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    Welcome!
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    Welcome!
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    LaChoy is also gluten-free.
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    Soy is ok for celiacs (unless you are also intolerant to soy). I eat cheetos all the time with no problem!
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    I use a lot of rice, corn tortillas (you can get the more mexican-style ones for around $1.50 for 40), potatoes. I don't eat sandwiches for lunch much anymore, I eat a baked potato or rice with salsa and cheese. Instead of doing crackers with cheese or peanut butter, I use celery or rice cakes. You should identify a few of the most expensive gluten-free...
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    When I realized I needed to go peanut free, I was having a lot of trouble giving it up. Even though peanuts were making me sick, I couldn't give it up for myself. I had to give it up for other people. I thought about my family and friends and coworkers who have to deal with me when I'm sick and brain fogged and miserable and complaining and not able to...
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    I'm way late in replying to this, but I'd interpret her comment as "If it isn't labeled gluten-free, you must verify it's gluten-free-ness before eating". Obviously not everything that's gluten-free is labeled, so it is best to call and confirm if it isn't explicitly stated. Good luck at your meeting! You can learn a lot from these "paranoid" types - they...
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    Does this include their soap? You could try CeraVe lotion. You can get it as Walgreens and CVS. I think it's a better mosturizer than Cetaphil.
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    Walgreens is gluten-free (at least I know their women's multi is and I'm 99.9% sure all their other ones are, too, but as usual, you should check just to be sure).
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    ARCHIVED Torture!

    kbtoyssni replied to GeoffCJ's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Pizza is the one thing that gets me, too. At first it was torturous. Now it doesn't bother me so much because it's so ingrained that pizza is evil that I don't even want it anymore. Hopefully it will get easier for you, too.
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    I usually bring two sandwiches, an apple and those three-ingredient peanut butter cookies. I don't like to bring too much perishable food since you have to eat it before you enter your destination country. I have brought lasagna to heat up before, but AA wouldn't heat it for me. Made me very mad, especially since I don't 100% trust their gluten-free food...
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    Eventually I would move to cooking one meal for everyone. Cooking two meals is an invitation for extra stress and cross contamination issues.
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    Good for you! I hope the diet helps him (and I suspect it will since it's in his family). I also get very depressed and brain fogged from gluten and was pleasantly surprised when those symptoms went away after going gluten-free.
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    You can do a blood test or an intestinal biopsy. The problem is that there are a lot of false negatives with testing. A positive biopsy is still considered the "gold standard" but by that point you'll have to have a lot of intestinal damage. If you have celiac but a negative biopsy, I'd say you're lucky that you haven't gotten much damage yet. Enterolab...
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    ARCHIVED Coffee

    kbtoyssni replied to maribeth's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    All of those foods can be safe, it just depends on the brand. As long as you've read the ingredients, you're probably ok. Coffee gives me a stomach ache. I drink decaf instead and haven't had any problems.
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    Thank you! I'll pass the info along to my friend.
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    I also lost a lot of weight. Although you may not be at an unhealthily low weight yet, you probably will have to eat more to stop losing. I started eating some higher calorie snacks like nuts, craisins, cheese and crackers. I also started drinking gatorade to add some calories without making me feel like I'm stuffing myself every meal.
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    Are there any gluten-free cream of mushroom soups out there? I've never seen a mainstream brand without wheat. A friend wanted to make a casserole for dinner this weekend that has cream of mushroom. Thank you!
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    You can do an allergy test, but if it's an intolerance like celiac, you won't get a positive. My doctor recommended not getting an allergy test because sometimes certain foods just don't agree with certain people even though there isn't a true allergy. She recommended an elimination diet. I prefer the kind where you eliminate everything and then add things...
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    I had a guinea pig and never had any problems with her. I was very careful, though. I always washed my hands after I picked her up or touched anything around the cage. I had noticed for several years that my eyes would get itchy when I played with her. I did not test positive for a guinea pig allergy so maybe it was the gluten. I think if you're careful...
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    Congrats! I'm happy you're feeling better.
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    I always have my dentist use th flavorless tooth cleaner. It's just made out of pumice (the normal stuff is pumice plus flavor). That seems to be the least risky way to go, plus I think the plain pumice tastes better!
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    It sounds like you're probably intolerant to more foods than just gluten. Did gluten-free help you at all? I would try eliminating dairy, soy, citrus, peanuts etc to see if that helps.
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    You should talk to the cafeteria manager. Some colleges are very celiac-friendly. My brother goes to UW-LaCrosse and they have a fridge and microwave in back filled with gluten free foods. They treat me really well when I go to visit - if I want the make-your-own omelet, they'll give me real eggs (not the egg-mix) and a clean pan. I'd get your own fridge...
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    Good for you. I was going to suggest you set up a pre-dental-work consult where the doctor could tell you all the products he will use so you can research, but it sounds like this guy just isn't going to listen or care. Finding a new dentist is definitely the way to go.
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