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  1. tarnalberry
    You might try asking your doctor for a referral to a marriage therapist. (Make sure to get one who's worked in the marriage field - not all of them have.) The referral I got from my gyn for the therapist I see was a good one, even if she is a two hour drive away. (Then again, so was the gyn. ;-) )
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    I'm not a huge wine fan, but I like a decent riesling - it's one of the sweeter ones.
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    If you choose gluten-free replacements wisely, there shouldn't be a problem with fiber. (Many of the alternatives to wheat have *more* fiber.) But again, it's all about food choices.
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    Reactions can run a week or two. If you're worried about other things, sure, check with your doctor, but other wise... sounds fairly "normal". :-(
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    You may want to call the company - it may not be a gluten problem at all. Aflotoxin in peanut butter is a concern if the plant is not up to par as well as testing for it.
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    Quite right, I forgot about that. There are studies that have shown that folks who follow a gluten-free diet by replacing wheat-filled items with their counterpart gluten-free items may have lower folate levels, because gluten-free breads and pastas are not fortified with folic acid. Just another argument for a well rounded diet! ;-)
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    The process for making masa involves cooking and breaking down the corn, and mixing it with lime - but lime the mineral, not lime the fruit! :-) I had that confused for a long time. ;-)
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    Given that it was a number of years while your body was not getting the nutrition it needs, it's not surprising that things may still pop up slowly. With the vit D deficiency now able to be addressed (healing intestines will allow you to better absorb the vitamins), hopefully the osteoporosis may start to reverse. But remember that your body was but under...
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    I posted something under the traveling section about all the foods I made and took with me when I went to a wedding this weekend - it was about five days of living out of my backpack. You might check there. It was primarily crackers, dried fruit, nuts, and jerky, as well as some hot cereal I could make with water in the microwave.
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    But they don't have to - it depends on whether or not you get specialty items - or have other intolerances. For kids, I can imagine that it's much harder as there's more demand for food that's like what their peers are eating. I don't look forward to facing that challenge if it occurs. ;-)
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    It's only been *very* recently that it's been better understood what the problem with oats is. (I mean, in the past year or two.) So not only does it take time for this to affect large industries, but from a business-case perspective, many companies may decide that it's NOT in there best interest to make sure to avoid contamination. The cost of eliminating...
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    At the wedding I went to the weekend before last, I brought crackers I made, dried fruit, and beef jerky and had it at the table while chatting with my friends. :-)
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    But you still eat fruit? I mean, fruit has a lot of naturally occuring sugars, so I'm just trying to figure out which path you're taking. If you're eliminating *all* added sugars but leaving whole foods that have naturally occuring sugars, it's true that it's going to be tough to get packaged products (outside of nuts and dried fruit). And if you're eliminating...
  14. tarnalberry
    Physically, no there aren't really any downsides to just switching to gluten-free, because you're not necessarily making that big of a change. If it means that all of a sudden you're eating more sugar, or causing some other significant change in your diet, that's different, but eliminating four ingredients out of all possible ones isn't that big of a change...
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    For the work events: bring your own food. I know it can be a hassle to do it all the time, but you have to do what you have to do. It may require quite a lot of preparation, but that's better than not having a job! :-) For the birthday events: tell them you'll bring your own cake because you want to be able to have some. They're supposed to be your...
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    I believe that some people have a problem with whey (another milk protein) that is separate from the casein issue. Also, I have heard - but do not know that there's sufficient evidence about this one - that the byproducts in milk from the large-scale dairy industry does affect some people sensitive to the items. So you might consider organic, small-scale...
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    lol! that's just what I was thinking as I read through your post. and I think some of us are more sensitive to the effects of inflammation in one part of the body and/or minor inflammation throughout the body.
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    Thanks :-) It's been (and continues to be) a *rough* year, and I didn't understand why I was having so much trouble with ... life! Until I sat back and realized what all is really going on in my life this year, then I felt amazing for having done as much as I have! ;-)
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    Do you mean no added sugar, or no sugars (including honey or fruit) period? If only the former, yeah, it takes out some pre-packaged products, but not everything (depending on your tastes ;-) ).
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    Yep, given that a small percentage (possibly less than 10%, if I recall correctly) of celiacs DO appear to get damage from avenin (as determined by biopsy), I'm not willing to risk it even with uncontaminated oats. If I were more reactive, I might test once to find out *my* answer, but yeah... no uncontaminated oats. ;-)
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    Open Original Shared Link There are some others on pubmed, but I can't find the ones I saw a while back and don't have time for the search. (Can't remember the exact search term I used... :-( )
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    Take an objective look at your life: * you're dealing with the physical stress of celiac and any related problems have put on your body * you're dealing with the mental challenge of adjusting to *all* the changes that pop up in your social life because of the change in diet * you're dealing with the physical stress of working a physically demanding job...
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    Casein induced villi damage is very very rare. It can happen, but mostly it just causes uncomfortable symptoms. And it's not detected by the same tests as the gluten intolerance testing. I determined I was having problems with dairy by doing an elimination diet. I plan to test it again in the future, however.
  24. tarnalberry
    I don't think of myself as a sick person, or a diseased person. I do - to a small extent - think of myself as broken, but it has nothing to do with the gluten-intolerance, and everything to do with the other conditions I have which stope me from doing things. With gluten intolerance, I can still eat - I have to pick what I eat more carefullly, but I can...
  25. tarnalberry
    I was talking to a coworker today, and the chief engineer on her program saw us outside and came to say hello. He had tried to recruit me - heavily - after I worked on the winning proposal for the program, but I turned him down. Amongst the rest of the conversation, he noted "before meeting you, I never knew what gluten was!". At the least, it seems that...
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