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  1. psawyer
    To return to the original topic, I used to get ugly migraines, but since going gluten-free twelve years ago I have not had one. In North America, paracetamol is called acetaminophen generically, and is also sold under the brand name Tylenol.
  2. psawyer
    This is true. The letters gf are replaced by gluten-free, and the letters cd are replaced by celiac disease. You can force them to appear as intended--I just did --by putting something invisible between them: g[i][/i]f
  3. psawyer
    Agreed. Water can certainly get through them, but water (H2O) is a small molecule, with an atomic mass of 10. Prolamine molecules (gluten) have atomic masses in excess of 1,000. They are long chains of amino acids--which are themselves large.
  4. psawyer
    The trait is genetic, but only a minority of those carrying the gene actually develop celiac disease. So, yes, there is a possibility that their child will have the genes and may be susceptible to developing celiac disease at some point in their life. Your brother tests negative today, but he could have the gene and have celiac disease triggered next week...
  5. psawyer
    Maybe. Maybe not. It would vary from vacuum to vacuum, based on how good the filter is. If you are worried, I would consider using a face mask during the actual process. Then stay out of the room for an hour while any remaining dust settles. But, honestly, it is not something that worries me.
  6. psawyer
    Open Original Shared Link Jennifer appears in the CBS police drama Blue Bloods Friday nights at ten.
  7. psawyer
    Weight loss and diarrhea are common symptoms, but are not universal. Some gain weight. Some experience constipation.
  8. psawyer
    This topic is more than six years old. Information may be out of date, and the original participants may be long gone from here. Glutamates were not gluten then, are still are not.
  9. psawyer
    I have been gluten-free for just over twelve years. There have been major advances in label rules in that time, and many more specialty products have been introduced. In 2000, there was no gluten-free beer at all. Gluten-free baked products could only be obtained in specialty stores. Today, they are in mainstream supermarkets. There are so many more...
  10. psawyer
    Gluten has adhesive properties. That is why it gives the great texture it does to baked goods. Wheat flour gets sticky when wet. I'm not saying somebody wouldn't try flour as an anti-stick agent, but it wouldn't work--so they would not continue to use it. The most common anti-stick agent is cellulose, which is from tree pulp and is gluten-free. In...
  11. psawyer
    This is the only post I can find from yesterday by you: It was approved yesterday.
  12. psawyer
    So, is there a lot of fur on your bear feet? Does the bear regret that you have them? Seriously, though, that would unnerve me.
  13. psawyer
    It is widely accepted that distillation renders the distillate gluten-free because the protein molecule (the gluten) is much too large to vaporize, even under heat. I don't understand how making beer could vaporize what a still can not. There are some who react to distilled spirits, but my own thought on that is that they are reacting to fragments of the...
  14. psawyer
    I agree. Visible damage means a very high likelihood for positive. The patchy part is a chance for error, but one would hope that samples were taken where the damage was visible.
  15. psawyer
    The coffee bean is gluten-free without any doubt. While it is possible that the flavor contains hidden gluten as malted barley, it is not likely. Barley malt is expensive, so rather than hide it, manufacturers will usually highlight it. I don't like flavor in my coffee, so this is not so much of a concern for me. But I do drink plain coffee all the time...
  16. psawyer
    No, it isn't. Grains are members of the Poaceae family. Quinoa belongs to a different family: Amaranthaceae.
  17. psawyer
    There is a lot of stuff in there; most of it is debatable. I do fully agree with this part: Yes, but you can be totally gluten-free without ever buying a substitute gluten-free product. Most gluten-free foods, like fresh meat and produce, do not cost any more just because you are no longer eating gluten.
  18. psawyer
    Our two-stage tour covered 20 states for a total of 13,734 km, or 8,478 miles. Here are some photos from the second part: With Patti: With Emily:
  19. psawyer
    We will heading home Saturday. Our combined journeys hit 20 states and we met up with several members of celiac.com. We are in Ottawa tonight, after visiting with Emily and her family for dinner and a very enjoyable evening.
  20. psawyer
    I agree with this: If you are eating a poor diet, with lots of donuts, pizza, bagels, and so forth, and switch to a diet with lots of gluten-free cookies, donuts, bagels and pizza, well, you now have an unhealthy gluten-free diet. In fact, in this case, it may be less healthy since many of the gluten-free substitutes have more fat and calories than the...
  21. psawyer
    Tiffany, thank you for the photos. The appearance is very similar, even though the products are very different. Bah! "Tomato Paste product with Italian Herbs is in small print.
  22. psawyer
    So, to be clear, we are not actually talking about something labeled simply as "Tomato Paste." We are talking about a certain brand of tomato product described as "Italian Paste with Italian Herbs. That doesn't sound the same to me. I expect "Tomato Paste" to not have herbs and other things added. To me, this is a quite different product--which happens...
  23. psawyer
    This thread is more that two and a half years old. I'm not sure why it is being resuscitated. As a reminder, the original topic was, "How Long After Ingesting Do Symptoms Appear?" If you have a few minutes to spend, you could watch this. It is off topic. Vikki Peterson has lots of video out there. This one has a couple of sentences that are related...
  24. psawyer
    I certainly can. For more than ten years, my wife and I ran a retail store selling pet food and supplies. Every dog that came in was offered a biscuit. The first ingredient listed was wheat flour. I would touch these many times per day--and always wash my hands afterwards. The gluten molecule is a long complex protein which can not be absorbed through skin...
  25. psawyer
    Some cats do, and others not so much. Caramel, our almost-13 former store cat, very rarely purred while on duty at the store. Now that she is living at home with us, she is purring a lot. Give her time, she may start.
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