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^ Yup! Agreed, Irish.

Awww... As someone diagnosed with wheat allergy, I liked the idea. Just a little sub-forum, nothing major LOL. But I can also understand the points raised above.

I'm glad to see Dr. Fasano chimed in on this. I was wondering what he thought. Being a journalist myself (and a careful one), I can only cringe when I read my fellow reporters jumping to these kinds of ridiculous conclusions when it comes to "science." Yikes! *hides head in sand*

Yes products can be manufactured on the same equipment or in the same facility without having to disclose it. That's voluntary. I've had problems with Nacho Doritos before too. Sometimes they were fine but other times not, so now I just avoid them. Sometimes, I do buy products that don't state what the manufacturing situation is, especially if they...

LMAO

This reminds me I've had this song stuck in my head for a year... it's to the tune of "I feel pretty" from West Side Story. It's "I been glutened, oh so glutened..." but it's never gone any further.

This is off the hook... love it!

I try not to let these people stop me from asking the questions I need to, but I admit I sometimes get tired of being the super-annoying one. For this reason I mostly avoided eating out for a year. Then recently I've had good luck at restaurants, even without raking the poor waitress over the coals. Which led me to be TOO casual about it... then guess...

Thanks Kamma for the warm thoughts. Unfortunately, Dr. H said my brother's MRI did not appear typical for gluten ataxia, although he stressed that MRIs are not definitive. My brother's neuro has him back on gluten after several months gluten-free, because she wants to do a celiac endoscopy in a couple of months. I don't see the point since he never...

I have been diagnosed with wheat allergy although I may also have a non-celiac gluten intolerance. Diarrhea was my main symptom but I am told wheat allergy can cause that, too. When I eat wheat, within two hours my nose is stuffed up, my lips and face swell, and my eyes water. Not a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction, but an allergic response nonetheless...

One thing that always amazes me about the gene test is most experts say 97% of celiacs have DQ 2 or 8. Which means 3 percent of celiacs don't have either one! And yet doctors always act as if a negative gene test is proof you don't have it. Since I'm DQ9, I often wonder if I'm just one of the 3 percenters.

You know, I'm thinking he doesn't like gluten either, like you and Raven suggested... his eyes are all runny today. I've had his kidneys checked out pretty good, he has lots of health issues but the vet agrees he pees on my carpet whenever he's mad at me. Gotta love that. Well, I went out and bought only food with no wheat in it for him today. Learned...

LOL!!! Not to mention mine peed on my bedroom carpet last night!!! First time I ever banished him from the room and he complained all night.

Yeah, I def do have the allergic reaction going on. I always thought the offending item had to be ingested to get that reaction (like when I was a kid and was allergic to strawberries), but perhaps not. Since I do have the D, too, I figure some gluten got in my guts somehow. And yes, he does like to "pat" my face with his paw to wake me up! (I should...

For months I was careful to buy my kitty gluten-free food. But lately I've been broke and the wheat-gluten-full food was on sale and...well... 1. Cat eats gluteny food. 2. Cat immediately licks self all over because he likes to be clean after a meal. 3. Cat sneaks into bed with me in the middle of the night. 4. I wake up with swollen lips...