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  1. ButterflyChaser
    gee, apologies for misspelling your name, Gottaski! I must have worked on one student's essay too much tonight. I'm trying to stay positive and see this as a chance to develop new recipes. If anything comes out nice, I'll post it here!
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    Wow, thanks for your responses everybody! I am completing my first grain-free day... we'll see how it goes. One thing I noticed is that I am much calmer, and my heart is not as racing as it normally would be. I am limiting myself to certified gluten-free coconut and chestnut flours right now. Dairy doesn't seem to bother me right now. It really...
  3. ButterflyChaser
    Ugh, sorry to bring this up again... Apparently it keeps happening with grapefruit... Is this really that unusual? Should I call my doctor?
  4. ButterflyChaser
    I am avoiding flax and almonds and sweet potatoes, which is not a big deal, because potatoes were never really big in my diet. That's because of my thyroid issues. I haven't tested flaxseed since developing the disease, but I do go hypo from almonds (soy instead seems to make me hyper-like - tachycardic and manic - and totally messes up with my bowel). ...
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    I think the oat fiber is gluten-free, or at least states to be so. I should have specified that according to my blood tests I do not have celiac disease, but more likely a NCGS, which truly became a problem only after I moved to the US. I have been going slowly grainless, so I think it shouldn't be that terrible, but I like baking and I was wondering if...
  6. ButterflyChaser
    Hi all, I have just spoken to my doctor/endocrinologist about my latest reaction to soy, and about my persistent bloating/gas, which still lingers in spite of my gluten-free diet. She would like me to go totally grain-free and legume-free for about three weeks (basically primal, I guess, though she doesn't call it that way) because even if I do not seem...
  7. ButterflyChaser
    Try this: http://www.luckyvitamin.com/p-2879-organic-india-fiber-harmony-certified-organic-psyllium-whole-husk-12-oz?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=fpl&utm_term=OrganicIndiaFiberHarmonyCertifiedOrganicPsylliumWholeHusk12oz&utm_content=51334&utm_campaign=googlebase&site=google_product_listing_ads&gclid=CJ20kvni8LMCFcqY4AodkVwAdQ&...
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    CMW, I know that there is a kind of check that Italian celiacs get, and if you shop online on a gluten-free food website items will be marked as "mutuanile" when they can be claimed as benefits. It will probably be some time before I find out, but I will keep you posted. I know that if the parent has celiac disease then the children are screened (and yes...
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    Yeah, that's what I've been doing, but couldn't find a reference, just a study that may have been misinterpreted to mean that. It is true that it's like "uh, you have celiac," and not "OMG you have CELIAC!!!" because it is considered common AND a big deal at the same time. They are having more children diagnosed, but that is spoken of with great concern...
  10. ButterflyChaser
    I keep finding references to how in Italy screening for celiac disease is done on all school-children, which certainly wasn't the case when I was a child. Can anyone give me an actual source for this information? I have been searching the internet to no avail. Thanks!
  11. ButterflyChaser
    Hi, and first of all big hugs, that muscle/joint pain sucks, really. I have Hashimoto's and Grave's disease, diagnosed a year ago (hypo-ish for several months, then hyper till last month). Although I tested negative for celiac blood tests, I went on a gluten-free diet because I noticed that wheat etc worsened my symptoms, and made my legs swell and made...
  12. ButterflyChaser
    Thank you I am trying to keep a notebook, and since beginning a more careful diet it makes it easier to identify the plethora of foods I react to. I will experiment a bit with the grapefruit in the next few days when I am not soy-ed. It is really weird, though: I am used to like leaves and skins, and I would have understood finding the coating, because...
  13. ButterflyChaser
    Can you have coconut? I love coconut flour, but that requires changing the ration between flour and dry ingredients.
  14. ButterflyChaser
    Hi all, sorry to bother everyone with another TMI question. I am a bit freaked out because of what is happening with my BM. I have, for a long time, "produced" totally undigested nuts every time I ate them (and it was not a question of chewing, either. The same happened with Larabars!), as well as other things which are more commonly undigested. However...
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    I had grapefruit at lunch. Whole pieces of pink pulp came up in my bowl just 9 hours later. :(

  16. ButterflyChaser
    I think mamaw is right, the problem is that they're lumping together all food. You also nailed it saying that people are mostly concerned about bargains. What is weird, is that it's not just poor people, who would have a good reason to. The dominant mentality is "if it's a lot, and cheap, it's better." I don't understand why, since food is ubiquitous, in...
  17. ButterflyChaser
    Glad it helped, Lisa! I am not avoiding corn for health reasons - as a matter of fact, I don't know if I react to it because it's not a staple of my diet - but for political reasons. I believe in boycotting. And I believe companies need to stop feeding us and animals corn in very form.
  18. ButterflyChaser
    Yeah, been without gas for a month now, same reasons. I am looking into countertop convection ovens, really, just so as to keep my sanity. Suggestions?
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    @ Tom - no, I wouldn't say that. It may as well be that you don't tolerate it (personally, I think canola is not real food). But if you have thyroid-symptoms of some kind, then get a full panel (TSH, FT3, FT4, etc, and anti-thyroid antibodies). @ Karen - that's what I have been looking for, with no success. @ Shadow - I think that will end up being...
  20. ButterflyChaser
    My attempts at vegetarianism (twice, for just two-three months each time) objectively worsened my autoimmune disorders. I did not just "feel" worse. My labs were worse. My exams were worse. Doctors found me in a worse condition. Incidentally, my HEART condition worsened when I cut out animal protein. Feel free to mention this to your husband. Vegetarianism...
  21. ButterflyChaser
    Canola, GMO or not, is bad for people with Hashimoto's thyroiditis / hypothyroidism. It is a goitrogens-containing food, like all plants in the Brassica family. Now, I know that it is ok in moderation, cooked, and with enough iodine, yadda, yadda, yadda. But I feel knocked out/dizzy/brain fogged for hours if I eat something cooked with canola oil, so I am...
  22. ButterflyChaser
    Wow, thanks! Do you know if anything can be used to substitute the cornstarch? Maybe tapioca starch? I would be super grateful for more versions, whenever you have time. It's not really urgent, but I am planning some experiments before launching myself in the enterprise.
  23. ButterflyChaser
    I am turning 30 in a couple of months, and I would like to offer some angel food cake to my guests - it is hands down my favourite cake. Does anybody have a good gluten-free recipe for it? No soy/millet, if possible. I need to start practicing
  24. ButterflyChaser
    I have been looking for gluten-free bagels that contain: No canola oil No soy No millet because these ingredients significantly worsen my thyroid function. Has anyone ever found a brand that uses none of those three ingredients?
  25. ButterflyChaser
    Thanks! <3
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