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  1. tarnalberry
    yep, vegan cannot have anything derived from an animal - no gelatin (unless it's one of the new, vegetable derived gelatins), no honey (product of bees), no casein, no eggs, no meat.
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    Green Lake, in north-ish Seattle. (Well, north-ish to me, but I'm a transplant, and don't know the neighborhoods. ;-) )
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    yep - I read the other thread about that one too. you're right on that one. (definitely a case where we need to not overload our terms! )
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    half of people normally run lower than 98.6 (half higher). 98.6 is just as average. most doctors forget this though, so unless you take them a number of weeks of good data, and show repeated, normal, healthy, lower than 98.6 temperatures, they don't have ample evidence to believe you are a lower than average range. at the same time, mild fevers (even ...
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    Hmm... What if you take ipac syrup with you, throw up on her, and say "I ate what you brought... since it was for my party, and you know my dietary restrictions, I presumed you wouldn't be so cruel as to try to poison me!" Ok... maybe that's not taking the high road....
  6. tarnalberry
    besides eating a diet more friendly to hypoglycemics, realize that most gluten-free substitutes have more simple carbs than the foods they were replacing, and may be hitting your blood sugar harder than you are used to.
  7. tarnalberry
    will he drink gingerale? or ginger lemonade? ginger helps me, and might help him...
  8. tarnalberry
    tapioca starch and flour are the same, but potato starch and potato flour are *not* the same. (one comes from cooked potatoes, one from uncooked, and they behave very differently. I don't remember which is which at the moment, but use whichever recipes tell you to use and don't substitute between the two.)
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    I've been trying to come up with a good analogy for you that would work, and I don't know if I have, but in this case, you can kind of think of it as light on a CCD in a digital camera. (Consider, for the sake of this argument, a fixed ISO equivalent.) At any particular shutter speed, you can crank down the aperature, and have very few photons...
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    I agree, don't feel dumb about it. It is annoying to have to deal with. Heck, I'd call it distinctly pity-party worthy, just because you can't get out of it. It is a major inconvenience, and a risk you're going to end up taking. It's definitely not a reward for you. But hey... maybe you can use that fact as leverage in getting your boss to pick a place...
  11. tarnalberry
    This morning, at 9am (approximately ), my husband and I joined in with a bunch of other local celiacs for the GIG awareness walk "Moving Feet Without Wheat". We've got one of the organizers on here, and I'd *love* it if she could tell us a bit more of how it went, from an insider's perspective. From a participants perspective, I can say the following...
  12. tarnalberry
    but it makes a good drink anyway! ;-) much like kefir (though the cultures are a little different)
  13. tarnalberry
    Eh... Selfish isn't always a bad thing. I think it's totally fair to worry about; it's just one of those things you deal with, 'for the team'. Then have your friends/family/yourself do something special (and DEFINITELY safe), some other day, in celebration of getting through the 'reward thing'.
  14. tarnalberry
    Going gluten-free doesn't have to be that difficult - if you're willing to adapt to what the situation around you gives you. That may mean only eating natural, whole foods - produce, gluten-free grains, meats, etc., but I know you can get those in Japan as well. You really do need to be completely gluten free.
  15. tarnalberry
    Remember that this isn't just for you... They say it is, but rewarding employees at work is about moral for all employess - makes everyone think "oh, this could happen to me too". So it doesn't really matter if you think you deserve it, or if you want to go, in this situation, unless you have a really darn graceful way of getting out of it. (I say this...
  16. tarnalberry
    You absolutely need a new toaster. No shared toasters.
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    I have not had any problem with the stuff they label gluten-free. (These are the items they make in their gluten-free facility.) They do test their products to verify that they have no detectable gluten. But some people here believe they have reacted to gluten, so the best you can do is either avoid their items, or try it yourself and find out. I personally...
  18. tarnalberry
    I haven't seen one that isn't, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't keep checking. I use Advil Gel-caps, and know that they are.
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    Eating out isn't impossible, it just requires being aware of what's going on in the back and thinking through the process from the other person's perspective. You have to be clear about your requirements, and reasonable about your expectations. For example: in a chinese restaurant that you're going to this weekend, but don't have time to get a native...
  20. tarnalberry
    The vast majority of sunscreens are gluten-free. Coppertone is, and check the Neutrogena list (you'll have to search for it - a couple of theirs do have oat protein, though). I tend to use California Baby or the newer Coppertone with Zinc Oxide.
  21. tarnalberry
    When you're with other people, you just have to be more assertive, if they're not accomodating. Unless you want to be miserable, of course. I've gone both routes. I've decided I'm not going to be miserable anymore, and if that means saying no, or being a bit bossier, then that's what it's going to be. Because only I can by my own best advocate. ...
  22. tarnalberry
    It doesn't mean that, necessarily. I had to travel a lot for work last year. I simply had to adapt. That meant finding hotels with kitchens and going to the grocery store and buying stuff that you know is gluten free - meat and produce. No packaged, processed, pre-made stuff. If you're going on a family vacation, and they won't take the alternative of...
  23. tarnalberry
    Well, the diet is a restriction, compared to other people who don't have the restriction. And we have to plan accordingly. If you were in a wheelchair because you wouldn't walk, would you plan a family vacation around hiking? Nope. So, in the same way, you have to say no to family vacations that don't allow you to have safe food. It may require a bit...
  24. tarnalberry
    armetta - I'm sure it'll work out great when you have people over. we have friends over for dinner all the time, and while I usually don't do anything particularly special (it's mostly stuff I've done before and will do again, at home, for just the two of us), they've always loved the food! we'll teach everyone we know, one step at a time, that gluten-free...
  25. tarnalberry
    woot! the flavor might take some getting used to, but real yogurt is tasty stuff. *sighs dreamily*
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