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  1. Mack the Knife
    I was diagnosed with Coeliac disease at the end of 2009. I have been on a strict gluten free diet ever since. I don't cheat and I am really careful about eating out and cc, etc. However, I have not gotten better on a gluten free diet. My symptoms persisted and when my gastroenterologist re-did the blood tests and biopsy they came back as still positive for...
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    You can buy gluten free liquorice. I eat it quite a bit because I love liquorice!!! This is the brand I like. Open Original Shared Link The company does export internationally and if you contact them they might have a stockist near you. Else you could try googling gluten free liquorice and see what you can find.
  3. Mack the Knife
    I know that Sainsburys (the big supermarket chain) has a big range of gluten free foods on their shelves.
  4. Mack the Knife
    Just expanding on this... yes, in Australia we have the strictest gluten free labelling laws in the world. If a product contains wheat, barley, oats or rye (or contains ingredients made form any of these ie soy sauce or malt flavourings) then they must be listed in the ingredients. For a product to be labelled gluten free, it must test under 5ppm. In...
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    I am flying Qantas from Australia to Europe at the end of the month. Once I factor in waiting time at the airport, flight time, refuelling in Singapore, collecting baggage, going through customs, and getting the train from Frankfurt to Cologne, it adds up to almost 30 hours in transit. Needless to say I will be taking an awful lot of food with me. I'll take...
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    All major supermarkets in Melbourne carry gluten free products in the healthfood aisle. Coles is the best. They have gluten free frozen pies and pizza if that's your thing. Health food stores are all over the place too and have a big range of gluten free products. Which area are you staying in? There are quite a few chain take away places that offer...
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    Yeah, Crust are in Melbourne too. I haven't tried them yet though. I always go to Pizza Farro in Thornbury. Their gluten free pizzas are awesome! I love Coles pastry too! Has anyone tried the gluten free pies and pizza they sell now? Are they any good?
  8. Mack the Knife
    I'm leaving for Germany in about 12 days time now. So I thought I'd bump this topic up and see if anyone has any other advice to add. I'm going to Bruges as well now for a couple of days so if anyone knows of any gluten free places in Brussels I am interested.
  9. Mack the Knife
    Hmmm. I do have cats. I had better check their food.
  10. Mack the Knife
    I was diagnosed with Coeliac at the end of 2009 and I had the classic gastro-intestinal issues. I never had any issues with rashes. But over the last few months I have developed an itchy rash on my scalp that flares and recedes but never entirely seems to go away. It's a bit like eczema. I get little bubbles of fluids that are really itchy and I end up...
  11. Mack the Knife
    I just thought I'd post an update. I did end up cutting our all grains and flours (except for a bit of white rice) from my diet about three weeks ago. And for the last week and a half I have been feeling really good. My energy is up, my bowels are starting to behave themselves, I am less constipated that I have been in ages and my sex drive has suddenly...
  12. Mack the Knife
    You can make sourdough bread that is gluten free by using gluten free flours and a gluten free starter. Bette Hagman has some recipes in her book but I haven't tried them yet. Some people with wheat intolerance can eat essene bread which is made from sprouted wheat grains. Apparently the soaking process does change the chemical make-up of the wheat. But...
  13. Mack the Knife
    Same sex Dancesports. We've entered the 35+ Ballroom and Latin events. We were going to do the ten dance but our Paso is too crap. So I'm not just worried about getting sick and ruining my own trip. I'm worried about letting my partner down too. And yes, it's going to be a great event. They have 12,000 registered competitors across all the sports...
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    I completely understand where you are coming from. I'm travelling to Germany at the end of the month for the Gay Games and I'm a bit worried about what I'll be able to eat. We booked our accommodation last year (before I was diagnosed) so we didn't get a room with cooking facilities. I think we have a minibar but that's it. I've spent 18 months training...
  15. Mack the Knife
    I do soak grains like rice, quinoa, sorghum and buckwheat overnight before cooking them to make them easier to digest. I haven't tried it with flour but I have heard of the practice. Let me know if you try it. I would be interested.
  16. Mack the Knife
    Also, I forgot to say don't stress about people thinking your diet is weird. People are on all sorts of diets these day for all sorts of reasons. You'll probably find that there will be someone who's vegan, or lactose intolerant, or on a liver cleansing diet, or who's only drinking fruit juice for a month, or whose kid goes into anaphylactic shock if he...
  17. Mack the Knife
    1. Don't eat anything that anyone else cooks unless they are a coeliac themselves or have a lot of experience cooking for a coeliac. Even if someone means well and tries really hard, the gluten free diet is too fraught with perils for someone to master it quickly. It took me months before I stopped glutening myself accidentally so I certainly don't expect...
  18. Mack the Knife
    I often substitute sorghum flour for brown rice flour in recipes. It's a straight 1:1 exchange and it should work just as well in reverse.
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    I'm 36 and no, I haven't heard of it. But it might possibly be sold under another name here. I've never suffered from anxiety though. Besides the GI issues, my neuro symptoms are brain fog, dizziness, exhaustion, finger numbness and occasional vision issues (ie seeing weird flashes and patterns of light). Does it work for symptoms besides anxiety?
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    What is Xanax?
  21. Mack the Knife
    Do you mean something like this? Open Original Shared Link You could maybe try adapting this using egg replacer and oil. Try googling vegan recipes and see how they do it. A thing to remember with cobblers (we call them slices in Australia) is that you don't need to make a special dough to use as a base. You can use a packet of sweet plain gluten free...
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    Open Original Shared Link
  23. Mack the Knife
    Lots of recipes tell you to mix it for anywhere from 3-10 minutes. I'm not keen to stand there stirring by hand for 10 minutes. I don't know why the length of mixing time always seems to be so long for gluten free bread. My mixer is a good one and it gets a pretty good work out with my baking activities. Also, quite often you need to add more water than...
  24. Mack the Knife
    Here's some clips of Sue Shepherd doing some cooking demonstrations at a Gluten Free food show, if anyone's interested. Scones Thai Chicken Salad Cheese and Herb Polenta fingers
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    I have no idea. The channel is C31 Melbourne Open Original Shared Link You could contact them and find out. You could also contact Gluten Freedom's producers and encourage them to try selling their show to a U.S. cable network.
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