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The only gluten-free things I've noticed at my TJs are some breads (Udi's I think...) Must depend on where you are and the manager of the store. The manager of the store I go to sticks to what the Trader Joe's website says (pasted below). He also said that the company policy is to include as much information as possible re: shared equipment on labels...

I cook whole chickens in the crock pot all the time. I put them in first thing in the morning and let them go all day -- you don't need to add liquid because you'll get that from the chicken. You won't have the lovely brown skin but the chicken is cooked, often the meat almost falls off the bone which is fine by me. What I usually do is cook the chicken...

Gut pain is no fun...after almost two years post-diagnosis I am finally getting a handle on the pain I continued to experience even though I was strictly gluten free. What worked for me was giving up: corn, dairy, most grains (I can tolerate rice and small amounts of sorghum), any processed meats, egg yolks...plus anything with fat I can tolerate in very...

Right there with you. I trialled quinoa again after almost a year off it and...had horrible abdominal pain and tenderness and was an exhausted zombie for a day. From 1 stinkin' eighth of a cup of quinoa. As it stands now I can tolerate small amounts of sorghum...and that is it. Lots of veg, meat and fruits on my plate at the moment! Plus nuts and small...

If it was certified gluten free, how much did you eat? My nutritionist (who specializes in Celiac patients and is gluten-free herself) told me that oatmeal should only be ingested by those who are symptom-free and they should eat no more than 1/4 cup (precooked) at one time. Plus if you are at the beginning of the healing process it might have been too much...

My nutritionist recommended Align probiotics and I love them. They finally got rid of that last bit of 'gut gurgle' that had lingered while I tried out other probiotics. They work really really well for me. Might be worth a try.

Reviving this topic because I am reading a fascinating book and my hubby is tired of me making him listen to excerpts! Anyway, I am engrossed in CONSIDER THE FORK: A HISTORY OF HOW WE COOK AND EAT by Bee Wilson. I wish I could lay on the couch and read for a solid day but that isn't going to happen anytime soon. It is dangerous however because I am building...

Welcome to the 'it's all in your head/you're stressed club so let me give you these pills' club...I was a member when the doctors threw up their hands because they couldn't figure out what was wrong...until that one last doctor suggested running a Celiac panel and to everyone's surprise it came back solidly positive. By that point I had been on anti-depressants...

Reviving this older post...has anyone been to Chile recently? Looks like we are moving to Santiago in July. I've found the website for Convivir which has a ton of information on it (including a list of gluten-free products and medicines!?!?!), and I'm resurrecting my español which I haven't spoken regularly in 10 years...learning all sorts of new vocab ...

Not sure if this has already been mentioned elsewhere (I've not been able to keep up with all the forums) but Fasano moved the entire Center for Celiac Research to MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston! He's seeing patients there apparently. The letter I received didn't say ANYTHING about this. University of Maryland must have been peevish about...

Could very likely be cross contamination. Also, how many are you eating? My nutritionist has figured out I'm having some fat malabsorption issues and I can't eat more than 4-5 almonds or pecan halves etc.. at a time. More than that and I'm miserable with pain, etc. A good certified gluten-free source for nuts is nuts.com. I know other members of the forums...

My nutritionist has identified this a problem for me. I've found that I can only take very small amounts of fat at a time...as in 1/8 of an avocado or 4 pecan halves. I have to work hard to make sure the fat I am ingesting is healthy fat...I found that once I upped my intake of lean protein I felt better. You should probably discuss it with your doctor or...

Sorry to have to say this but I'm 14 months post-diagnosis with 'normal' antibody tests at this point, and I'm still dealing with pain issues. I can say eliminating ALL grains (except rice), corn and legumes from my diet has helped somewhat. Also a good idea -- get rid of all processed foods and don't eat out. I'm very careful about how much caffeine I ingest...

My nutritionist told me that she recommends being symptom free for at least 6 months before reintroducing gluten-free oats...and no more than a 1/2 cup serving a day. I'm still dealing with issues so haven't touched them since diagnosis 14 months ago...

Our part of VA was really lucky this time around -- no power outages in our neighborhood, no flooding and only 1 tree down (which landed on 3 cars (!!!!) but no one was hurt.) The dog was not enthused about being inside most of the day on Monday but when given on option to go out he looked at us like,"What, are you insane? Go out in that?!?!?" Now I've...