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  1. psawyer
    Sensitivity to iodine is rare, but not unknown. Some people with DH are sensitive to iodine. Nevertheless, there is no gluten in salt, whether it is iodized or not. Salt is sodium chloride (NaCl), and iodine is added as traces of sodium iodide (NaI) or potassium iodide (KI). None of these contain gluten, or are even organic compounds.
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    The button is at the bottom left of each post that you view. Click on it to send a message to all the moderators at once (we use it to communicate among ourselves, and Scott uses it to broadcast info to all of us at once). Us mods will know who the report is from, but there is no way for the poster to know that they were reported, or by whom. Amanda...
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    ARCHIVED What Would You Do?

    psawyer replied to Connie Shedlock's topic in Doctors

    I'm going to take a different view, and will probably get some flak, so I am putting on my kevlar vest. The doctor did the endoscopy, and a follow-up appointment was scheduled. Your husband chose not to keep the appointment. Who is responsible for that decision? Certainly not the doctor. Yes, the doctor's office could have called to ask about rescheduling...
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    Open Original Shared Link Happygirl has some links you will want to check out. Edited: OOPS! Laura posted while I was posting a link to her post in the other thread.
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    Yes, gluten has addictive properties, and you can experience withdrawal symptoms. I don't have a solution, but you are not imagining it. I was so sick that I was way beyond that. In the final stages of my illness, just before diagnosis, I was eating mostly because I pushed myself to eat, hoping to not throw it back up after a few bites. Okay, maybe that...
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    It is possible to have a wheat allergy in addition to gluten intolerance or celiac disease. Testing positive for one does not rule out the other. Allergic response is typically respiratory or dermal (hives). Neurological symptoms would not come from an allergy, but could well be a symptom of celiac. Celiac can cause malabsorption, and lack of certain nutrients...
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    Maltodextrin is safe. It is not made from a gluten-containing grain unless it specifically says so on the label. The relevant US law says: USA Code of Federal Regulations Sec. 184.1444 Maltodextrin CAS Reg. No. 9050-36-6. It is a nonsweet nutritive saccharide polymer that consists of D- glucose units linked primarily by [alpha]-1-4 bonds and has...
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    There have now been enough subsequent posts that the wide one no longer is in the "recent posts" part of the reply window. We really need to get on Scott's case about how short the edit window is. He has said more than once that it is supposed to be 36 hours, but in reality it seems to be more like 90 minutes, Jess, your ability to bring positive...
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    Doing my part. Post #17656 will start the next page.
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    Twas Jess when she screamed. Her scream was one long word in a large size. The software has to stretch the page to fit the single word. Every other post on the page is also affected. Need to have lots of posts to get to another page.
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    Perhaps by October our staffing issues will have sorted out. We have two people in training, but at the moment at least one of us must be in the store at all times. We are training two people at the moment, so there is hope.
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    At the risk of using what some will label as a cliche, never say never. I'll follow up privately via email.
  14. psawyer
    The autoimmune attack on the pancreas is type 1 diabetes, not type 2. It is possible for someone who is already a type 2 diabetic to develop type 1 as well, however this is rare. Unofficially, there is nomenclature of "type 3" diabetes, refering to someone who has autoimmune damage to the pancreas resulting in a lack of insulin production, combined with...
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    Wonderful! Sarah, you have made a difference today. Be proud of yourself.
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    Susie, that is wonderful news.
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    Busted again!
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    I don't know (and probably don't want to know ) about the use of granular solids in connection with this particular piece of apparatus. Maybe we should consider whipped cream. Soozie *snooooorted* :)
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    Caramel color is safe, at least in the US and Canada.
  20. psawyer
    To clear your browser cache: Internet Explorer: Click Tools. Click Delete Browsing History. The top button says "delete files" next to the words "Temporary Internet Files." Click it. Firefox: Click Tools. Click Options. Click Advanced. Click the "Clear Now" button to the right of the cache size.
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    Vinegar, when you see just the single word, is distilled. The only vinegar to worry about is "malt vinegar" and it will be labeled as exactly that.
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    Things have moved around, and there seem to be some problems for some users. I was seeing some funny stuff. I cleared out my entire cache, then exited the browser (I use Firefox) and restarted it. Nothing seems to be missing, but things have moved around.
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    Glutenease: For the new topic button, try reloading the current page. You may have something cached that isn't quite right. Then, look at the big black "Celiac.com" banner. Under that is "Gluten-Free Celiac Disease Forum....." The next line has, from left to right: My Controls View New Posts My Assistant My Friends..... Under that is...
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    Me too. The stuff about tomato paste and puree sounds like misinformation to me. Unfortunately, there is a lot out there.
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    I saw the triplicate, and zapped the first two to invisible. Scott has since deleted them.
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