? I stupidly bought a pint as it was on sale and I saw that it was vegan. I guess I had thought that I checked it out and found it safe, but the back label said that the sorbet was made on the same equipment as milk and wheat. Although it sounds like it is cc'ed, many manufacturers clean their equipment between...
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    I don't know if my case counts, but I am gluten intolerant and experience fewer obvious symptoms the more often I eat gluten. If I have avoided gluten for a long time and accidentally consume it, I get gastrointestinal problems, bloating, fatigue, headaches, aches, depression, acne, inability to feel satiation from food, increased tolerance to alcohol, frequent...
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    Anyone know if they are they gluten free? It would be nice to be able to avoid the expensive, gourmet stuff. I am particularly interested in their garlic powder, which I am currently out of. I am trying to make my own salad dressing...
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    I tried an organic green juice drink from Whole Foods that was labeled "gluten free" but also contained wheat and barley grass. I thought it was safe, so I drank a small sample of it. About an hour later I had stomach cramps, bloating and essentially vomited out of my back side. I posted about it here a bit ago and was told by others that wheat grass does...
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    Thanks. I should be more careful there. I often have silent symptoms, so I could be destroying my body and not even know it.
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    I am casein intolerant and also just got hired as a barista. We use the same milk-steaming wands for soy and dairy milk. All we do in between uses is turn the hot steam nob, wipe it with a wet cloth, then steam it again. Prior to this, I used to go to Starbucks often got lattes and mochas. I have never felt great after these drinks but just attributed it...
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    I followed the Trader Joe's gluten free list today. They said that all of their hummuses were gluten free except for the white bean ones, so I bought one that said it was made on shared equipment with wheat because the manager told me that they clean the equipment in between products. I am not sure, but I think I got glutened anyway. My friend who works there...
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    I emailed Einstein Brothers and Intelligentsia (got some free bags of coffee from them), explained what gluten was, that I was allergic to it (people pay attention to allergies), and that I could have nothing that contained or even touched gluten. Both places verified that their coffee was gluten free. Is this a sufficient amount of information to safely...
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    Thanks. I will do some contacting.
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    What gluten ingredients should I be looking for that are most commonly added to these toiletries? My naturopath told me that most toiletries are NOT gluten free! I do not have DH, but am trying to be as cautious as I can in order to see if it improves my health. Any good gluten free brands out there? Cheap stuff is what I normally go for, but if this must...
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    Does anyone know of any brands of coffee that are gluten free (I especially love vanilla, hazlenut and irish creme)? I love my coffee and cannot give it up. Thanks
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    Thanks for everyone's comments. As for the pitfalls, one of the main ones was hard liquor. I am in college and it is not out of place. However, I believed most distilled liquors were safe, but I realize that I need to be extra careful because I usually have silent symptoms and wouldn't be able to tell if I hurt myself most of the time. Some people say triple...
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    I have heard of the wheat paste sealing agent and the transfer of wines to used, gluten containing barrels once used for whiskeys. It was from this site, actually, and it terrifies me! Someone even posted a link about a wine-maker discussing the process of how the wheat paste seal is made. I also do not react to gluten if I have had it recently. On the other...
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    ARCHIVED Buffalo Wild Wings

    kdonov2 replied to Dan's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I had heard so many great things about B-Dubs from this site and got all excited and went with friends one day. When asking the usually questions, just in case, I was told that even the naked wings were contaminated because they cook them in the same oil as the other breaded wings. They said the oil would be fresh and gluten-free if I came first thing when...
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    Sigh. I went gluten and dairy free in 2009 and learned a lot about how and what to avoid. For a long while, I mainly ate fruit and I felt much better and my stomach finally shrunk to reveal a flat, normal looking one rather than the horribly bloated, pregnant looking gut I thought of as pure, fat that I was never able to rid myself of no matter how much...
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    I have not been employed for a while as I have been trying to keep my GPA up so I can get into a good Grad School, but I used to work at Panera 3 years ago. During that time, I figured out I had a gluten intolerance and wondered if I should quit. Well, I got fired a month after I started due to over-hire. Although I was pretty pissed off at the time and feared...
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    Anyone have AB+ blood type and had success with this diet? I am raw-vegan right now but may change my diet if I find I do not feel better after my 6 week trial. I have been gluten free 3 years and still feel like awful, so I have tried out numerous "extreme" diets in the quest for health and happiness.
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    Sounds like the "Cave-man" diet. That diet is meant to eliminate all foods which were not eaten by our ancestors, milk included. They ate what they hunted and gathered. Many people are allergic/intolerant to the altered "foods" that we eat today and feel much better after removing those things from their diet.
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    I am sorry. I too am gluten and dairy free and trying to stricly eliminate corn. It is so difficult it is absolutely ludicrous. I am still learning too, but the Delphi forum has been somewhat helpful. It is similar to this forum, but much less organized. I would also suggest googling "corn free" or something of the sort. I have slowly been calling manufacturers...
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    ARCHIVED Food Intolerance Testing

    kdonov2 replied to kdonov2's topic in Doctors

    Thanks for the replies. I got tested through Enterolab and found that I was dairy and gluten intolerant, but I feel that I am intolerant to corn and probably a bunch of other things. I worry that the U of C clinic would not be able to help me with my other unknown intolerances. Many mainstream practitioners do not believe in intolerances at all, so I feel...
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    Not only am I intolerant of gluten, but also dairy and corn, and probably other foods that I have not figured out yet. There is not much I can eat these days. Before I knew about the dairy and corn intolerances, I was missing these gluten foods: -Pizza -Panera baked potato and cream of chicken and wild rice soups -Cheescake Factory desserts -Oreo milk...
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