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  1. Streetlegal
    San Francisco is one of the better places--and that is what makes me so mad. SF is not nearly half as good as it should be. I want to be able to live a life where I can go out and expect, say, one in every four or five restaurants to be gluten aware, instead of making the long side-trips to the same few restaurants again and again and again. I am fed up...
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    I suppose this is venting more than anything, but, as I am going through a really bad patch where my stomach/intestines sound like a washing machine, and I am downing imodium and pepto like candy, I really feel that enough is not being done to help celiacs. I am sick of the lack of choice, particularly the lack of texture in the food I eat. I eat pretty...
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    I have bought them in Safeways in San Francisco, and I am really disappointed. I lived off of these in the UK (marketed under the DS Brand) but these just don't taste the same--too powdery, funny tang. Perhaps it's just me--but I have a feeling that they haven't got the recipe right.
  4. Streetlegal
    Hi all, So after purchasing Brazil nuts from Trader Joe's I find that they were made on the equipment shared with wheat products. Not wishing to be defeated, I washed them in cold water and dried them off. However, I was sick after eating. My question: is there received wisdom about the efficacy of washing such products made on shared equipment...
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    It took me about 2 years gluten-free before I began to feel any benefit; even then I put the "recovery" in part due to the fact that I returned to the UK for a break and responded to a more familiar diet. 3 years on I still have problems, though better. A few things to consider: First, if you have watery diarrhea you might want to be checked for microscopic...
  6. Streetlegal
    Thanks for the feedback
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    I have had peas, not beans. I used to eat a lot of peanuts and I have also taken them out of my diet. Is it unusual for symptoms of a glutening/food reaction to last five or more days?
  8. Streetlegal
    I would appreciate feedback. Diagnosed with celiacs for three years, and later, when gluten-free diet not working, microscopic colitis. I have plenty of "ups and downs" but the last five days I have terrible, terrible flatulence, belching as soon as I eat, and bloatedness/pain. I am very careful to monitor my food. Does this sound like I have been...
  9. Streetlegal
    Hi all, Thanks for your replies. I emailed the company just to let them know in case there was a pattern--I made it clear that I was not complaining, I appreciate their efforts, and I have no proof that I was actually glutened (though reasonably sure). The operations manager phoned next day, very polite, professional and apologetic. Stated that they...
  10. Streetlegal
    Gottaski: This is helpful. I am not out to complain, but I will email the restaurant JUST in case there is a pattern here. I was probably unlucky--I definitely plan to go back and try at least one more time as it was so nice to eat Chinese food!
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    Thanks for the replies. My plates definitely had writing on them--I am guessing that the normal plates are just plain? I didn't touch the soy sauce, only the mustard and the chili sauce which the waitress said was good. It all seems very odd, as I eat out quite a lot and have never had such a definitive reaction before.
  12. Streetlegal
    It was definitely made it clear both on ordering and on receipt that it was gluten-free. Have been to Outback, Chipotle, Vietnamese, Indian etc all in the Bay Area and have not had these after-effects! Can't help feel that I was glutened, and badly, though it seems strange.
  13. Streetlegal

    ARCHIVED Pf Changs

    Streetlegal posted a topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    I visited PF Changs yesterday for the first time, and had some wonderful food (broccoli beef, noodles, garlic spinach), but 6 hours later have had continuous bouts of diarrhea, about 8 bathroom visits so far. I feel terribly disappointed, mostly with myself, as I had somehow imagined myself as "above" being glutened. and not that sensitive!! This is the...
  14. Streetlegal
    I just wanted to get this off my chest: I am kind of irritated and fed up with articles that begin "you can't avoid seeing all that gluten free food around--what is it?" or "with all the publicity it is getting, all those Hollywood starts trying out the gluten free diet, what is it?" First off--I wish there were gluten-free food everywhere. But 99...
  15. Streetlegal
    Lots of great places in SF. My top recommendations for dinner are Zadin and Dosa (Filmore Dosa is bigger than Mission one)--both these restaurants are incredible. There are places to eat for lunch in the Westfield Shopping center basement downtown (Thai and Vietnamese), including spring rolls to go in the Vietnemese. The Thai place you have to ask for...
  16. Streetlegal
    Thanks. I have purchases some flaxmeal and have added it to my gluten-free rice krispies! I'll look for the Enjoy Life, but I do tend to find these kinds of cereals overly sugary for my taste. My healing trajectory is really interesting. I had a year and a half of mainly loose stools with bouts of diarrhea (hence my periodic use of Pepto Bismol)...
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    Helpful advice folks. It seems I am on the right tracks, but I have also found some useful alternatives to think about. I really appreciate your replying.
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    I've just seen the Mighty Tasty Cereal Mix online--it looks like a great alternative to oats (my usual). I have never noticed it--do they sell it at Whole Foods? Also, does flax meal tend to be gluten-free? I note that Bob's Red Mill carry this product, but wonder about cross-contamination?
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    Really helpful. Thanks a million--you have given me just the kinds of tips I need. I agree that I may have over-simplified the differences in fiber, though I think there is some validity to what I say. I eat LOTS of fiber, but I do believe most of it happens to be soluble (oats, fruit, beans, veggies). Most of the time that is fine, as I tend towards...
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    No. I just want to find an equivalent (cereal) with the same high dose of insoluble fiber. That's all. If you check out lists of high soluble foods, unfortunately wheat-based products rule. There seems to be little else that touches it.
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    Thanks. I am eating all of these, along with beans, oats, veggies, nuts and fruit. What I would really like to know is there a quick-fix (like a breakfast cereal) that is the equivalent of Al Bran, with massive doses of insoluble fiber.
  22. Streetlegal
    Hi all Long story short: for 18 months post diagnosis (celiacs + microscopic colitis) my biggest problem has been regulating diarrhea and loose stools (using Pepto Bismol when needed). Over the last two months, my bowel movements suddenly changed to much more like a "normal" person--less frequent visits, firmer stools etc. Unfortunately, perhaps...
  23. Streetlegal
    I really, really miss the bread, which is fresh and "mainstreamed" (ie found with the regular bread). I never ever have sandwiches in the States. Last time I went home I brought back packs of DS Ciabatta rolls which are great re-heated! Apparently, these are now available Stateside (actually produced in Italy by Schar) and I am hoping to purchase them soon...
  24. Streetlegal
    Haven't found them in SF And their website is horrible . . . so give up on this one. Waiting now for Genius bread to be imported.
  25. Streetlegal
    Thanks very much for the help--I will certainly check Albertsons here in SF.
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