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  1. AzizaRivers
    I heard from a celiac friend the other day that Peace A Pizza makes gluten-free now. He said they put it in a separate oven and have a separate set of equipment to prepare it with. All second-hand info, have not seen or asked myself. He said it's not on the menu yet and not at all locations. Apparently it was pretty good. Anybody tried it? Heard anything...
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    ^ I'm no doctor, but I highly doubt that there are cases of celiac "resolving." Appearing to resolve, yes, but not actually resolving. I don't know about non-celiac gluten intolerance, but celiac is permanent. Once a celiac, always a celiac. A lot of celiacs, shortly after figuring things out, have a "honeymoon period" during which they seem to be able...
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    That exact eyebrow thing can be a symptom of low thyroid. I don't know if that was ever an official issue for you or anything...but you may have dodged that one by ditching gluten. A common problem for celiacs.
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    That could work! They're actually pretty well held-together and self-contained after they're boiled, so you might be able to just freeze them after that.
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    I'm glad everyone is so excited! If you do make them, do let me know how they turn out. By the way, the report a few hours after baking is that they do lose a little bit of moisture on the inside (but are still plenty good), so it might be a good idea to add a little more honey or agave or something, and possibly just freeze the extras after you've...
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    Oddly enough, come to think of it, I haven't gotten a single mosquito bite this season yet. I happened to google "mosquito gluten free" just now, and there are tons of results! Apparently this is a common thing.
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    Before diagnosis, I had this particular soft pretzel recipe that I LOVED, it seriously was the best. Most of the things I loved pre-celiac are only eaten rarely now, although I have recipes for them, because we all know it's not the best idea to just replace gluten with all of the other carbohydrate options we have. But really...I was just craving a soft...
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    I do. My reason is that needing to read the ingredients list of everything I buy or put near my mouth gets me so sick of seeing ingredients I can't pronounce, or even more so, ones I can pronounce but can't believe I was actually eating them (high fructose corn syrup, etc.). So I've been eating a lot healthier and I prefer the simplest of ingredients. If...
  9. AzizaRivers
    Please consider yourself diagnosed. Humans went thousands and thousands of years listening to their own bodies, and only recently in our history have we decided that a special person with "special knowledge" is the only one who can tell us what is going on with our own bodies. There's something wrong with this, in my opinion. You have had a horrible, memorable...
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    I second the above suggestion. If that doesn't work... It IS possible, it's just that you have to be extremely careful, and your husband and whoever else lives in your house, or brings food into it, has to be extremely and wonderfully dedicated to making sure not a single crumb of gluten can possibly get into your food. I'm sure you're familiar with the...
  11. AzizaRivers
    I second the applesauce. Applesauce was the only thing I could stomach for the months I was sick before diagnosis, and now it's my go-to food when I've had a gluten accident. I also much on rice chex dry because they settle my stomach without bothering it. I cringed when you said you were uncomfortable after the tangerines--I can't imagine putting something...
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    Forget the gold standard. At least half of us on here had some negative result at some point anyway but are still happily and healthfully gluten-free celiacs. Biopsies can be useful to determine your level of damage, and sometimes people get them a few months after going gluten-free to check how well they're healing. If you are satisfied with your diagnosis...
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    I'm from Chester County! Downingtown, specifically. As far as events, I know there was a "Celiac Day" food festival type thing a local hospital held last month. I didn't find out about it until it was over (from another Celiac friend) but I can try to figure out which hospital it was--they do it every year. Gluten Free Philly http://www.(Company Name...
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    You can talk to a doctor about it, but be forewarned that not all doctors are well educated on celiac or gluten intolerance and you may or may not be getting accurate information. A few things you should know: 1. Some people have it even though they test negative, sometimes with both negative bloods and biopsy. 2. Many doctors will deny this. 3....
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    Believe it or not, I had amazing success making banana bread with the recipe on the back of the Domino sugar bag and just replacing the flour will all rice flour and adding a teaspoon of xanthan gum. That was the first thing I ever baked gluten free and I couldn't even tell the difference between mine and the one my boyfriend's mother baked the day before...
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    It wasn't the whole pint, I was just finishing up the last few bites. It was probably a quarter. Haha I wouldn't have bothered to ask what was bothering me if it had been the whole thing! Oh well, whatever it was, I know I can't eat it again. Some things are just a mystery.
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    I just finished off a pint of PD Coconut Milk ice cream (coconut flavor) and within 10 minutes I was feeling sick and had to run to the bathroom. Now I can feel the gas filling up my middle and I'm all sore and tender already...this is the fastest, clearest reaction I've had to anything since going gluten-free. Does anyone else have problems with this? I...
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    Lactose intolerance is extremely common in newly diagnosed celiacs--the villi that your autoimmune reaction was destroying are the same villi that produce the enzyme that breaks up lactose. There are different degrees of lactose intolerance so some people can do cheese and other things, while some can't. About the lactose free milk--my partner's brother...
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    Since going free my acne on my face and upper back has almost completely gone away and my skin there has been much more smooth, less bumpy and gross.
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    As soon as you post the recipe I'm going to have to try it. Cookies are one thing I haven't gotten right yet, for some reason (though I've made awesome cupcakes and muffins), with the exception of flourless peanut butter ones. I just tried making banana cookies last night and they were half decent straight from the oven, but today the leftovers were super...
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    If you really suspect it, DO NOT just take her gluten free first to see if it helps. Go for testing first. In order for a celiac to have positive test results, they have to be eating a high-gluten diet. If you take her off gluten before she is tested, you run the risk of getting a false-negative (which is still possible even if she is eating gluten). Have...
  22. AzizaRivers
    Someone gave me the book as a gift, and I feel the same way about boxed mixes. Why spend so much money, especially when I cane make it better form scratch? She does have a lot of good tips in there, so my solution has been to improvise a little bit by just taking the tips and using them when I make up my own recipes or adding them to existing recipes from...
  23. AzizaRivers
    I've been all over the nettles. This was the first year I tried to do anything with them besides tea. We clipped the youngest leaves, steamed them and added a little salt and lemon juice. I have to admit that I was not really that impressed...though I think it was the preparation, not the nettles themselves. Maybe cutting them up small and mixing them in...
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    ^ I agree. Nature has had no involvement in monoculture, mass production of foods, sucking them of nutrients, genetically modifying them, patenting them a la Monsanto, not to mention the way industrialized cultures eat their foods. Too much of the same thing, and generally prepared in ways that take the nutrition out and add the crap in. These are the behaviors...
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    I just saw this post and picked up the box of Baker's sitting on the counter next to me, which I am about to use (in the next 10 minutes) to coat the peanut butter and coconut eggs that are currently chilling in the fridge. And crossing my fingers someone doesn't give us bad news. I'm not cautious enough and I rarely call of the ingredients look okay and...
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