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  1. tarnalberry
    Did you have a fresh bag, and kept it in the freezer? I haven't had a problem with their brand, but flax - particularly the meal - is so high in fat that it can go rancid at room temperature, and is best kept in the freezer. I even keep the seeds it the fridge. (I had a bag of flax go bad once... ewwwww.)
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    I would also encourage any questionably symptomatic celiac who opts to try oats, to have followup tests after a year of eating oats, since there might not be any other way for you to know if you're reacting to them if you're generally asymptomatic.
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    Whey can't be "derived from barley"! It's a milk protein! Open Original Shared Link is helpful as well. "They" are smoking something funny over there!
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    if you're not making chicken or something that gives you juices or stock, then get broth (or make some with boullion), and add either cornstarch, sweet rice flour, or potato flour, making a slurry with a little bit of cold water first, before adding to the hot broth/stock. (I didn't go gluten-free until I was 25 or so, but have *never* made gravy with flour...
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    My husband and I had an interesting discussion on this sort of thing last night. The brief background is that I feel that my friends (in the area I've moved to only a year ago) are trying to distance themselves from me, and I don't know why - no one has said anything - but feel maybe they're just generally annoyed. My husband, who is fabulous at finding...
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    Sometimes *that* requires personality changes. (But those are the good ones. )
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    Glad to see you back, and enjoying the new job.
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    It may be a perception/expectation thing. It's hard for us to see our real behavior often. But those problems that involve behavioral/personality changes are the hardest - they don't have 'solutions' in the sense that engineering problems, scientific problems, logistical problems, and so on have. The solutions to the behavioral aspects are of the sort...
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    Happy birthday!
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    I know that I'd probably feel the same way if I had to try dating again. And I'm 28. That's why I wonder if just getting out into new social circles and just practicing by forging new, non-intimate, relationships would be a good practice. If nothing else, it'll be fun, because the only criteria for things to try doing is that they're fun.
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    and if you don't know what you like to do, well, there's no time like the present to start figuring that out. as a bonus, since you're looking at moving, is that you don't have to commit very much to anything right now, which (I think) is good in the 'looking for interesting activities' stage.
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    btw, you had noted that you're a picky eater. my husband is also very picky - though he's not celiac. he's learned, over the past 10 years, to slightly broaden his horizons in food. it's been slow, and it's required coming to understand, and really introspect, on what it is about food he doesn't like, so that we can find other foods he will, but it's getting...
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    This is true of many things in the area of human interaction, thanks to the wonders of our human psyche. Getting to the point of being that confident may not come naturally for all of us; if it doesn't, I encourage practicing with family, friends, strangers, the neighborhood cat, and anyone else who'll sit still for five minutes. (I personally always liked...
  14. tarnalberry
    There are a couple things I think are important when starting out (and whenever, really) try to stick to whole foods, that are naturally gluten-free make sure you have foods you want to snack on available in your house when you do transition to the diet, remove all the temptations you can from your house accept that you are not just changing a diet...
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    liz, please do give the diet a try, after your husband's test. it's another valid test that is important. the blood results aren't as important as finding what helps your son.
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    Cheating every once in a while, getting contamination from a toaster, and not being totally compliant on the diet will - regardless of her external symptoms, as many celiacs appear asymptomatic - cause a chronic, lasting, longterm autoimmune reaction where her body is attacking her intestines, and causing damage. She won't absorb all her vitamins efficiently...
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    I would encourage you to try the diet and see how it goes. Possibly as part of an elimination diet. It may take many months to work through an elimination diet at this point, since you don't have a good idea where to start, but it may be the only way to find out.
  18. tarnalberry
    Fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, rice, and beans. And oils and spices. That's the vast majority of what I buy, so... But you probably mean something that's not naturally gluten free and is pre-packaged? Cereals - mostly not. Most rice cereals that aren't specially gluten-free have barley malt, making them out for us. I've picked up Cream...
  19. tarnalberry
    When you say "30 minutes" what are you looking for? Do you have 30 minutes at home before you rush out and you need to prepare, cook, eat, and wash up dinner in that time? Or do you have no more than 30 minutes you can spend in the kitchen, but those 30 minutes can be spread over a time period that is longer than 30 minutes? The latter opens you up to...
  20. tarnalberry
    If it was in the pantry for a few days after being opened, I wouldn't worry. If it was for a few months, I might replace it, but check for mold.
  21. tarnalberry
    Just an fyi, methycellulose acts by attracting water into the colon (so make sure you stay hydrated) to bulk up the stools. Hence it acts as a thickener in shampoo and toothpaste and ice creams. It also can act as an emulsifier to keep two chemicals that usually separate mixed together. And it can be used as a lubricant, in things like eye drops or KY...
  22. tarnalberry
    you could always curl up with some gluten free mac and cheese. you'll have to make it yourself if you can't find the pricier gluten-free stuff, but it's not too tricky. tinkyada pasta is one of the better ones.
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    I generally don't keep links (probably ought to), but you can find the majority of them on pubmed. It may take a fair amount of search refinement and time to go through the results though.
  24. tarnalberry
    It's interesting. I've been in CA all my life, until we moved to WA last year. I miss CA. The culture change to up here isn't huge, but I'm still having some trouble adapting to it. I doubt I could ever move off the west coast - certainly not to anywhere that had snow!
  25. tarnalberry
    If you've been gluten-free for any longer than a week or two before this, no, two days won't be anywhere near long enough. You'll need about three months, with at least 3 slices of bread a day, to have confidence in the tests.
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