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  1. tarnalberry
    if you have celiac, but don't follow the diet, you increase your risk of developing: nutritional deficiencies (anemia, osteoporosis, etc.) rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes (t1), and other auto-immune disorders neurologic manifestations (particularly neuropathy) on average, a 10 year reduction in life-span lymphoma and/or digestive system cancers those are the...
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    the old school philosophy is that you have to have a biopsy for a diagnosis. that is slowly going out of favor, and many doctors these days will rely upon the more recent, and more accurate, blood tests and dietary response for diagnosis. quite frankly, I agree with them.
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    Have you talked to your doctor about a TENS unit? I had one for my knees (muscle imbalance problem) and for the pain in them, and it worked quite well for pain in my back as well. I threw my back out (playing frisbee?!?!) and it went into spasms so that I could hardly move at all and it really did help. (The basic premise is that you're overloading the...
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    Soap and water and elbow grease. You just have to clean your surfaces and keep them clean. It's not going to stick around on smooth surfaces that easily, but nothings going to be a hypoallergenic bubble. No one (to my knowledge) with a anaphylactic wheat allergy, however, has gotten sick from a doorknob (well, I certainly wouldn't chance it in a bakery...
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    If you have been gluten free, then the general rule of thumb is that, for damage to show on a biopsy, you need to eat the equivalent of three slices of bread a day for three months to have a reasonable chance to show damage on a good biopsy (one with multiple (at least four or five) samples taken). Mind, reasonable isn't a guarantee.
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    My school was 600 when I graduated. They're at 800 or so now. :-) I wasn't gluten-free at school (I don't believe I developed celiac until a year after college), but did a lot of cooking. See if they have dorms with a kitchen - which might allow you to get off the meal plan - or look into getting a small set of items to cook with electrically. For...
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    Skin tags are just another variety of wart - akin to plantar or flat.
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    You don't have to make an appointment to see your records. Ask them to mail you a copy (or fax you a copy).
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    Ghee is a debateable item - much like oats. In theory, since ghee is clarified, all the proteins have been removed, and all that's left is the fat, which will not bother someone who is casein or lactose intolerant. (Almost no one has a true fat allergy or intolerance, which is not to say that everyone handles fat equally well in a diet.) But it's an imperfect...
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    Adults can get it to. Sometimes the immune system just decides not to fight off the HPV virus. Warts are caused by HPV. There are something like 117 strains. A number of them cause genital warts - a totally different set of strains cause the common warts you get. Kids pick them up easily because they share a lot of things and get cuts and scrapes, which...
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    I'm glad they enjoyed it! :-)
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    At college, we always had a water monitor when people were drinking. (I usually played water girl, and pushed water on people as they were drinking, and after they were done drinking. Lots of water, throughout the night.) Almost no one ever had a hangover, and when they did, it's because they weren't drinking water. Even if someone had drunk too much...
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    well, you said the ingredients said just water and apple juice, so I'd say so.
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    gluten is a generic term that refers to the main protein in a grain. but we use it very specifically (on this forum and in other places) to refer to the protein in wheat, barley, rye, and oats. the term is overused, and in cases like this, it gets confusing. corn gluten and rice gluten just means the protein from corn and rice, and it is safe for celiacs...
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    some people do find their migraines go away after going gluten free. not all of us, but plenty do. with a celiac in the family, it is definitely worth getting tested.
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    Running is definitely weight bearing - you're bearing all your weight! Yoga can help too, particularly if you get to the point where you're doing inversions - it's one of the few places where you'll fairly quickly get to the point of bearing your full body weight with your upper body safely. Anyway... back to the running. First, on the shoes - shoes...
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    I have two thoughts: First: Your symptoms do sound similar to celiac. I strongly dislike when people think that any and everything is celiac, because it isn't. But 1 in 100 people in the general population, and something like 1 in 50 people who present symptoms have it. And you present symptoms! Particularly, you present a number of 'common' symptoms...
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    perhaps the company makes other things than just apple juice, and the statement you are reading is more of a company tag line.
  19. tarnalberry
    1. Milk replacements? Almond Breeze or Unsweetened Silk 2. Butter replacements? Oil - Olive or Canola, Earth Balance only if creaming w/ sugar 3. Yogurt replacements? Soy yogurt or one of the milk replacements 4. Cheese replacements? Don't use them 5. Ice Cream replacements? Soy Delicious, Sorbets, homemade stuff 6. Any other dairy product replacement...
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    For anyone interested in yoga, I *highly* recommend finding a teacher (at a studio, in someone's home, at a gym, at a community center, somewhere!) who can work with you. If money is a proble, do one class a month - $15 a month isn't a huge outlay. The thing is, a tape cannot look at you and correct your form. You *can* hurt yourself doing yoga. You ...
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    totally. I'm a physicist, and my freshman year research was on a joint biology/physics experiment on a optical coherence microscope. I actually spent most of my time in the lap preping the arabidopsis thaliana specimins we were examining under the 'scope, and learned oodles about contamination and cleanup. That and chemistry and physics. :-) I use it...
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    tarnalberry replied to kaciemarie's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants

    Yes, I've been there, and the one I went to was fairly well educated. They had their menu printed up, and I also referred to their online version. Talking in person also tends to help, or asking to talk to the chef. They can try to educate the staff, but with turnover, it can be hit or miss - what really matters is if the chef knows. I had good luck,...
  23. tarnalberry
    If you feel that you are not in control, then you probably aren't. The fact that you've tried to give it up - you want to, and tried to - but can't, is another sign. If you can't do this on your own, do seek out help; AA is not the only way. The fact that it's in your family history means that it may be harder for you to quit (there's evidence that there...
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    I bruise fairly easily as well, despite no vitamin/mineral deficiency (tested), nor having inherited the vonWillebrands (a clotting disorder) that can run in the family. Some people do bruise more easily than others, but if you're anemic, that's definitely a contributing factor, and I hope that you're able to get that remedied quickly.
  25. tarnalberry
    No matter *what* someone says about bringing/not bringing food, I bring something. Maybe it's a habit that's been ingrained in me due to blood sugar issues, but it's not up to them whether or not I bring something. I'll make it small (Clif Nectar Bar or the like), but I'll bring something. As for "A little bit won't hurt you", the only response I'll give...
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