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  1. Skylark
    I'm sorry you felt bad at the party. Are you new to gluten-free? It does get easier with time. What I've learned over 5 years of gluten-free diet is to separate socializing from food. I've even gone to restaurants with friends for the company, eating beforehand and only ordering coffee. Heck, I did that last Friday. We went to a place that makes gluten...
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    Here you go. It's by that amazing group in Finland. Open Original Shared Link
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    As far as oats, the scientific consensus is that while most celiacs can eat uncontaminated oats safely, a few cannot. Across studies, some people have dropped out of oat studies because they felt unwell, and one had a biopsy-proven reaction. There are also immunological measures that suggest minor reactions in some people. What's recommended in the literature...
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    There is no such thing as levels of celiac. You have it, and will feel SO much better on a gluten-free diet. Don't worry about weight gain. Some celiacs are underweight, but others are overweight because they are malnourished and their body keeps telling them to eat. I had no weight changes at all when I switched diets. Instead of getting overwhelmed...
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    I was all over the place. Anywhere from once or twice a month to daily. Sometimes C, but less often.
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    This is going to sound weird, but I decided to simply enjoy the smell of foods I can't have any more. I look at them as you would an interesting-smelling scented candle. My lab often has pizza, and it smells wonderful. The smell makes me hungry so I do make sure I have something to eat for myself. I don't get upset wandering by Cinnabon in a mall now...
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    Did the almonds come out of a bulk bin, or were they a brand like Emerald that doesn't use dedicated lines? I only eat Diamond branded almonds because I've had a lot of issues with CC eating nuts. Personally, I wouldn't skip the chance to go see experts even if I got glutened by mistake.
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    That's simple. The regulations and research are driven by our ability to accurately and reproducibly measure the gluten content of foods. The 200 ppm recommendations and laws were adopted in the early 80s when gluten was not easy to measure at 20 ppm. Modern sandwich ELISA assays can measure down to 3 ppm gliadin (6 ppm gluten), so research on gluten tolerance...
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    Out of curiosity, why require personal information at all if it is only visible to the member? It is still vulnerable to hacking, unless it is stored encrypted. I have seen far too many weird incidents on Internet sites to be willing to put my real address into a forum registration.
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    I saw a talk by Dr. Markku M
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    That's a "he". This article scared me half to death about European "gluten-free" baked goods. Open Original Shared Link As far as I can tell, the wheat starch baked goods are only currently required to be below 200 ppm gluten to be labeled "gluten-free". Starting January 1 2012, there is a 20 ppm requirement for labeling food "gluten-free", and baked...
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    How odd. I'm really surprised your doctor didn't at least mention MSG. That Health Central diet looks good. Here's another low-tyramine diet from the National Headache Foundation. You can see there is a lot of overlap with the Health Central one. Open Original Shared Link Here's a particularly good article that explains the triggers and groups of...
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    So sorry you're sick. I get so mad when people lie about wheat in food, whether it's unintentional or not. If I'm badly glutened, the symptoms are almost the same as stomach flu, plus anxiety and depression. Immodium helps me at first, as does getting plenty of rest and fluid. Once the diarrhea is over, I often have to switch to Pepto-Bismol and bland...
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    I am very concerned to see Lufenuron mentioned, and even more concerned that you would recommend it to another board member. That compound is not adequately tested in humans and is only FDA-approved for veterinary use. Cat and dog metabolism is different than human metabolism and without thorough study, there is no way to be certain humans do not metabolize...
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    This is very confusing to me. Flour IS outright wheat. There is never a 100% guarantee that a processed food, sauce, or soup is gluten-free, unless the company is cleaning machinery and testing their bulk ingredients. It's really easy to make good grilling marinades and rubs instead of buying them. I have a book I've always loved called "Grilling...
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    I have to take a probiotic for a couple months if I'm treated with antibiotics. Otherwise I have candida problems and feel generally crummy. I use a gluten-free one called FermPlus made by NuFerm.
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    I have a friend with optic migraines. It took him two years to get diagnosed! He is on nortryptyline and says it helps a lot, but I imagine that's not an option nursing. When I first started getting perimenstrual migraines my neurologist gave me a migraine diet to try. I found I was a little sensitive to MSG. The other foods you eliminate contain a natural...
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    This author is incorrectly interchanging the terms "gluten intolerance" and "celiac disease". The prevalence figures cited near the end of the article are for celiac disease. The whole article is a bit of a mess, really. They are trying to make the point that eating gluten-free can lead to bad dietary habits in healthy people who are not gluten-sensitive...
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    They stuck me on Prozac too! I thought I was the only person unlucky enough to have been treated for depression instead of celiac. My shrink never thought anything of all my GI symptoms and my GP who diagnosed "gastritis" never suspected that the fatigue and depression had anything to do with diet.
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    There's a list on the main celiac.com website. /celiac-disease/forbidden-gluten-food-list-unsafe-ingredients-r182/
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    There are clusters of food allergies, where if you react to one food others can cause trouble. I have ragweed allergies, and the classic mild sensitivity to melons as a cross-reaction. A little googling and I found a cross-reaction list at the Arkansas Allergy Center with "latex, avocado, potato, banana, tomato, chestnut, kiwi fruit, herbs, carrot". You...
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    The GNC one says it's milk-free right on the label. If that's not enough assurance for you, you'll have to call or write GNC. Yes, soy milk is dairy free. It's made from ground soybeans. Check the label to be sure it's gluten-free though. I ran across some that was sweetened with malt syrup.
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    I don't know about you, but eating gluten actually makes me depressed and anxious. When I get glutened I don't only have to cope with the frustration, but also a physical anxiety reaction caused by the gluten itself. I wonder if you have something similar going on? I know the feeling of returning to "safe" foods. I've been eating home cooked food all...
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    Bananas and apples. I love eating apple slices with peanut butter.
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    The granola is a likely culprit. Also, I'm sure you were careful with the wheat flour while you were baking, but it's still awfully easy to get some into the air and contaminate cooking surfaces. I have a strict no-flour rule in my kitchen.
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