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    If by take-out you mean fast food, well, I wont touch it. Too much cause for cross contamination. I will eat at chain restaurants like Red Robin, Out Back etc or places that have a printed gluten free menu.
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    A toothbrush glutening makes sense since various medical type articles I have read recommend that you switch to a new brush if you have been sick.
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    My partner, who has been "sort" of gluten free (at home but not when she was out) was just diagnosed with this and I too freaked when I read about it. She is now 100% gluten free, which I might add, has not helped with the bad reflux. She is also dairy free. She had a scope in Feb and is scheduled for a re-check in May so we shall see. The info I find is...
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    ARCHIVED Sharing Food

    cap6 replied to Steph1's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Buy one of those larger sized plastic tubs and put all your stuff in there. Label it "gluten free". For refrig items, tuck them in zip locks and label them. You can always make the joke that you will snap the fingers off of anyone that touches your food! Yes, keep things separate and then have fun!
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    It is easy to blame an upset tummy on gluten especially when we try so hard to guard against it. I still can't do much dairy or it causes gluten type reaction. A little here and there is about it....and darn but I love cheese!
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    Those first few times of bringing your own food are almost more uncomfortable for others than for us! I have been doing it for so long that now our friends just ask if I need to warm anything up. I usually take my stuff, plate it (so I look like everyone else) and maybe warm it in their micro. And like a couple of others said I always remind people that I...
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    I have shared (my partner is now gluten free having just been diagnosed gluten intolerant!) with no problem. Also we just use crest.
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    We travel a lot and we always look for Red Robin. As someone said, not because their food is terrific, but because they are very careful and aware. Outback is good too.
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    Actually my doctor told me the same - unless I was having problems I did not need an "official" yearly check. That said, I was seeing her about every three or four months anyway as my vitamin level were off. Had a lot of trouble with iron and B12. Given all of that, yes, I would go ahead a get a yearly check.
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    When I first came on this board someone told me that one day it would all seem like second nature to me. I read that little piece of advice, thought 'yea right lady" and had another pity party. One day I woke up and realized that it really was all second nature. I can throw together a fast take-on-the road lunch with no stress. We took a week long road...
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    you could look at it like this..... at a friends home you don't have to help clean up after dinner ! Seriously, yes, life does revolve around food. It just does. And it sucks! Friends say lets go out for dessert, or coffee, or....whatever. And now you are odd man out. Yup. Not fun at all. After a while it does get better and easier. You really do...
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    ARCHIVED Work Potluck

    cap6 replied to Dianaw's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Can you put a sign on your desk that says "no food" or something like that. The last three years I worked part time and the crumbs that would show up in my keyboard.....ugh!!!!!
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    I have been constipated since I was an infant (according to my mother!). They called me the Constipation Kid. Great nickname! lol That said, my C became worse after I went g.f. and the dr was unable to explain that. At almost 5 years I still suffer bouts of it from time to time especially if I eat much in the way of processed food. If it's in a package...
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    Most corn and soy is a GMO'd food item and can cause digestive problems. I would work on cutting out as much corn as possible and all soy.
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    You probably need all of your levels checked, especially iron and B12's. I hasve seen two different nutritonalist, one was no good. She gave me pages she had printed off the internet. The other one was excellent but she was part of the Warren Celiac Foundation in San Diego so she knew celiac. I think it depends on who and where you can find one. You can prob...
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    So much of it comes with experience and doing what is right for you. Every Friday we go out with friends for margaritas and Mexican food. It's a small place, not one I would trust, so I always just take something for me to eat and drink the wine. For me times like that are all about the social end of it. Last summer, while on vacation, we went out for...
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    Typically I go only to places that have a gluten free menu. No g,f. menu and I won't eat there. Most of the bigger chain restaurants that have a g.f. menu are pretty careful. Bottom line is that you have to do what feels most comfortable for you. Also, since g.f. has become so popular I foind that it is best to advise the wait staff that I am g.f. not...
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    I have been g.f. almost five years - faithfully so! I am on s high dose of iron supps and b12. I have tried to correct my levels with diet but the dr says this is one of the issues with celiac and I will prob always have this issue. I did b12 shots for awhile which really helped "jump start" the levels and now seem ok with just supplements. Guess it...
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    Have you tried a cauliflower pizza crust? I don't know how little ones would like it but my adult major gluten eating son was wowed by it. My friends 8 yr old ate some and had no idea it was cauliflower crust.
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    Start off with good whole foods like meat, veggies and fruit. Season with some herbs. This way you don't have to worry about any ingredients - those foods are naturally gluten free. Plus whole foods, without any added ingredients, are easier to digest and help with a healing gut. This way it makes it a whole lot easier to determine if a particular food...
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    I probably would...just cause
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    I recently read an article that explained that oats can be very hard on some celiacs as the kernel of the grain is similar to that in wheat. I can not give specifics as don't remember the details and where I read it. At the time it made total sense as I don't tolerate oats at all well.
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    ARCHIVED Texas Roadhouse

    cap6 replied to pokey's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    This was a Very old post. Careful as our Texas Roadhouse was g.f. but about 8 months ago they changed and no longer have a g.f. menu. Chek post date And check with the restaurant.
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    Whole natural foods are the best. Best for you, naturally gluten free and help to heal the gut. I stay away, as much as possible, from any processed foods, even if they are gluten free foods. If they have more than a couple of ingredients listed then it ceases to be a whole natural food and instead become a food product ewhich can cause gut issues.
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    We have been eating paleo for the past year (plus) and try to be strict about it about 90% of the time. We eat out a couple times a month so that's pretty unpaleo! It took about 8 months before I really started to feel a big change and then literally one day I woke up and felt better, more energy, not as much (ahem) constipation, off all heart burn meds...
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