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  1. squirmingitch
    Thanks Gal! I really can't praise the book highly enough. It's amazing how they figured it all out. It's very interesting reading what worked for them as well as what didn't & why. All I can say is they know their stuff! Follow their directions & you'll have no problem. I double up on the recipe for the basic flour blend & make a double batch...
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    Melissa, I am so sorry to hear you've been suffering all this time because they goofed up & told you all was negative when it was in fact positive for H. pylori. Shameful. shameful, shameful! This is why people should always get copies of their lab reports and look them over for yourself so you can question anything that is "off". I hope you...
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    The cookbook is "How Can It Be Gluten Free" Vol. 1. It's by America's Test Kitchen & they nailed it!!!! They now have Vol. 2 out but I have not gotten it yet. I understand Vol. 2 has a lot of recipes for those intolerant to dairy. Below is a link to their basic flour blend recipe plus their recipes for buttermilk waffles, biscuits & chocolate chip...
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    It takes a while to find them. At first I was saying, "UGH! ICK! Who can eat this stuff????!" to everything I tried. You keep finding & trying different things & you run upon 1 here & 1 there that tastes like you remember. After a while you build a repertoire of replacement foods. I also found a fabulous cookbook with recipes for bread, dinner...
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    This is interesting and thank you for posting it. I am not saying this won't work or doesn't work but I just looked up numerous low histamine or histamine free diets and for the greater portion of my gluten free life I have been eating a low to no histamine diet even though I wasn't aware that's what I was doing. I could say it didn't make a bit of difference...
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    Yay! It's over! Happy gluten free eating!!!!!!
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    Hi flowerqueen, I had never even heard of quorn until I saw your post. I've never bought it & I won't either. I am sensitive to mushrooms which I understand these are made from or something like that. However, it has just come to my attention that Quorn Grounds --- these I have linked here: Open Original Shared Link contain MALT EXTRACT...
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    {{{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} to you both. Barty for your back -- ouch! And Ian for your loss.
  9. squirmingitch
    Better doughnuts, pies & pastries in the coffin than our own bodies right? AND there are gluten free versions of ALL those things; I guarantee it! You will be amazed at how much they taste like the gluten versions.
  10. squirmingitch
    No, kellibee, you should NOT quit eating gluten ANY TIME before the scope. Don't risk screwing up your biopsies for sake of a few days. But you don't have to eat a ton of gluten --- 1 slice of bread or a couple crackers each day.
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    Mansota has great advice. And you're still a funny guy. Gotta love the laughter. It's my personal "best medicine in the world". BUT, if you feel like throwing a pity party -- we'll be guests! There's probably not a single one of us who hasn't thrown at least one. 8 days & counting DOWN.
  12. squirmingitch
    Absolutely! You can breathe now.
  13. squirmingitch
    These are naturally gluten free & incredibly delicious! Easy too. Open Original Shared Link
  14. squirmingitch
    Hang in there Ian. You're in the home stretch. One day at a time. You can do it.
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    {{{{{{{{{{{Cheryl}}}}}}}}}}}} Hang in there.
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    {{{{{{{{{{{Cheryl}}}}}}}}}}}} Hang in there.
  17. squirmingitch
    Con Agra is a trusted company too. They will, like Kraft, always clearly list any gluten ingredients on the label. Planters nuts are a Kraft company. For rice cakes try Lundberg -- they are gluten free: Open Original Shared Link For peanut butter or other gluten-free nut butters look here: Open Original Shared Link And here is the...
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    Ahhhhhhhh, I begin to see more clearly now. "The overseeing consultant at the university hospital that I am attending is a leading celiac researcher" This makes one wonder if his motives are entirely altruistic or whether they are influenced by the desire to put a feather in his own cap & write a paper on this. Hey, nevermind me, I am...
  19. squirmingitch
    Thank you for clarifying that. Well. My goodness. I can only give you my opinion - you have to make your own decision. SINCE the celiac experts are absolutely certain you have celiac disease then you could propose to them that you don't want to eat gluten any longer just to satisfy their desire to poke around inside you any more. You can tell them that...
  20. squirmingitch
    I have never used the Land O Lakes mixes you are referring to, in fact I've never seen them in the stores I have been in but I don't see the problem here. They have not said there is any cross contamination so why do you think it's cc'd? They state it's gluten free as defined by the FDA so they obviously are confident it will test under 20 ppm. Frankly...
  21. squirmingitch
    So you're saying they say you do have celiac disease based on the positive blood work twice now. I understand they say the biopsies are negative. And you're saying they want you to eat even greater quantities of gluten for 6-8 weeks & then repeat the endoscopy with biopsies but they want to go deeper in the intestine. Assuming I have everything right...
  22. squirmingitch
    You need to insist on your doc giving you the full celiac blood panel. It is: Anti-Gliadin (AGA) IgG Anti-Endomysial (EMA) IgA Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase (tTG) IgA Deamidated Gliadin Peptide (DGP) IgA and IgG Total Serum IgA Also can be termed this way: Endomysial Antibody IgA Tissue Transglutaminase IgA GLIADIN IgG GLIADIN...
  23. squirmingitch
    I know you're going to have a rough road ahead of you with your mom but do your best. There are celiacs who are termed "silent" celiacs --- they have zero symptoms. We've had several on this site. 1 whose sister was dx'd b/c of terrible symptoms -- our gal had zero symptoms but got tested as is advised & she actually turned out to have totally flattened...
  24. squirmingitch
    I would say you need to get the celiac blood panel. This is it: Anti-Gliadin (AGA) IgA Anti-Gliadin (AGA) IgG Anti-Endomysial (EMA) IgA Anti-Tissue Transglutaminase (tTG) IgA Deamidated Gliadin Peptide (DGP) IgA and IgG Total Serum IgA Also can be termed this way: Endomysial Antibody IgA Tissue Transglutaminase IgA GLIADIN...
  25. squirmingitch
    Yup, endoscopies are a piece of cake. Nothing after midnight & you will be out for the procedure & it will be quick. Then you can drink, go home & eat & relax.
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