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  1. lemontree1
    Iron Saturation reflects how your body stores iron. I'm curious if you know your ferritin levels as well? That would tell you if you need to supplement.
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    I haven't personally done this, but I recall reading about it recently. I read that you use twice as much gelatin as xantham gum. As far as cookies, I've made chocolate chip cookies without gum or starch. They are a little crumbly, but really work out fine. They are less crumbly if I make sure they are not undercooked at all.
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    I made sausages wrapped in biscuit dough last night. They worked fine and were quite delicious. The dough recipe is posted on the thread about biscuits. I used the country coconut recipe, using 1 cup of rice flour and no coconut or starch. The biscuit melts a bit, which wasn't too bad, but the butter might be cut down a bit as well to help with the melting...
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    We made these for dinner last night (with sausage gravy). My daughter microwaved the butter to a liquid, so they were more like drop biscuits and looked more like cookies than biscuits. We didn't have any coconut flour, so I used unsweetened coconut. The flavor was very coconut, but other than that, very, very yummy. I think, doing it again, I'd just have...
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    We made the coconut biscuit yesterday. My daughter microwaved the butter to a liquid. When it was all mixed up, we had drop biscuits. They are very good as well.
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    Anemic- yes. Gliadin is the antibody against gluten. There are two types. TTG is an antibody against the stomach lining. Again- the two types. Children often don't make enough mature cells for this test to be positive. Based on your description and the tests, it seems pretty obvious to me that your daughter is celiac. She should be off gluten and dairy...
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    There are growth plates in the wrist, so it may be that is what they are looking at. They may be able to tell her percentage of growth? I am also curious.
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    Are there many places for crumbs to hide? I think most breadmakers are pretty basic- the pan the dough is in with a paddle or two is all that would touch the bread. I'd just soak the pan and blade, scrub the parts really good and maybe put it in the dishwasher. I think you could be able to get all the offending particles out.
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    A new diet can be quite overwhelming, especially considering all the new ingredients that had never occurred to many of us to use before this. In light of this fact, I think it might be good to have one thread where we can talk about one ingredient at a time. This thread would be for rice flour. What do you use rice flour for? Do you normally have different...
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    Is there gluten in the peanut butter from the dry roasted nuts or is that a fallicy?
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    I cook my dry beans in a pressure cooker. I don't presoak. I get the pan up to pressure with 1 part beAns to 2 1/2 parts water and probably a tsp salt per cup of beans. It takes some experimenting to get the times right, but for 2 cups of beans it takes around 15-25 minutes depending on the kind of beans. Black beans take less time, pinto beans take more...
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    It certainly sounds like an allergy to me. You can ask for a blood allergy test to be sure. I believe that is an IgE test. I have some of the same symptoms and I have a wheat allergy as well as celiac disease. Or you could just not eat the stuff at all. :-)
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    It is really good with lots of butter and frozen peas cooked in. We've mixed it with marinara, chunks of cheese and browned ground beef, then used it to stuff peppers or just chop the peppers and add to the mixture. I typically just put some in a bowl, top with marinara and cheese then microwave it until the cheese is melty. Tastes a bit like pizza. :-) On...
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    I thought I'd check my labs just to be sure, and what do you know? Calcium is included on the metabolic panel. Mine has never been abnormal. :-( I thought we were on to something there.
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    Oh my goodness! I just looked up hyperparathyroidism and everything sounds so familiar. And with the location of the parathyroid gland it may explain my throat swelling sensations as well. I'm going to ask my doctor to check for it when I go in for an appointment next week.
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    I haven't been taking any meds or supplements. I have no idea what causes it, though now when I inadvertently eat wheat, I get an immediate lightheadedness reaction, vertigo and/or back pain, then about 8 hours later get the warm flushing, chest and kidney pain, and a more mild tachycardia (around 120 or so). So, I don't know if it is all wheat related or...
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    I can understand trying to make yourself healthier. I began this quest of finding out I have celiac disease because I physically felt awful. I figured it was related to diet and did a lot of research about diet in general. I found a lot of people spouting a lot of claims about what we eat. Even the diet I ultimately decided to follow had a lot of claims,...
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    I am very sensitive to Tide products, even Tide Free. The only laundry detergents I've tried that didn't make me break out are All Free and Clear and Sun. I use All because Sun doesn't clean as well.
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    Open Original Shared Link Buckwheat is not related at all. Totally different family of plants. It is neither a cereal nor a grass.
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    Probably not the same thing, but I get a vibrating feeling in my extremities when I experience tachycardia-- heartrate over 200 bpm. That's usually accompanied by a hotflush and rapid breathing. I'm hoping it is just diet related, and will not ever happen to me again because it is very scary.
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    I've only been gluten free for a few days now, but already my depression and anxiety are gone, and I have moments of actually feeling happy. It's been a really long time since I actually felt like smiling or laughing. Though I don't yet have the energy I want, I am getting glimpses of "the good life". I'm really looking forward to the next few months as my...
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    I just found where I read about receiving gluten free school lunches. Here is the link: Open Original Shared Link
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    Thank you for the replies. It makes feel better about the decision I made. I did more research yesterday, and your replies agree with what I think is the best decision for me. I'm going to remain gluten free. I'm convinced that it is the right thing to do. I just need to get better, and I can't do that if I continue poisoning myself. I went ahead and did...
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    I recently read that celiac disease qualifies for a disability as far as the National Nutrition Program goes. If you contact the school nutrition services and provide them with a Dr's note, they are required to provide a gluten free alternative of the school's lunch for your child. I'd try to look up the specific source, but it will have to wait until later...
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    As far as Dairy goes, it took me several weeks before I noticed a difference. The difference for me was an absence of menstrual cramps. I used to get bad cramps every month. No dairy= no cramping. Now when I have dairy, I cramp almost immediately. Well, all except cheese. For some reason cheese doesn't make me react. I think it is because cheese has less...
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