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  1. IrishHeart
    You may wish to post this question with the heading to include IN THE UK, so it gets attention. People do not know WHERE you are looking. Cheers, IH I can move it to the International section if you wish?
  2. IrishHeart
    People sure make it sound like it is easy enough! Have a GREAT time!
  3. IrishHeart
    If you have Celiac, you need to be on a gluten free diet, hon. No excuses. Celiac disease is not curable, but it is treatable by a strict gluten free diet. That's it. This is not something you can do once and while. It will not do any good to take B-12 injections if you are continuing to ingest gluten. The gluten is CAUSING the deficiency in the first...
  4. IrishHeart
    Here you go! People say it is GREAT for gluten-free-ers!
  5. IrishHeart
    I avoid anything processed on shared equipment with wheat products. It may be safe for some, but I choose not to try it. That's just me. I was too sick for too long and trace gluten does me in for weeks. With so many dedicated facilities, I find I have plenty of options.
  6. IrishHeart
    Do some homework, call the restaurant and ask. There may be more choices for safe dining than you realize. If you don't feel comfortable ordering anything, eat before you go and just get something like a drink or coffee or a dessert and push it around the plate. I disagree that you should "feign illness" on that day, as it just further isolates...
  7. IrishHeart
    I can do a little soy lecithin and a little soybean oil in things now, but I avoided it totally for a year. But I am not a soy fan anyway. Tofu? blech. (and from all I have read, yes, soy depresses the thyroid and affects estrogen levels as well) Not the best food for most of us, I am thinking.
  8. IrishHeart
    Two thoughts for you: (1) You can't dabble, you have to GO TOTALLY dairy-free as Skylark says. No milk, no cheese, not even tiny amounts baked in things. None. (use coconut milk) If it stops completely, that is your answer. (2) Probiotics. Take them for a few months to repopulate your gut. They work wonders for diarrhea. Just...
  9. IrishHeart
    You have been diagnosed and you do not know what to do next. First, do not panic! and Welcome to the Forum! I have posted this information in pieces and parts on this site during the past year so many times and some newbies suggested it would have been helpful if they had seen it ALL --right away after they were DXed.... so, I thought, why not paste...
  10. IrishHeart
    I remembered a similar thread from last year when I saw yours today...but it was for $100K and in all honesty, my answer NOW would be different than it was back then. I said NO way!! I was even insulted to be asked back then (but I was very sick and had major neuro symptoms from being long Un-Dxed) But right now, for a million bucks?...
  11. IrishHeart
    Hi Moose, Please re-read the other thread and see what we all think of this "theory". Honestly, none of us see any reason why you should worry about coffee. Okee dokee?! Best wishes, IH
  12. IrishHeart
    unfortunately, you need to subscribe to read the full article ????.
  13. IrishHeart

    ARCHIVED "Don

    IrishHeart replied to Menic's topic in Publications & Publicity

    Some things people post on here are misleading, too and we work very hard to "myth-bust" all the time. But it is not always easy. Bottom line--if someone wants $$$ to "magically cure" you--it's BS. If there were a CURE for Celiac, it would be front page news and the person who figured it out would win the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
  14. IrishHeart
    This will be a long answer, sorry, but I will try to answer all the questions you posed and provide the dietary guidelines for reducing salicylates, amines, etc. I have been in your shoes and I feel for you. For someone to be allergic and reacting to almost everything is unusual, but I was the same way for several years and even after DX-- for many months...
  15. IrishHeart
    Don't! You felt rotten and whatever way you expressed it, is valid. Unless you called her a *$#*@# ??. (then, maybe a sheepish "sorry" is in order??)
  16. IrishHeart
    Triple threat for me --gluten, soy and MSG! I'd be so sick, dazed and have such a pounding headache and racing heart ....I'd want to die. I used to eat Chinese food before DX and wonder why I felt so bad.
  17. IrishHeart

    ARCHIVED "Don

    IrishHeart replied to Menic's topic in Publications & Publicity

    Yes, the dairy is the exception---as you mentioned this earlier ---and I should have re- stated that once more in my rant. Apologies & thanks for re-clarifying.
  18. IrishHeart
    I agree--do not double up on multivitamins--that will not work at all. And I agree that a B-complex is fine. In no more than 100 mgs. daily. They can cause stomach upset, though. I will, however, have to respectfully disagree with you about B vitamins not building up and causing toxicity. Too much of ANY B vitamin will cause an imbalance of...
  19. IrishHeart

    ARCHIVED "Don

    IrishHeart replied to Menic's topic in Publications & Publicity

    This again??? :rolleyes: The "cross-reactivity" theory has been floated on this site before. It comes from some chiropractors and the owner of Cyrex Labs. They offer "testing" to show that you "cross-react" with other foods that are "similar" to gluten proteins. (this is not the same as the term "cross-reactivity" as it applies to allergies...
  20. IrishHeart
    Surely, you know there are going to be consequences. She is-- in your words-- "severely lactose intolerant". Even if there is, by some luck, no gluten reaction, the dairy should make her pretty sick. So, then maybe you are trying to prove something to her? So she "gets it" and does not accept food she should not have from others? I'm a...
  21. IrishHeart
    I would have said: I don't know about you, but I feel like sh*t
  22. IrishHeart
    You are stressing yourself crazy, hon-- and having been there/done that, I feel for you. Do not weigh yourself every day (weight fluctuates in us constantly) and try not to push yourself to lose weight too fast with too many sessions of hot yoga. You are recovering from a serious autoimmune disease. Your body is fatigued. Constant constipation is frustrating...
  23. IrishHeart
    You have my sympathy because I can tell this is hard for you to have to deal with. I imagine it is very hard for your sweet kiddo, too. It puts you BOTH in a difficult spot. I am surprised schools continue to do this-- given the fact that so many kids have food allergies and sensitivities and that, in general, there are so many kids who do not eat...
  24. IrishHeart
    Mango Pineapple Salsa 1 mango, diced small 1/2 pineapple, diced small 1/2 red onion, diced small 1/2 jalapeno pepper, minced small bunch fresh chopped cilantro juice of 1 lime Mix together. Serve with corn chips.
  25. IrishHeart
    darn it! my bad. I posted a dessert, but realized it had dairy in it (butter)...sorry,,, let me try again!
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