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  1. tarnalberry
    rice, beans, sweet potatoes - all the regular carbohydrate sources on a gluten-free diet will get you the carbs you need. you should be replenishing your glycogen stores after your run anyway, to 'train' your body to build larger stores, and shouldn't need to do truly significant carb loading anyway.
  2. tarnalberry
    I have to admit, one of the things I like most about getting out for a good day hike or backpack is being out of cell phone range. There are obviously important precautions - leave your itinerary behind with someone, and an estimated time that you will get in contact with them when you are done; stay aware of your surroundings (headphones certainly get in...
  3. tarnalberry
    the gym doesn't work so well for me. finding things I like to do - yoga, hiking, running (outside) all work a lot better.
  4. tarnalberry
    you can't build up an immunity - it's the enzyme that breaks up the milk sugar, so it's doing the work that your own enzymes would do if you produced those enzymes. but you may find that you need to increase the dosage if your body is producing less and less of your own enzyme (which can happen naturally in people as they age or in lactose-intolerant populations...
  5. tarnalberry
    a friend once mention using a salt system (to generate just the right amount of chlorine for disinfection), and I think they make them for hot tubs as well?
  6. tarnalberry
    sweet potatoes are fine even when you're not eating night shades. of course, rice, millet, and quinoa are other acceptable carbohydrates. but fruits and vegetables are also good, along with beans, and lentils. I find that browsing the produce section is great, along with picking up vegetarian cookbooks (with plenty of pictures), to get some ideas.
  7. tarnalberry
    it can be tricky to maintain hot tubs *just so*, and not doing so can easily lead to skin irritation. skin irritation generally means that the chemical regulation is off, and you should stay out of it until it's fixed, as you can't be sure it's not a biologic issue.
  8. tarnalberry
    half of the paper tapes they've used on me cause a skin reaction. and a couple of bandaids do as well. so yeah, regardless of gluten, adhesives can irritate people. try sensitive skin products, and it may just take some trial and error to find out what works for you.
  9. tarnalberry
    corn is a grain, and like any grain, can be refined. popcorn generally isn't, but that doesn't stop someone from putting 'whole grain' on a label. the only grains that you need to be concerned about are wheat, barley, rye, and oats.
  10. tarnalberry
    One thing that fascinates me: I had a nalgene mostly full of water from a trip through the Open Original Shared Link, which had been sterilized, but gotten from one of the lower lakes. After sitting on my counter for a week, it most definitely smelled *off*. I don't get that from letting municipal tap water sit in a water bottle (even in a hot car) for...
  11. tarnalberry
    Heh... I don't even go for boiling. I'd be interested to hear your take on it, larry mac, but someone I knew who did a bit of research into it (experiments in college), found that water would have to be boiled for approximately 20 minutes to kill a high percentage of bacteria, viruses, parasites, and cysts. It's really the hardy cysts that are the big problem...
  12. tarnalberry
    I think we're in total agreement. (I also use a filter through my fridge. Though, we do have an RODI system - for the reef tank my husband is setting up. Yes, I won't be drinking from it.) Occasionally, though, water treatment facilities use too much chlorine. Sometimes it's more than is needed, but not too much to go over safety levels (there's...
  13. tarnalberry
    well, there are assumptions here when making those sorts of comparisons. and the assumptions that cows and humans have similar digestive systems when it comes to grasses is definitely a false assumption. I know I certainly don't have four stomachs and don't chew my cud.
  14. tarnalberry
    If you live in a city that does a fair amount of chlorinating and it doesn't all get removed, you may find that bothers your stomach - and it has nothing to do with gluten. A cheap water filter will take care of chlorine. (If that's the problem, you may be able to smell it, if you have a relatively sensitive nose. I know that I can, even with low levels...
  15. tarnalberry
    I also don't have a lot of symptoms, but I have some. I figure, though, that I'd rather keep the 10 years off life that you, on average, lose, if you don't adhere to the gluten free diet, regardless of how symptomatic you are. It's a choice. You can choose to eat gluten - you've done it before - regardless of how wise a choice it is for your body, it's...
  16. tarnalberry
    I use AllTerrain's sportblock. I prefer physical sunblocks (zinc oxide, titanium dioxide) over chemical sunscreens (the list goes on and on...). That being said, even though I am also pale skinned and burn easily, I make a point of getting 10-20 minutes of sun a day (often spaced out early in the season to avoid burning) over as much body as can be exposed...
  17. tarnalberry
    Maybe? As has been mentioned, autoimmune disorders tend to run in groups, so there's a maybe right there. Additionally, some people with similar issues have found that going gluten free helps them. I found my way to being gluten free from a listserv for vulvar vestibulitis, a gynecologic pain disorder, which often is misdiagnosed as (or vice versa) lichen...
  18. tarnalberry
    I like Namaste's pancake mix. I make it with almond milk, and cinnamon and vanilla. I've served it to loads of people who aren't Gluten-free Casein-free, and they all like the pancakes. They freeze well, pack well for skiing or backpacking. All in all, a very tasty, and practical pancake.
  19. tarnalberry
    definitely the sort of thing to ask on. I care to different degrees on casein than gluten, for instance, and would be more annoyed at someone making a insufficiently conservative decision for me. (when in doubt, though, and you can't ask, go with the lowest common denominator - or the most conservative option.)
  20. tarnalberry
    I should have been more careful in my wording - there aren't studies that I've seen that show any sort of causal relationship. The sources sited on the article above offer plenty of tantalizing evidence that the two conditions may be related. But saying "I see this here" and "I see this there", doesn't mean that here and there are connected. It doesn't...
  21. tarnalberry
    there isn't much research that I've seen that suggests a link, and I look up fibro research on pubmed often. there's correlation between fibro and irritable bowel syndrome, but take that inference as far as you want, the research doesn't take it any farther. quite frankly, if he's wanting hard evidence, you're not going to find any to give him. I might...
  22. tarnalberry
    if you're barely eating 1000 calories, it's going to be hard to put on weight. you need to eat more. (I know you know that. ) as has been mentioned, don't necessarily go for the 'quick snacks' - many of those are almost entirely carb based, aren't necessarily going to help you gain weight healthfully, and may screw up your blood sugar metabolism by...
  23. tarnalberry
    there are two issues with oats: 1) most commercial oats (including McCanns, Country Pride, and Quaker) have been shown to be contaminated by wheat such that they have gluten levels above 200ppm, which is pretty much universally considered UNsafe for celiacs. so, commercial oats and any general oat containing product ought to be right out. 2) you can...
  24. tarnalberry
    I haven't had the problem, but I don't tend to dry on high.... I wish most of my clothes *would* shrink... They don't make my size, really... :/
  25. tarnalberry
    did you just cook it with water and leave it plain? it can be fairly bitter, particularly if you're a super taster. at the least, I combine it with a pinch of salt, cinnamon, and plenty of honey or agave (~2-4 tbsp for each 1/3 cup of quinoa flakes)
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