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  1. tarnalberry
    I encourage you to add an electric skillet to your closet, so you can do some basic cooking in your room. Or possible a rice cooker (or steamer, which will cook rice and other items at the same time). Additionally, you might want to look into salads - bean salads and veggie salads and meats when you can get cooked meats at the store. Peanut butter and...
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    A positive is a positive. Your immune system is producing antibodies to gluten - which is what gluten intolerance is. If you're looking for a full on celiac diagnosis, you may need a biopsy, as celiac specifically tends to refer to the damage in the intestines (or inferred damage based on blood test results) caused by the gluten intolerance. The question...
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    That's the austrailian list. There is no American list because Kraft in the US has a policy of clearly listing gluten-containing ingredients on the label.
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    I had to get off the pill to stop the yeast infections. (Of course, the standard advice of cotton only underwear, no tight pants, and changing out of wet clothes immediately applied.) Estrogen allows yeast cells to more easily adhere to mucous membranes - one reason why it's far more common to get yeast infections during the years you menstrate than any...
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    Unless it was gluten-free stuffing. ;-)
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    Yes, I have called the company and they confirmed they were gluten-free.
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    Did you get any yeast infections while on the pill? There has been evidence to connect triggering of celiac to candida, and the extra estrogen in the pill is known to increase the likely hood of getting a yeast infection...
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    The tricky part is that lactose intolerance and gluten intolerance are two totally different beasts. In the case of lactose intolerance, your body does nothing to it, so it reaches the bateria lower down in the digestive system which metabolize it and produce gas as a byproduct. In the case of gluten intolerance, an immune system molecule "recognizes" the...
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    Congrats!!!!!!! :-)
  10. tarnalberry
    missy, what do you call occasional cheating? symptoms can last for a week, so if you "only" cheated once a week, you may never have let your body be gluten-free. you can't really judge how the diet does for you unless you are STRICTLY gluten-free for a number of weeks/months.
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    From what I understand, that's only while there's gluten in your system and DH lesions. Once it's cleared, you don't have to be as careful about iodine any more. But try googling DH and iodine and see what you see for better information than what's left in my brain. ;-)
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    I usually just go with the "I'm gluten intolerant, so I can't have anything with wheat like croutons, bread, or pasta."
  14. tarnalberry
    It sounds like you are gluten intolerant and are just not YET celiac. Celiac technically happens when they can identify significant damage to the intestines. I say why wait for that to happen if you know your body doesn't like gluten already?
  15. tarnalberry
    It's relatively short term. A few days in most cases. That's all to the best of my knowledge, of course. ;-)
  16. tarnalberry
    Here's what I often eat (I'm gluten free and casein free): Breakfast: * quinoa flakes or Bob's Red Mill Mighty Tasty Hot Ceral or cream of buckwheat or cream of rice with rice bran or some combination of those with soy milk, honey, and cinnamon (microwaved) * rice cakes with peanut/almond/sunflower butter * smoothie (soy milk/yogurt, banana, frozen...
  17. tarnalberry
    Yes, you MUST be consuming a fairly decent amount (about the equivalent of three slices of bread a day) of gluten for a while before getting tested.
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    Yeah, if you could get your brother to get tested, and if he were to turn up positive, it would significantly help your daughter's case.
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    congrats on the great results! :-)
  20. tarnalberry
    You could be gluten intolerant (your body reacts to gluten) without yet being celiac (having damaged villi in the intestines). Of course, they also could have missed the damage on the biopsy. The biggest test is how you feel on or off the diet, and doing what makes you feel best. It won't hurt you to stick with the diet, of course.
  21. tarnalberry
    I'm not diabetic, but hypoglycemic, so have to watch my carb/sugar intake. I haven't really found it to be too big of a problem, but I cook my own foods, eat naturally gluten-free, whole foods, and don't eat packaged foods. (A box of gluten-free cookies will last me... well, I've been gluten-free a year and I haven't gone through a whole box yet... ;-...
  22. tarnalberry
    I had no problem when I had their arrowroot cookies, but I'm not that sensitive either...
  23. tarnalberry
    Wild Oat's and Trader Joe's are my regular grocery stores (and were before going gluten-free), so I'm a bit biased. :-P (Of course, I budget to purchase organic produce/meat and purchase next to no processed foods (though I do buy canned tuna and pumpkin! ;-) So the price difference is something I've planned for already.)
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    If honey in your tea doesn't do it for you (or trying a different type of tea - I don't particularly like black teas, but green teas and herbal teas I think are great plain or with honey or agave or, I suppose, stevia if you're sugar-free), I'd try the Silk.
  25. tarnalberry
    the worker may have been confused by casein and lactose. the portion of the villi that produces lactase to break down lactose are the tips, so after a few months of a gluten-free diet, they may regernate so you can tolerate lactose, but that does not mean you'll be able to tolerate casein. if you're casein intolerant, it's likely that cheese will be a ...
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