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  1. psawyer
    Do not start the diet until after the endoscopy. Doing so may well lead to a false negative.
  2. psawyer
    Kelly777, can you provide the link to where Rice Dream say that there is .02% gluten, please. That would be 200 parts per million (ppm) and it was my belief that they tested to less than 20 ppm (.002%). I looked for it on their web site, but did not find it. As to canola, you may be exceptionally sensitive to erucic acid. As is the case with many things...
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    It is not uncommon for additional issues to surface after going going gluten-free. They may have been there all along, but the gluten reaction was so strong that the other issues got lost in the gluten issue. Others have seen the opposite. They have found that after being strictly gluten-free for some time, they are now able to tolerate foods that they...
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    Canola oil is gluten-free. I can't think of an oil used in food that isn't. Wheat germ oil is debatable, but it shows up in cosmetics and hair care products--I have never seen it in a food. Canola is a product of selective breeding of rapeseed to produce an oil lower in erucic acid. The levels of erucic acid in ordinary rapeseed can be harmful to humans...
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    So, Takala, you are placing yourself in the second of the three groups described. That's fine. I would ask you to go back and again read the statement from Cynthia Kupper. It says: I have highlighted some key words in her comment on gluten sensitivity (not gluten intolerance).
  7. psawyer
    In the US at present, there is no regulated defintion of "gluten-free." There is a proposed rule under consideration by the FDA that would a require that the product test below 20 ppm. Everybody gets concerned about that, but a truly gluten-free product is, of course, below 20 ppm. The problem is that there is no test that can prove 0 ppm. There is an...
  8. psawyer
    Testing is notoriously unreliable in young children. False negatives abound.
  9. psawyer
    Between the material in the article, and the comments above, I detect possibly as many as three conditions being discussed: Celiac disease. An autoimmune condition requiring a strict gluten-free diet. Gluten Intolerance (non-celiac). This may or may not be a precursor to celiac disease. Gluten Sensitivity. This is the new idea here. A person who...
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    That is a pretty standard response from a mainstream company. I've highlighted the legal CYA statement buried in the response. I wouldn't worry about it.
  11. psawyer
    In Canada, the candy called Smarties is candy-covered chocolate. They are similar to M&Ms, but unlike M&Ms they contain wheat.
  12. psawyer
    Celiac disease is NOT an allergy. It is, of course, possible to have celiac disease and also be allergic to wheat. Your follow-ups being normal is normal when you are strictly following the gluten-free diet. Without gluten to provoke the autoimmune reaction, there are no gluten antibodies and your body heals so the villi are healthy. It is possible...
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    I have never encountered anything injectable that contained gluten. Gluten is a sticky substance used as a binder and as a thickener--hardly what you would want in an injectable.
  14. psawyer
    I don't work in a bar. I do work in a business where we have gluten products (dog biscuits are the most common) which I touch regularly. Every dog who comes into the store is offered a treat. I wash my hands after each one. Hand sanitizer will ensure that your gluten is free of harmful germs. It will not do anything to the gluten. If alcohol destroyed...
  15. psawyer
    The Navaho Nation is dry. It covers more than half of Arizona and parts of other neighboring states. Utah might as well be dry. The laws there are very restrictive. BYOB.
  16. psawyer
    "Spices" are a safe ingredient. No grain product can be labeled as a spice. "Seasonings" is a whole different ball game.
  17. psawyer
    Actually, most don't. The problem at a restaurant is that there is no way to be sure that the dressing they use is not one of the minority that contain gluten. If you can see the ingredients, you will know since wheat cannot, by law, be concealed. Restaurant food is exempt from FALCPA (it only applies to food delivered to the consumer in a package)--they...
  18. psawyer
    Hello, and welcome. Some products vary in their ingredients from country to country. Hershey and Campbell's have very different ingredients in Canada than in the US. That said, I don't see anything in the Canadian ingredient list that could be hiding gluten. In Canada, wheat is a "priority allergen" and will be disclosed on the label. Barley can...
  19. psawyer
    Vitamin deficiency is common in celiacs, but is not universal. Depending on the level of damage to the villi, you may absorb enough nutrients to not test as deficient. I would guess, though, that you are at the lower end of the "normal" range.
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    In over ten years on the diet, I have never found a soda that had gluten in it.
  21. psawyer
    Absolutely yes, it is possible for the biopsy to be postive without visible damage to the villi. Only in seriously advanced cases can the damage to the villi be seen with the eye.
  22. psawyer
    Even a "dedicated gluten-free facility" has the risk of cross-contamination. It can happen at any point on the supply line, not just at the final processing facility. And that UPS guy who just dropped off a package was eating a donut in his truck. Glutino have dedicated gluten-free facilities. They don't say so on their packages, but they test for 20 ppm...
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    A shared facility means that somewhere on the property there is wheat. For most products I do not worry about it. In most cases, the wheat is isolated from the product in question. I might be concerned if the facility was a bakery where wheat flour could be airborne and move from room to room in the air, or on people's clothing. Shared equipment is a greater...
  24. psawyer
    Also, be aware that "not gluten-free" may simply mean "we don't test and don't want to risk a lawsuit in case there is unintenional contamination."
  25. psawyer
    Although the seasonings could contain gluten, it is almost certain that the corned beef itself is gluten-free. I am not aware of one that does, but it is conceivable. If you are in the US or Canada, the presence of wheat would have to be clearly disclosed. Rye only appears in obvious places like bread. I can't imagine why anybody would add barley to beef...
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