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    Sadly, most of the articles I know of don't talk about sensitivity to cross-contamination. Moving out doesn't mean giving up the relationship, although I have to wonder about a relationship where your BF essentially says "this is my house and I'm going to gluten up the kitchen if I want". You can't continue in a relationship where your partner does not...
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    You cannot taste the food without getting some into your body. Even your oral mucosa is sensitive to gluten, as we find anti-gliadin IgA in saliva. I don't know what to tell you as far as cooking. I did know a guy with a masters degree in culinary arts who hardly ever used flour in his recipes. I would ask him what on the menu was gluten-free in his...
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    I like corn tortillas too. I buy Mission brand because they have dedicated lines for the corn tortillas. They are best if you put a little olive oil or butter in a pan and cook them lightly.
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    And by the way, there is no way an adult should try to stick to a 1200 calorie diet unless you're tiny, like under 5 feet tall. It's not enough calories to hold body and soul together and you'll never be able to sustain it. As soon as you go back to "normal" eating you will regain the weight because you put your body into a starvation mode and now it's...
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    There's so much helpful stuff. She points out that Americans don't really enjoy/savor their food, often eating on the run and out of habit. We are so overwhelmed by sweets and addictive processed foods that we have stopped tasting half the stuff we eat. She offers a fundamentally different attitude about food. She speaks of all the produce in France,...
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    I found the most wonderful book called "French Women Don't Get Fat" by Mireille Guiliano. I highly, highly recommend it. I have lost 5 pounds since Thanksgiving following the great advice in her book. I found it in a bookstore by sheer luck and it's also available on Amazon.
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    I've given up on making educated guesses eating out. Either the restaurant has a gluten-free menu or I don't go there.
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    I think your doctor misunderstood something. Micronized wheat is just dry cooked and rolled. It's been used as livestock feed since the '70s. The heat breaks down the starches and gluten protein a little, improving digestibility. The protein is not broken down to where it would be safe for celiacs. If you heated wheat to where the gluten would be safe...
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    This might be my favorite post ever on this board! You missed a few though. - Basmati rice in bulk, cheap! - Artichokes for great prices when they're in season - Artichoke hearts in jars when they're not - Asian pears - Sweet peppers - Potatoes - Hummus - Celery (to eat with the hummus) - Imported sharp cheddar - Canned olives -...
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    Give it some time, and also try going off dairy. Many gluten-sensitive folks have a cross-intolerance to dairy. You may be able to add dairy once you're feeling better. Also stop eating as many processed foods. Make the bulk of your diet things that are obviously gluten-free like an apple or a potato. Oh, and by the way some people react to Udi's...
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    I would guess that she is celiac. The fact that it takes a month or so gluten-free suggests that she had malabsorption that is healing, especially if you feed her the same foods and they come out as normal stool rather than whole. I used to have that same problem and it went away gluten-free. Skin pricks don't test for celiac at all. They're for food...
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    The so-called celiac genes are only risk factors, and people can be celiac without them. If she has a marsh 3 biopsy and antibodies, she is absolutely, positively celiac. Marsh 3 is serious intestinal damage and she MUST stick to the diet strictly. You need to impress on her the dangers of untreated celiac including osteoporosis, anemia, anxiety and depression...
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    A little common sense, please. The GRAS lists are for additives and flavorings, not for whole foods that are obviously edible. I doubt carrots or chicken have been granted official GRAS status either. Anyone trying to invoke lack of GRAS status for a whole food like soy has an axe to grind and if that's the best argument they can come up with, they're...
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    How long have you been gluten-free? It can take months for everything to settle down.
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    I'm sorry you're so sick with a trip coming up. Sounds like a little willpower boosting is in order. When I get into gluten by mistake I use Immodium for D and Pepto Bismol for the nausea and bloating. Excedrin might help your migraine a little. Unfortunately, there is no way to halt the autoimmunity so you will just have to wait for it to subside...
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    These family stories make me so sad. I get great support from my family as well. Stick to your guns and I really hope your family starts to understand your needs.
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    Yes, it does. Gluten intolerance puts your intestine into a state of inflammation that makes it more likely to have other food reactions. Also, damaged intestine can become "leaky", allowing allergenic fragments of food into the bloodstream where you react to them. You may find that these reactions subside after you've been gluten-free long enough for...
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    I had bipolar, insomnia, and some anxiety attacks that hung around after I went gluten-free for quite a while. What helped me was a high-dose, strong vitamin supplement with plenty of B complex, minerals, and trace elements, plus some fish oil. The supplement I take is in my signature and profile and it's fairly expensive but works really well for me. ...
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    It can take some time for the autoimmunity to get going again. My reactions happen anywhere from 4-72 hours after eating gluten. I have sometimes eaten gluten by mistake with no symptoms at all. I ate two crackers recently and realized they tasted different, checked the label and I'd gotten the wrong ones and they had wheat. I braced for a bad night and...
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    Fructose malabsorption is rather common. It does not diffuse freely, but rather crosses the intestine by active cotransport with glucose. (Think about cell membrane physiology for a second. There is no way a hydrophylic molecule like sugar could cross a lipid bliayer.) There is a lot of research coming out of Australia about FM. There are two kinds,...
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    The new test is called deamidated gliadin peptide or DGP. It should be IgG and it is very sensitive and specific and your best shot at avoiding a false negative. Antigliadin (AGA) is not very good, but if you want the highest shot at detecting celiac, you'll want everything available. Unfortunately, there are inherently high false negatives with the...
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    I'm sort of stuck on the study that showed that stool AGA can appear and disappear in healthy people. Fine's data on his website showing poor correlation between stool AGA and long-term outcome on a gluten-free diet isn't very encouraging either. Blood AGA is a pretty bad test and is considered outdated; there is no reason stool should be better. I bet...
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    I've heard this too, but my understanding it it's a matter of your body shifting digestive enzymes around. Vegetarians can gradually reintroduce meat, starting with broth or small amounts of it. The digestive enzymes are no different for gluten and non-gluten grains so that's not what's going on. We also can't gradually re-introduce gluten. If you're sensitive...
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    We are starting to understand that developing celiac takes time. Studies that follow people with celiac symptoms and TTG find most who continue eating gluten go on to develop villous damage. If you've only had symptoms for 18 months, you may still be in the process of developing the full-blown autoimmunity, or it could be patchy and the biopsy just hit...
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