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  1. tarnalberry
    ALWAYS check the ingredient labels. I don't know of a single ricotta that has gluten.
  2. tarnalberry
    but chili powder IS a combination of those ingredients, so it makes sense that you'd see that (though I usually get Spice Hunter, and they don't use an anticaking agent - sometimes, it cakes, then I shake it up to break up the chunks).
  3. tarnalberry
    I know my left from my right, but when it comes to giving someone navigation directions, I do have to think about it for a bit. West/east is much easier for me. (Left and right is relative, after all.)
  4. tarnalberry
    I went off the pill... three or four years ago, after having been on it for two or three years. I didn't have any problems with it, and my period didn't go back to being as heavy as it was, or the cramps get as bad as they had been either. My cycle's about 30 days, not 28, but that's correlated to improved fertility, actually. :/
  5. tarnalberry
    FYI, I found a new chocolate, local to Seattle, called, Theo. It's soy free! (and milk free in the dark chocolate)Open Original Shared Link (I found it at Whole Foods.)
  6. tarnalberry
    It's far more complicated of a problem than "you can have 20ppm of gluten". 1) The first thing to realize is that 20ppm is a density, not an amount. You could have bread that had 20ppm of gluten, and if you ate 1/4 of a one pound loaf of bread, you'd eat just over 2 miligrams of gluten. If you ate another quarter of it later that day, you'd have 5...
  7. tarnalberry
    I know it's tough to read all this - especially after going through all the tough work to figure out what to do in the situation. But the studies on gluten exposure have shown that gluten exposure even once a month negates the majority of long-term benefit of the diet, and raises the risk of intestinal cancers, lymphoma, and a shortened life span to nearly...
  8. tarnalberry
    You can try getting a test tomorrow. You run a risk of a false negative, but it's not as high as if you waited any longer. You don't have to have a formal diagnosis to eat gluten free, of course.
  9. tarnalberry
    *nods head* yep.
  10. tarnalberry
    It's unfortunate that this sort of misinformation continues to abound, but it may still be helpful for some with *wheat allergies*.
  11. tarnalberry
    I would certainly expect that there could be absorption issues until the gut has healed. But it's really hard to say until healing has occured what the 'end state' will be. Good luck.
  12. tarnalberry
    tortilla chips? maybe with a savory dip?
  13. tarnalberry
    normal is just one point on a broad curve!
  14. tarnalberry
    Pamela's cookies make good crumb crusts.
  15. tarnalberry
    I have in the past, though I don't right now. It's been useful at times, and sometimes not so useful. It's always been a fair amount of work.
  16. tarnalberry
    I vaguely recall iron supplements can cause problems, but I don't know the specifics.
  17. tarnalberry
    That has got to be awfully frustrating! I'm sorry.
  18. tarnalberry
    I like to use boullion. Italian herbs are a good option as well. Mexican herbs are another option - particularly in combination with tomatoes. A pilaf with veggies (carrots, onions, bell peppers?) is another option...
  19. tarnalberry
    sorry, I don't have any links; you'd have to do the google searching. it's something I talked to my allergists about - and they too expressed frustration at doctors not wanting to diagnos without wheezing or other 'classic' symptoms. I'm certainly not saying everyone with any symptoms has it - I'm clearly helped by inhalers. you might also try searching...
  20. tarnalberry
    What I have read points to about three slices a day for three months. That's an 'average' (the mean of the curve, if you will) so you could be on either end of the distribution - would show damage sooner, or won't show damage until later. There are no 'guarantees' on this one.
  21. tarnalberry
    I would look into other food intolerances, as you mention thinking about doing. You might also see if you're consuming much salty food (which would make a diuretic make you feel better afterwards).
  22. tarnalberry
    a lot of gluten-free breads work better if you heat them up - particularly in a (non-contaminated) toaster. I used to eat a lot of sandwhiches, but have opted to go to other foods, as I just am not a fan of gluten-free breads (other than quick breads I make myself.)
  23. tarnalberry
    1) the food for life brown rice tortillas, I think, are fine - IF you heat them up first. that holds for a lot of gluten-free foods. 2) I use aleve or advil liquid-gels, neither being generic. I would suggest calling the company and finding out from them what's gluten free if you can't find it on glutenfreedrugs.com.
  24. tarnalberry
    Ask him if he'd be having someone with a peanut allergy work with peanut flour. Then tell him that you can't work with the items, though honestly, I don't think you have much to worry about with either if you keep spills off of you (not hard to do - as demonstrated by chem labs across the world). You should be fine if you're vigilant, but if you're really...
  25. tarnalberry
    lol... that's a hilarious set of tests to run if you're trying to test for celiac disease - in that they don't test for celiac disease at all!
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