Eri82

Well, I have posted a topic a while back about how miserable my life was ( ten friggin years) of scarfing down gluten, not even knowing it was making me sick. Ok, fast forward several months of gluten-free diet. I am sooo different! First, my mysterious yet severe fatigue is GONE. My joints, which would always be in so much pain (I thought I would need a...

The product I have been most happy with in substitutes is gluten free pantry all purpose flour. They go ahead and mix the right amount of rice, pototo & tapioca, etc. so you don't have to. My husband made a lovely white sauce using it-just be careful, as it scorches easily. Because of this flour, I can go ahead and use my vintage cookbooks (20's-70's...

As an American wife to a native Japanese husband, ABSOLUTELY rice should be washed. It is not dirty, it has too much starch to it. It will make the rice taste overcooked, mushy, and powdery. Here is the way to do it in the japanese way: (This is regarding short grain rice-I am not sure measuring is the same, but the washing is the same) 2 cups rice Pour...

Good grief, I did something very naughty. Over the holiday season, my family was given loads of glutened goodies. While I did perfect in avoiding them at first, some petit fours and the chex party mix got the better of me. I was like, "oh geez, its not like I have confirmed celiac, its just a non severe wheat allergy and non-celiac gluten intolerance" While...

Ohh, one thing I forgot to mention-about 4 years ago I noticed dairy was getting little tougher to digest. That was another red flag about celiac.

Thanks for the advice Skylark and mushroom! Well, I do understand I may be destined with possible undected celiac. And I am OK with that, but at the same time, I'd like to at least see what I can do. I am going to my doc in febuary, so I am going to talk to her about this. Last time I was there, she told me if I had one more anemic blood test result she wanted...

I have a strong, nagging feeling that the blood test was either a false negative or celiac was too mild to put a blip on the test. While its 100% diagnosed I have a gluten intolerance/wheat allergy, I would like to find out if I have true celiac, so I can find some closure to the reason of my miscarriages, as I would like to have another baby in the future...

Well, let me go back at when I was a kid. The first thing was I started getting BAD migraines at 7 years old, ALWAYS constipated at 6. I was other than that a happy and active child. But when I hit about 12 (still with those symptoms though) I would notice more and more I couldn't keep up energy wise with my peers. Why could they run forever and I was wheezing...