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  1. tarnalberry
    I also haven't run into unsafe wasabi outside of one, low-quality brand at a grocery store. It is one assumption that I make when going out to a decent sushi place. Imitation crab, eel, and anything with a sauce I mostly assume is out (but I'm also avoiding dairy and hate mayo, so that's part of it). I generally look for avocado rolls, vegetable rolls...
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    No, I meant correcting in a good way. I did make a mistake, and on these things, that's a bad thing. *searches for the 'mildly embarassed, but knows we all understand it' smiley* Friendly correcting (which is totally how I interpretted it ) is a good thing in my book. Every time I've checked the Michael Cozumel stuff (sp? on his last name... it's...
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    lol... guess they changed that. for three years, I'd check every time I got some - even sometimes just passing by though I didn't purchase, and I recall often not seeing it. maybe work's gotten to my brain and I'm imagining things, but I really don't recall seeing it just a few months ago in WF. that's very unfortunate, that they don't have a GFCFSF option...
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    Interesting, because if you look at the ingredients, there's not reason to suspect it would have gluten. Now, concern over contamination from a mixed facility is a different issue - though still a perfectly valid concern. I wonder what causes them to check that little column.
  5. tarnalberry
    I was sad to lose Wild Oats in favor of Whole Foods when I moved from SoCal to Seattle. Sure, WF has the gluten-free bakery thing, but most of that stuff has milk, so I can't have it anyway. I preferred Wild Oats selection and prices myself, so I think it's a personal thing. (There are things I could get there that I haven't seen at WF that I miss. )
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    You are most defintely not the only one who cheats. Even amongst those who *do* have symptoms. That said, I don't have very strong symptoms (sometimes it's hard to know if I have been glutened), but I do NOT ever cheat. Why? Because the risk is NOT worth the reward. The intestinal damage, the weeks/months of intestinal inflammation, the screwing...
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    When I'm feeling this way, I usually find that it's because I don't have a choice. I may like what I have fabulously, I may hate what others have, but regardless of that, I have NO CHOICE in the matter. (Well, I do, but only the stupid choice, in my mind. And I find that frustrates me. Usually, I just have to let it pass, remind myself that, really, I...
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    could easily be a stomach virus. they often only give GI distress.
  9. tarnalberry
    I also have chondromalacia patella - where the kneecap doesn't track properly due to a muscle imbalance. I would stronly encourage that you go through a good course of physical therapy if you haven't already, so you can target the portions of the muscles that are not balanced in strength. You'll want to be doing some plain strength training, not to mention...
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    I cook the whole thing - gluten free, casein free, and most of it very low fat. Everyone *loves* it. I've done if for... three years that way. (Most of my thanksgiving recipes are on my recipe post in the recipe section.) Rice based stuffing, gravy has always been from cornstarch in my family, pie crust from gluten-free pumpkin bread, and everything else...
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    You don't have to cook two kinds of noodles, though. One, you can be lazy, and serve pasta sauce over rice or potatoes instead. (Yeah, I like to cook, but I like to be lazy too. ) Two, you can just use gluten-free noodles. They are not awful, and you won't be subjecting him to anything bad, so it's not like he's getting the 'short end of the stick'....
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    any amount is too much, but modified food starch isn't always made from wheat (in the US, it isn't even normally made from wheat).
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    Yeah, with a little time for creativity or looking up recipes, holidays don't have to be a problem at all. I usually do all the thanksgiving and christmas cooking (gluten free, dairy free, very low fat (much of it), and picky-eater compliant), not to mention lots of other dinner parties. Everyone loves the food. I wouldn't advise it right off the bat,...
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    You'll find that a lot of mainstream stuff *is* gluten free, you just have to know what brands to buy. So, it will get easier, but there's a learning curve. Additionally, as you learn fast ways to cook or save yourself time on cooking, you can depend less upon preprocessed, packaged foods, which can change ingredients at any time, and rely more upon...
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    I'm glad it helped. You shouldn't have to go without chocolate if it's not absolutely necessary though, so I encourage you to look around for chocolate you can have. (So says this bossy little chocoholic. ) It's dairy and soy, right? Including soy lecithin? If so, you can still get ground cocoa and make hot chocolate, or chocolate pies, or raw brownies...
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    exactly - so, for the op, shalia, if you can weigh the pros and cons objectively, and not make a *purely* emotional decision about it (though I'm certainly not saying that the emotional aspect should be left out - it is certainly a factor in something like this), and make a well-informed, thought out decision, then there's no reason to feel guilty. ...
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    And, in my opinion, if we really know the consequences (if, for instance, the insomnia and eczema are the extent of them) and the reward is worth it, and we've thought about it, then we're making an informed decision, and I don't think there's a big problem with that. (I'm not condoning eating things that make people sick, just condoning individuals making...
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    I didn't mean it in a "because it makes you sick" way. Rather, the fact that it makes you sick isn't sufficient to keep you from doing it. That makes it self-destructive, in some ways. We all do some things that are self-destructive to some extent, and it's useful to think about why. Sometimes, if we can understand why the reward makes it worth the risk...
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    Topomax is a daily preventative - you have to take it daily (twice a day) to keep up blood levels so it'll work. They titer you up to the correct dosage, usually over the course of a month, and I can say that it started to kick in quite noticebly after two weeks. I had a few annoying side effects - primarily tingling in the hands and feet for a while after...
  20. tarnalberry
    Well... if soy makes you sick, and you keep eating soy, you have to ask yourself, why do you keep making yourself sick? I think a good portion of some of these things is psychological.
  21. tarnalberry
    You could, if you're just lactose intolerant, probably take lactaid. But if not, I make a fake ranch out of raw cashews and herbs. (I'm casein free.) google for 'raw ranch dressings' (it's a raw foods recipe), and you'll probably find a number of variations.
  22. tarnalberry
    Nope, not in that situation, and would find it unhealthy. It's not something to be kept secret, as you'll get odd looks by bringing your own food or not eating what's served to you or always avoiding situations involving food. Learning to find a way to phrase it that will work well in front of others and learning to ignore any strange looks (because, more...
  23. tarnalberry
    Italy... land of pasta. Also, land of the some of the foremost in celiac research and school-age testing. Also, land of risotto. Also, land of some of the best darn pasta substitutes ever. You'll be just fine. Others who have been there since going gluten-free can offer more advice than I, but before they respond, I can at least tell you that they...
  24. tarnalberry
    One of the things I did while I was off-board in September was remodel a room with my husband that will be my yoga room. It was quite a dramatic change. It included laying hardwood floors, repainting, and building a fake window/lightbox. If you'd like to see any of the pictures, they're here: Open Original Shared Link
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    It could be that excedrine isn't really helping your migraines. Caffeine helps some migraines, but not all. (The basic premise is to constrict the blood vessels that have expanded, which is the cause of migraine pain. Sometimes caffeine, in the right dose, works for that.) While many here have gotten relief from their migraines from going gluten-free...
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