scoutfinch

I'm trying to clean up my online presence and cancel the accounts to websites and forums that that I haven't used for a long time, and I can't figure out how to delete the account related to this forum. Can someone clue me in? Thanks.

I make the yeast pizza crust from Bette Hagman's cookbook, and it is excellent. It holds together and you can actually eat it without a fork! It's not that difficult to make, although the dough is very sticky to work with, and it helps to have a good heavy-duty mixer. I highly recommend it if you would rather make your own.

I just talked to Kim at the consumer relations department for Safeway, and she told me that all Lucerne yogurts are gluten-free. The modified food starch is made from corn. Does anyone else eat the Lucerne brand? You get 8 oz per container vs. 6 oz for Dannon or Yoplait, and it's cheaper! scout

I saw a list that said that the Lucerne yogurts are gluten-free. Does anyone know anything different about them?

Thank you, Burdee and Deb. It's important that people feel like they can use this forum as a sounding board, a place to question as well as to ask questions. I've seen several references about members (particularly newbies) who are "tearing down the diet" or somehow demeaning and mocking others who follow it. I haven't seen this at all. Nobody is doubting...

It was my impression that this board, in particular this section on coping with the disease, exists to SUPPORT people who follow the diet, people who are trying to follow the diet, people who are trying to understand celiac disease and all its implications, including how other people cope or don't cope with it. Attacking people with a "follow the diet or...

I agree with Burdee. It's easier to stay gluten-free when there are noticeable rewards for doing so, and the asymptomatic celiacs don't have the "avoidance of pain" motivation for sticking to it 100%. I'll admit it - I've cheated, suffered no ill effects and wondered once again whether the gluten-free diet is worth it (and to top it off, I've recently joined...

I also think the EnviroKidz cereal is good - the Gorilla Munch is pretty sweet and reminds me a little of Cap'n Crunch. I can find it at Safeway. It might be in the organic food section. Barbara's Puffins cereal is okay, a little bland but not offensive. It's also cheaper than the EnviroKidz. I just wish they made a gluten-free version of Froot Loops...

I guess I'm not really so interested in cheating on my diet as I am in being able to worry less about every little molecule of gluten, whether from a grill that's been used to cook pancakes or from caramel coloring or crumbs in the peanut butter. Sure, I'd love to have a bagel or a warm sourdough baguette, but mainly I just want to be able to not be so hyper...

Actually, you don't have to have your colon removed to have a colostomy. The colostomy just refers to the creation of a stoma where the upstream end of the colon is brought to the outside of the body. This can be permanent or temporary. I came out of hysterectomy surgery with a colostomy - the doctor tore a hole in my bowel with a retractor - they basically...

I have relatively "silent" celiac symptoms - low iron, maybe depression and irritability (who can really tell? ) I don't get any immediate "feedback" when I ingest gluten, like so many people who have the terrible GI effects. I asked my gastroenterologist about it - at first he told me to follow a "strict" gluten-free diet, and also told me that he thought...

Hi Wandering Hermit: I'm also relatively new to the gluten-free diet. At first, I had no idea what to eat. Then I figured out a few things that I could have (like white corn tortilla chips and cheese), and then went overboard on them. I think it takes a while to get more comfortable with food, but you'll soon develop a core group of staples. I guess...

So what is in the different yogurts that is not gluten-free? Since diagnosed with celiac disease, I've been eating more yogurt. My symptoms are silent, so I don't typically get noticeably sick. I eat mostly the Lucerne brand of yogurt, and didn't see anything on the label to worry me. What am I missing?

Hi Mom: Thanks for the gidiet website (and also for letting me vent!) I'll check it out to see what it's about. scoutfinch

I've gained 20 pounds since I started a gluten-free diet at the beginning of the year, and I was a little overweight to begin with. My celiac symptoms are "silent" - other than having low iron and some lactose intolerance, I don't suffer from the awful GI problems that many do. I think the only reason the gastroenterologist found the celiac disease was...