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  1. tarnalberry
    If you count the different varieties of the same grain (corn meal/corn flour/corn startch, potato starch/potato flour), then I'm sure I'm over a dozen, excluding the mixes. (Though I don't have any _homemade_ mixes yet, just three pre-mixed mixes (Bob's Red Mills', Arrowhead Mill's, and Pamela's (I think)). I think I've got half a dozen on ice at my in...
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    Whole Soy and Silk both make gluten-free, dairy-free yogurts. They're not too bad - the flavored versions, anyway, as I haven't tried the plain. (Live cultures.)
  3. tarnalberry
    Is any of the issue of having stomach problems when you get enough sleep related to blood sugar issues? I had that issue when I was a kid, and while I don't think it was necessarily due to gluten-intolerance (which I don't actually think was a problem when I was younger, I think it was triggered about four years ago) but I do think was related to blood sugar...
  4. tarnalberry
    Definitely always cook pizza's on a baking stone! :-) You can get a set that has a stone and a paddle together.
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    What kind of corn flour? The fine grain stuff... sure - in combination with the other flours. You might try sorgum as well - a relative of corn, it's doesn't have the strong taste the other flours can have.
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    ARA can - as far as I've been able to discover - indicate either autoimmune kidney problems as well, but usually celiac. It's actually relatively specific (in theory), but not very sensitive. (Plenty of celiacs won't have it raised.) That, actually, was my only positive test. (I couldn't get any values on the rest, so I don't know if they were borderline...
  7. tarnalberry
    That's a funny thing about the Chinese place... Was the garlic sauce brown? Or anything other than white? I probably had soy sauce or a sauce that used soy sauce in it. I generally stick to the steamed shrimp and vegetables, or the shrimp and vegetables with the white sauce. I think that many neighborhood places may use frozen chicken (far more economic...
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    Which reminds me, I ran across an interesting study report (on WebMD) that summarized a study that found a possible (not yet proven) bacterial cause of Chron's. The bug (MAP, a tuberculosis variant that can infect the gut) is apparently a pain to culture in the lab, so it's been hard to tell if patients have it. Of course, the relationship may not be...
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    oops, sorry about the mistaken chemistry there... I remember _something_ being a mirror image of the molecule they were trying to replaces, but apparently had forgotten that Splenda was the one with the replacement chlorines. ;-) (this is what you get for being a physical sciences junkie... lots of useless information that gets jumbled in your head! ;-)...
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    I don't do a lot of baking, but when I do, substitutions depend on what I'm making. The gluten-free flours all have their own unique taste, so I try to match the flours with the flavors of the item I'm cooking. For example, a banana bread could hold up to a nuttier flavor (I'm thinking amaranth) or more robust flavors (some bean flour) than, say, a more...
  11. tarnalberry
    I think it's a coincidental causal relationship. You get the diagnosis in young kids only when it's bad - it's overlooked or passed off as something else in those who aren't as sensitive. They still have it; they're just overlooked in the diagnosis, or expected to "grow out of whatever is bothering them".
  12. tarnalberry
    Being careful to deal with the hypoglycemic tendencies has been the most important. That and doing the elimination diet to learn that I need to avoid all dairy.
  13. tarnalberry
    I haven't had hers - I may have mispoken on the brand in the past - but have had no problems with Nature's Highlights rice crust, to which I add my own sauce and toppings.
  14. tarnalberry
    Just for reference, the ttg results give you absolutely NO indication about cancer. There is not reason to be immediately concerned about an present case of cancer. Your doctor can certainly do the screen, but the issue is that DECADES of exposure to gluten in a celiac _can_ increase the _chance_ of developing intestinal cancer. It's no guarnatee, even...
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    Splenda is essentially just a mirror image, molecularly speaking, of sucrose (table sugar), which the body doens't have the ability to break down. (The enzyme won't fit the molecule backwards.) There was a study not too long ago that artificial sweeteners, in general, may cause problems with the body's ability to regulate the hunger feeling, but it has...
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    If it's just sleepy, it may be an exaggeration of the normal response for people to get a bit tired after eating (particularly after large meals) because the body is expending energy on the digestion process, and not quite as much on the other things. I hope your doctor can help you with this one, though.
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    I don't generally use a thickener for soup - just used only as much water as would give me the consistency I wanted - but I've had potato starch work in the past. I use cornstarch for gravy, though... always have, even when I'd never heard of gluten.
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    I think one of the things that helped me with regards to having people respect what you say about contamination is "less chat, more hat". Ok, the quote from The Simpson's falls apart a bit on those last two words, but basically, the idea was to stop talking about it, and just do it. In a friend's kitchen, I'd check which cutting board was reguarly used...
  19. tarnalberry
    I'll often have either a smoothie (soy milk, banana, frozen fruit, flax meal if you want it), rice cakes with peanut butter, or hot quinoa or buckwheat cereal. The rice cakes and quinoa or buckwheat do come in packages from the store, but aren't processed any more than oatmeal is, for the most part. Though I had a number of hardboiled eggs for breakfast...
  20. tarnalberry
    I almost never eat plain food! :-) I usually make my own dressings (lemon-garlic, honey-mustard, balsamic vinaigrette) but Annie's makes a number of gluten-free dressings (check the label) and Kraft will clearly label wheat on their ingredients. As for the rest of it... that's exactly what the spice aisle is for. And aromatic produce (garlic, onions...
  21. tarnalberry
    sweet potatoes? good nutrient source, low allergen potential.
  22. tarnalberry
    well... casein free milk is kind of like gluten-free wheat (and I don't mean wheat starch). casein is one of the things that makes milk, milk. but only one of the things. there's a bunch of interesting reading you can do on the issue regarding the difference in protein composition of various types of milks. apparently, cow's milk has a high percentage...
  23. tarnalberry
    It depends on how strict you want to do this. There isn't a right or wrong answer. If you're being strict, strawberries are out - they can cause allergies, as are a number of other fruits and vegetables. You would probably not want to have too much added sugar, because you need to pack as much nutrition into the calories you have. And you probably...
  24. tarnalberry
    Whenever we go visit my inlaws (and that means stay with them, since they're not close by) we hit a grocery store first thing so I can get some food to eat (unless I've left some there so it's waiting for me when we do visit). I don't think it's rude at all to bring your own food (or get your own food). I saw, here in Ft. Wayne on my most recent business...
  25. tarnalberry
    there are still a handful of celiacs who do react to uncontaminated oats (per a couple of very strict studies), so you could also consider other sources of soluble fiber. there are other gluten-free grains that have plenty of soluble fiber - I believe buckwheat, quinoa, and teff are fairly good in this respect. Rice bran may also have a high level of soluble...
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