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  1. knittingmonkey
    Add certified gluten-free oats in lieu of bread, and use less of them.
  2. knittingmonkey
    Whenever you see instuctions to chill dough feel free to chill it up to a few days, as long as the dough does not get dried out. You may even freeze the dough. Doughs are chilled in order to make it easier to roll or form into a shape, and it makes it so the cookie doesn't spread so much while baking. Don't ever worry about leaving cookie dough in the fridge...
  3. knittingmonkey
    Magnesium should be taken in a 2/1 ratio with calcium. Most supplements are at best 1/1. It's also every difficult to absorb by the body, especially when stomach acids aren't optimal. My personal choice for magnesium supplementation is topical "Magnesium Gel with Seaweed" from health-and-wisdom.com. It's a simple magnesium chloride, which is much more absorbable...
  4. knittingmonkey
    Hmmm, monosodium GLUT-a-mate, makes me suspicious. Soy sauce most often contains wheat, if it doesn't, it costs quite a bit more. Usually, manufacturers watch their bottom-line and choose the cheaper choice. Some people think if an ingredient list doesn't list "wheat," or "wheat-(something)" that the product is gluten-free. Doesn't it make sense that at...
  5. knittingmonkey
    Sometimes, yes I do. I learned last night that a really neat sister-in-law passed away suddenly in her sleep. I have time to take off of work, and it's only a 4-hour ride to the memorial. But family members will be getting together to eat... that's when it gets uncomfortable. I fret about how I'm supposed to explain celiac to my father-in-law when he...
  6. knittingmonkey
    Oh Magpie, My own mother is toxic too. Seems fishy that nature would allow some people to become parents. Now she's developed dementia to boot, which makes it even more difficult to try to relate to her. And it's true, you write really well! In the end, your stories are uplifting.
  7. knittingmonkey
    Well, I THINK my mom has celiac. She has many symptoms, and while I urge her and her caretakers to test her for it, thinking it could help turn around the cycle of her discomfort, no one seems to act on my urging
  8. knittingmonkey
    "Normal" is a setting on the dishwasher. Other than there, I've never witnessed "normal."
  9. knittingmonkey
    Grains, legumes and potatoes are all toxic in their raw state. Grains are toxic to many animals; witness what happens to a grass-fed cow when they are penned so that grass-consumption is curbed and they are fed grains
  10. knittingmonkey
    I'm grateful I had the test for celiac. Knowing how serious my intolerance is (immune system attack on small intestine), and what harm would come if I cheated on the diet (inability to digest nutrients for perhaps weeks) keeps me on the straight and narrow. When I merely suspected I had issues with gluten I probably wouldn't take it quite so seriously. I...
  11. knittingmonkey
    Yep, that's me.
  12. knittingmonkey
    You can't be too careful with cross-contamination issues. I tell gluten-people not to cook anything for me, EVER! There's no limit to the ways in which they could make a mistake. If they have a gluten-free product which is in an unopened package I might eat some. You won't be rude if you just say "No, thanks." You should never feel like you have to explain...
  13. knittingmonkey
    Did you shred the cheese? Or was it shredded in the package? Often shredded cheese in packages has a light dusting of gluten, just to keep it free-flowing when taken out of the package. Manufactures often use this trick on frozen foods too.
  14. knittingmonkey
    I get a mysterious gurgling sound and sensation under my right rib cage about an hour or two after being glutened. My stomach gets sore. My mood falls and I seem to get pretty morose and tired, then after a day or more I get a terrible bout of diarrhea. I seem to have not ever broken out with DH, Vomiting is rare. No headaches. and no trouble breathing...
  15. knittingmonkey
    I make my own corn tortillas usually, as often the ones in the store are made on the same machines as the wheat ones, and I react to that tiny bit of gluten. In the same vein; Corn contains lectins, as does all other grains, legumes (Including peanuts) and potatoes. These are very hard to digest. These are all foods that are pretty "new" to the human diet...
  16. knittingmonkey
    ITP (Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura) is an autoimmune disease that runs along the same DNA markers as celiac. It results in low platelet counts.
  17. knittingmonkey
    Most certainly, though I'm not all the way back to my 'old self' yet.
  18. knittingmonkey
    Having been glutened by a grill, I'm betting it's that that got you cc'ed. When it happened to me, I just wasn't thinking
  19. knittingmonkey
    Two words: Bentonite Clay I mix a tablespoonful in an 8 ounce glass of water and swallow it down. It helps heal the small intestine and colon, and there's nothing better for neutralizing and moving things through the body faster. It has protective qualities and loads of minerals. Google; "clay therapy" for more information.
  20. knittingmonkey
    Gasp! That's what I do!!! Thank goodness now I've read someone does that same thing. You have made my day! Mmmmmwaaaah! Mmmmmmwaaaah! I'm not crazy! It's especially effective on food poisoning, and there's nothing that can beat it for treating diarrhea. It's healing for the small intestine and colon, and can neutralize stomach acid faster and...
  21. knittingmonkey
    I have trouble eating chicken breast, but not the dark meat. A wise lady told me it's because of lignans?, Lectins? errr, something like that. I paid attention long enough to only hear I could eat the dark meat. Now I don't get that stomach ache and bloating that I get with the white meat. This is true with turkey as well. I suppose it's possible it's...
  22. knittingmonkey
    Ooofdah! Looking in the mirror closely I found I have lots and lots of short hairs coming in, all about 1 1/2 inches long! Was diagnosed celiac a month and a half ago. When I was sick with celiac and didn't know what was going on with me, I was losing a lot of hair. I was having to clean my vacuum cleaner every time I used it because the long hairs were...
  23. knittingmonkey
    I like "Thai Kitchen."
  24. knittingmonkey
    Raw eggs.
  25. knittingmonkey
    Multiple uterine fibroids, a compound cyst on left ovary, and a 7 cm simple cyst on the right ovary (But it disappeared on its own!) I'm 54, should be post menopause, but not there yet. Surgery had been strongly recommended, but I declined. No symptoms of menopause yet, other than a little crankiness (maybe ) and in the time since I've been gluten-free,...
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