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  1. tarnalberry
    I'm with lorka 98% of the way, I do buy some more premade stuff than she does- for treats or staples (soy ice cream for dessert, and clif nectar bars or bumble bars for hiking, and boullion for soups, for instance) - but realize that it is *definitely* a risk of contamination, and one that I have to take knowing that I *could* get sick. I would say there...
  2. tarnalberry
    I'm glad both of you are doing better!
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    let us know what you go with!
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    *scrolls down* hehehe... I just hit reply after reading the OP, and didn't see your post until now. (I was multitasking the last time I replied... who knows how many boo-boos I made... ) I can totally see describing it either way.
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    I don't think it's bad advice, I only think it needed the "find out why it has the label first" caveat behind it. It's easy to take shortcuts, and you're absolutely right - doctors *will* tell you to ignore the label in some cases and take an antibiotic on food even when it ordinarily says not to. It's just not something that can be applied blindly. ...
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    I'm not sure what you're looking for when you say 'written elimination diet'. There are two approaches to elimination diets, often. One is to eliminate one item from your diet for a while (one to four weeks), and see how you feel, then reintroduce, and see how you feel. Another is to eliminate all but a few items from your diet for a number of weeks...
  7. tarnalberry
    *shhh* I go through anti-cooking phases too. This from the woman always saying "stick to whole, naturally gluten-free stuff, even if it means cooking". The key to combining these two is realizing that whole, naturally gluten-free foods don't always require lots of cooking time. Need a snack? Grab and apple and a jar of peanut butter...
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    while this may help the effects on the stomach, in the case of some antibiotics, this is bad advice, because it can alter the dosage that your body actually recieves. this is doubly true if the meal contains much in the way of dairy, and the antibiotic in question is one of the ones that combines with dairy to reduce absorption. the advice for taking...
  9. tarnalberry
    Thanksgiving is an *easy* meal to make entirely gluten free in such a way that everyone will love it. Here's my 'average' menu that is gluten free, dairy free, and (mostly) low-fat. Starters Open Original Shared Link or Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link with Open Original Shared Link Turkey and Trimmings Open Original Shared Link...
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    some antibiotics bother my stomach, some don't. it also depends on whether or not you're eating with them - I presume that the ones you can, you ARE eating a full meal with? in a case like this, a difference between brand-name and generic may well make a difference as well.
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    it does sound like he's feeling ostracized by his family at the moment. I'm not saying you are doing this to him, just saying it seems like that might be how he's feeling. additionally, if the rest of the family hates the food, why would you expect he'd like it? it may be that he needs tastier gluten-free foods - and that may require *some* cooking, though...
  12. tarnalberry
    I don't think that it's changed wildly. It changed a bit in nature, actually getting 'worse', though that was mostly an issue of not always feeling icky, so I recognized not feeling well. It really varies person to person.
  13. tarnalberry
    I don't find dealing with hypoglycemia very limiting any more, but I'm fairly anal retentive about making sure all my meal are balanced. I don't avoid sugar (I enjoy dark chocolate often ) but I make sure that every instance of eating that has carbs has a balance of at least fat or protein to go with it, preferably both. Exactly what works for you will...
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    It's a tough call. I don't avoid all products that say "manufacturers in a facility that processes wheat", but I try to be smart about it. I keep an eye on various boards to see what those, who are more reactive than I am, say - though I don't throw out the product if one person reacts (I look for numbers, in case it was a mistake). I look into whether...
  15. tarnalberry
    There are definitely different degrees of having outward symptoms - my symptoms weren't nearly as bad as what you describe your symptoms to be. There are definitely different degrees of internal damage even given the same length of time of active disease and gluten consumption - studies of biopsy results have show thing, and it appears to vary by genetic...
  16. tarnalberry
    You just tell your doctor to run the full panel on you. You're doctor works for you, not the other way 'round. (Doctor's don't always seem to react well to being reminded that they are the service provider and you're the one paying their fee - hence the one with the control to walk away from their service, or lack thereof. That being said, they are the...
  17. tarnalberry
    While I don't consider myself soy intolerant, I do have a much-lower-than-average tolerance limit to soy (a handful of servings a week). My symptoms involve loose stools (not to the point of D, but still not pleasant), and intestinal pain/cramping and more urgency for a bowel movement than normal. This is very similar to my dairy-ed symptoms (I'm casein...
  18. tarnalberry
    Either make stock before then (cook a whole chicken, reserve the bones/skin/trimmings, throw in a pot with a few vegetable bits, and make stock to freeze) or find a broth you can thicken with corn starch or sweet rice flour.
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    I just take a regular cookbook/internet cobbler recipe, and sub gluten-free flours - usuing about half sweet rice flour. It's worked fine for blackberry cobbler.
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    has he been tested for a wheat allergy and oat allergy separate from a gluten intolerance? (as in, he could then have barley or rye)
  21. tarnalberry
    turkey burger (bunless) with sauteed mushrooms is always fun. or ground turkey (with garlic, onions, and some veggies - maybe carrots or broccoli) served over rice (like pasta sauce, but without tomatoes - you may find recipes for things like this in italian cookbooks) a 'casserole' type dish with ground turkey, cubed sweet potaotes, celery, carrots, onion...
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    I'd say you have a good, thorough, doctor who thinks through things! 1) She's 2 - and he's right that blood tests at 2 and under are notoriously inaccurate. She may not yet have enough intestinal damage for the antibodies to make it into the bloodstream, or not yet producing enough antibodies to register as positive on those tests. Borderline tests in...
  23. tarnalberry
    We've stayed at my in-laws many times since I've gone Gluten-free Casein-free, and I don't actually even take any food with me. I do grocery shopping while there, and generally help with cooking and what not. (Joint meals with them will often be gluten-free and CF-able while I'm there.) It helps that they eat (since I've known them) very similarly in the...
  24. tarnalberry
    based on a recent post, I'm going to caveat jerseyangel's post - gluten free may not 100% of the time mean gluten free. apparently, neutrogena was not checking for rye and barley when they said things were gluten free, and are in the process of correcting that. scratch that, I'm just going to disagree that gluten free means no wheat, barley, or rye...
  25. tarnalberry
    People don't really think about things they do automatically. Really. Try doing everything with the other hand some time, and you'll see, we all do it. It sucks though. I hope you recover quickly.
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