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I don't know about allergies, but when it comes to intolerances and sensitivities, it's perfectly understandable why more of them would appear after giving up gluten. One must keep in mind that certain minerals are required for the production of certain enzymes. After a dramatic change of diet, it's quite understandable that you may develop deficiencies you...

This may come as a surprise to everyone, but those crystal deodorants that say they're made out of mineral salts are generally made out of 100% alum (despite the fact that they list mineral salts as a separate ingredient). Alum actually is a mineral salt

They're switching vending machines companies where I work. They're calling for suggestions on what they should carry. I came up with a list, but it's mostly just candy. Any ideas? (You can mention candy, too.)

I'm surprised no one has mentioned cross-contamination. From what I understand, this is fairly common with plain popcorn (not microwaved). Correct me if I'm wrong there. The only two kinds I've checked on were cross-contaminated, anyway. Let me know of any that aren't. I'm still looking. Also, from what I understand, many corn tortillas are also either...

I decided to ask Adam's myself, and guess what? They replied within like 20 minutes (via phone message). I'm glad to tell you all that they say all of their peanut butters are definitely gluten-free and that there is no risk of cross-contamination (they only deal in their peanut butters in their facility apparently). I asked about chemicals for the...

I emailed Simply Organic about their turkey gravy, since my local grocery store had it in the gluten-free section, and I bought it without realizing it didn't say it was gluten-free. Anyway, the gravy has risk of cross-contamination, they told me, although they say they do have full ingredient disclosure on their products. However, they told me about several...

I would still be cautious about natural peanut butters. I say this simply because most peanuts (not peanut butters) I've read about are contaminated, or potentially contaminated, with wheat in the processing (i.e. such as Planters, whether salted or not, nutsonline peanuts, and the Walmart brand). Who's to say they don't use the same methods for the peanuts...

I've already posted this elsewhere, so I'll point you to my link to avoid redundancy and potential copyright issues (seeing as I don't know Celiac.com's policy on that, yet—some sites claim exclusive rights over post-content, and that could restrict someone from reposting or using it elsewhere; I certainly want normal people to do whatever they want with i...

How did you use the oil and extract? I'm curious.

You could always do product searches for the specific bacteria found in Threelac, and hope they're gluten-free

Finally found the site I was talking about again. Here's what it says for Threelac: " Other Ingredients: Micro-Crystalline Cellulose, Refined Dry Beer yeast Powder, Gelatin, Canola Oil, Silica, Caramel, Titanium Dioxide. Contains ingredients derived from milk and wheat (Milk Protein 4 ppm; gluten 30 ppm) " So, it has 30 ppm of gluten. Here's...

I've never used Threelac, but after researching it, today, according to one website it looks like it has gluten in it (or maybe it said something was derived from something with gluten in it; not sure which). Other sites, however, say that it's gluten-free. Kind of confusing. That might be what's causing the problems, though. It's worth a thought. It could...

Still, though, if there are enough enzymes applied to the juice before it gets to the liver, it shouldn't matter if there is a deficiency in the liver (since there won't be any fructose left by then). I'm not saying that this is an ideal situation, as there might be consequences to using those enzymes in such abundance, though. Now, what if they actually...