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    My favorite - I love it!!! Though I did buy some of the small Kinikinick ones so I could whip one out quickly... Stephanie
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    I thought men only ate Carl's Junior's food, or starved. What part of the world do you live in, Ianm? To be fair, where I work, everyone (except me) lives off the food at the quickee mart at the gas station across the street. So everyone eats crappy food. My husband has a decent diet and knows how to cook, including cook for me, which is cool. I also...
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    I went to see my doctor today and told him about how I'm doing with my diet and he told me that out of all the people he's suggested go gluten free over the past 5 years, I have the best success story of them all. I didn't ask how many had been tested by him first (I wasn't) but was surprised that he'd been recommending the diet to others. For background...
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    I buy it from my health food store. It's pricier than sugar but I don't use it all the time so it works out ok. I have seen it both in the food and the supplement sections of my health food store, also my grocery store (Raley's) has it in the health food/low carb section. The brand I see the most is in a yellow can with a plastic lid on the top. You may find...
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    I have gotten sick from anything with Splenda in it. Diet Rite sodas, for example, diet Hansons, etc. Also from any ice cream that uses splenda - any candy. I can have the tiniest amount and after a few servings (over a couple of weeks) I start getting such deep fatigue and body aches it's crazy. I have gotten laughed off of low carb message boards for explaining...
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    Splenda seems to affect me poorly, despite being gluten free. If I use it for a few days, even small amounts and even the kind without maltodextrin, I will start having major fatigue, inability to think clearly, and mild depression. If anyone starts feeling this way and they use Splenda, please try to go without it and see if your symptoms improve. There...
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    I use Open Original Shared Link. It is pretty easy to find at even regular grocery stores (those that have some kind of supplement section) or at the health food store. I take three capsules a day. Stephanie
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    ARCHIVED Anxiety

    skbird replied to jknnej's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    Yeah, caffeine can wreck me. I'm at the point now where I can drink a small pot of green tea in the morning but if I drink more than that or have it later in the day I will get in trouble - cold sweat, shaking, anxiety. No fun! Jennifer - I'm sorry to hear that even cutting sugar didn't help. I really hope you find some good info at your appointment today...
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    Hi Tammy - I have done pretty well by taking licorice supplements for my adrenal fatigue. There's a hormone in licorice that will help support your adrenals and taking licorice regularly for me really helps bring me back up to normalacy. My system gets overbalanced with eating the wrong foods (hypoglycemia) and hormone issues and when this happens, I...
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    I'm sorry for your losses. I had a miscarriage, when I was 17 and too young to be pregnant anyway, so I didn't really investigate it much. I haven't been pregnant any other time and wonder if this happening was connected to my gluten intolerance and poor immune system or if it was just something that happened. I was undiagnosed at the time. Stephanie
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    Yeah, Oxy Powder is supposed to make you "go" big time. Their mantra, in fact if you look it up, is "poop it all out". I don't take it very often but I do when I'm having IBS - recently I was having an episode (might have been glutened) and I think it helped me get over it faster as it got all the offending stuff out of my system (I usually get constipated...
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    ARCHIVED Anxiety

    skbird replied to jknnej's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    I used to get treated for anxiety, general and acute, but then I found out I was hypoglycemic and stopped eating sugar and most of it went away. I went on a low carb diet and found I felt a lot better that way. Then as I was more stable, I started adding carbs and sugars back in until I started having problems again. For me it's relative and I'm not always...
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    I have actually found that if I don't eat a certain amount of red meat, I suffer. It's weird. I recently had a very busy/active week (riding my bike a lot) then went to the fair and on a bunch of rides, then the next day went on a 6 hour canoe trip down a river. I was eating snacky meals, though fairly balanced, not a whole lot of meat protein (but balanced...
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    What is it with guys and grills? If I ask my husband to make dinner, he pouts. But if I ask him to GRILL something, he's all over it. I don't get it... Stephanie
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    Wow, gliX, I just looked up Nature's Hilight's and they are manufactured here in Chico, CA, where I live! Weird! But I saw potato in the ingredients so I can't have them. Still, I think I'll call or fax them and see what else they offer. I can't believe that a company making gluten-free foods is located in my little town... Stephanie
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    Just curious to see what kinds of cholesterol levels folks have. Various things can raise cholesterol, like diet (bad fats or processed carbs), health conditions (liver and gallbladder can contribute to high cholesterol), and genetics. I haven't had my cholesterol checked in a couple of years but will likely soon. When I had it done last it was high, 240...
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    I haven't taken it once since going gluten-free but I keep finding it stashed in various places, old purses, suitcases, wallets, etc etc etc. It cracks me up every time I uncover another stash! That and anti-gas pills.... Stephanie
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    ARCHIVED Chest Pain

    skbird replied to jknnej's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    I'm going to my doctor on Monday and am going to ask him about this as it's been happening quite a bit to me lately. I have been taking more regular vitamin B's and when I take them when an "attack" occurs, it clears up. It's very strange. I don't know if he'll figure it out but I would like to ask about it anyway. When I google "b vitamin" and "chest pain...
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    You can have negative reactions to gluten and have them affect your neurological health and test negative for Celiac. *Some* gluten reactions are Celiac, but not all of them. Look up gluten ataxia. It might be very wise for you to avoid gluten. Do your symptoms improve when you are not consuming gluten? I think your neurologist is on to something. I...
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    I love Lara Bars - really like the chocolate one and the cherry pie one. Here are some I like a lot, some have protein, others not. Open Original Shared Link My favorite is the chocolate chip one. The ingredients are: 10 Grams of Healthy Fats/12 Grams of Protein No Trans Fatty Acids No Refined Sugars/2000mg Of Phytonutrient Rich Sprouts The...
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    Rice has gluten, as does corn, but this is not the type of gluten that is a problem with Celiacs. It's actually a bit of a misnomer to say we are gluten intolerant as not all glutens affect us. Rice is fine, just be careful when eating out as it might have been cooked in a broth and that could have gluten in it. Take care Stephanie
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    OK, going about this not as a chemist but as a former attempted physicist... Here's what I think could be going on, but it's just theory. From what I understand, your blood test values *should* go down, to prove that you are following the gluten-free diet. So no gluten, then you should have no antibodies. So that seems apropriate. If you recently...
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    Hi Michelle - Glad you are feeling better. Maybe remember that feeling for next time - I know I am. I can't really remember what all happened right away. I had been on a low carb diet at first and felt so great after the first week - the first week though I had horrible withdrawl feelings. Also major cravings. After a while I reintroduced a bunch...
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    Hi Michelle - That's exactly the kind of depression I had last month after getting glutened (though it's still hard for me to believe I got glutened in that circumstance and now I'm paranoid about all restaurants except sushi). I went from 0-60 in moments it seemed and was droopy and my eyes were constantly tearing up all the time for a good 36 hours...
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    I haven't had the flavored Stonyfield yogurts but I have had the smoothies and had no problem. I do seem to react to miniscule amounts myself but didn't react to those. I actually didn't know there might be a problem there so thanks for the info. I'll continue to eat them. Stephanie
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