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    Which brand or mix are you using? I made a disaster trying to do a regular soda bread recipe with Jules blend a while back. It was a mushy-on-the-inside brick.
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    Powder flies where you can eat/inhale it and foundation gets on your hands when you apply it and then you can swallow it. Eyes are mucous membranes, so gluten at your eyes is a problem. Lipstick is obvious. Some of are topically sensitive too, maybe allergy? It's pretty easy to find makeup you don't have to worry about anyway.
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    I've been chomping on those Kirkland walnuts happily for the past few weeks for what it's worth. Great price, huh? Try soaking them overnight with a little salt in the water to get rid of the phytic acid and enzyme inhibitors and make them more digestible. Heck, maybe I washed any gluten off mine with the soaking. Open Original Shared Link
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    Go on your trip! Your husband will do his best and it will be fine. People like to look at going gluten free as a sharp boundary, but for most of us it's not. The diet is a learning process. It took me a year to get all the little ins and outs - you can't put your life on hold while you are learning the diet. Thing is, even with a few mistakes you...
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    Oh, there is something else I always try to say to new people about cross-contamination. All the research on people healing from celiac disease gluten-free is on real-life people who are doing their best, sometimes getting glutened, sometimes getting CC, sometimes even misreading a label and eating wheat by mistake. Nobody is perfect at this diet but we...
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    Hi, Jogo and welcome. That does sound painful. This is a 2009 thread so you won't likely get replies from the people who started. You bumped it and it's interesting to me because I used to get a rash on my hand I thought was herpes whitlow. I had clear, tiny, intensely itchy blisters that would come up on my index finger. They would itch/hurt so badly...
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    Personally, I love the GFCO mark. Nothing like independent certification to make me feel safe! After Tricia Thompson's study where she found all that gluten in soy flour I'm a little scared of "no gluten ingredients". Unfortunately I'm not sure "naturally gluten-free" or "no gluten ingredients" was even legal under that old FDA proposal. Making...
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    I'm not sure she understands how the proposed laws will work either. "Example: A barbecue sauce has gluten as an ingredient and states "gluten free*" on their product label. At the bottom of the label the product states: "*tested below 20ppm for gluten." Though the end product might test as non-detectable, the product still contains gluten and should...
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    It's in the "What Does Gluten Free Mean?" section. "According to the FDA, as of September 2011, gluten-free labeled products should (a) not include ingredients from gluten or gluten derivatives and (B ) maintain a status of less than 20ppm of gluten for all gluten-free labeled products."
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    I was very upset by that article. The person who wrote it seems to think we have a labeling law in effect as of last September. I also found the article generally confusing.
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    Ugh. That sounds awful. Your post is a bit of an information overload for me. Here is a bit on salt craving. Addison's is mentioned. Open Original Shared Link This is an Addison's symptom list. Some match. Addison's would mess up your autonomic nervous system pretty thoroughly. Open Original Shared Link My acupuncturist was telling...
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    In that case I'd definitely ask for IgG TTG.
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    I'd ask for: Total IgA TTG IgA gliadin peptide (DGP) IgG, IgA EMA IgA (if you can get it - not all labs do it) Unless there is selective IgA deficiency in the family I'm not sure I'd ask for TTG IgG on the first round of testing. I was impressed by this service. Open Original Shared Link
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    To me, starting a catch-all thread like this hurts the tone of the board. I don't find global statements that are mostly untrue to be very constructive. This is one of the strongest and most cohesive Internet communities I've ever been involved in. I think if you have issues with a particular post, the most constructive thing to do is to ask what the...
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    The men I date enjoy my company and do not focus on my food sensitivities. I think you just need to find a woman who is kind and sympathetic. The one you were dating sounds quite insensitive.
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    I know exactly how you feel. I'm off gluten, dairy, most soy because of my thyroid, and just discovered I'm reacting to nightshades. I'm also trying to eat low-starch and minimal refined sugar to heal my gut. I'm going on a trip this month and I'm looking at eating an awful lot of salad. *sigh* I miss cheese something fierce, and losing nightshades means...
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    Good luck! I hope you get some answers. Make sure you do some reading on the biopsy. My understanding from other folks on the board is that a DH biopsy is supposed to be right next to the damaged skin, not a direct biopsy of the blister or lump.
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    Yeah, and my chance of pulling off that recipe is slim. I had enough trouble making stuff like that with gluten dough! I can just picture dough sticking to my rolling pin and the uneven dough and the tears and all the filling coming out in the pot while I boil them. :lol:
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    Wow, sounds like you have a rare bird of a doctor! I wish everyone on this forum had access to someone so talented.
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    If you feel better on dairy than off it, there is no reason to leave it out of your diet. Most of us folks who can't tolerate dairy get pretty obvious symptoms when we eat it. You may not be getting enough calcium without the dairy and that can cause diarrhea.
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    Sorry, I get fed up by the American puritanism that often condemns one or two drinks a week. Doctors are infected by it as readily and irrationally as anyone else. Sometimes they lose perspective that restricting something like alcohol 100% can create stress that is even worse for healing than the occasional drink was. We already have stressful diets!...
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    What planet is this chick living on? "According to the FDA, as of September 2011, gluten-free labeled products should (a) not include ingredients from gluten or gluten derivatives and (B ) maintain a status of less than 20ppm of gluten for all gluten-free labeled products."... NOT!!!
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    That's great! I'm glad to hear she is feeling a little better.
  24. Skylark
    I've been interviewing lately and I tell the person I would report to about the diet well in advance. That way there is plenty of time for them to find a suitable place to eat. Most people are happy to accommodate any dietary restrictions. If you get any grief, this may be a red flag about your potential boss. I use Google Maps and find a chain where...
  25. Skylark
    Congratulations! I hope it goes smoothly. I guess it's back to that prenatal vitamin, eh?
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