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Cashews are pretty high fat compared to almonds. Perhaps a mix of both to make the milk to start? Sometimes it takes a while to adapt to the higher fat and can cause loose stools at too high a quantity. The causative quantity would be individualized though. Just figured I'd mention it in case the experience comes up. Good luck to you!

I agree about the sulfites possibly being a culprit if you haven't had extensive allergy testing to rule them out. With the kind of reactions you are having it really sounds like you need to find a good medical care provider to help you sort more things out, if possible. On a side note, I've always reacted to breyers ice cream. Never really got into...

I have to respectfully disagree with "anyone who is sensitive can go out to eat..." I have eaten at the restaurants that tout gluten free menus that many celiacs of whatever sensitivities recommend and each time I've been glutened. Before anyone says it's another food intolerance, sorry, nope, I know all my food intolerances and everything but gluten is...

Update: It took a few days, but I got her # and texted (didn't call because she never answered or returned my calls in the past)the information as well as reputable links. I've not heard anything back either through text or phone or her brother in all this time. I can only pray that she bothered to look at the links and passed on the information. It...

Vegas can be hit or miss. I was there this past June and had done my research ahead of time and thought I had everything under control. The restaurants near where I was staying that I found online that had gluten-free menus were no longer in existence when I got there---other than the $$$ expensive ones. Are you staying on the strip? Will you have transportation...

Given, the information contained herein is for those with celiac who have super sensitive reactions. This is the super sensitive section and does not apply to everyone. The information I seek to verify with reputable references will help me and other super sensitives make better educated choices as to which products we may cautiously add to our lives rather...

Hi, could someone provide a reputable link for why this is so? I know my food allergies/intolerances and have been tested for all the other stuff---lyme, thyroid, ad nauseum. And earlier this year, unexpectedly, I had a gluten reaction to plain aspirin where I don't react to it in other medications. There were no other changes in my diet or personal...

Sandsurfgirl, boy can I relate to the angry! For the most part I try to just get on with my life as best I can, but sometimes when I think of why my life is the way it is it makes me very angry. You see, I was a sickly child with no energy and high anxiety, among other issues. I tested gluten intolerant on top of other food intolerances but nobody ever...

Oh, and Shauna, I had to laugh (I needed it too) about educating the doctor. I can't even educate my GP and he's relatively fresh out of medical school. I've been with him since his internship about 7 years ago. For those wondering, he's the best of the bunch of doctors I've been to in the past 20 years, sorry to say. At least he doesn't treat me like...

Thanks everyone, I wish it were just about politeness because I have no problem overcoming it when necessary. I don't even know the parents or their names so there's no way to even get to them directly or I would try. My SIL works for doctors and is one who thinks their opinions are, well, you know how it goes. I only see her once or twice a year and don...

Interesting on that one. I stopped using aluminum pans at all, but especially with acidic foods because I was told the aluminum would leach out. My reason for it was because my testing from the doctor showed an overload of aluminum in my system.

Sandsurfgirl, thanks so much for the mention of the name of that book so that it got out here for us to see. Most of my peripheral neuropathy has gone away for the most part just from going gluten-free. I still have weather and stress related flareups, but not so much anymore. I do have either an old back injury or a bone spur that sometimes knocks me...

I just got back from my DH's family TG. A couple years ago 1 of my SIL's grandbabies was diagnosed with near fatal complications of celiac. It took doctors a while to figure out that it was gluten causing the almost fatal condition--I won't get into the graphics. Anyhow, it came up in conversation that the doctor is saying the child has outgrown celiac...

Thank you for the responses and link to McCormick's where they make that statement. I imagine most people do research to form their opinions. It's too bad McCormick's doesn't back up their answer with information on the testing they do to substantiate their claims. Having grown up around farming there's just too many different farming practices for me...

Gemini, that's great about McCormick's. Could you provide a link to where that information came from? I like to double-check information since many things on the web are opinions or passing on of opinions. I went to the McCormick's site and couldn't find anything about gluten free or wheat warnings. I figure I just didn't know how to phrase my search right...