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  1. Pac
    Did your mom clean the owen before baking the gluten-free cake? I had similar problems after going gluten-free and it took me over a year to find the culprit - cross-contamination. I am very sensitive and many things that would never even cross my mind as possible trouble-makers will make me sick. Eating food baked in "glutened" owen is a big no-no for me...
  2. Pac
    Can't help with gluten-free inhalors, just wanted to say that Pulmicort made me sick too. Nothing serious, just persistent neuro issues - cramps in my forearms and similar stuff. I don't use anything now and I'm fine.
  3. Pac
    I voted no but I too have problems with some meats depending on their origin. Cc might be part of the problem as things got better after I started washing eggs well before putting them in the fridge (chicken eat wheat and lay eggs in straw) and washing all meat before cooking (to avoid cc from breaded stuff). For the same reason I stopped buying minced meat...
  4. Pac
    I was thinking exactly the same. On the other side, I too get sick from some milk brands while others are perfectly ok.
  5. Pac
    Does the swelling get better or worse during the day? I used to have terribly swollen fingers and ankles before going gluten-free and I only got rid of it after being completely gluten-free. The slightest gluten exposure and my fingers are swollen again. Things that make it worse in my case are eating late (3-4 hours before going to bed) and drinking too...
  6. Pac
    I can't help with the tests, but if you suspect soy, dairy or peanuts to be a problem, then avoid them strictly for at least a few weeks (4-6). If the symptoms disappear, add them back one at a time. You don't really need any of those three to get enough protein. Just (nixtamal) corn and beans alone will provide you with enough protein and all important...
  7. Pac
    As a chocolate-lover allergic to almonds, I totally agree. Can you eat other nuts? You can substitute almonds with hazel nuts, walnuts or whatever is cheapest where you live - like poppy seed.
  8. Pac
    I am eating 100% gluten&wheat-free, the whole house is 99% (beer is allowed) gluten-free including pets. I'm very sensitive to 'environmental' gluten though and that's nearly impossible to avoid here. Reading the 'signs and symptoms' of Hashimoto's on wikipedia, it looks like a perfect fit, esp the first sentence: "Hashimoto's thyroiditis very often...
  9. Pac
    Hi everyone, this board has been a great source of information for me the last year and a half and I hope you guys can help me now as well - I need some input on the hypothyroidism issues. To sum up my story> I've been gluten-free since February 2009. At that time my TSH level were around 8 but thyroid hormones were within the normal range and my...
  10. Pac
    1) Yes, this definitely does sound like gluten. 2) You can try eating wheat-free rye bread or something else containing rye/barley but not wheat to see if it is gluten or just wheat you are reacting to.
  11. Pac
    That's an interesting info. Thanks for posting it. I have a grinder too and never had problems with quinoa tasting bitter, even if it was ground very fine. I rinse the quinoa with boiling water 3-4 times and dry it before making the flour, so maybe that is enough to get rid of the saponin. (I sort, wash and dry all grains/nuts/seed before grinding them to...
  12. Pac
    My favorite: "Of course you can eat this ......(cheese, ham, jam, chips, crackers) it's all natural." For some reason people think I just want to eat healthy and gluten is in artificial foods. If it's labeled "no artificial colorants or preservatives" it must be ok for me. :-)
  13. Pac
    I love pasta made from mungo beans. It tastes so much better than grain pasta. Not sure if and where you can buy it in US - I'm now back in Czech republic and the choices here are so different.
  14. Pac
    eggs, fish and milk also belong to main allergens and they don't need to be on the labels (at least in some parts of Europe). I did react to some wines (in Canada and Mexico) exactly the same way I react to rye and wheat-based alcohol. Maybe they use gluten in some part of the proccessing, maybe it's just cc from the fields - poison from bees and...
  15. Pac
    I would test some regular flours too - soy, glutinous rice, corn...
  16. Pac
    I get cc from being intimate with my dh. So no kisses after eating gluten and he has to wash his face and hands when he comes home. (The whole household is gluten-free.) Even like that I usualy get itchy rash when he kisses me on the cheek withing several hours after eating gluten.
  17. Pac
    In my case the onset of symptoms is 1/2 to several hours after glutening, duration depends on how much gluten I ingested (or breathed in) - several weeks to several months. In july I accidentaly ate a bag of gluten cookies (the gluten-free package looks exactly the same, same name color... just the ingredients list differs) and I only started getting better...
  18. Pac
    I'm trying to eat a "semi-vegetarian" diet (vegetarian food + occational fish + seafood) so that I can share meals with my DH (who went almost completely gluten-free with me). With fish included, I thought it wouldn't be a problem, even though I'm a typical meat-eater - doing well on low starch "paleo with dairy" diet. But my body seems not too happy about...
  19. Pac
    I just had a gluten-free wedding last saturday and it turned out great. It was just a small family thing - 16 people in total and we prepared all the food ourselves. I even got up at 6am on my wedding day just to make the bread! 'cuz it's so much better fresh than one day old. It worked - most people just loved the bread. Main meal was salmon with black...
  20. Pac
    I was diagnosed with casein intolerance (IgG antibodies) while being tested for gluten/celiac (which tested negative). I'm extremely sensitive to gluten, but I don't avoid casein much. I often eat diary-free for weeks and never noticed any difference. I do have problems with cheeses and yogurts, can't eat too much of that, but pure milk, cream, sour cream...
  21. Pac

    ARCHIVED Flours

    Pac replied to ~Trish~'s topic in Gluten-Free Recipes & Cooking Tips

    I use polenta whenever my recipe calls for coarse-ground flour. It works well for me, but I've never seen a cornmeal in my life, so I can't tell the difference. Isn't polenta just italian word for cornmeal? :-)
  22. Pac
    When I was eating gluten, I always said I must have been a smoker in my previous life. I used to crave cigarettes like crazy even though I never smoked because cigarette smoke gave me really bad asthma attacks. Now on gluten-free diet both the cravings and asthma are gone. That's interesting because I've read the right opposite about the...
  23. Pac
    I usually don't drink anything like that, so it might be a silly question... Are pops like Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc. gluten-free? How about in different countries? The only thing I remember reading here on the forum is that mexican CocaCola is not gluten-free. (not sure if thats true or hoax) The reason I'm asking is that I had a sip of (mexican) Pepsi few...
  24. Pac
    It's not related to the article itself.. Does anyone else have problems with viewing this KVOA Tucson News? My internet browser won't keep the page opened - "internet explorer made a mistake and had to be closed down" is all I get.
  25. Pac
    I have no idea if it is gluten-free, but I guess "Wheat" could refer to leaves/grass, not grains.
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