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  1. psawyer
    It is one of those things that you hear about, but I personally have never never found a dental floss that was NOT gluten-free.
  2. psawyer
    Welcome to the board, Mandy. I think that your farmer was misinformed. Gluten (wheat or otherwise) is not added to the milk to make cheese. In the US, under the FALCPA legislation, wheat would, by law, have to be clearly disclosed as just that: "Wheat." You don't see it on the label because it is not in the food. If you are casein-intolerant, then...
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    psawyer replied to MrsClaus's topic in Board/Forum Technical Help

    Your personal information is visible only to you. Even moderators can not see any private information. The one thing that (if entered) is visible is your birthday.
  4. psawyer
    The key word in that statement is "guarantee"--almost nobody will "guarantee" that something is gluten-free these days. Most legal departments now require that disclaimer be given. What it typically means is that they acquire ingredients from third parties and use them without testing each and every one every time. I use Chapstick, and have never had a problem...
  5. psawyer
    There are a number of gluten-free dog foods (and cat foods) available. They tend to be at the higher end of the quality scale, and thus also on the price scale. Look for them in a pet specialty store. You are less likely to find them at big box stores, even ones like Petsmart. For a dry food, here are just a few ideas: Taste of the Wild - all formulas...
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    The Canadian Celiac Association has a Toronto chapter. Their web site is here: Open Original Shared Link I am a member, but have not attended any functions in over three years. They hold meetings about four times a year, and have a newsletter several times a year. Members of the CCA in the Greater Toronto Area are automatically enrolled in the local...
  7. psawyer
    The same is true of Colgate. There are plenty of safe toothpastes to choose from.
  8. psawyer
    Gee, you missed it. The paisley shirts; the boots with inch-thick soles and three inch heels; belts three inches wide on the brightly coloUred bell-bottom trousers.... Never did have a Nehru jacket. They say that if you claim to remember the sixties, you weren't really there.
  9. psawyer
    No, it would not.
  10. psawyer
    But, it will be listed as modified food starch. And barley malt, if "hidden," will still be listed as natural flavor. If no additional ingredients are listed, then there are none present, and in that case the product is 100% meat and thus without doubt gluten-free.
  11. psawyer
    But in any case, if anything is added, there will be a clear indication on the label. So if the label just says "turkey," as an example, then nothing has been added.
  12. psawyer
    Is there a limit to the amount of food you can bring back? Open Original Shared Link
  13. psawyer
    I could not have said this better.
  14. psawyer
    Maybe. It depends. Glutamic acid is one of many amino acids. There are at least twenty of them. It is present in varying amounts in most proteins. When combined with sodium (as a salt), the resulting compound is monosodium glutamate (MSG). Monosodium glutamate in its pure form is a white crystalline powder. It is sold by the name Accent among others...
  15. psawyer
    While B-12 deficiency is certainly common in celiacs, I do not believe that it is universal. That is, normal B-12 would not exclude celiac, particularly in the early stages of the disease before significant damage has been done to the villi.
  16. psawyer
    There are a number of gluten and/or celiac related groups on FB. Here are links to a few of them. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link I am not endorsing any of these, I just know they exist because one of my FB friends is a...
  17. psawyer
    To the best of my knowledge, Chex cereals are not sold in Canada. I remember them from my childhood, but that was decades ago. I certainly haven't seen them around here, and Toronto is as big a city as Canada has.
  18. psawyer
    I quit. More than once. I quit for good in April of 1990. All I used was my own determined willpower. It worked for me. Nicotine is highly addictive--more so than heroin some say. To those who need help conquering the demon: take it. Use any substitute or therapy you have available to you. The most important thing is this: You must choose not to smoke...
  19. psawyer
    Moved to the recipe forum.
  20. psawyer
    Okay, links: Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Follow the links in that one, and you can find a rather old picture of our store here: Open Original Shared Link It is not a great picture. It shows the big sign, but not the entrance. The door in the photo is the back way into the basement.
  21. psawyer
    No, we didn't go to Woofstock. We went last year, but this year it was on the same weekend as our local BIA street festival. Once a year, on the second Saturday in June, they have this big do on Yonge Street around Lawrence. We missed it last year, due to another business commitment out of town. This year's Village Day was a disappointment. We planned for...
  22. psawyer
    I'm not missing, just quiet. I have been busy with other stuff. Nothing silly or exciting, just, you know, stuff.
  23. psawyer
    This is the wording required to comply with certain labeling rules. Because all millet is gluten-free, you cannot simply label your product as gluten-free millet, since that would be misleading--it would suggest that some millet is not gluten-free. You can say what they did, or you can say, "This millet, like all millet, is gluten-free." Millet is the...
  24. psawyer
    Julie, as Jess said, relationships are often complex. You helped open a window into some of ours. Patti, you really, really did say "really" as many times as I just did.
  25. psawyer
    Welcome to the forum! The meat will be gluten-free, regardless of what the animal ate. It is simply not something to worry about.
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