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  1. tarnalberry
    If you're coughing every 15 seconds when it's bad, and if it's more like a spasmodic response than a real cough, you may want to be evaluated for reactive airway disease. While asthma can fall under this category, it requires someone who knows what they're doing to treat it. Every case of this sort of thing is different, and while the general advice often...
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    Banana Muffins (a modification of my mother-in-law's banana muffin recipe, these are dense, but tasty) Ingredients ----------- 1/2 cup sorgum flour 1/2 cup sweet rice flour 1/2 cup brown rice flour 1/2 cup montina flour 1/2 cup flax meal 2 cups Perky's Nutty Rice 1 1/2 cup brown rice flakes (or an alternative) 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder 1 1/2...
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    Eh. I learned the labeling thing from someone on here! Gotta love this place. :-)
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    Mammalian milk always has casein. It's one of the defining characteristics. (Soy, not being a mammal, doesn't have casein. ;-) ) Different mammal species, however, have sometimes substantially different compositions of chemicals that make up their milk. For instance, casein comes in more than one variety, and cow's milk has a much higher percentage of...
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    There is some validity behind the idea of wearing a mask if you've got a compromised immune system, but it's in the case of a SERIOUSLY compromised immune system. Like people who've had their immune systems removed (for transplant or other procedures). When my mom had her immune system totally supressed for a transplant, they didn't even ask her to wear...
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    But alcohol that's listed as an ingredient on the label of a food has to meet certain requirements, and one of them is that it's distilled. Same way that there are requirements about what "vinegar" means on a label. If beer is an ingredient in something, it's got to list beer (or the beer ingredients). That's why I wouldn't be concerned about gluten in...
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    If it's just lactose intolerance, yogurt shouldn't give you too much trouble, as the bacteria it's cultured with consume the milk sugar. Some may still be left, so you can trry taking Lactaid (available at any drug store or grocery store) just before you eat it. if that doesn't make any difference, chances are, it's casein.
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    Kudos to them for working with ya! :-) Yay!
  9. tarnalberry
    Beer isn't distilled.
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    In that sense, however, the alcohol is distilled, and should be fine, even if it is wheat based. Though "wheat free" doesn't mean gluten free, it *can* if there are no other gluten containing ingredients. The soy sauce you refer to there is almost certainly gluten free, and I would certainly believe so off of that ingredient list.
  11. tarnalberry
    Some people who have a WHEAT ALLERGY can have spelt - most shouldn't though. But that is DIFFERENT from people who have CELIAC. A celiac can NOT have spelt. Period.
  12. tarnalberry
    I tend to take leftovers - so it means a lot of stir-frys, soups, stews, chili, etc. these days. Raw veggies and hummus is a good one too. :-) And a piece of fruit, of course.
  13. tarnalberry
    I haven't ever heard/read from reputable sources that such extreme measures are necessary, so I would not bother with a mask. (I've flown a lot since changing my diet - particularly in the first six months after the change.) I would, however, encourage you to bring hand sanitizer and use it after washing your hands in the airplane restrooms upon returning...
  14. tarnalberry
    Yep, I'm afraid you'll have to ditch the cereal. besides oats, check it for barley malt.
  15. tarnalberry
    the biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosing celiac disease, since *technically* celiac disease is defined as having intestinal damage from glute. it's useful in order to be able to see how damaged the intestines are and how serious malabsorption issues may be because of that. but that doesn't mean you *have* to have one. plenty of us on here are dx...
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    I could have sworn I replied to this post... huh. Anyway, you might also consider getting a humidifier, if you run the heater a lot, as low humidity makes it feel much colder than it is, and heaters dramatically decrease the humidity in your house. Here in Seattle, it's 90% humidity outside (when it's raining) so far this winter, but 33% inside unless I...
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    one thing to keep in mind - if you're getting gluten, and your intestines are inflammed, the general inflammation in the area may be putting more pressure on and further irritating the uterus, so that the spasming that causes the painful cramps gets worse. there are a number of things you can do to help with cramps: 1) regular (daily, even not during menstruation...
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    Don't give up! I don't know how long you've been doing the diet, but it takes a number of months to get the hang of it. It's a big change, and you're not alone. When it's hardest, stick to naturaly, unprocessed foods - whole fruits and vegetables and meats and eggs. (I'd lay off the dairy, but I'm sensitive to it, so that's just my opinion.) If you...
  19. tarnalberry
    Wheat free does NOT mean gluten free. Gluten is found in wheat, barley, rye, and possibly oats. Oats are a controversial item, with research suggesting that a small, but non-trivial, percentage of celiacs react to the inherent oat protein, avenin. Regardless of that, virtually ALL oats, and all readily available commercial oats, are heavily contaminated...
  20. tarnalberry
    homemade chicken rice soup - *nothing* preprocessed, just in case.
  21. tarnalberry
    and I believe companies are allowed to "use up" their "old" labels as well.
  22. tarnalberry
    one of the options for treating fibro, as I understand it, is eliminating salicylates. haven't tried it myself, but I've heard some people have success with it.
  23. tarnalberry
    particularly for celiacs, magnesium is VITAL for bone formation, and most people don't get enough (healthy diet or not). most doctors overlook it as well. (there are studies - I use pubmed.com - that show that magnesium supplementation is more important, by far, than calcium supplementation in celiacs in order to increase bone density.) weight bearing...
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    I'm also dairy free, and also find it harder than gluten free. But you can still have chocolate! Dark chocolate is usually dairy free (and usually gluten free), and most coco powder is Gluten-free Casein-free. Silk makes a nog that is CF and soy free (not to mention gluten free). And there are soy yogurts out there too. It's not the same - and cheese...
  25. tarnalberry
    The "benefits" include: 1) not getting osteoporosis and not getting it earlier 2) not being as prone to anemia and other vitamin deficiencies 3) being only as likely as the rest of the population to get intestinal cancers instead of many times more likely 4) not, on average, taking 10 years off your life If you've got DH, you've got celiac. The...
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