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  1. psawyer
    Old post, buried deep in another unrelated topic.
  2. psawyer

    ARCHIVED Chinese Food?

    psawyer replied to Emily T's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    Caramel color is gluten-free. Soy sauce usually (but not always) contains wheat. Corn starch is gluten-free. Day two gluten-free? You are still healing. Reactions to gluten can be delayed, even once you are fully healed. Until your intestines heal, you may have reactions to any food, even though it is gluten-free.
  3. psawyer
    As celiacs, we are often quick to blame gluten for our woes. But, in reality, many of us have other food issues, and other diseases may present symptoms similar to celiac disease. Let's walk through an example: I have proven, biopsy verified celiac disease. When I eat shrimp, I get violently ill within an hour. Voila! This definitively proves...
  4. psawyer
    IMHO, this one wasn't. And since they are funny, should we tell some Polish jokes? How about a Jewish joke? Some jokes are just in bad taste. Gfresh404, you have made your point, if in fact you had one to begin with. It's time to move on.
  5. psawyer
    Olive oil was gluten-free in 2006 and remains so.
  6. psawyer
    If I understand things correctly, you inherit 50% of your genes from each parent. So you have a fifty-fifty chance of having each one. Of the four equally likely situations, one has neither, one has both, and two have one but not the other. This assumes that your mother has only one copy of each gene. If she has two, then it would be impossible for her not...
  7. psawyer
    It's a fallacy.
  8. psawyer
    Perhaps 4.0 is "more desirable," but there is nothing wrong with 5.0 fasting. (For our American readers, mmol/l is the metric unit used in most of the rest of the world.)
  9. psawyer
    The "wheat-in-McDonalds-fries" question is probably the most debated one here. Independent testing has failed to find detectable gluten in the finished product. Search the board for the discussions if you are interested.
  10. psawyer
    We're having lovely summer-like weather here in Ontario.
  11. psawyer

    ARCHIVED Jail/prison

    psawyer replied to maximoo's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Good idea. That said, occasionally the system makes mistakes and people are incarcerated pending the trial that ends with "Not Guilty." And, yes, I also know that "not guilty" does not necessarily mean "innocent." Just as "not gluten-free" does not necessarily mean "contains gluten."
  12. psawyer
    In a word, "yes." Any level of atrophy in the villi is highly indicative of celiac disease. While other causes are possible, they are rare. If symptoms resolve on the gluten-free diet, then you have your answer.
  13. psawyer
    A bit cooler here, Em, with expected highs today and tomorrow of 77F. But an extraordinary Thanksgiving weekend! Enjoy!
  14. psawyer
    I'm not sure what your point is. Everything we do that interacts with another person is by choice. Whether it is your parent, or your partner's parent, it is still a choice to allow interaction with your child. It may be a difficult choice, but you are in control, not the parent or in-law.
  15. psawyer
    I respectfully disagree. MFS is usually corn or tapioca. If those ingredients are on the package that the chicken arrives at the restaurant in, then they are subject to FALCPA and wheat, if present, must be explicitly declared. For what it is worth, in my eleven gluten-free years I have never seen a verified case of MFS being wheat.
  16. psawyer
    I'll start by assuming that you are not in the small minority of us that are "super sensitive." You are right that most restaurants do not have separate tools and dishes. They are washed between uses. For most of us, a good washing is all that is needed. You don't need to replace everything. Most things that you already have can be thoroughly washed...
  17. psawyer
    Welcome, The phrase, "a naturally gluten-free food," has nothing to do with cross-contamination. It is because labeling a food "gluten-free" is only allowed if that is a distinguishing characteristic of that particular brand of the food. You can have "gluten-free bread" because bread often/usually contains gluten. You can't have "gluten-free apples" because...
  18. psawyer
    Good luck with that. Botanically the tomato is a fruit. Although ketchup has vinegar as an ingredient, it is otherwise similar to a jam made from any other fruit. Sugar is a key ingredient. Sugar substitutes can be used, but some sort of sweetener is needed to offset the vinegar.
  19. psawyer
    No, I haven't. To make your point, whatever it is, you will need to post some evidence to support your claims. Otherwise, all I see is the angry ranting of a teenager who is long on emotion and short on facts.
  20. psawyer
    I'll second the idea. My wife and I have been enjoying Il Fornello for ten years. We like the Bayview Village location, but have been to two others once each.
  21. psawyer
    Those four ingredients are gluten-free. If anything else was present, it would have to be listed as something. Enjoy, and welcome.
  22. psawyer
    As you begin your recovery journey, you will continue to experience symptoms while your intestines heal. Reactions may happen even though you have not eaten gluten. Two days is really early. Be patient, and stick to simple foods while your body heals.
  23. psawyer
    I was just trying to make Dr Fassano's statements easier to understand by paraphrasing them in plain language. I did not say that I agreed, or disagreed, with his conclusions. I DID say that his acknowledgment that non-celiac gluten intolerance actually might exist is a giant step forward for medical science.
  24. psawyer
    Hi, Cougie, She pronounces it KAren. The 'g' is the first letter of her last name. My screen name is the reverse. It is the first letter of my given name, followed by my surname. This form is common in computer systems, and that is my background. I only know of 3 other registered members here whose names follow the convention that I used. Remarkably...
  25. psawyer
    I believe that what Dr Fassano is saying in those two points just mentioned, is this: If you are gluten intolerant, but do not actually have celiac disease, you will suffer adverse reactions to eating it, but you will not have the autoimmune destruction of parts of your body. In other words, celiac disease is unique in that actual damage is done to...
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