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    Hi! I was wondering if you ever found a group in Gainesville or started one up. If not would you still be interested?

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    I've heard it's just as bad as high fructose corn syrup in terms of the impact it has on your blood sugar, that it isn't really any healthier. In addition, the processing of it can be just as destructive as HFCS. So, if I were you, I'd just use what you think tastes the best, because agave, sugar, and HFCS are all about the same in terms of their effects...
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    I work out all the time, and did whatever I wanted, and it was fine. Don't worry about abdominal exercises. If they're bothering you, get your core workout from other things (planks, squats, etc - lower body exercises in general work the core really hard, as do cardio workouts like spinning and swimming). I didn't have any problems, though.
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    I'm glad you found so many ice creams with clear labels. The difference for me is that by listing "skim milk" and "cream" separately, I can tell that it will be higher in lactose. Cream has so little that I can handle it, but skim milk is loaded with lactose. Sometimes the seventh ingredient is a stabilizer I'm not especially interested in consuming. I agree...
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    Since amino acids are the building blocks of protein, I'd be suspicious.
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    Me too! Have you tried the Hagen Dasz "Five Ingredients" style? We got the ginger flavor and it knocked my socks off. It almost tastes spicy. And it's obviously gluten-free, with no fillers or anything fake. A quarter of a cup was all I really needed because the taste was so satisfying. I eat ice cream like twice a year, too - it has to be really good for...
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    Just FYI, if anyone cares: this stuff is TERRRRRRRIBLE for you. It's all synthetic chemicals, there's no "food" there. The sugar alcohols alone would give me such a horrible stomach ache that I'd be climbing the walls. I got a pack of the dressings to take to restaurants and yowza, is that ever not worth it. Sugar alcohols bother some people more than others...
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    I agree, it would be on the label. I just wonder if there's something about the over-processing required for enrichment that bugs her. I don't do well at all with processed foods, never have.
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    I don't know how the enrichment process works with Minute rice, but I do know that enriched foods tend to be pretty terrible for you. "Enriched" means they stripped out all the nutrients in processing, and then inserted them back in as stabilizers/preservatives, but they aren't nutrients you can absorb, because they wouldn't survive the heating process, let...
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    Are you eating any foods (or chewing gum) that contains sugar alcohols, like xylitol or sorbitol (there are others, I believe they all end in -tol)? Sugar alcohols will mess up the balance in your large intestine and causes that rumbling in me every time I have them. I cut them out of my diet altogether, and the rumbling stopped. Look for sugar-free versions...
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    My sister in law got me 1000 Gluten Free Recipes for Christmas, and I love it. It has a nice wide variety of foods and the recipes are easy to manage. It's available on the gluten-free mall site.
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    I think they're victim to soy sauce as well. At least that's what they told me at the sushi place down the street.
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    Oh, and masago is NOT gluten-free, at least any place where I get sushi.
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    Hey, David! I eat sushi all the time too. Other people may have additional tips, but I've found you have to avoid fake crab (I don't know about you, but it's the only kind of "crab" the sushi places anywhere near me have, and I live in Florida), roe, and eel sauce (and some other sauces, depending on how they're made). Also, marinated vegetables are usually...
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    I've been riding my whole life too, and teaching lessons since forever. Inevitably, some idiot ten year olds will decide they want to see what horse feed tastes like. Make sure she knows horse feed has gluten in it so she knows why she has to wash up regularly and can't participate in the group horse-feed-tasting challenge.
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    Ringing in the ears is called tinnitus. It can be caused by any number of things, and there are lots of ways it can be fixed. I wouldn't automatically assume that it's the food that made your ears ring. Correlation isn't causation. If my stomach hurts while I'm watching TV, it isn't the TV, you know? So I'd go to the doctor and have your ears checked out...
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    The problem is that stuff can get in your mouth even if it isn't meant to be there. I'd been feeling crappy for awhile, realized that my lotion had gluten in it, threw it out, and now I feel better. If it was on my hands and then I ate food, it was probably getting a little on the food. And shampoo can get in your mouth when you wash your hair, too.
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    You're most welcome! I'm glad I could help.
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    Just FYI... Hops doesn't have gluten - it's a flower: Open Original Shared Link Even gluten-free beer has hops in it: Open Original Shared Link That said, plenty of shampoos have wheat-derived ingredients, so it's worth keeping your eyes open for those! Nothing wrong with bringing your own shampoo.
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    Yeah, this is a contamination issue. The "1/8 tsp" thing doesn't really hold up for anyone I know. I've been glutened from pots that have had wheat pasta cooked in them before. There wasn't 1/8 tsp. of flour in those either. Also, as someone else said, soy sauce will have wheat in it unless you buy special gluten-free soy sauce. Eel sauce does too (SOB...
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    I use Organix shampoo and conditioner, which are gluten-free. I e-mailed and asked. Also, Neutrogena lip products are gluten-free.
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    YAY! Thank you! Clearly I still have a lot to learn. Thanks so much!!!
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    Hi, all! I'm baking under time constraints, and the recipe I'm making calls for tapioca starch, which I thought I had. Wrong was I, though: I have tapioca FLOUR and POTATO starch. Which would be a better substitution? Thanks!!
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    Y'all might have known this already, but I contacted General Mills about the Yoplait Fiber One Yogurt, and got this response, which is pretty courteous!: Thank you for contacting us about gluten in Yoplait Fiber One yogurt. General Mills offers several products that are labeled gluten-free. Please check the package label for the gluten-free statement...
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    My mom's a neonatologist and a certified pediatrician, and her advice is to introduce it at about six months, but definitely not before 4 months. Introducing it at just the right moment isn't going to keep the kids from getting celiac, as we know, but that seems to be the consensus advice. To all who have posted, though, your kids are lucky that you know...
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