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  1. tarnalberry
    DH can take quite a while to clear up, because it's caused by deposits under the skin. Making sure to stay away from *all* gluten (including those pesky hidden sources and cross contamination) permanently, and drastically limiting iodine (an element in the reaction that forms the deposits) until it heals, is about all you can do.
  2. tarnalberry
    Here's Open Original Shared Link. :-)
  3. tarnalberry
    Well, here in WA, a liquor store cannot buy from a manufacturer. It must go through a state approved distributor, and the distributor decides what liquors it will 'supply'. The closest we've come around here is, apparently, a distributor that will only require seven different retailers to purchase the same item from them. There's a non-trivial logistical...
  4. tarnalberry
    Talk to your local retailers about contacting the companies who make the products or distributors. Much of it depends on state law (that's the reason we can't get it in WA).
  5. tarnalberry
    Particularly when dealing with diabetes as well, when going gluten-free, you should not rely on packaged, specialty gluten-free foods, as they are even higher in simple carbs than their gluten-filled replacees. Stick to naturally gluten-free whole foods (meats, dairy (if you can have it), vegetables, fruits, legumes, and gluten-free grains). Make sure to...
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    congrats! I'm glad it went so well!
  7. tarnalberry
    many people with soy allergies, even anaphylactic soy allergies, can handle soy lecithin, because it's the soy protein that's the problem, and the lecithin has the protein removed. (some people are still bothered by even this component of soy, of course.) they will most likely do some combination of skin tests or blood tests, depending on whether or not...
  8. tarnalberry
    bowls at both places for me, just because it's easy. :-P
  9. tarnalberry
    I would suggest going to an allergist. You said that you were tested for food allergens six or seven years ago. Did you have the breathing problems with those foods then? Food allergies can appear _at any time_, so they may have developed since your last test. A good allergist will no that there is no foolproof way to test for allergies (though having...
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    This is a good point. Despite the fact that my husband dislikes most gluten-free baked goods (I've found a pancake mix he'll eat with me and a muffin recipe ;-) ), and despite the fact that we have friends over for lunch or dinner _often_, I NEVER cook with gluten. I don't serve it in the house, and go a bit wonky if someone brings over chips or a sandwhich...
  11. tarnalberry
    I'm the gluten-free one, my husband isn't. That said, our kitchen is mostly gluten-free, outside of his small shelf (the tall one I can't reach anyway ) for crackers/pancake mix/cereal, his eggo waffles in the freezer, and single cutting board for bread (always left on the counter in one place - the bread/toaster corner) and only ever used for cutting...
  12. tarnalberry
    I would definitely encourage you to talk to your gyn about this, and see if you can track down the hormone issue that's causing it. It could be that, now that you are better absorbing your nutrients, your body is trying to get back to its "regularly scheduled programming".
  13. tarnalberry
    It varies from individual to individual. For me, it was a week or two. For others, it may take longer. Do know, however, that by going back and forth on taking gluten out of your diet, you risk getting false negatives if you go pursue blood testing.
  14. tarnalberry
    In the plant metabolism that is required for a seed of wheat to grow into a stalk of grass, the nutrients in the seed are used up. Because the nutrients remain in the seed, and are brought into the stalk as they go through the metabolic processes, and are used up entirely over the life-span of the stored energy in the seed, the idea is that the grass stalk...
  15. tarnalberry
    I had thought so, just couldn't remember. The milk thing made me worry about it. At least those tests are usually pretty good about picking up anaphylactic reactions.
  16. tarnalberry
    ditto what nini said.
  17. tarnalberry
    have you been tested for IgE allergies? if no, PLEASE do. that sounds like one, and one that you may want to carry an epi-pen for.
  18. tarnalberry
    If I'm doing fast food, I prefer to find a Chipotle or Baja Fresh.
  19. tarnalberry
    1.) Have you been officially diagnosed with any blood sugar condition (ie. Diabetes type 1 or 2, reactive or fasting hypo, impaired glucose tolerance, etc.)? Reactive hypoglycemia, but not 'lab-test' official. 2.) If you haven’t been diagnosed, what are you symptomatic of? My doctor diagnosed via symptom description, and dietary response. 3.) ...
  20. tarnalberry
    the hormone changes and uterine contractions that occur at the beginning of your cycle (particularly the first few days of menstration) most definitely have an effect on the intestines as well - independent of celiac disease. the high levels of progesterone that occur in the last week of the cycle can cause these problems to start up a few days before the...
  21. tarnalberry
    They've known it was only a short section of the gluten protein for a while (though the study I read two years ago only had it identified down to a 33-mer), but going to GMO wheat has its own repercussions.
  22. tarnalberry
    I think I saw a jam at Trader Joe's that didn't have pectin - just sugar. :-/ If nothing else, you could cook down the fruit, adding sugar, for something similar. I know this works for apples and blackberries, and would expect it to work for a number of other fruits, though maybe not all.... Tomato paste is much thicker than tomato puree, but you can...
  23. tarnalberry
    Fructose intolerance?
  24. tarnalberry
    Depends on who ya ask! ;-) These seem to vary by person, whether you like them or not. I like the chocolate coconut, apple pie, and ginger snap flavors. I distinctly dislike the cherry pie flavor, and am pretty ambivalent on the cashew cookie and banana flavors. If they're available, I'd pick up Clif Nectar bars over these, myself. Or Ruth's Flax bars...
  25. tarnalberry
    No, many celiacs don't look sick at all. Some look skinny. Some look undernourished. But many do not look sick. As for you and your wife going out of the same doctor's office with different results (if it's a different doctor, you can't compare - it's the doctor doing the treating, not *strictly* the HMO), then you have to compare your approaches with...
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