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  1. IrishHeart
    From your sig line, it appears you are severely limited in what you can eat. Have you had further testing to find out WHY this is happening to you? I have to wonder--and humbly suggest--that you may be lacking sufficient protein if all you eat are these vegetables. A carb dense veggie may provoke this mood swing , without sufficient protein to balance...
  2. IrishHeart
    Welcome to the gluten-free life and the forum!! Oh boy, just in time for your first gluten-free Thanksgiving. That's a great idea, hon! Our local food pantry got a huge donation from us right after my DX. Search your cabinets and shelves and read labels. They will appreciate the donation, for sure! You have also taken the precautions of changing...
  3. IrishHeart
    Then, if it is working and you feel better, you should continue to do whatever you think is best for you. Apparently, some of us do not think all that extra soap washing is necessary, but if you do, then continue to do what makes you feel best! I tend to think it is the pesticides myself, but I could be wrong. (It would not be the first time or the last...
  4. IrishHeart
    Ditto. Upstate NY. Let's hope this winter isn't as bad as last year! acck!! See my earlier comment @ grow lights in the basement. Hope you have good luck with it!!!
  5. IrishHeart
    That's just too cool !!!
  6. IrishHeart
    cute squirrel, BTW
  7. IrishHeart
    Thanks, Patti ...it was validating indeed. He actually teared up when he saw how bad it had become for me and that not one of the doctors I saw in 3 years could see it (not even my former GI doc for 12 years! I mean, really, I lost 90 lbs. without trying, not to mention dozens of other symptoms ). I figured it out myself and he said that many of his...
  8. IrishHeart
    Thanks. I read some of the updated FDA info and I agree--GIG is more on top of things. I have read so much research in the last 2 years, my eyeballs are tired. I must be doing things "right" so far. I had my check up today and my blood panels are great! If I could get the bone/muscle pain to subside, I'd be really happy. Doc says bone and nerve pain...
  9. IrishHeart
    Oh, yes.... we have done all that! Even hydroponics. Our basement was lit up like crazy all winter one year, our electric bill soared. We live in the country on a quiet dirt road , (no street lights or anyone around for miles on 3 sides) and I am sure our closest neighbors wondered ....just what ARE they doing in that house?... I was waiting for the state...
  10. IrishHeart
    Yes, but that level is controversial to begin with, isn't it. Okay, well thanks to you--to all of you--for your thoughts on this subject. The most difficult part of all this is we live in the Great Northeast. While my friend in California can grow her own produce and have her hens lay eggs year round, we cannot. We rely on shipments of produce...
  11. IrishHeart
    I understand totally. That's all I want too! Years of this BS is quite enough for me!
  12. IrishHeart
    Thanks, Shroomie That was interesting. I had thought it was just a thin wax coating. (and I could find no date for this info, but the citations are there) It does not say how MUCH wheat gluten MAY be used or how often or on what, in particular--which would be more helpful for us consumers I gave it a quick read and it states: Wheat gluten...
  13. IrishHeart
    Stephanie, do you know what is in these coatings on fruits? Has someone in the produce industry written about this? I am curious. Thanks!
  14. IrishHeart
    Just my two cents, but I do not see any of this thread as arguing really. I see it as people offering their thoughts based on their experiences and hopefully, readers and new-comers are wise enough to weigh it all and use it or discard it. That's what intelligent people do, right? I have been reading the forum for over a year. I have seen some pretty...
  15. IrishHeart
    For what it's worth...my husband, a chemist with 30+ years experience, thinks transfer ONTO the plant is more feasible than the plant taking it up through the roots. He also suspects the jalapeno juice was somehow possibly tranferred to the tomatoes themselves (like by wind transfer ?? ) rather than actually absorbed into the soil and then absorbed...
  16. IrishHeart
    Well, you're in the right place! Last year at this time, I was thinking death would be easier; I was unable to think straight, in searing pain, exhausted and sick as a dog every single day for 3 whole years, yet I knew in my heart I COULD get well if I just figured it out. Now, one LONG year later....next week, I am cooking Thanksgiving dinner...
  17. IrishHeart
    Me, too! Happy Thanksgiving and stay the course! You're doing great!
  18. IrishHeart
    Sure makes sense to me! I would be dumb as a rock and lost in space if I ate a Gluteny donut right now....
  19. IrishHeart
    "fluten gree".. :lol: love it!
  20. IrishHeart
    :lol: beer.. :lol: well, maybe SOMEDAY :lol: It is very sweet of her to learn about it, though. Not many folks are even willing to try.
  21. IrishHeart
    ME TOO!!! It's GOOD for us, right?! ARRGH!!I adopted a whole grain/high fiber diet in 2009 and ADDED MORE wheat, rye and barley upon the suggestion of a nutritionist.....granola, wheat germ, oatmeal...just tons of it....that was when I really lost brain function and cried every afternoon because I could not walk or think straight and the pain in my bones...
  22. IrishHeart
    I walked sideways sometimes, my body was tilted and veering off to one side. I felt like I was on a moving sidewalk sometimes. I had vertigo. I told all this to hubby and thank God he did not think me mad. I had bizarre dreams where I woke up screaming. I told my husband I felt "peculiar" as I did not know how to describe it. I felt surreal, like...
  23. IrishHeart
    I was pretty ignorant about gluten myself, despite being a baker. In 2007, a Gluten Free Cafe and Bakery opened near us. I joked to hubby, "What's gluten and why do we need to be free from it?" We laughed. J. says to me "It's in flour." I felt like a dope. Oh yeah. Then, I forgot all about it. Little did I know that shortly after...
  24. IrishHeart
    Skylark...did you ever wonder if maybe his absent-mindedness is...um, gluten-related?? I know my brain was "absent" on it.
  25. IrishHeart
    What a little sweetheart!!!
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