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  1. psawyer
    She is a sixteen year old in Stanford, CA who is a moderator here under the user id "flagbabyds." She has been a celiac almost her entire life.
  2. psawyer
    Vinegar (with the exception of malt vinegar) is generally accepted as gluten-free. Nevertheless, some people do have problems with vinegar. Malt vinegar will be labelled as such. If it just says vinegar, enjoy!
  3. psawyer
    It is, again from the label: Gluten free, Wheat free, Dairy/casein free, Egg free, and Trans fat free.
  4. psawyer
    One biscuit contains, according to the package label: 46 calories, 2 g fat, 7 g carbohydrate (of which 4 g is sugar).
  5. psawyer
    I tried them, and yes, they are just as good as I remember Oreos were (of course, it has been six years since I had a "real" Oreo).
  6. psawyer
    I can't offer any comment on the book in question, having never seen it. I do, however, highly recommend "Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide" by Shelley Case, ISBN 1-897010-28-1. It deals primarily with Canada and the USA, and is loaded with practical information about foods, suppliers, labelling issues, and more. Open Original Shared...
  7. psawyer
    I accessed the revised zip file and extracted all of it with no problems to my NTFS hard drive under XP.
  8. psawyer
    I suspect the problem with the fifty things file is its name. It contains double quotation marks, which are not allowed in a file name under NTFS (the XP native file system). I can extract all of the others at once, and can extract that one to a removable disk which uses FAT rather than the NT file system, and to my second hard drive which uses FAT32. The...
  9. psawyer
    According to both the Canadian Celiac Association, and Shelley Case's book, "Gluten Free Diet," caramel colouring is gluten free. I have never found any credible evidence to the contrary.
  10. psawyer
    The blood tests measure antibodies, not gluten. The antibodies persist in the body long after the gluten is gone. When there is no more gluten, no more (new) antibodies are created, but it takes time for the existing ones to go away. I don't know just how long, though.
  11. psawyer
    Do not make this assumption! Every product must be examined as a unique item. Swiss Chalet dipping sauce is gluten-free. Don't mix it up with the gravy, though, which has wheat.
  12. psawyer
    Despite its name, buckwheat has nothing in common with wheat, and is safe for celiacs. Be careful, though, because many buckwheat products also contain other things, such as "buckwheat pancakes" which are mostly wheat with some buckwheat added in.
  13. psawyer
    Nature's Path make an organic, gluten-free rice crisp cereal called "Crispy Rice." Kelloggs Rice Krispies are not gluten-free due to the gratuitous use of barley-derived malt flavor.
  14. psawyer
    We all need to get used to hearing more and more of these CYA statements. What they said, in essence, is that while they believe that the product in question is gluten-free, some of the ingredients are obtained from sources outside their company, and they can not guarantee (read: accept legal responsibility) that an outside supplier's product is not ever...
  15. psawyer
    Not in Canada!
  16. psawyer
    Green Giant is a trusted brand. If there is gluten in a Green Giant product, it will be clearly stated in the ingredient list as wheat, rye, oats or barley, using one of those words.
  17. psawyer
    Dr. Kholsa spoke about this project at the Canadian Celiac Association's National Conference last month in Toronto. While promising, it is in the early stages. Clinical trials are expected to start in late 2006 and continue through 2008. Availability of an approved product is another couple of years beyond that, assuming that the stuff actually works in people...
  18. psawyer
    Distilled beverages are gluten-free. The gluten molecule does not pass into the distillate because it is too large to evaporate during the first phase of the process.
  19. psawyer
    What is commonly called "tin foil" is actually aluminum foil, and it is just that, plain aluminum. Absolutely gluten-free!
  20. psawyer
    1. Swanson broths (but not the frozen dinners) are made by Campbells, who are on the trusted list for gluten disclosure. 2. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is NOT a gluten source, although many people, including many celiacs, avoid it for other reasons.
  21. psawyer
    The statistic I have heard is that about 1 in 22 children of a celiac will develop celiac disease. Assuming one parent with celiac, who has one copy of the genetic factor, there is a 50% chance of inheriting the the trait. If both parents carry the factor, then the probability increases to 75% (25% chance of both parents NOT passing the factor). Of...
  22. psawyer
    Glutino's bakery in Laval, QC, is a gluten-free facility, but some of the products they sell are made for them elsewhere. A number are imported, for example in my kitchen I just looked and I have Glutino branded products made in Israel, Australia, and Italy, as well as pasta made in Canada which is labelled "prepared for Glutino" (i.e., made by someone else...
  23. psawyer
    The majority of celiacs do not have a problem with soy, although there are a few who do. Similarly, there are a few who react badly to corn. Some of us can't tolerate casein. Eggs cause problems for some. Name a food, and if you look you can find a celiac with an intolerance or allergy (mine's shellfish). But that does not mean that all celiacs have intolerances...
  24. psawyer
    Under FALCPA, in the USA, wheat must be disclosed on the label as such, but the same is not true of the other gluten sources. Barley can still be listed as other names, such as the ubiquitous "malt flavor," or other forms with the word malt. I've never known rye or oats to be hidden, but in theory they could be. If you see malt listed, assume it is barley...
  25. psawyer
    Hershey's Kisses are gluten-free. Hershey will clearly disclose gluten sources in the ingredient list, so if you don't see wheat, rye, barley or oats mentioned, the product is gluten-free.
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