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  1. AKcollegestudent
    I know as a college student--and to a lesser extent in high school and middle school--during the year, I'm dependent on school food. Even in high school, though I'd take lunches, they tended to have more starches (ie wheat) than they might have if I'd made something at home. So when I was cooking at home in the summer, I was eating drastically different food...
  2. AKcollegestudent
    For the OP: have you tried cutting out known migraine triggers? By which I mean there are the obvious ones: caffeine, chocolate, nightshades (peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, etc), and there are the less known ones like black beans, sugar, milk, etc. A good nutritionist could help you, but if you don't want to deal with that (and I don't blame you), there are...
  3. AKcollegestudent
    I'd recommend a food elimination diet, or at the very least, cutting out dairy and soy and maybe even the rest of the major eight allergens. For me, I get massively ill if I have soy and was--though it's getting better--breaking into hives when I ingested dairy. So removing gluten helped, but it clearly wasn't the only problem.
  4. AKcollegestudent
    In our family, we stick fairly close to introducing foods at recommended times--and for wheat, most recommend introducing at about year or so old. And more than that, with wheat, it's recommended that you don't introduce it until all other grains have been introduced slowly so that you can if there are any reactions. Otherwise, it's more likely that the child...
  5. AKcollegestudent
    Our family's been making a variety of food that takes into account allergies/intolerances/autoimmune diseases that range from broccoli to eggplant to dairy to chocolate since I was a preteen. Personally, I'm soy and casein intolerant, along with having celiac. Our solution is to make one meal that everyone can eat, usually something that's simple to make...
  6. AKcollegestudent
    While I was home for Spring Break, I noticed something: there were cranberry scones somewhere (don't recall where) that said "gluten free". I looked; noticed that it was a sorghum base, and moved on. Cool enough, but not worth the migraine from the sorghum. But worth noting, because Alaskans aren't known for having copious amounts of Alaskan-baked gluten...
  7. AKcollegestudent
    I've always been hyperactive and obsessive: give me something and I'd focus to a ridiculous extent, but if something else caught my eye, I'd end up obsessing over it instead. I'm calmer since I went off of gluten (and soy and casein). I'm saner. A lot saner. My attitude's gone from roaring jerk, short temper, to b%$@#y, but respectful. I focus on things that...
  8. AKcollegestudent
    Just going to caution you: I know myself and others on the board have had CC reactions to Chex, and many dried fruits are processed in places that process wheat. And Lundberg is one of the few rice cakes I haven't had CC (or more severe) reactions to, especially when it comes to flavored. And, as I learned the hard way, watch out for the fillers in many brands...
  9. AKcollegestudent
    I have massive, terrible, debilitating reactions to gluten, soy, and dairy. And yet. And yet, during Christmas which was a full six months after being gluten free, when my father forbid my sisters and I from cooking and didn't make anything I could eat, I ate things that made me sick. They tasted good at the time--and then the vomiting started two hours later...
  10. AKcollegestudent
    I'm right there with you. Maybe my friends and family are more supportive because there's nothing like your 21 year old friend, lover, sister or daughter either a) curled up with a migraine, unable to put pressure on her joints, and/or c) vomiting into your trash can on Christmas. It doesn't hurt that I slate into the category of "I would have been in pain...
  11. AKcollegestudent
    Awesome tips. Thanks, ya'll. I'm definitely going to look into minimus and I'll pick up minute rice before I leave. I'm not certain about the tuna--I know the pouches have soy in them, and most of the canned brands around here do as well. I might just pick up my usual nut bars and deal with that for protein.
  12. AKcollegestudent
    I have a routine for flying: I pack protein bars, stews, fruit, and some other strange things that I've discovered work well and can be eaten warm or cold. (Stew can last for about 18 hours before you have to question it. I wish I didn't know this.) But this upcoming flight is special, even for me: I'm leaving campus on Friday at 4:30pm; I won't get to...
  13. AKcollegestudent
    *blinks* Not to be rude, but I know that you're older than me and my fellow college students. And hell, even at the worst of times, there's usually a little less panic when people are wondering "friend or girlfriend" even at during these drama filled years. Yeah, you don't know if she thinks you're a possible friend or something more. But she clearly...
  14. AKcollegestudent
    On the other hand, I went gluten free this past summer, and there was one chunk of me healing that involved me, being utterly lethargic and dizzy, curled up on a couch in Seattle staring at my friend going, "What the hell is wrong with my body?" for about five days straight. That portion of my vacation takes the prize for the least productive (or happy) I...
  15. AKcollegestudent
    I'm in the Berkshires for college. (Williamstown)
  16. AKcollegestudent
    Double check all your shampoos, body washes, etc. I'm just coming out of a really fun reaction to my body wash and face wash.
  17. AKcollegestudent
    I'm dairy and soy free as well; I've made most of Karina's older recipes (the only ones that have butter in them) with Spectrum Organic Shortening. It's palm oil, not soy; though to get a butter taste, I do have to add imitation butter extract. Usually, I skip that part and add a very small amount of alcohol or extra vanilla.
  18. AKcollegestudent
    Hate to break it to your husband, but even when I've been a strict adherent to the gluten free diet? I always found a type of alcohol I could drink. (I was the type of teen that was worlds better than some, but still made my parents' hair turn grey.) If anything, because I couldn't have cheap beer or wheat vodka, I hit harder alcohols more readily. Of...
  19. AKcollegestudent
    I third the chiro suggestion. Mine is, according to the 'net, one of "those crazies" who, yes, believes that it's possible to cure things by healing your nerves. He knows that is, well, vaguely quackish. But he listens to what's going on, which more than many chiropractors will do and he manipulates things so that I feel better. And hey, my sciatic nerve...
  20. AKcollegestudent
    I take activated charcoal if I can catch it early enough. It keeps most of the gluten from hitting me, which at least lessens the severity of the reaction. And if you're already wheezing? It's possible that the wheat allergy's only going to get worse. (I'm under strict orders to keep an eye on my dairy allergy, which has gone from mild skin itching to...
  21. AKcollegestudent
    Good luck then. And hopefully, you have an awesome appointment with the doctor.
  22. AKcollegestudent
    For the test to work, unfortunately, you're going to have to be on gluten. There are some doctors willing to diagnose even if you're off of gluten (based upon positive results from diet only), but many want you to do the blood test and endoscopy--both of which require gluten consumption.
  23. AKcollegestudent
    There are a couple of totally vegan cheeses, especially on the soy side of the equation. (Finding a decent rice cheese is one of those things I gave up on.) If I remember correctly, Galaxy was decent, though it's soy based. I can't eat it because of soy issues. Follow Your Heart's Vegan Gourmet cheeses (also soy) appear to be decent. And they too have no...
  24. AKcollegestudent
    Same as Sandsurfgirl--I found new restaurants when I started going back to dining out. The grill just off campus? None of my friends or I ate there prior to this year, but they know what gluten is and serve cheap drinks, so none of us are complaining about the fact that we dine out less because the food's a little more expensive. Same with the local Indian...
  25. AKcollegestudent
    There are a ton of threads on the subject of eating dairy free (also known as casein free) and gluten free--you might want to do a quick search. But for me personally, going gluten free actually acerbated my issues with dairy. I went from no obvious issues (though I did, looking back, have symptoms) to breaking out in hives. And while you're healing from...
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