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I recently got the results of stool testing and had a high amount of fecal fat, so I'm not absorbing fat correctly. My gallbladder, pancreas, and liver are all fine. I haven't had lactose in 3 years. Don't know if it's intestinal damage or what. I'm currently looking into this, too. It's such a slow process getting the appointment, doing the test, waiting...

First my disclaimer about my source: To be fair, I haven't contacted them about it yet, and I don't know if another retail seller would be any better. I imagine it's more a supply issue than their handling of the grains. My theory is it's probably cross contamination through a truck or silo that wasn't cleaned out well enough between grains. I don't know...

I cooked some of my labeled gluten-free buckwheat groats the other night and found a foreign grain. It looked like wheat, so I tested it using my home gluten detection test. And sure enough, it was wheat!! I dumped out what little was left of my 5lb bag and didn't find any more. I recently had two periods of weird nerve flare ups, so it's possible there...

Beans are also hard on the gut. I'd take them out for a bit. Then try them again with a small serving size. With a food journal, record gut symptoms but also mood and energy level and anything out of the ordinary. Keep in mind that a reaction to food may take anywhere from a few hours to two days. For me, the big C takes two days. D is usually overnight...

A belated thank you to everyone who posted!!! I kept meaning to reply, but I've been caught up researching another complex health issue I'm probably going to be diagnosed with soon. Anyway, it's taken me this long to introduce a couple of other grains (as well as some needed supplements), so that I can cut corn out. It's only been a few days so far, and...

I've been gluten-free almost 4 years. Never cheat. I just saw a new functional medicine doctor, and she suggested I eliminate corn. Sigh. I already have a very limited diet due to sensitivities to: nightshades, brown rice, fructose, sorbitol, mannitol, carrageenan, guar gum, and flax (seed and oil). I avoid dairy and soy, but I'm not sure they'd still...

If you're still having problems with C, you may want to look into an elimination diet. Gluten causes mild C for me (my reactions are neurological), but other foods cause it much more so. Brown rice gives me horrible stomach pain and worst C ever. Too much fructose and dairy causes C for me, too. Interestingly, other foods cause D, like things in the sorbitol...

I wouldn't risk eating food at someone else's house. Even if the ingredients in the dessert are gluten-free, the risk of cross contamination is high. Especially if she's making a gluten-free baked good. Or cutting fruit up on her bread cutting board. Or "Oh, that spoon isn't that dirty. I'll reuse it mixing up this other dish." Each exposure to gluten...

I've fought acne for 30 years. Gluten and nightshades definitely cause skin break outs for me. Anyway, I've noticed the last two times I've gotten a stomach bug and had D, my face has broken out in mild acne a few days later. This is interesting in that offending food causes cystic acne on my chest and back, so this is a similar but slightly different...

There are so many different ways to do this. I tried the FODMAPS elimination diet because I suspected I had problems with fructose. Here's a website: Open Original Shared Link She has a book that was a good starting point for me. (Note, it's not a gluten-free diet, so make sure you adjust accordingly). Found out I can't handle fructose, dairy, mannitol,...

My kids and other gluten-free kids we have over devour these: Open Original Shared Link I can't do dairy, so I've never tried them. But the entire box disappears when we have company. Their bread is also the best my kids have had, and my husband likes it too. (I can't eat it due to a brown rice intolerance, so I don't know what it tastes like.) The Gluten...

What kind of elimination diet did you try? I used FODMAPS, and it helped me identify that fructose and sorbitol are problems for me. They can be found in a variety of fruits and veggies, so unless you're eliminating those specific categories, it can be hard to pinpoint.

Thanks, y'all! That's a good start. I actually can't eat any of the baked goods from Mariposa because they all have brown rice in them. Pretty much 90%+ of gluten-free baked goods do it seems. And the rest have something else I can't eat like honey or juice concentrates. I have actually gone into a 100% gluten-free bakery/cafe and had to eat meat without...

I'll be in San Francisco at the end of the month. I was hoping to get a meal in Japan Town, but the restaurants listed on Japan Town's website don't have gluten-free menus. I have the international dining cards from Triumph Dining, but the language barrier still concerns me. I react to small amounts of cross contamination. I am able to eat out, but I only...

That is the funniest thing I have seen in a long, long time!