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  1. kbtoyssni
    Just curious why you had her tested if she doesn't have any symptoms? She may be just barely gluten intolerant. I feel that most people start out just a little intolerant and get worse until they finally have so much damage they have celiac. Maybe that's the case here?
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    Thanks for posting. I never knew that people could have a problem with too much protein. Glad I'm aware of it now.
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    I never fridge my flours, and they seem to taste ok. I also keep mine in airtight containers.
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    I think it's a 1970s building. I'll ask about mold, doubt the front office has any clue, though. Is there any way I can tell if there's mold on my own?
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    The public areas are smoke free, but tenants are free to smoke in their own apartments. I wouldn't care if they didn't have this stupid ventilation system in which the air from all apartments mix. I never had this problem in my last apartment because the ventilation system was more of an individual apartment one. I honestly don't think people should be...
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    I *think* it's electric heat. I hardly use my heater, though. Apartments tend to be pretty warm without it. I even opened my window a crack today, and it's 20F outside! It is pretty dry (as it always is during Minnesota winters) so I can try a humidifier. The dryness can get uncomfortable with itchy skin. I didn't sleep well in August and September...
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    Ah, perfect! That's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!
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    My mum (also a celiac) is traveling to Egypt in February and wants something like a Triumph dining card to take with her. Triumph doesn't have a card in Arabic. Does anyone know where I can get one?
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    Is it really 90% that don't react? Just wondering if you've seen a study that shows that number.
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    I moved to a new apartment five months ago (from the suburbs to the city), and I have never slept well in this new place. I have no idea why. I can be really tired, but lie down and something makes me feel like the room is not conducive to sleeping. I have trouble falling asleep and I often don't wake up refreshed. On weekends (I work M-F) I have been...
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    I wouldn't think there's enough sugar in one tablet to make a difference how you feel. Compared to how much sugar you consume in a day, this would be only a small, small percentage of total sugar. Could you talk to you doctor about getting B12 shots? I'm wondering if those might have less additives.
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    Welcome! Going gluten-free is the best thing that ever happened to me. My life is so much better now that I have my health so hopefully this will be the answer to your health problems, too.
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    Green tea is usually ok. Always have to check just to be sure, but there's a 99% chance it's fine. My first thought is that he's only been gluten-free for a few days which probably isn't long enough for him to have done a lot of healing. So the stomach pain could be a holdover from the intestinal damage. Once your gut is damaged, it seems like lots...
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    I wonder if this is partially in response to several articles this year that were along the lines of "having trouble losing weight? Then cut out gluten!" These articles were indirectly saying that if you have celiac you may have trouble losing weight, but they came across as a fad diet which, even if you don't have celiac, probably works because you eliminate...
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    I also agree that no one *needs* celiac to have a healthy diet. Most of the things I've had to cut out since diagnosis are the high-gluten processed foods like white bread, chips, cookies, cereal, etc, and those contain a lot of sugar and HFCS and other ingredients that aren't considered good for anyone. Products that contain small amounts of gluten like...
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    Tough questions. Honestly, you probably wouldn't be thinking celiac if his sister hadn't tested positive. But now that you know, I think it's the responsible thing to get him tested. That's just being a good mother. If he does test negative and you try the gluten-free diet, you'll likely know if gluten is a problem. And dietary response is a positive...
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    Thank you! I'm actually an electrical engineer - one of the few who can write well I think! My talents are being wasted on technical documents...
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    My first advice would be don't assume the doc will automatically blow you off. There are good doctors out there, and you're going in for the stereotypical digestive symptoms so you might have an easier time. Have your facts down - be able to say you've been reading about it and recent studies show it's much more common than previously thought, tell her...
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    Well, you are the oldest so things like you not having as many restrictions on computer time is just something that happens as you get older. She'd probably be jealous of this regardless of celiac. And maybe your family ordered lots of pizza before so it's a hard adjustment, but takeout pizza isn't very good for you anyway so in a way, this is good for...
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    I read that as the consumption of cow milk increases, so does the incidence of osteoporosis. That doesn't mean that if you drink cow milk, you will have osteoporosis, but it was a statistically significant study. I *think* I read it in the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" - a very long read, but full of interesting stuff about how agriculture and cities began...
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    I've always felt that GS and celiac are part of a spectrum of how sick you've become. You start off gluten sensitive, keeping eating gluten and get more and more damage until you end up celiac. GS is a good thing in my opinion - it means you caught it before it got really bad. Unfortunately your experience with the doctor not giving you much info is...
  22. kbtoyssni
    I consider it outright eating gluten and with a pill that doesn't claim to replace a gluten-free diet, I would not eat them. I consider the type of CC this pill is designed to treat as the stuff you have no control over - you've checked that every ingredient is gluten-free, asked people to use clean utensils, yet something still goes wrong unbeknownst to...
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    In a few months when you can start telling the difference, you should also start teaching her how to deal with gluten-induced behavior problems. When I've been glutened, I know I need to think three times before I say anything. My first reaction is to get mad at people bothering me and there are many times when I just want to yell at coworkers. That's...
  24. kbtoyssni
    You should try walking around the mall - it's nice and warm and you can still get a workout. Or cross country skiing or snowshoeing - cold and snow is no excuse not to workout! I do this - I leave my bags in the car so they're always there when I need them! Some stores will give you 5 or 10 cents back per bag that you reuse.
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    I think blood tests for celiac should be part of a yearly checkup, regardless of whether the person is symptomatic. But realize that a negative test doesn't mean the person doesn't have celiac. I'd like for doctors to ask more questions about symptoms. I had symptoms I didn't realize were symptoms until post-gluten-free. I did have a lot of digestive...
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