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  1. anabananakins
    Have you looked into FODMAPS? It turned out I had bit problems with fructans (onion makes me bloat right up) and polyols. They aren't going to kill me but the symptoms are annoying so I avoid these foods - makes a huge difference to bloating. Open Original Shared Link
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    How about something flavoured in his milk? One of those chocolate or strawberry powders - a lot of those have malt in them. They'd be less messy and maybe you could find a gluten free version for your 3 year old.
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    Thanks for all the replies! I actually had gluten-free bread in the freezer, I totally forgot. Gluten free bagels are hard to get here, alas, had none. I did boil an egg but I couldn't bear to eat it and since it's my regular breakfast, I didn't want to 'taint' it. I didn't know they were hangover remedy, next time I'll try and eat it. Usually I drink...
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    He was probably feeling sensitive because of your mum saying the same thing moments before. Or he was being really conscious of making sure to do the right thing.. People don't like being nagged, but they don't realise how important this is to us and that we're going to nag to be sure. I do the same at my mum's place, especially with my sister. You did...
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    I was very excited to see Bob's Red Mill oats the other day! In Thomas Dux, Crows Nest. I have really missed oats. However, as soon as I realised that my oat-dreams could come true for the bargain price (not!) of $13 a bag, I decided I really didn't miss them that much after all, ha. So for those aussie's missing them - try Thomas Dux. For those who...
  6. anabananakins
    I guess mine are pretty mild. I'm non-celiac gluten intolerant. I'm sensitive to tiny amounts of gluten, but if it's a one off glutening, then my symptoms arrive almost exactly 2 hours later and don't last long (basically, really bad stomach ache and D). Nothing like the days or weeks other people seem to get. If I get glutened over and over, then the...
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    So, I went to a function last night and drank way, way too much. Open bar and I couldn't eat any of the food. I planned for this, ate a huge lunch and brought cookies but did I eat them? Nooooo. Also, it doesn't matter how big a lunch you eat if you are going to consume endless vodka drinks. I need to remember to eat. So, of course I threw up all morning...
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    I also eat at Guzman and Gomez all the time (It'd have to be at least 100 times by now since I went gluten free) and I've never gotten sick. A bit further afield - The Winery at Surry Hills were great.
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    I think it's important to do what makes you feel better. Not eating wheat is not harming anyone. It only bugs me when people go fake gluten free - when they are all "blah blah I can't eat a speck of gluten, woe is me!" and then turn around and eat a piece of regular cake "just this once". Wheat is just another food. It's hard to get away from the...
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    Oh dear! But hee, they are so cute. When I fly to Tasmania there's an extra degree of protection - we can't even bring in produce from mainland Australia. One time years ago the sniffer dog got a lady who'd saved the pudding from the plane (with kiwi fruit on the top). It was hilarious. She'd obviously not paid any attention to any of the signs and announcements...
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    Yeah, raw foods (or any meat, dairy etc) are definite no nos to australia and New Zealand. Along with a bunch of other products too. Declare everything! That arrivals card is taken very seriously and you don't get into trouble if you ask questions and are open about what you have, but there are big fines otherwise. Being island nations we can keep a really...
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    Peter Green wrote a great book about Celiac Disease (Celiac Disease: a hidden epidemic). From everything I've heard, it would be great to get an appointment with him.
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    Mine is getting glutened on a flight. On a long haul flight you usually get a meal about an hour after take off, and another about 2 hours before landing. If I get glutened I know almost exactly 2 hours later when I have to run to the bathroom. So the first doesn't worry me too much, since I have the rest of the flight to be sick (I'm never stuck in the...
  14. anabananakins
    That's how I understand it too, Saz. I also look at the rest of the ingredients and if I know that they are all fine, then the "contains wheat" is the syrup. But if there were a bunch of other things with more obscure names, or things likely to be contaminated, I'd take the "contains wheat" as a more all encompassing warning because they have declared wheat...
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    Thanks beebs! I shall try it for sure. I have a friend who lives near there and we haven't had dinner out in ages. Do you ever go to Guzman & Gomez? They are my go-to for lunch.
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    I usually find Coles labelling really good because they declare the glucose syrup (wheat) but then in the "Contains" section it'll just say "milk". I like that because it shows they know that the glucose syrup is ok. I don't eat icecream where it says the glucose syrup (wheat) bit and then in the "contains" section it says "wheat" because I get concerned...
  17. anabananakins
    Haha, yes. 18 months ago my mum said "don't be silly, everyone gets stomach aches". But I think she's getting tired of updates from the world of non-stomach-ache land and I might be able to convince her to join me here
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    We can - I've seen them at Thomas Dux and other health food shops (though I haven't checked recently) I was really jealous of them too, but I actually don't like them much. They are very sweet. I bought heaps of them on a trip to LA and ended up giving them to my friend.
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    While gluten is very likely an issue for you, if you are overweight and eating lots of refined carbs then you are very likely insulin resistant. If I eat things like bread, pasta, potatoes then I crave more and more and I'm constantly hungry. Atkins works well for insulin resistant people because it cuts the carbs that encourage excess insulin production...
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    We have a lot in common. I tested negative to the blood tests, my doctor didn't give me the option of a biopsy (in retrospect, I should've pushed it but I live as if I have celiac so the outcome wouldn't be any different). I'm insulin resistant too. The gene test showed I didn't have the common genes (I can't remember what they are, but for the purposes...
  21. anabananakins
    I used another username (on another forum) that can be abbreviated to Ana and the people I met there (years and years ago now) have become great friends. They always call me "Ana" when we catch up in person and all my nicknames are variations on Ana (even though it's already a nickname!). So I picked one of them to use here.
  22. anabananakins
    I tested negative to celiac, but was encouraged by my doctor (and from posts I'd read here) to go gluten free. I didn't throw stuff out immediately, but it took only 3 days of being strictly gluten free (in what I ate) for me to feel amazingly better and it got chucked after that. I gave a bunch of stuff to friends, and replaced it as and when I could...
  23. anabananakins
    Besides the digestive stuff, and neuro stuff (brain fog, balance problems) that you commonly see listed, I finally stopped being thirsty all the time (I wanted to drink water non-stop, it was an effort to keep myself below 4 litres a day and if the doctor hadn't read me the riot act, I'd have continued to drink 5-6 litres); my ears stopped feeling so blocked...
  24. anabananakins
    I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh but this really cracked me up :-) Low vit D sucks (my doctor "you feel half dead because you are half dead!"), I hope you can get yours up even more soon.
  25. anabananakins
    Yep, those are the ones! So yummy. Plus they are such an aussie thing and since I already had to give up vegemite, weetbix and milo, it's nice to have something that doesn't make me feel like I should hand over my aussie passport :-) I haven't tried anything else in their range though.
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