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  1. tarnalberry
    If you read the ingredient list, you'll see that the Ezekiel bread is still made from grains we can't have, which means that it is *not* safe. I don't have a good alternative for you as I've opted to do without bread - it was a fairly easy adaptation.
  2. tarnalberry
    I correct people, because it seems silly to me to leave people in ignorance. Unless it's a detailed discussion, I usually say, "It's not an allergy, but an autoimmune reaction in the gut. But you can deal with the diet kinda like an allergy." This is to convey that it's similar to an allergy in seriousness and that there is an immune response, but also...
  3. tarnalberry
    the alcohol in one of the ingredients is gluten free due to distillation (if it's not corn derived), but the barley malt is added after the fact, which makes it unsafe.
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    yep, I saw one crappy brand at a random store somewhere in my travels (in the US) that had a potentially gluten containing ingredient (no, it wasn't caramel coloring). how's that for unspecific and unhelpful? but that's out of checking *a lot* of bottles (curiosity), so I don't generally consider it a threat. (it was a really really off brand...)
  5. tarnalberry
    try getting a pastry bag? that's a tough one! I hope you get the pretzels to work out. all the instructions for them I've seen had them rolled out and then laid in the appropriate shape from a long roll of dough
  6. tarnalberry
    I'm a mosquito magnet, and do appear to have allergic reactions to them. I have very good cholesterol levels, take plenty of B-vits, and am small (so shouldn't be producing as much CO2 as others around me), but I still am a banquet for them.
  7. tarnalberry
    in SF specifically, no, but I've eaten at Buca Di Beppo before and they can do gluten-free for you if you stick with non-pasta dishes. and the food is tasty. (I don't do it any more, because it's hard to also do it dairy free...)
  8. tarnalberry
    ibuprofen or naproxyn sodium are your best bet for over the counter pharmaceutical pain relief from menstrual cramps. otherwise, cox-2 inhibitors (they tend to be prescription, if they're primarily cox-2) are going to be the route to go. your doctor's comments about it being overkill seem... well, likely something you have to evaluate. I don't think that...
  9. tarnalberry
    This is something of a celiac urban legend. There aren't many companies (anywhere) that produce the adhesive used on envelopes and I believe it was someone on this board who called the (by far) major one for the US to determine that no wheat was used. I still use a paper towel or sponge (it's more sanitary), but there's been no substatiated proof that there...
  10. tarnalberry
    the majority of people on this planet cannot digest lactose once they are past the age of weaning, so it may be that your body is naturally becoming lactose intolerant. (it's quite normal as we age.) additionally, if you were dairy-free (or light) for a number of months at first, your body stopped producing lactase because there was no need for it, and...
  11. tarnalberry
    I tried it for... a couple months, for vulvar vestibulitis. Made no difference (but it only seems to help a subset of women with VVS) on my pain levels. I haven't tried it since being 'presumptively diagnosed' with fibro, since I've got a pretty mild case and being fastidious about stress - particularly physical stress from lack of good quality sleep...
  12. tarnalberry
    we've done correlation to blood type before, and found nothing particularly compelling. fwiw - I'm O+.
  13. tarnalberry
    I tried the low-oxalate diet for a little while for vulvar vestibulitis. It didn't help the pain, and I *HATED* the diet. Let me rephrase, I really farkin' HATED it!. Ahem. No garbanzo beans, almonds, chocolate, spinach, sweet potatoes, popcorn, cinnamon, ginger, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, mint tea, green tea, or soy sauce?...
  14. tarnalberry
    It does indeed use olive oil. Another option would be avocado oil, though that is expensive.
  15. tarnalberry
    sorry, I've been a bit busy with a hike-a-thon. I found the cookbook to be... eh. but I'm a person who prefers to cook my own things from scratch anyway, and it's not the most convenient. it's helpful for someone who *needs* to rely on a cookbook, and eats more 'standard american food' fair, but it wasn't fab for me.
  16. tarnalberry
    the reason that we're saying that dairy is easier to catch in labels than gluten because dairy is one of the eight major allergens is because gluten isn't just found in wheat. sure, you can look for wheat on the allergen list to try to avoid gluten, but you might still get glutened by rye, barley, or oats, so that allergen warning doesn't do you any good...
  17. tarnalberry
    yes, you most likely should try it. like gluten free, it's as easy as your adaptability makes it. (note that I didn't say 'fun and enjoyable' - there is no substitute for cheese, truly, but we can live without it, and that is ok.) it's best, just like with gluten-free, to minimize how much pre-processed, pre-packaged foods you eat, because the risks...
  18. tarnalberry
    Egg Beaters are, or were as of when I called late last year. I've never seen a ground flax seed bag that had anything other than ground flax seed - which is not related to wheat and is gluten free.
  19. tarnalberry
    I'll be the dissenter on the cake front. That's something I would have been willing to hear (or say) - in a friendly tone - regardless of the gluten-free status. If you don't like a particular food, it's not necessarily offensive to say it, depending on the context. She may think that, because you're 'related', she can. My mother in law can *certainly...
  20. tarnalberry
    It depends. If I get regular exercise and sleep, nope. In the case of exercise and sleep, I stay healthy almost no matter what. If I don't do those (and I mean a good amount of non-trivial exercise and what my body needs of good quality sleep), then I tend to catch most things that go around. Diet is important as well, for me, making sure I'm eating...
  21. tarnalberry
    While many people react very differently to getting glutened, the majority of people do not appear to get truely nauseous or need to vomit. (A few, yes, but it appears to distinctly be a minority.) Food poisoining (aka, the 24-hour flu, the stomach flu, etc.) almost always causes, at the least, distinct vomitting, and quite often a fever as well, which...
  22. tarnalberry
    Oh goodness no. Vinegar quality differs. White vinegar might not differ so much, but that stuff is so harsh, I only use it for cleaning. Apple cider vinegar definitely is different by brand, as is red wine vinegar. And balsamic... don't get me started on finding a good balsamic! I would try a couple different brands to find where your tradeoff of cost...
  23. tarnalberry
    Open Original Shared Link is usually a great low-oxalate resource, but doesn't list olives specifically, just that vegetable oils are low-oxalate. BTW, the vulvar pain foundation has a low-oxalate cookbook (Open Original Shared Link) that she might find helpful. (The low-oxalate diet is also sometimes used for women with vulvodynia.)
  24. tarnalberry
    I also do oven (not turned on) with the light on. Works fine.
  25. tarnalberry
    Do you ever allow a Twix bar in your house, or a bagel, or someone's leftover chinese food? Then your kitchen is "a facility that manufacters products containg wheat." There are procedures for cleaning lines between runs and separating food ingredients to prevent cross contamination from allergens. You're probably saying "but how good is it really? ...
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