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  1. psawyer
    Please provide your source for this. I have never seen a whipping cream with non-milk ingredients. What sets if off is being 35% MF - the highest of any cream.
  2. psawyer
    With the exception of "brewer's yeast," yeast and products derived from it are gluten-free. That includes "yeast extract" and the essentially synonymous "autolyzed yeast." "Brewer's yeast" is questionable, as it has two meanings, one of which is the spent yeast from the process of brewing beer from barley. Yeast extract is a concern if you are avoiding...
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    My very experienced eye does not see any wheat in the first ingredients list either. Is it possible that the poster came from the US? The reason I ask is that the salad dressing you posted is considered soy-allergen free under US federal law. There is an exemption in the statute for "highly refined oils." So, in the US, that dressing would not be considered...
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    The Wikipedia question is not black and white, although some choose to see it that way. The negative of Wikipedia is that anyone can edit articles. Any crackpot can post their fictitious view of the facts. The positive of Wikipedia is that anyone can edit articles. Incorrect information does not last forever. My own perspective on evaluating information...
  5. psawyer
    As the fermentation process hardens the cheese, the lactose is consumed. The harder the cheese, the lower the lactose content. Parmesan is about as hard as it gets.
  6. psawyer
    There is a statistical correlation between type 1 diabetes and celiac disease, but they are independent of each other. If you have one you are more likely to develop the other, but many people have just one of them.
  7. psawyer
    I was diagnosed with late-onset autoimmune diabetes in spring of 1986 at age 31. I had obvious symptoms. I had been losing weight intentionally on a low-carb diet, and began eating "normal" foods again. My weight loss increased. At first I thought I was urinating a lot because I was drinking a lot of liquids. Then the penny dropped. I was urinating a lot...
  8. psawyer
    Kamut is a trademark for Khorasan wheat grown under specific conditions. Khorasan wheat (Triticum turanicum) is still wheat, and contains the gluten protein that celiacs must avoid. There have been changes in recent decades to how wheat is grown, but they did not introduce gluten into wheat--it has always been there. Spelt is another form of wheat...
  9. psawyer
    I don't know if you can get them locally, but we have been very happy with these Open Original Shared Link They are a Canadian company, but they will ship to the United States for a minimum $50 order. We buy their products at local grocery stores here in the Toronto area.
  10. psawyer
    I'm not personally aware of any that do have gluten. Crest, all varieties, and Colgate, all varieties, have been reported as gluten-free here many times.
  11. psawyer
    False negatives are common. False positives are rare. If a biopsy is planned, you need to continue to eat gluten on a daily basis until after the procedure. Some doctors will now diagnose based on positive blood results alone; others won't until a biopsy shows damage to the villi. It seems that in the early stages of the disease, the blood will show...
  12. psawyer
    But only if they are labeled as "vegetable oil." If a specific type of oil is listed, then that must be the actual type of oil.
  13. psawyer
    Figuratively. While gluten will not kill a celiac they same way cyanide will kill someone, the long-term effects of eating gluten definitely reduce the life expectancy by up to ten years. And you may feel like you are dying due to the unpleasant effects of gluten in the short term.
  14. psawyer
    Sorry to hear about Lucy. Happy B'day, Emily!
  15. psawyer
    If you are just one week into the diet, the healing process has only begun. The fact that you had a reaction does not necessarily mean the cause was gluten.
  16. psawyer
    Awesome! I watch the TV series Blue Bloods where she plays detective Jackie Curatola. Maybe one day she can be a spokesperson for us.
  17. psawyer
    Not my experience. And, based on what I have read here since 2004, not the experience of the majority here. There is a small but vocal minority supporting this view.
  18. psawyer
    Well said, Skylark. I react symptomatically to gluten. I eat out from time to time. I choose places where I expect better attention to keeping things where they belong. I tell them I need them to use clean utensils. I wouldn't eat at a greasy spoon diner, but most restaurants do care about cleanliness and don't want the onions to get into the chocolate...
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    DH is definitely related to ingestion of gluten. Whether it is related to topical contact is a subject for debate. Iodine is a factor in the management of DH. While it will not, of itself, trigger the reaction, it is understood that the reaction will be more severe in the presence of iodine. Dietary sources of iodine include commercially prepared iodized...
  21. psawyer
    Yes, canola oil is soy-free.
  22. psawyer
    Absolutely gluten-free--no doubt.
  23. psawyer
    I tried to find the recipe to which you were referring, but failed. It would be very helpful if you could post a link to it here in the thread. I don't have the answer you are seeking. Scott will likely respond if you provide a link, but he doesn't have time to go searching.
  24. psawyer
    Your family are wrong. If you are reacting adversely to something, that speaks for itself.
  25. psawyer
    It's hard to say for sure. Some chocolate contains barley malt as a sweetener.
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