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  1. frenchiemama
    I just wanted to tell any fellow Madisonians that Sentry (Metcalfe's) at Hildale has REALLY improved their gluten-free section. It was really lackluster the last time I was there a few months ago, but I was just there today and it's awesome! Four freezer doors and a 3-sided end cap full of stuff, a lot of it was brands/products that I've never even seen at...
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    Supreme Pizza apparently offers gluten-free pizza, but I don't know anything about them and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the place. I read some reviews that they had been serving a "vegetarian" pizza with lard crust, so I'm not sure if I want to trust them.
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    I know that there are a few fellow wisconsinites on this board, so I thought I'd throw out a recommendation for one of my favorite restaurants. Manny's Mexican Cocina in Eau Claire, it's behind the mall kind of near the Sears tire center. The food is great, made to order (not nuked) and very good quality. They also know "gluten free". They keep a copy of...
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    That's interesting. If you can buy the Nutren, go ahead and try it. I was under the impression that everything was by prescription only, because if we want to get some for family members we need to furnish a prescription. Anyway, I can assure you that they are 100% gluten-free. There are no gluten products made in our facility at all. The fiber is pea...
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    Exactly. A few spoonfuls of that with a little fruit = instant dessert.
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    It's all about the bottom line, though. They can sell more "regular" products than specialty products, and they want to use the cheapest ingredients possible. They also go by what the majority of consumers want - which is cheap, super salty, and super sweet. Sad but true.
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    This isn't quite the same, but Philadelphia Cream Cheese brand makes cheesecake filling in a tub. It's not bad, and it's gluten-free.
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    Well, you'll need a prescription. Do you have a doctor that will do that for you? I work for Nestle, and at my facility we make (among other things) tube feeding pouches and complete nutrition drinks. They both come in unflavored varieties, but I'm pretty sure that both contain maltodextrin and milk proteins. HOWEVER. There is a product called FAA (Free Amino...
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    "Heaps of flour" is just a figure of speech. You needn't take things so literally. Feel free to interpret my tone however you like, I was just trying to help.
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    Also, for anyone interested, if a product bears an Orthodox Union marking or is otherwise marked as kosher, you can bet that cleaning and HACCP procedures are taken quite seriously. Companies putting these marks on their products are subject to regular and frequent inspection by a Rabbi (in our case, someone sent by the OU). Those guys mean business.
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    What makes you think I'm being hostile? You clearly don't know much about food manufacturing, and I was explaining to you in as much detail as possible without being overly technical. Not peppering all of my posts with smiley faces doesn't make me hostile.
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    I have no idea about the milk. I would assume it has something to do with either texture or flavor. And of course, I can only speak for the company that I work for, but they take it VERY seriously. I have been glutened more times by my own family than I have by restaurants or commercial products. Quite frankly, I think I trust a commercial product more...
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    Probably because we aren't risking anaphylaxis and sudden death. That's just my thought.
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    Your post leads me to believe that you don't really understand what goes on in a factory. It isn't as though there are heaps of flour lying around, or that the lines are just getting lightly rinsed between runs. You have to remember that bacterial contamination and pest control are extremely important as well, and if for no other reason they will be extremely...
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    Wonderful restaurant alert. It's called the Native Bay Restaurant, Open Original Shared Link If you call 2-3 days ahead to let them know your needs and make a reservation, the owner/chef will make sure your meal is gluten-free and (time permitting) will even make a special bread for you. (My husband and I actually went to HS with the owner)
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    Actually, I just ate at Biaggi's a few nights ago (visiting my father) and I was able to order gluten-free pasta off the gluten free menu. It was very good and I had no problems whatsoever.
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    Me too. Having had close family die from cancer, I just can't possibly "wait and see". It's just too much worry for me.
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    Too true, my friend. Too true. I actually have another one of these, showing that being a celiac carries an average 2x risk for ANY type of malignancy. Good reason for all of us to be careful with smoking, drinking, environmental exposure and eat a healthful diet.
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    I'm sorry, but I have to completely disagree with this. I am well aware of the meaning of "inconclusive" and while it doesn't mean positive, it most certainly doesn't mean negative either. People with inconclusive biopsy results can and DO get positive results from the sections taken after surgery. As a celiac, I have more than 22 times the risk of getting...
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    Increased Risk of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Celiac Disease Laura Kent · Russell McBride · Robert McConnell · Alfred I. Neugut · Govind Bhagat · Peter H. R. Green Received: 20 December 2005 / Accepted: 30 January 2006 C Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006 Abstract Patients with celiac disease have an increased rate of malignancies that are ...
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    I've had two already. The nodule also grew 3 mm in one week between ultrasounds.
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    No, I haven't joined any other group. I've been going by all of the medical journal articles and textbook excerpts that my auntie has been supplying me with. At this point I don't know if I have some kind of thyroid disease like Hashimoto's. I very well may. But is it even worth pursuing? I mean, no more thyroid = no more thyroid disease, doesn't it? Or...
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    Rusla - duly noted. That is precisely why I am not comfortable with "wait and see". Sure, it's rare to have it spread...but rare doesn't mean impossible. What if I am that one person on a thousand that has complications? AmandaD - I am in the Marshfield system. Have been for years, and I've always been very happy. When I lived in the Madison area it was...
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    I voted "none of the above". I believe that I am allergic to soy and or dairy, because I get sneezy/stuffy and get eczema from dairy and I get eczema and anxiety/insomnia from soy. I *may* have a problem with oats, because right before I was diagnosed I was on a huge steel cut oats kick and my symptoms were much, much worse than they had ever been in the...
  25. frenchiemama
    A few weeks ago, a doctor found one very large and two small nodules on my thyroid. The large one on the left is roughly an inch in diameter, and the two on the right are very small still. I have had two biopsies of the larger lump (the smaller ones are too small to attempt) and both have come back showing abnormal cell growth but were ruled inconclusive...
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