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    Great ideas. Thank you for the thoughts!
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    I'm curious if there is interest in a gluten free bed & breakfast/hotel stay in Los Angeles? I live in Hollywood and have a small rental unit. Some of my neighbors run B & Bs out of their homes, which seems fun, but as I'm celiac, I'd like to do it gluten free I was thinking to go a bit above and beyond the traditional B & B, and offer...
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    Updating info on this old post...guar gum can indeed contain soy. While it is derived from the guar plant (no soy there), when it goes through processing to become guar gum, 10% protein is added from...you guessed, soy. Or sometimes not soy, but a different food-based protein. So you may find some of the time you tolerate guar gum, and some of the...
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    Thank you so much! There is all so much to learn, and trying to do it gluten-free as well has only made it harder. But I think I may be able to do it, it will just take some good planning. Ideally I would like the baby chicks to be gluten-free as well, so I don't have to worry about my daughter handling them. I imagine that chicks are pretty messy eaters...
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    Hi Boysmom, Thanks for your response. It's interesting what you say about the medication. Ultimately, I think I'd like to find a feed that has it so I don't have to worry. But the risk would seem low from here. I guess it would also depend on where I got them from. My yard has probably never had chickens. In the 1910s it grew avocados. Before that it was...
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    Hi Jestgar, Is the chick feed you use gluten-free? The ones I've seen all have gluten. Do they get this only when they are very little, before they get their grown-up feathers? I agree the medication is probably important and would like to find a feed with it that is gluten-free. Thanks! Liz
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    Hi Takala, Thank you soo much! So there is hope for getting chickens still I too am not interested in feeding them soy. Yuck! Plus my ds is allergic. What does the molasses do (besides make it yummy for them)? I am in Los Angeles, and so cold would rarely be an issue, I think. Today it is 80 degrees, though a few weeks ago it was rainy and 50 in...
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    Hi, you mention vegan... but after being dx'd celiac and then to have my son have a severe soy allergy, and then to have a daughter with a dairy allergy.... well let me say I cook with a lot of lard and olive oil now lard is homemade, no funky ingredients, healthy and great for baking and cooking. And it's soy free and dairy free. i'm allergic...
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    I really want to get backyard chickens but every feed I've looked at - both store bought and homemade recipes - ALL contain WHEAT and often barley and rye and oats....Is it possible to keep chickens while feeding them gluten free? They will have some free range time in the yard, but they'll also need feed. I want to be able to safely feed them, clean the...
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    I'll second RiceGuy. Include in your list of soy foods: mono-and-di-glycerides. Also, depending on how sensitive you are: mixed tocopheryls and vitamin E (a preservative typically derived from soy, though it could be from wheat (rarely, if ever I've found), or synthetic). Merika
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    LOL, you're on! I'm allergic to coconut (love it, and can kind of eat it once in a while w/o making me sick). Cooked avocado? Or is it raw? (btw, dd doesn't like avocado) Zuchinni and spaghetti squash are both, well, squash, which I was allergic to last summer (and have avoided for a while now, so maybe I could try it again?) The thing about food...
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    Thanks for all the responses I love all the suggestions, and yes there must be an asian grocer around here I can find those noodles at. (I love LA!) Reading all this, though, I realize I am ridiculously allergic (intolerant) of so many foods still. I love sweet potatoes, but stopped eating them this year when i found they make my skin insanely dry and...
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    Hi Tarnalberry, Nice to see you still here I'll have to check out the millet and buckwheat options. Quinoa I have problems with. Amaranth is kind of bitter?? I can't remember. Thanks! I forget about all those, because so many grains I have problems with (even rice a bit, according to the allergy tests I've had run....). What is a yummy millet...
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    Hi, I haven't been on this board in forever it seems. I was diagnosed celiac about 4 years ago and have been gluten-free since. I do all the cooking for me, dh and 2 kids. I only cook gluten-free, but will handle premade wheat things for dh and ds sometimes (being very careful about cc). Recently, ds age 7 has been complaining about rice noodles...
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    Hi psawyer, I totally get what you're saying. From a scientific point of view, there is truth to all grains having gluten. I can't think of the technical term for the kind of gluten we can't have, but yk, when the average consumer calls to ask about gluten being in a product - whether for human or animal consumption - I think most of them mean wheat...
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    I just got off the phone with Canidae. They changed their formulas in July, with no notice on the packaging. I only noticed by accident that the new bag I bought was full of barley and other new stuff. I spoke with customer service. The woman both claimed that the new version was gluten free because "barley has almost no gluten in it" and that the product...
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    Ceecee - whew! I am happy to have misunderstood your post, lol. I buy my dh pre-made gluten things too. Janetw - your dh sounds wonderfully supportive. And it seems you have a similar set-up to my old one (which I really liked!). Rya - glad you have found a safe living situation. It is super yucky to be glutened all the time
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    Interesting. I would like to hear from more people too Shay, I totally get where you're coming from. I don't think my own dh would go for it, though he does lust after building an outdoor gluten kitchen (he used to bake). Which brings me to you guys, sam and ceecee. I get where with a large family it can be impractical to have a gluten-free house...
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    Hi, I would like to know how gluten free other folks with celiac keep their homes. I was diagnosed 3 or 4 years ago with celiac and made my house gluten free except for one small kitchen counter and the dining table which dh can eat his gluten on. Dh is very careful, washes his hands, etc, etc. Everything was fine until this summer..... I also have...
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    Ds will have pee accidents within hours of ingesting soy, which he is also allergic to. it's the first symptom of many including behavior after ingesting the stuff. he's been potty trained for 4 years now and it can still happen. merika
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    It is true that the FDA ruled that soy oil and lecithin - any item that the protein has been removed from - does not have to be listed on ingredients as an allergen. The major companies, though, like Kraft do seem to err on the side of caution and note all of it. And, of course, it still needs to be on the ingredient list (more on that later). My ds is...
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    Hi! We had the same issue when we got our puppy and ds was 4 (and I'm celiac too). For dog training during class we used tiny cheese cubes. Fragrant for the dog, and soft, and safe. For general home stuff (and because too much cheese gives our pup tremendous gas, lol) we get a pure dried chicken treat from the grocery store called Chicken Nibbles. Nothing...
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    I've talked with one of the Blue Cross's for individuals and apparently "celiac" is difficult to get insurance for but "gluten-intolerant" is ok. Merika
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    i also heard dr pietzak talk awhile ago, and have looked at some research. Apparently, babies introduced to wheat between 6-9 or 8-10 months old have the least problem with it in the future. Earlier causes more problems, as does later. you may want to get an additional source of breastfeeding information. US and international recommendations (health...
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    Hi Tarnalberry, How's Seattle?? Mmmmmm, wish we had this stuff down here. Ds might like it. I've bought an ice cream maker this summer and we've been experimenting. Made some amazing soyfree mint-chip ice cream and a decent and suprisingly refreshing chocolate almond-milk ice "cream". Yum! Merika
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