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  1. skbird
    I'm curious - how long did it take for you to get your results? Any of you? I keep checking my email... I sent my kit in on the 8th of March and figure with the three weeks they said to wait to contact them, that would be the 30th of March. So I have a week left of waiting. Just wondering, do they take a while (I read I think that Dr. Fine does all the...
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    Interesting thread. I have been unable to eat potatoes for nearly 6 years now. I get reactions to them and all other nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, kava kava, etc) that are similar to my reaction to gluten - constipated, not diahrrea. Feels like my stomach and intestines are inflamed and hurt like they are very sunburned. Takes a couple of days...
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    Hi Wendy - I hope reading some of that helps your daughter out. It's hard to hear when it's going on because it's in your body and your mind and you made it happen, so why would anything anyone else tells you be relevant? But then again I got obsessed with all these celebrities who were also bipolar, Patty Duke, Robin Williams, for examples, and would...
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    Wow, I think Sarah Vowell is hilarious. I saw her on the Daily Show (Comedy Central) a while back and couldn't stop laughing. Her sarcastic delivery at times is really good. It's nice to hear of a "famous" person who has either celiac disease or wheat/gluten allergy. Thanks for the info. Stephanie
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    I do pretty well on hot cereal, I like the Quinoa Flakes better than any of the hot rice or Mighty Tasty gluten-free cereal because the Quinoa flakes cook up with less mess in the microwave (the other two seem to always boil over at some point, no matter how diligent I am ). What I do is add some rice protein powder after cooking them and then add a sweetener...
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    I am not sure if I have dairy problems or not. I love dairy, all kinds. Last fall I was advised by a naturapath to give up dairy, so I tried that for a month. It was one long hard month. At the end of that month I had some cheese and I actually felt a little better than I did before eating it, I had been cranky in fact and the cheese made me feel better....
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    I got migraines from aspartame and splenda so don't use them at all. I think stevia is great. You can get a bunch of different kinds so be careful because some have fillers in them, which help for dosing but not so much if you're sensitive to the filler. You can find: powdered stevia leaf (green and doesn't blend well with drinks but is good in tea...
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    Hi Wendy - One of the things that has changed the most is the lack of the deep depressions. I used to feel so depressed all over my body, I identified with big heavy rain clouds, the ones that you learn in school go over the mountains and release all their rain because the mountains and air currents interfere and cause desert on the other side. I felt...
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    I second that. I am hypoglycemic and if I don't get enough fat or protein I have that nagging hungry feeling all the time. Now that I am gluten-free I can get away with more carbs, less protein. But if I have a couple of days with no real meat (I'm not a veggie) then I start feeling it all the time. I've found that a great quick fix is eating a hamburger...
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    I helped some people at work fill a coworkers cubicle with balloons as a prank recently and got freaked out that the powder was gluten as well. But from what I've read it's corn starch (seems that would also make a goopy mess). Anyway, I didn't feel great after, even when I switched to a pump, so I'm beginning to grudgingly wonder if I have a latex thing...
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    Hi - I was diagnosed as bipolar II when I was 24 after I responded to depakote. I had been treated for depression for a year or so by then and nothing was doing anything for me. Depakote was the only med that actually helped me out at all, but I also ended up gaining 70 pounds while on it (nearly 2 years) which all doctors said couldn't happen. I was...
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    I got some of these this last weekend and found the instructions in a Sunset Asian cookbook that I have to make Imperial Rolls. I actually made my own filling with ground pork, garlic, onion, cabbage, and s$#&take mushrooms. I read to brush water on both sides of the wrapper and then let them sit for a couple of mins until they are soft and pliable. Some...
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    A favorite of mine is now off-limits, Xylichew. I am hypoglycemic and so don't use sugared gums, nor can I use artificial sweeteners. Xylichew is sweetened with xylitol. I wrote the company and here's the response: So this was a major disappointment for me. I'm going to check on Peelu, the other one I like to use, but if no on that, I think I'm out...
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    I'm not usually all that cold but my temp is usually low 97s. I have asked about it being related to thyroid but told that my labs are all really good in that dept, and that supposedly a lot of people like to blame the thyroid because it's an easy target (not my words). Anyway, I tried taking my basal temp first thing in the morning every day for a week and...
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    I have been making homemade brownies with a modified recipe from Better Homes and Garden cookbook. Here are my subs and what else you can do with it: 1/2 cup butter (I used coconut oil, maybe use a non-soy shortening?) 2 eggs (use egg substitue of choice, flax meal is good for this) 1 cup sugar (I used 1/2 cup agave nectar and some stevia) 3/4 cup flour...
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    My favorite hot chocolate recipe uses coconut milk and water instead of milk, determine your favorite creaminess - sometimes I do 100% coconut milk! It's rich and creamy that way and wonderful. I usually use unsweetened cocoa and add liquid stevia for this. It's fast, sweet, delicious, and has nearly no sugar (coconut milk has some naturally in it) and no...
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    I was in Moscow Idaho last month and the Moscow Co-op makes gluten free breads twice a week, on Tues and Fri I think and they always sell out. It's very popular there. Thing is that Moscow is something like 30,000 people - I live in a town with 90,000 and more like 150,000 with the out-lying areas, and in California to boot. But no chance of a gluten-free...
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    That's actually what I'd hoped would happen for me. Maybe I'm not giving myself enough time. Or maybe I'm getting enough gluten sneaking back into my diet somehow that I'm not aware of. I'm really looking forward to getting my results from Entero Lab. I just sent in my kit today. I can't think of where I'd still be getting gluten, though. Stephanie
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    Good Earth teas are gluten free. I emailed the company and got a response from them last week. Since then I saw they were also listed on a few gluten-free food lists. They have a great tea for colds, it has eucalyptus in it - great for coughs, too. Also, I believe all the Yogi Tea line is gluten-free. I have been drinking Peet's Jasmine green tea every...
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    Hi - Constipation was one of the reasons I never thought I had Celiac. I don't think I ever went two days without going but it was always an effort. One supplement I tried earlier this year to "clean myself out" is called Oxypowder. You can find it if you search on the internet. There are a couple of other products like it, Colosan, Homozone, Mag7, Oxy...
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    Thanks for the response. I definitely take a B complex and cal/mag/zinc to help out with these things. I'm just baffled though. I thought I'd found a miracle when I first tried progesterone cream - it helped so much. But I'd like to find a solution that allows my body to start doing its job better, not rely on a supplement for the rest of my life. ...
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    I have been looking for any information about this but only found contrary results. I am curious if other women find they have hormone issues with celiac disease/because of celiac disease that include PMS, bad cramps, heavy menstrual periods and extreme crankiness around "that time". I have read much info about people *not* having periods (ahhhh, what a blessing...
  23. skbird
    I have definitely noticed a difference in my ability to think - not forgetting words mid-sentence anymore, not having so hard a time with debating with people now, either. About ten years ago I was diagnosed as depressed, then bipolar, then bipolar with psychotic episodes, then anxiety disorder. I took many meds for these things and none of them ever...
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