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    Here! *raises hand* In fact, today is the "flush it out day" from being glutened accidentally on Tuesday. Four times between 7 AM and 4 PM and the day's not over yet, so probably at least once more (TMI, I know. Sorry). Yesterday was quite painful. Nothing was moving in my GI so I felt really awful (dinner was rice cakes with peanut butter and a handful of...
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    I think this is true. I never could figure out how I could drink one beer and be full-on drunk, but still be reasonably sober after two strong mixed drinks. And the morning after drinking beer I would always have GI problems (doesn't happen with liquor or wine). 'Twas the gluten. One gluten-free beer doesn't make me drunk.
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    What Lisa said. It's also individual restaurant-dependent: some McD locations have separate, dedicated fryers just for fries, and others toss the fries in the same fryer as the battered chicken pieces.
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    I'm infertile. We've been trying for 6 years. I'm convinced that it's due to undiagnosed celiac disease (since there aren't any other obvious problems). In fact, I'm still undiagnosed for celiac disease because I've never been able to get a doctor to take it seriously enough, and I've had problems for 15 years. Do you know how lucky you are to have a diagnosis...
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    A cautionary note about bulk bins, even at Whole Foods: I bought a bag of bulk lentils from the local Whole Foods not long ago. Fortunately, my husband spotted what looked like a wheat berry in the bag before I cooked them up. I might never have noticed it, cooked it with the lentils, and essentially poisoned myself. I love the idea of bulk food stores and...
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    Those were my first impressions, too: either not enough calorie intake or a nutrient deficiency. I find that if I don't eat a big enough lunch with enough fat and protein, I get headaches and sometimes I get the shakes. For me, it's usually a blood sugar crash and resolves when I increase food intake. In fact, I'd better eat a big meal tonight since I had...
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    I can't honestly say that I'm angry about having to maintain a gluten-free diet or about having this disease. My family has so much autoimmune disease on both sides that, since it seemed inevitable that I would end up with something, I'd much rather have this than go through the complications of RA or diabetes or autoimmune thyroid diseases. I've watched...
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    Another fan of San-J wheat-free tamari here. We love it.
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    'Tis true, and the isotype of antibody matters too, because that affects which effector cells are acting in the inflammatory process. So it's also dependent on which and how many inflammatory cells one has in the gut.
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    ARCHIVED Near East Rice

    i-geek replied to klala's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I haven't bought any of their products since going gluten-free. The potential for CC (due to all the couscous) as well as the dreaded "natural flavors" (which could be barley-based, since that doesn't have to be declared as an allergen) have kept me from even considering a purchase. I only trust Lundberg rice mixes at this point.
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    You know, I wonder sometimes about allergy (I don't doubt I have intestinal intolerance, based on chronic symptoms leading up to going gluten-free indicating intestinal damage that have since begun to resolve). Back in December when I was trying to figure all of this out, I broke a gluten fast with a slice of homemade pizza (with extra flour all over the...
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    Wyler's beef bouillon cubes have "wheat gluten" listed as an ingredient. The chicken ones do not, but I'll stick with Herb-Ox anyway.
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    I need an "other" option. I love food, but it didn't break my heart to give up gluten foods. If anything, it's given me creative license to try all sorts of new things, and we're eating a healthier, more balanced diet than ever. Cooking is one of my hobbies, and it's often how I relax at night after a long work day or on a weekend. Since going gluten-free...
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    It's a sliding scale for me. If I eat, say, a piece of bread, within 90 minutes I will have a migraine and such exhaustion that I will want to pass out, followed by several days of fatigue and GI issues. If I get CC'd, I can tell pretty quickly (I get a tightening in my throat while eating gluten followed by racing pulse, regardless of the amount) but the...
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    This could have been enough to do it. I haven't blood-tested positive for celiac (doctor didn't run the full panel and I was already on a very low gluten diet) and figured I wasn't too sensitive, that I was okay as long as I avoided, say, bread and pasta. Yeah- no. I accidentally got a crouton mixed in with other stuff on a salad bar. I picked it out and...
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    Tell him that a celiac reaction is every bit as sensitive as an allergic reaction, the symptoms are just different (usually). There have been reports of peanut-allergic people having reactions from kissing someone who had eaten peanuts earlier that day- that's how little it takes to cause a reaction. That was how I got it across to my husband, since he was...
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    Hi, I'm a new member coming out of lurkerdom to respond. Cast iron cookware (which is what I'm guessing your husband's pan is) and non-stick cookware that have been used with gluten foods are not safe for celiacs. Shared slot toasters are not safe. I think toaster ovens are probably okay if the racks are cleaned off after gluten foods touch them. If the associated...
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