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  1. gary'sgirl
    Interesting thought Bartfull, I have had similar thoughts. It does seem like things just don't add up too much of the time. But then I meet some Celiacs that seem totally fine on a just gluten free diet. They aren't careful about anything else, but some of us are much more careful and still having trouble. It's so confusing! Research is constantly changing...
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    Our bodies are made up of trillions of bacteria, and adding to all the beneficial ones with good probiotics can only help your body do better. The one thing you do have to be careful of is increasing gradually, because if you suddenly start taking a lot more probiotic foods/ or supplements you can have "die off"/detox of bad bacteria and toxins that happens...
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    Hey CynthiaST, I've been gluten free for four years, but it took me a while to find all the weird little things that were likely cc'ed and then even longer till I figured out how very little I could actually eat because of all the damage and my inability to digest food in general very well. I also had my gallbladder removed 6 months after going gluten free...
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    Hey there! Just wanted to point out that "Buchwheat" is not actually "Wheat" and it IS a gluten free grain. I wasn't sure if you knew that or not - the name makes it pretty confusing. I'm not sure how safe the "365 everyday value" brand is as far as CC though. Hope you find the right thing soon!!
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    Kareng and IrishHeart, Thanks for the responses about the validity of enterolab. I'm interested to read about it more, because I have had a couple of doctors say that they thought the tests were legitimate, but several others that hadn't heard of it and thought it was just a money making scheme. It would be so nice if it was a legitimate test...
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    Some people have used Enterolab to verify that they had a gluten sensitivity, and this is done with a stool sample. If I remember right, they can pick up antibodies in the stool for six months - maybe more - after going gluten free. This however is not an official diagnoses, and maybe others that know more about it can chime in, but at least it verifies...
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    Oh, one other thing CynthiaST, Are you pretty sure that your rice source is not contaminated with gluten? I'ld check into that first - though you probably already have, just in case. A lot of rices are "enriched" with vitamins and minerals. I wonder if that could be a problem too? If non of that could be it, it's possible that your body doesn...
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    Hi CynthiaST, I did the SCD/Gaps diet for a while too, and the yogurt that you make for it was the first experience I had with culturing foods. At the time I still didn't tolerate the yogurt very well. That could have been for a couple of reasons I suppose. One being that maybe my body just couldn't handle it at the time, or two being that (and I think...
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    We really like the coconut flour cupcake recipes from elanaspantry. Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link I've like all her coconut flour recipes that I've tried so far. Another good site for coconut flour recipes is Tropical Traditions. I used to make a Molasses cookie recipe that was on their site. It had coconut and almond flour I...
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    I do that (ferment brown rice with vinegar) too, for my family. I sometimes have a few bites, but although it makes it better than if I hadn't fermented it, I still don't feel like I can digest it very well. I do better with sourdough made with rice flour. I think because it can ferment more thoroughly when the rice is ground to flour. Sometimes I feel...
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    Okay, so I guess this isn't too hot of a topic. I still hope that people will join this discussion, because I think that it is something that could really help all the Celiacs/gluten intolerant people out there. Maybe I'll just share a bit of my experience with cultured food and what's happened in my health from eating them. I'll start by saying...
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    Hi All, I was just wondering if any of you have had much experience with and/or success with cultured foods. Have you had any improvements from eating/drinking them? Does culturing them help you to be able to eat foods that you otherwise wouldn't be able to eat? I have had some great results so far from various types of cultured food. It...
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    If you want a grain free bread try going to elanaspantry dot com. I believe she has a couple of grain free bread recipes I tried the more simple one of the two she had at the time and it was pretty good. A nice flavor, but it was more of a quick bread texture - though not quite as crumbly, and was made with almond flour. I've tried some of the coconut...
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    Hey there Cindy, I really think that with the weight issue it's just depends on the person and what all is going on inside the body. I have gained a lot of weight and it has all been mostly over the last two years when I have barely been able to eat. Just to try to understand what my body was doing, I weighed myself several times when I was so sick that...
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    Reading your symptoms first brought to mind "gallbladder attack", in particular the pain that you describe under the rib cage. Is it more to the left or right? I had pain under my mid to right rib cage when I was having gallbladder attacks. But it might not be gallbladder, if it is though, that doesn't rule out Celiac or gluten sensitivity. My gallbladder...
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    I don't know anything about the list. If you don't mind taking the time, you can search these forums for what you have and see if others have found out about the gluten free status already. Other wise you can always call the company - or email - and find out that way. It does take some time to research this stuff yourself, but I have found that I can't...
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    Hey Alys, I would encourage you to look up the Weston A. Price Foundation. They have some great info on what the healthiest foods to eat while you are pregnant and nursing are. If you look around the site I think that you can find all the scientific studies to back it up. Not only that, but the guidelines just make a lot of sense. It is a very different...
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    Hi, I'm just wondering if any of gluten free friends have found certified organic spices and herbs from a gluten free facility. If you have I would really appreciate the info.
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    I love the Oregon Coast and Portland. I lived in Cannon Beach and then Beaverton for several years. As far as big cities go, Portland is my favorite out of the ones I've been to. Now I like it even more hearing how great it is for gluten free options. My husband and I hope we can move back to the Oregon Coast again some day
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    I like the bagel chip idea. If you need another idea, you could cut them into small pieces put them in a bowl and sprinkle with a little water, cover bowl and let sit a little while to hydrate. Then you could process them for adding to meatloaf, meat balls etc...
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    My oldest is 7, and we decided to homeschool. We had been thinking about homeschooling before the diagnoses, but when we found out that she had Celiac too it soon became clear that going to public school would be too difficult to keep her healthy enough. She is extremely sensitive to the smallest trace amount of gluten. Only just this year (three...
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    So far, out of six of us, five are either Celiac or gluten intolerant. The one we aren't sure of yet is our sixteen month old little guy, who hasn't yet had gluten in his system. Sometimes I wonder if the 1 in 133 is really a gross under estimation. Some families get all the "luck".
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    I just wanted to point out that msmini14 never said that anyone on this board "attacked" anyone. She just said that she could see why the OP might have felt attacked.
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    Hi, I saw that you visited my profile. It is hard when you don't get the easy results that so many others seem to. It has been a long road for me.

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    ARCHIVED Psychosomatic

    gary'sgirl replied to T.H.'s topic in Super Sensitive People

    Shauna, Thank you for making this post. I stopped making posts on this board for the most part, because in my very fragile state of health, it was hard for me to mentally deal with people not believing me or making it seem like concerns of mine where "all in my head", when I was already dealing with this in my life with the people that I know personally...
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