CaliGirl

I'm at 23 weeks right now, and I just lost the view of my feet! It took a while, though. I was wearing an old pair of pre-maternity jeans just two weeks ago, but those days have passed. The first time a stranger asked if I was pregnant, I was at 19 weeks. This is my first, and because of people's comments, I was worried because I wasn't showing for such...

Congratulations on your new little baby! I'm four months pregnant, and I'm already starting to worry about potential problems with breastfeeding. I've been reading about it, and I read in a natural foods cookbook that quinao is supposed to increase milk production. Supposedly, South American Indians have been giving this to lactating women for centuries...

Hi, everyone. I have an update on my little birth control crisis. I felt terrible on the nuva-ring--it was like I was always having cramps, which I guess is unusual. It kept on moving, so I thought, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em! I gave up after 6 days and took it out entirely. I made an appointment with my gyno, and I guess it was just a screw-up at CVS...

I can't use my patch anymore!!! I guess my pharmacy, CVS, got scared from the health risks on the news and they cancelled all prescriptions for the patch. No letter, no warning, nothing. It completely messed up my cycle, which of course, destroys the effectiveness of birth control. A week passed before I figured out why their computerized system had no...

I have ginger tea to soothe the nausea, and then I try to get the biggest, healthiest salad I can. I figure the extra fiber helps get the gluten out of my system, and I try to be nice to my body and give it extra-nutritious food. Maybe it's just psycological, though, but I do feel better.

I had been avoiding it, thinking that the carmel coloring had gluten. Yay! I'm so excited it's okay. I know what I'm having tonight....

It's easy to miss what we can't have anymore, but personally I think I am eating a higher quality of food since going gluten free. What meals are you eating right now that you absolutely love? I used to order cheap pastas and chicken at restaurants, but not anymore. Today, I went to a local restaurant with coworkers, and I had: a baked potato steamed...

My mom and brother (both celiac) had a TERRIBLE experience at Olive Garden. The waitress wasn't just rude, she was mean. I wouldn't recommend Olive Garden, either. You would think that the company would have some sort of training that it's not okay to make fun of people's food intolerances.

Dark chocolate is packed full of anti-oxidants and healthy minerals. Researchers are now considering it to be a "superfood", like spinach or salmon. BUT, if you eat it with dairy products, the dairy completely blocks the anti-oxidants and healthy effects of the cocao. Something to think about. I try to avoid dairy, but I have been caving lately. It...

I don't know if this works for everyone, but it worked for me, so it's worth a try. I was having chest pains, anxiety, depression, etc. to the point that I was toying with the idea of taking anit-depressents. My reactions weren't as severe as jknnej, but they were getting increasingly difficult to live with. My dad sent me some very high-quality vitamins...

I went through all the phases of grief when I realized I couldn't eat wheat anymore. Denail, anger, sadness, acceptence, and then repeat. I've been gluten free for about a year and half now. And now, at this stage in my life, I miss wheat the way I would imagine drug addict misses crack. It's really good and it makes life so much easier and everyone else...

I went to a health food store before before Thanksgiving, and I was hunting around, trying to find some gluten free desert I could eat while everyone else ate their "wheaty goodness" as my husband says. I asked a clerk, and she pointed me to the front of the store. Since it was before Thanksgiving, there were all kinds of samples and displays out, but of...

I just finished reading "Dangerous Grains" which is an excellent book. I have been gluten-free for over a year, but I still found it very informative. Something I didn't know before what that gluten has mild opiate qualities, and health problems of recovering drug addicts and newly gluten-free celiacs are very similar. Basically, your body is still longing...

I don't know enough about the ADA to add to what has already been said, but I have an opinion anyway! You could look at this from a "good citizen of the earth" persepctive instead of a legal perspective. First of all, your employer is not paying you gluten, and you are not being discriminated against for not eating gluten, and you are not being denied...

This weekend, I bought "Nourishing Traditions: the cookbook that challenges politically correct nutrition and the diet dictocrats" by Sally Fallon. Here's a link: Open Original Shared Link If you're just diagnosed, you're really going to have to be gentle to your GI tract--it's been damaged so much, it will take some time to heal. This book just...