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  1. gluten free overseas
    Thanks for the advice! I went out and bought that cookbook today.
  2. gluten free overseas
    So.... I needed to get my children tested, so I went with Entrolab. According to entrolab, both children are gluten sensitive (is that the same thing as gluten intolerant). My older son has borderline issues with casein and.... I had no clue.... is allergic to eggs. He didn't have a rash or swelling or anything when he ate eggs, so I had no idea he shouldn...
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    Yes, the elimination diet IS scientific! I eat gluten, I feel like crap. I do not eat gluten, I feel great. I eat gluten again, I feel like crap... hmmmm... could this mean that I can't eat gluten??? I mean, seriously, give yourself permission to do what your body is telling you to do. I like to have a tangible paper with numbers, but for me... it was not...
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    SERIOUSLY??!!! I've been avoiding tea from teabags for NOTHING??? This was a very good thread--the previous info I read (new to the gluten free diet) was outdated, apparently.
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    Dr. Pepper is gluten free. This is the info from their web site: Q: Does Dr Pepper contain gluten? A: All of our products are considered gluten-free. Note: All products, which contain High Fructose Corn Syrup, may contain trace amounts of corn gluten. According to the Celiac Sprue Association, corn gluten is not harmful to people with Celiac Sprue disease...
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    Quinoa is a grain--I make it in a soup a bit like barley soup (except with quinoa, not barley). You can find it at health food stores. You have to wash it really well in a sieve under water to get the film off or it can give you a stomach ache. Some people with celiac can't digest it well, but for me, I eat it just about everyday to stay regular.
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    I'm only a couple of months into the celiac lifestyle too and was also very very sick before it. The first thing we did was buy a grill. You can even get a smaller, inexpensive one if money is an object. Get some chicken breast, marinate it a couple of hours in garlic, olive oil, some spices, a little lemon (put chicken and marinade in a zip lock bag in...
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    I am not an expert because my son is going through this right now too, but I think you should keep exploring other food allergies. Lots of people with celiac disease are allergic to yeast--which is in a lot of foods. Potato, corn, soy, and citrus are very common allergies for people with celiac disease. Can she tolerate quinoa? Quinoa helps me break my...
  9. gluten free overseas
    Thank you! The thermos idea is awesome--my son LOVES soup. Both posts--great ideas, thank you. I will type in "lunchbox" right now. When I told my son that he had to go gluten free too, he burst into tears and cried, "I don't want to have your disease!" That was a very sad sad moment, but a least they will have a happy, energetic childhood... not like...
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    Thanks, everyone, who provides input on this forum. It has helped me enormously. I was going to get my children tested in the States, but I don't think it's necessary now. I took my two boys to the doctor for a check up and told them all about the gluten testing options for when we get to the States and that I'm concerned about both of them. One son is very...
  11. gluten free overseas
    Hi, everyone. I live overseas in a country where celiac is so rare that the hospitals do not have the capability to test for it. So I did a self-diagnosis through an elimination diet. Like most of you, my life has dramatically changed even in the couple months I've been off gluten. It's too late for me to get the blood tests because I've been off gluten for...
  12. gluten free overseas
    Anxiety was one of my symptoms too, and I'm 34. It's like an ocean of calm that was never there before. From the time I was a small child, I was told that I was just overly sensitive and melancholy. So glad to be gluten free now because that is NOT my true personality.
  13. gluten free overseas
    Where did you buy the hand mortar? Does a magic bullet type thing grind buckwheat too?
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    I live overseas in a place where they do not have the capability to test for celiac. I am new to this too--I felt like I was dying and was in the hospital for three weeks. It was terrible. Then my husband and a friend, thank God, came upon gluten intolerance, I went on a gluten-free diet, and it was like a miracle! More symptoms than I have counted have disappeared...
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    Yes, polenta is another word for fine cornmeal. I think tapioca flour would sub for the polenta if you didn't want to use corn. I like that little bit of cornmeal in the dough because the texture it gives reminds me of what a wheat pizza tastes like when you dust your pizza pan with cornmeal--that's what it reminds me of. Yes, my pizza was like a thinner...
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    Three times a charm! I finally made a good pizza crust... yeah!! And it's pretty darn good. My son ate a lot of it! Here's the recipe in case anyone out there doesn't want to use a mix--it's really not hard to do it from scratch. Dissolve a teaspoon sugar in 1 cup lukewarm water and a Tablespoon yeast While the yeast is activating, butter (with a good...
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    I'm new to the gluten free life and am living overseas. I can't call all these manufacturers long distance from overseas, so I need some help. Although I don't have a major issue with skin problems, I did develop a small rash in between my fingers two weeks ago. Today, I looked at my face cream... what do you know, it has wheat in it. I thought I'd checked...
  18. gluten free overseas
    Thank you very much. I will check that web site. I appreciate all the tips.
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    No, I don't think I can get potato starch, but I can get potato flour. I might just have to order some mixes a couple of times a year and pay the postage! Yikes.
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    Thank you, I greatly appreciate this! That is very simple, I can get all the ingredients.
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    Hi, I'm new to this forum.I live in SE Asia where Celiac is very rare. The hospitals don't even have the equipment to test for it--that's how rare it is in the population here. I had three weeks of full blown cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, started hallucinating, finally pinpointed gluten as the culprit. I'm recovering completely--taking a ton of (gluten free...
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