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    First off thank you for explaining the different allergy testing, reading that I'm not sure that it would help us at all. I just wish my husband and I didn't have to worry about every little thing, it's nervewracking. And family definitely wants us to keep reintroducing the foods...it has been 8 months since she was in the hospital after having soy...
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    I would definitely try to get her tested because down the road for school it will be easier to get accomidations and if it was positive there would be no doubts that gluten was the problem. But after all testing is completed, even if it's negative, you could always trial her gluten free for 3-6 months and see if it helps. Going gluten free is not harmful...
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    My husband, myself and my two children have been gluten free for about 9 months now after I kept getting sicker and couldn't just accept that my mom, sister and I all had IBS so I called the doctors and asked them if gluten could be what was causing GI problems for the youngest and myself, they said yes and wouldn't do any testing but said that if we feel...
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    That is great news. Hopefully you won't feel too bad from stopping the med.
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    We had leftover apple berry crumble that my mom made...it was apples, black raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, cinnamon and stevia with an almond flour crumble.
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    Sure you can! And I'm not sure it's ambition so much as relaxation. I love cooking and baking! It is so relaxing for me and now I have my 5 year old helping me out in the kitchen.
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    Thank you! What you are making for gifts sounds delicious and I may have to put roasted rosemary applesauce on my to do list for the new year
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    I think I feel a bit deprived now...I have never had buckeyes!
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    I certainly don't need them either, but Santa needs cookies:) And we are going to my moms for dinner so I will once again share to show them that gluten free doesn't mean not good or completely changing traditions. I will probably have one thumbprint and if there are any cookies left I will freeze them.
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    With all the baking and candy making for the holiday I was just curious what kinds of goodies everyone else made for the holidays? So far I have made: Peanut Butter cookies (it's always been a tradition to have these) Gingersnaps (hubby always liked them, hope they turned out well for him) Chocolate Chip cookies (youngest daughter's favorite cookie...
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    I don't like going to the store to begin with so around the holidays would definitely not happen. I did all my shopping online again for my girls and husband, I did all the shopping from Walmart online and they have a better variety there then in the store and better deals for some things. My favorite thing that they didn't have in the store, but I found...
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    I'm not sure about proportions, but Elana's Pantry has a recipe for gingerbread men on her blog so you may get some ideas from there. I have had some of her other cookies, with some substitutions like honey instead of agave and canola instead of grapeseed oil plus egg replacer when necessary, and they turned out well. We just made her gingersnaps and my husband...
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    ARCHIVED Anxiety

    alex11602 replied to Macbre's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I had anxiety before going gluten free, it was fairly mild and mostly social anxiety. Now I barely ever leave my house because I am so anxious, I will occasionally go to my mother's who lives less then 2 miles away but that is pushing it. So I am definitely there with you dealing with it and I hope that everyone who is dealing with this can get through it...
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    When I made lasagna with the Tinkyada noodles, I did not cook them first and just made sure that every inch of noodle was covered by sauce. I cooked it for about 45 minutes (which is how long I cooked my gluten filled lasagna) and it turned out perfect. I think I may make it myself for Christmas eve since the dinner is usually fish which my daughters and...
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    I actually don't cook them at all, just make sure that there is enough sauce so the noodles don't dry out.
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    Even when I was pregnant they didn't really do anything. When I did the 3 hour challenge, my level was over 300 after 2 hours so it was obvious there was a problem. My dr sent me to the on staff dietician for all of 5 min and then when I couldn't get my levels below 200 it still took them almost a month for them to send me to the endo to get insulin. I finally...
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    I try to remember to eat at regular times, but at times I get so sidetracked with the kids that I end up not eating regularly like I should and then I find it difficult to get back on track. For awhile I was keeping small packs of peanuts in my purse when I went out and would sometimes eat them at home so maybe I need to start doing that again.
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    Thank you so much for the information! Since I can't go to the dr without insurance I have just been testing 6 times a day to try and see where I was at, but the drs I was going to are residents so they are not the most helpful. Hopefully once I get insurance I will be able to go to a dr who will actually do testing and not just tell me to do it myself.
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    I do test my sugar. In the morning it will be anywhere from 40-60 and before meals if I don't eat for awhile it will be 50-60. Two hours after meals it can range from 130-220. I went to the dr after I had my last child and they said again said I had prediabetes since my fasting was 129 and A1C was 7.2 and just to keep testing on my own. I can't go back right...
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    Yes there is diabetes in my family and I had gestational diabetes with them and my sugar has been flucuating ever since (after one of my pregnancies they did the fasting glucose test and it was 129 so they said I have prediabetes) plus they have some other risk factors...my oldest was 9 lbs 6 oz when she was born and the youngest was 8 lb 8 oz but had a blood...
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    No I don't want to do that to her and if it had been a new food I wouldn't have tried to make her eat it, but she had loved potatoes since she starting eating solids and I was able to get her to eat them when she wanted nothing else so it was kind of strange. And usually I'm pretty laid back about her food, but I was worried about her sugar staying stable...
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    The first part made me wonder...I never got a complete handle on my blood sugar and I am always tired after dinner and usually fall asleep on the couch after the kids go to bed at 8:30 (about an hour/ hour and a half after we eat). I already cut out most sugar, except for what's in fruit and I use honey in Elana's Pantry recipes in place of agave. And...
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    I will have to try something like this, it sounds good and maybe the 2 year old will like it. I guess I'm lucky that my 5 year old will eat anything I give her.
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    Thank you! I looked into the paleo diet before, but wasn't sure what to give the kids for breakfast since we can't do eggs. As far as the 2 year old not wanting to eat certain things, I won't give her anything else until she finishes what we gave her. And when she doesn't want something she will dump it on the floor or pour her water in it and spread...
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    I have posted before that my husband, myself and my children (ages 5 and 2) are all gluten free. There are also problems with soy, eggs, sweet potatoes, corn and certain things that its in and can have very limited dairy. Well now my youngest who has never really been picky before is refusing to eat potatoes (which she absolutely loved for the longest time...
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