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  1. Skylark
    I do that. I'm stalking a gluten-free meal, much as a hunter stalks a doe. Sometimes I come back empty-handed but I've gotten pretty good at it. I was on a short vacation recently, found a group that lists restaurants in the area, and had some really good gluten-free meals.
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    I do that. I'm stalking a gluten-free meal, much as a hunter stalks a doe. Sometimes I come back empty-handed but I've gotten pretty good at it.
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    You may need to try a very strict diet where you're not eating processed foods. Also, some celiacs react to oats and casein as if they were gluten so stop eating oats, and consider removing dairy from your diet as well. I'm not diagnosed so no experience to share, but I generally feel better if I don't eat processed "gluten free" cookies, breads, and so...
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    You could be feeling the quick drop. Everything you're measuring sounds like you do not have diabetes or a dangerous blood sugar issue. Fasting should be below 100, hypoglycemia is below 70. Rises to 140 or 150 after meals are pretty normal. A quick drop back to the 70s might be a little unusual but not an indication of diabetes. That doesn't mean you...
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    Thanks for offering! Could you please check on their Long Last and Different lipsticks and Stay-Matte pressed powder? Clinique is one of the few lipsticks I can wear.
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    Meat can have a lot of free amino acids that cause people trouble. Fish in particular can have histamine. I was going to link you info on the RPAH failsafe diet website, but it seems to be gone. What they suggest is trying freshly slaughtered meat (cook no more than seven days past slaughter, three is better), or freshly killed fish and avoiding leftovers...
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    Don't you sort through your dried peas and rinse them well?
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    Stuff I buy - Bread and bagels - Udi's or Glutino Udi's muffins Kinnikinick donuts (yum!) Rice crackers. Any naturally gluten-free brand of little rice thins is fine. I don't have a favorite brand but I eat a lot of rice crackers. Lundberg rice cakes Blue Diamond Almond Thins Mary's Gone Crackers Tinkyada pasta Betty Crocker gluten-free baking...
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    Right, and chances are it's fine.
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    ARCHIVED Dna Test Advice

    Skylark replied to ChristineSelhi's topic in Doctors

    If your insurance covers it your doctor can order it, but please understand that the genetic test is not diagnostic for celiac. It also does not rule it out. We don't know enough about the genetics yet, or what triggers celiac in people with the genes we think are involved. All that's known is that certain HLA-DQ alleles confer somewhat more risk for celiac...
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    I hope you can find the masala. There are scratch recipes but somehow the imported curries taste more authentic. I just probably haven't found a good scratch recipe yet. I've done the Betty Crocker gluten-free cookies for friends. I was baking as they came over and the warm cookies disappeared every bit as fast as wheat ones would have. I have also...
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    Your symptoms sound very much like mine. GI trouble, deficiencies (I had anemia), major depression with a lot of fatigue, and carpal tunnel syndrome. The depression eventually turned into bipolar illness in my case. Depression can absolutely be celiac disorder. In Finland folks with depression and GI symptoms are generally screened for it. You could...
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    Hi there. I got some relief from the "IBS" by the end of two weeks on my elimination diet. Like many celiacs I was also initially sensitive to casein and soy. It took a few months for my energy to return, the canker sores to go away, the anemia to resolve, and so forth.
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    Oh, thanks! That makes sense that they're making both Chex and Betty Crocker.
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    Also get some Bean-Zyme (gluten-free version of Beano) if you're eating beans.
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    Kellogg's did exactly that with Rice Chex. They reformulated them to be gluten-free and kept the price the same.
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    Actually I was happy to see my first few posts moderated. To me it was a sign that the forum administrators cared enough about who was posting that they were willing to take the time to review all the new messages.
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    Sure, but I cheat horribly. I buy the MDH brand Chana Dal Masala at our local Indian grocery shop. It's a little box of premixed spices. Cook a cup and a half of red split lentils (get those at the Indian grocery too) in three or four cups of water depending on how soupy you like it. Mince a whole onion and saute it in ghee. Once it's starting to carmelize...
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    I'm sorry you're feeling so sick. Yuck. Thing is, if you go gluten-free now and the tests come back negative you'll always wonder. It's only two more days, you go to the doctor, and you can stop eating the stuff for good!
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    Baker's is the brand name. For the pure chocolate with no additives, you want the unsweetened chocolate. It's usually in the baking section of the grocery store and the box is brown and orange. Be careful you don't get anything but the unsweetened, because the bittersweet and semi-sweet will probably have soy lecithin.
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    That's the spirit! I went to a pot luck last night and took homemade dal (Indian lentils), as there are some vegetarians in the crowd and the dish is naturally gluten-free and vegetarian. It all vanished.
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    Probably not. If you're unwilling to go strictly gluten-free, your only option is to challenge four slices of bread worth of gluten/day for at least 4 weeks; a couple months is better; and go to the doctor for a celiac workup. Enterolab is really only some sort of interesting information. It costs a lot because they run multiple tests, while the $50 kit...
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    LOL! No worries. Cocoa powder is what's left of the cocoa beans the cocoa butter is pressed out. Hershey's cocoa powder is a one-ingredient item and all mine says on the label is "cocoa". Unsweetened Baker's chocolate is the same, only they leave quite a bit more cocoa butter in. The cocoa butter makes things with Baker's chocolate taste richer than cocoa...
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    Depends on how sick gluten makes you. I self-diagnosed have no problems at all turning down gluten or explaining myself, as I'm sick for a couple days after eating traces of it. I just tell people I'm celiac. You say what you need to stay away from poison! Nobody has my medical records but me and my doctor, so how would they know otherwise? Besides,...
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    Your symptoms are a little unusual, but yes, long-lasting reactions are pretty common with gluten intolerance. Many of us are sick for days if we eat something like soy sauce. Are there ever blisters or a rash with the itching? Dermatitis herpetiformis is the skin version of celiac and it is very itchy. Since you've had the medical workup, the thing...
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