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  1. bartfull
    So last night I dreamed I was making pancakes for some people (I don't know whom), and they weren't home yet so I ate some. They tasted SO good! Then the people came home and I left to go somewhere. I stopped at a Burger King in a town where nobody knew me so I ordered a Whopper and fries. I felt so sneaky, but I wanted it. I woke up dizzy and shaky and...
  2. bartfull
    The "citrate" and "ascorbic" might well be from corn. (They usually are.) I'll write to the company and ask them. Thanks!
  3. bartfull
    I don't feel the energy I did when I first started but I know that's because I am vitamin deficient. Sweet potatoes have a lot of vitamins and that's why I eat one every day. Every vitamin pill I have looked at has either gluten, soy, or corn, so I haven't been taking any. As soon as I get a chance to get to the health food store I plan on trying some that...
  4. bartfull
    As long as you are getting good nutrition I don't see a problem. After my corn intolerance hit I was VERY limited. There were only 11 foods I could tolerate - and one of them was salt! Every day I ate a banana for breakfast, every day I ate chicken and rice for lunch and chicken and sweet potato for supper. I would alternate between broccoli one week and...
  5. bartfull
    Might have been a fluke, but it wouldn't hurt to give it up for three months or so.
  6. bartfull
    Some people claim that eating the same food every day will cause you to become intolerant to that food but I don't believe it. I eat chicken and sweet potatoes every day and after two years I still don't have a problem with either of them.
  7. bartfull
    Wheat MUST be labeled in the US and Canada by law. What they meant is that some of the outsourced ingredients MAY have been made in a facility that processes wheat. So in other words, if a flavoring, which is a tiny percentage of the whole product has some cross-contamination from being made in a facility that processes wheat, the entire percentage of CC...
  8. bartfull
    If you start reading a lot here you will see that this is VERY common. It's almost as if we go through a "honeymoon" period designed to let us know we are on the right track and to encourage us by letting us get a glimpse of what it feels like to feel good. Now that your body has gotten a taste of good health it has gotten down to the business of healing...
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    bartfull replied to NateJ's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    HOORAY!! It IS good news. No cancer (I know that is what you were worried about), nothing but a kidney stone that isn't causing problems. Now, let's try to figure out if it is an additional intolerance.
  10. bartfull
    Peppers are a nightshade vegetable too. I don't really have any ideas what you could replace the sauce with though. Maybe you could go with a "white" spaghetti sauce, sort of like they do with white pizza. Ricotta or even cottage cheese, some pesto and some spices?
  11. bartfull
    Pretend you are your child. You wouldn't let anyone contaminate your child's food, right? And you wouldn't tolerate anyone make fun of your child or not take his disease seriously, right? Well, you just put your foot down, tell people you have a real medical need and that it should not be an issue for them whatsoever. YOU are the one who has to deal with...
  12. bartfull
    I have told all of my friends that if I get into an accident or have a heart attack or anything, just let me lie there and die. Actually, I am only half joking. The "hospital" in this town is more of a clearing house. They "stablize" you and then send you to Rapid City. The hospital in Rapid City was just rated one of the very WORST hospitals in the...
  13. bartfull
    Because you said this? "Am in the process of writing to Archer Farms b/c I am PISSED." I guess we thought you were ticked off at THEM instead of yourself, but it looks like you ARE mad at yourself and are writing to them to find out about their other products and about their cleaning practices?
  14. bartfull

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    bartfull replied to NateJ's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I just went back and read some of your previous posts so I could get an idea of what is going on with you. It seems you have been gluten-free for a couple of years now and you are sick again. I understand why you are worried, but maybe it's something as simple as a new intolerance you have developed. I'll be praying, crossing my fingers, and sending positive...
  15. bartfull
    I wouldn't be mad at the company. They DID write on the label that it was made in a facility that processes wheat. Lots of companies do that - say something is gluten-free because they use no gluten ingredients. There are even a lot of folks here who DON'T usually get sick from eating something made in facilities that process wheat. Some folks are more sensitive...
  16. bartfull
    If you want further testing you need to be eating gluten. After a few weeks off of it you would need to go back on it - most folks say for three months. It's up to you. A lot of us are self-diagnosed. If you think it's important to have an official diagnosis, go for it. If you are staisfied that gluten-free makes you feel better, just stay gluten-free and...
  17. bartfull
    Yep. When I was going through gluten withdrawal I could eat massive amounts of food and still be hungry. Give it two to three weeks and it'll go away.
  18. bartfull
    Have you read the Newbie 101 thread? It will help you to prevent cross-contamination. There are LOTS of places gluten can hide.
  19. bartfull
    Renegade, it is because our immune system reads gluten as a foreign invader and attacks, but instead of attacking the gluten, it attacks US. Think about how our bodies respond to one microscopic germ or virus - all of the symptoms of a cold are caused by our immune system trying to get rid of it. In the same way, one microscopic bit of gluten makes our immune...
  20. bartfull
    You CAN stay gluten-free, even in a household full of gluten eaters, but you have to keep ALL of your stuff seperate. Dishes, pots and pans, a sponge, and especially your food. You could get one of those plastic totes for the non-perishables, and a smaller one that'll fit in the fridge for the other stuff. And no matter WHERE you live, you need to get...
  21. bartfull
    Ouch! As a corn sensitive celiac, I feel bad for you. Heck, I feel bad for both of us! OK, if what you have is DH, I'm pretty sure it can't come from corn. Did you have ANY sign of it before? If you did, it's one of those things that can flair for up to two years even if you are stricktly gluten-free. Iodine can make it flair too so maybe it was the salt...
  22. bartfull
    I'm so jealous! Hot Tuna? Trampled by Turtles? I sure wish I could go!! I have attended more bluegrass festivals than I can remember and at ALL of the big ones, there will be ice for sale and a water truck that goes around with fresh water you can fill your jugs at. I wasn't gluten-free when I went but I brought all of my own food to every one, and...
  23. bartfull
    Unless the doctor did a biopsy during the endoscopy, he didn't test you for celiac. But whether you have celiac or NCGI, you haven't been gluten-free long enough to see complete healing. Also, for the first two or three weeks you will probably have gluten withdrawal, and a rumbing stomach is not uncommon (along with hunger, headaches, mood swings, and other...
  24. bartfull
    The article said it wouldn't be suitable for things like bread so what's the point?
  25. bartfull
    When I first started the gluten-free diet I was taking sub-lingual B12 and sub-lingual biotin, plus a multi-vitamin. After a few weeks I felt better than I had since I was a kid. I had so much energy I was driving my friends crazy. THEN the corn intolerance hit and I could no linger take my vitamins because they all had either gluten or soy or corn. After...
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