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  1. mmaccartney
    I don't want to start a soy debate here, but my favorite gluten-free / CF / NF (nut free) comfort food is soy based!!! They are the "Purely Vanilla" ice cream bars. This is the closest thing to a "Dove bar" that I have found Open Original Shared Link I eat these by the box!
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    I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!!!!!!!!! I actually live about 20 minutes away and try to get there for goodies whenever I can!! These people are great. Giant Eagle semi-sweet choco chips are only available at GE stores (midwest chain) Enjoy Life Foods choco chips are in a lot of stores, but I can't tell you which ones...sorry!
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    I've noticed for some time that "non-dairy coffee creamer" actually contains sodium caseinate. Sodium Caseinate is a milk deriviative. I looked into it a bit, and the FDA allows a product with Sodium Caseinate as an ingredient to label the product as "non-dairy",: ================================= Dairy scientists and the Food and Drug Administration...
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    cocoa butter is not a milk ingredient! Giant Eagle brand chocolate chips are gluten-free/CF, and nut free too. Enjoy Life Foods has gluten-free/CF chocolate chips as well. We buy those and melt them down to make our own goodies!
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    I had that done last year. By far it was the coolest test. Basically you swallow a large pill sized camera with lights and all, kinda space age! then you put on a vest with wires and recording equipment. The wires are attached to your abdomen, kinda like an ekg. Then you go on about your day! At the end of the day you return to the doctor, they take the...
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    Bummer! I know nothing about military insurance. I would ask them if the military provides this type of testing, and if a military doctor ordered it, would it still be covered??? I woul expect that if a doctor in their plan ordered the test, it wouldn't matter what lab it came from! My insurance company told me that they would *not* cover the testing....
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    Working with "reputable" institutions doesn't buy you any more security either. Open Original Shared Link These people are reputable, and they lost their computer backup tapes!! Recently, on Ohio, Alltel made the news as when they were closing a store, they took all the cell phone application forms (With social security numbers, credit card...
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    I typically go to a pharamacy at a loacl supermarket as the lead pharmacist is great! She will research the ingredients of a medicine for me and even still provides me the ingredients to double check! Not all of the pharmacists there are good though. One guy was a particular ass. I told him that I couldn't have WRBO or milk and if the medicine contained...
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    the "gold standard" is positive serology with positive intestinal biopsy. These methods are extermely old, and as we celiacs know, they are not that accurate unless your disease is progressed! Enterolab is appealing to many as 1) it is non invasive, 2) it does NOT require you to ingest gluten for testing purposes. The issues are that the testing is...
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    I found Annies dressings to be quite good. Ians chicken nuggets made me VERY SICK the time that I ate them. Haven't had them since!
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    I love it when I can wake up in the morning and know that I have another day with my wife and children. Another day to go to work, to breath in the Spring air, another day to .... live!!! I truly thought I was going to die last year. Many of my colleagues, friends and family felt this way as well. Heck, I was actually starting to prepare for it to happen...
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    I happen to audit IT systems, and perform security analysis and testing for an audit firm, so I know a bit about this subject! I think it is just as risky to give your credit card number to someone over the phone. Think about it, your phone conversation can be interecepted! The person on the other end of the phone is typically filling in the same web page...
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    Hey, we must be related, I have the DQ3 gene as well.(Along with the DQ2 gene) To answer your questions, yes gluten can cause an iummune response in you, and hence damage. The only test that I am aware of that shows damage is the "malabsorption" test. I've been told that Celiac is a label associated with those people who have gluten sensitive enteropathy...
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    Yes, but like someone mentioned before.... we all knew what you meant! Here is FAANs response on wheat based waxes: ============================================= Hi Michael, We've never heard anything about wheat-derived waxes, so I don't know if they've been developed or approved. However, I do know that we haven't had any reports of reactions...
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    As milk and wheat are some of the most common allergens, I checked with the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN http://www.foodallergy.org) regarding this. They didn't address the wheat issue, and I have written them back on this. They do have some insight into the casein issue though: when I get back from them about wheat I will post it....
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    I understand, I'm not willing to do that at this point, nor do I think I could last long enough for a gluten challange to be effective. I'd probably drop out after 1-2 days... Is there any hope that your Dr can squeeze you in now??? Explain to them what you've been going through, and how important it is to you. If they can understand that you are literally...
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    I should've been more specific!! I need a replacement for Heavy Whipping Cream that is free of gluten, dairy, eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts of any kind!
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    I can only comment on #1 and #2 don't have the answers for the rest! 1) Yes, this is certainly possible. Some people have celiac predisposition, but the disease will not be active until something triggers it. For me, I didn't have any symptoms I would have noticed until I had a vasetcomy done. The surgery, or something given to me during, triggered my...
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    The only graham crackers that are gluten-free that I have tried are Josef's Gluten Free Graham Crackers. They have them the gluten-free mall, Open Original Shared Link however I get them locally. I need to make the recipe DF. I can replace the butter with Earth Balance, and the hot milk with hot soymilk, however does anyone have any suggestion on the...
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    Any medicine injected into the body carries a risk. People react to Penicillin, and have died! But there is benefit for many many people to have Penicillin available. At any rate: Open Original Shared Link I'm glad my kids are vaccinated! We are all guinea pigs in large clinical trials whenever a drug is approved and realeased to the public...
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    Hi, sorry you're feeling sick I wasn't sick to my stomach after my 2 endos, but yes the hangover symptoms were there. I felt better by the next day. I also was told I had a small hiatal hernia, not sure if that is related or not, GI told me not to worry about it for now. I also was told that I had esophagitis and gastritis. He told me to elevelate...
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    Rachel, That really sucks. I had a colonscopy done and they are not fun at all. I'm not sure which is worse, the prep kit or the test??/ Have you discussed with your doctor a cameroscopy?? Bascially you swallow a small pill sized camera and wear a harness for a day. The camera takes thousands of pictures of your entire digestive tract, inclusive...
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    It appears that way, the link describes that there are wheat based waxes too... So this gets interesting! How do we find out more information? The FDA article only tells us what is allowed to be used, we need to find out what people are using... On a side note, I had a thought last week, and when I did some research is startled me! I typically...
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    Here is a recipe for Minestrone soup. I make this every week, and this is what I take with me to whereever I work every day for lunch! They call me the Soup Man! Minestrone Soup Ingredients =========== 3 tablespoons vegetable base, OR ~6 vegetable boullion cubes NOTE: I use a product called "Better then Boullion" it is a liquid boullion that...
  25. mmaccartney
    Yep, that was an incorrect statement, sorry!! Somehow I got that impression looking at their site earlier today...
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