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  1. psawyer
    Ain't that the truth!
  2. psawyer
    I missed this when it was posted two weeks ago. It is just wrong. Thanks, Gemini, for waking it up. Alpha-tocopherol can be derived from wheat germ oil, but it is not the same thing. Starch (the single word in an ingredient list) is corn starch. But you can't put whole kernel corn into something and call it "starch." If you see alpha-tocopherol or tocopherol...
  3. psawyer
    The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a gluten-related recall for J1 brand Crunchy Rice Roll products. The affected products and UPC are: Crunchy Rice Roll Black Pearl Rice & White Rice - 678108204059 Crunchy Rice Roll Black Brown Rice & White Rice - 678108204011 Both products are sold in 100 g packages. For more information, including...
  4. psawyer
    A recent article about this can be found Open Original Shared Link by recognized celiac disease expert Shelley Case. I found it useful, and I already knew a lot about the topic.
  5. psawyer
    Yes, it means that they are okay.
  6. psawyer
    Testing is costly, and adds to the price of the product for every single customer, not just the 1% who really care. Most manufacturers do not test for this reason. The removal may be for legal reasons to avoid a possible exposure to legal action in the event of accidental contamination of an ingredient by a third-party supplier. I would not worry.
  7. psawyer
    Welcome! Yes, it is true that you need to continue on a diet with gluten until testing, including the endoscopy, is complete. I don't have any advice on mitigating the symptoms you are experiencing, but I am sure someone here will.
  8. psawyer
    Friendly moderator edit done.
  9. psawyer
    To be honest, I think you are overreacting. Many of us can eat products from shared facilities and shared equipment without problems. If you EVER eat at a restaurant, know that the facility also has gluten, and everything is in the same dishwasher. I have been gluten-free for over 12 years. For a good number of those, my wife continued to eat gluten. So...
  10. psawyer
    There have been some performance issues of late, and an upgrade was put on the board software last night. There have been some unexpected effects, including the matter of quotes.
  11. psawyer
    Oats are problematic because of contamination with wheat. This starts in the fields, where they are rotated with wheat, and continues through the harvesting equipment and mills. Specially grown and processed pure oats are available, but at a considerably higher cost. Only specialty manufacturers of gluten-free products use them, and they will be labeled clearly...
  12. psawyer
    I have been down this road three times. My directive to limit my diet was shorter at 36 hours. I was told to continue to take my oral meds as usual the day prior to the procedure, but to take none on the morning of the exam. My procedures were all at 8 am. I took the day's doses after arriving back home.
  13. psawyer
    Dextrose is a highly refined sugar and will be free of any detectable gluten regardless of the source. Nevertheless, in the US and Canada, if the source is wheat that fact will have to be disclosed on the label using the word "wheat."
  14. psawyer
    Neroli, sorry, but you look like a person of interest. 9,017 posts--when did you slip past 9,000 without anyone noticing?
  15. psawyer
    While they may keep better refrigerated, we store them in air-tight containers at room temperature. Be sure that they are truly air-tight. Tupperware and Oxo Good Grip are--Glad and Ziploc are not 100%.
  16. psawyer
    Got lots. Happy to share.
  17. psawyer
    In this case, rather than worry that there might be gluten in the insect poison, you should consider that it is POISON to everyone, not just to people with gluten issues. You don't eat it. You try not to touch it. You don't (I hope) lick the floor. You make sure it doesn't get on your kitchenware or toothbrush. Sheesh. Same thoughts apply to Lysol. The...
  18. psawyer
    Morning coffee brewing. Must go fetch some.
  19. psawyer
    Welcome to the board! Two weeks off is not a mountain to climb. If she has noticeable symptoms, it is likely that there will not be complete healing in two weeks. That said, I would put her back on gluten for at least two to three weeks to undo any healing that may have taken place.
  20. psawyer
    It will take some time for all symptoms to go away, but a majority of us do see noticeable improvements within days. Some setbacks are to be expected. He may experience reactions even though he has eaten no gluten, due to the as-yet unhealed digestive system.
  21. psawyer
    The last four posts all shared the same link (which had been provided in some older posts as well).
  22. psawyer
    Learning to read and understand ingredient lists and labels is a big part of the learning curve. Read and ask questions here in the ingredients and labels forum.
  23. psawyer
    Your experience differs from what most of us have had in dealing with Kraft. I don't think the rep was following the script, but you may have interpreted what they said differently than I do. Kraft does not label most products as "gluten-free" even when they are, in fact, gluten-free. They do obtain ingredients from outside suppliers, and do not test them...
  24. psawyer
    I don't understand what you mean by hidden ingredients. The ingredient list will cover everything, although some vague terms are allowed. Wheat can not be hidden--it must be explicitly declared on the label as "wheat." You say you are newly gluten-free. If you have celiac disease, then your digestive tract will have been damaged. Going gluten-free starts...
  25. psawyer
    Part of the reason for it is regulatory. Labeling something gluten-free means that it is a distinguishing characteristic of that product compared to other similar products. Labeling bananas gluten-free would be considered misleading by the FDA and CFIA because there is nothing special about those bananas. You are allowed to say it two ways: Bananas are...
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