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  1. tarnalberry
    If you have a Trader Joe's near you, you can get frozen cooked rice (brown or white) that is *nothing* but rice that you can heat in the microwave (granted, it takes 150 seconds, not 90...).
  2. tarnalberry
    While the symptoms may suck :-(, a single glutening here or there is not going to be terribly terribly harmful for you and the baby. You may get a bit of intestinal damage from a glutening, but if you've otherwise been gluten-free and go gluten-free again, it's a minor setback that shouldn't have a significant effect overall. Try not to worry too much,...
  3. tarnalberry
    I take Mucinex (it's gluten-free). But I also take Nasonex and Advair when I get sick, as it's the only hope I have of not getting a lung infection (and really, it just keeps me from getting a bad lung infection three days after the first sign of a sore throat). (I'm asthmatic, so this is *not* universal advice.) I also sleep a lot, take hot showers, drink...
  4. tarnalberry
    If I weren't on medication that proscribes alcohol, I'd drink anything distilled that didn't have gluten added back in after the distillation process. (Ironic, however, that my preferred vodka is grape-based anyway. :-P) And I do use alcohol based flavor extracts if I'm baking.
  5. tarnalberry
    I think most vegetarians who have bothered to educate themselves, even just moderately, about the vegetarian diet know that most plant-based sources of protein are 'incomplete'. Granted, there are probably a number of vegetarians out there who do not educate themselves (unlikely on this board, given our population, but I'm sure there are plenty of them out...
  6. tarnalberry
    While I grant that I was ignoring the fact that you can get a small amount of *any* substance off the main liquid, I not only understand that amount to be insignificant, I understand that the process is often repeated. As for the fermentation issue - I have not seen anything (credible) that suggested that the 33-mer (this is the basis of my 'comparitively...
  7. tarnalberry
    seed, just the grain itself. what's fun about it, is that it goes a bit 'creamy' because of it's size/starch ratio. for those of us who are CF, it gives you a bit of that cheesy flavor/texture without the dairy. I hadn't anticipated it when I threw together the recipe (I just wanted a smaller binding grain), but it was a pleasant surprise! :-) the sweet...
  8. tarnalberry
    1. the wheat allergy test doesn't relate to a celiac test at all. wheat allergy is an IgE mediated immune response that involves histamine release; celiac disease is an IgG auto-immune response that involves production of tissue destroying antibodies. you can have both, or just one. 2. yep, you should get tested - making sure they run the full panel...
  9. tarnalberry
    You don't have to convince them of anything. You only have to follow the diet yourself. You are the only one who puts food into your mouth, and hence the only one who decides what food goes into your mouth, and hence the only one who needs to "be convinved". The rest simply have to accept your choice and respect it. If you were a vegetarian, would you...
  10. tarnalberry
    The current genes tested for only cover most celiac cases. At least 2% of cases cannot be explained by the currently identified genes. Initial assumptions should hold no bearing if a study is properly designed. That's why I asked about the methodology issues you had with the study. (Many properly designed studies find the opposite of the initial...
  11. tarnalberry
    Quinoa Pilaf Serves 4 Ingredients ------------ 1 cup quinoa 1 cup chicken or vegetable broth 1 cup water 1 chopped carrot 1 chopped bell pepper 1/2 chopped onion 2 chopped zucchini 3 stalks broccoli, chopped 1 tsp italian seasoning 1/4 tsp salt (Tip: if you have a CuisinArt or similar food processor, use that for the chopping. Turns it into...
  12. tarnalberry
    Spelt is very closely related to wheat, and hence not suitable for testing with. (Some who are allergic to wheat cross-react with spelt. It looks like you do.)
  13. tarnalberry
    Eye color is more complicated. Green, being recessive, is usually 'hidden' by brown eyes. Blue is also recessive, but with a different allele than green. Most likely, your dad has a brown allele and either a blue or green, your sister has blue and green alleles, and the blue is predominate over green, and you either got two greens, or your green is predominate...
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    Yes. As I noted, the study showed that, compared to control groups, introducing wheat after six months and before nine months produced the lowest risk. It was a small change, so don't worry that you're going to cause him to develop celiac because you exclusively BF'ed. These are small effects on small effects, and changes in one thing offset changes in...
  15. tarnalberry
    as has been noted, you can test with barley and rye. barley would probably be easiest, as you can get pearl barley from the store and cook it up as a side dish and eat it. it's harder to find rye bread without wheat, though I believe you can get rye crackers without wheat in them.
  16. tarnalberry
    I came to a gluten-intolerance diagnosis via non-GI symptoms, and the GI symptoms I had were mild at worst, moderate constipation (hard, but normal frequency) and minor bloating (nothing more than you tend to see on small-frame women anyway). The brain fog, moderate fatigue, and belly noises didn't seem particularly abnormal to me at the time; turns out...
  17. tarnalberry
    nope, I don't get them particularly more often than other people - every few months.
  18. tarnalberry
    Why start something that's been shown to cause a lot of allergies? According to the study, because if you introduce it before nine months, in risk-matched groups, the children have a lower risk of developing celiac disease by five years of age than if you wait until after nine months. That's what the research said. Yep, more followup research would be...
  19. tarnalberry
    This can occur while still not letting gluten through the process because aromatic rings (and other compounds which give flavor) are generally rather small molecules. Proteins like gluten are, comparitively speaking, huge. Distillation is a process of separating small molecules from large molecules, and that's why it's gluten-free if you don't add any gluten...
  20. tarnalberry
    The studies I've referred to give a number that's around 10% (a bit under), and suggest that it's not an oat intolerance, but its a similarity in protein due to elevated serum antibodies and celiac-characteristic intestinal damage found on biopsy. (This was a study specifically aimed at looking at the oat question.)
  21. tarnalberry
    Whoa guys! His advice comes on the heals of the most recent research on the subject! Go take a look at the studies before second guessing their results. :-) They could be flawed studies, but in these three cases (chance of first degree relative *developing celiac disease*, breastfeeding reducing the risk of developing celiac disease, and introducing wheat...
  22. tarnalberry
    congrats! sounds like a big undertaking, and I'm glad it's coming out so well! :-)
  23. tarnalberry
    armetta, have you tried the namaste mixes? they are DFCFSFCF (where that second C is corn ;-) ), and quite tasty.
  24. tarnalberry
    My point is, in a diet that has a fair amount of rice in it, it is not less likely to cause a reaction than many other foods. If it were more commonly eaten in the US, it would be on the list of "most common allergens", as it is in countries where it is more commonly eaten.
  25. tarnalberry
    Mederma, available OTC, but still pricey, can also help reduce scar formation (even after six months). (Recommended by the plastic surgeon who stitched me up after I was smacked in the face by a tree a few weeks ago.)
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