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  1. tarnalberry
    You may want to look for other food intolerances. There could be other foods causing the nausea. (When you say you eat lactose-free, does that mean you are completely dairy free? Milk has two potentially offending components: lactose and casein. You may have a problem with the casein. (It gives me symptoms similar - but not identical - to getting gluten...
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    Fasting for three days is NOT an option. I have hypoglycemic tendencies and fasting for one day puts me down. Additionally, fasting for three days - unless you use a laxative at the beginning - will not move the material already in your intestines out of your system so that you can rule out a response to what is still in your body. If my body could handle...
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    Not really an option, coin-op. It definitely doesn't clean as well, across the whole surface of your teeth. (My diet is more varied than yours, so that may be one reason it works well for you.) Besides that, my molars naturally have very deep ridges - an area that flossing cannot get to. If I didn't brush, I would quickly have cavities in those areas...
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    Why do you say that potatoes, beef, chicken, pork, and eggs would hurt you? rather, are you saying you think they would hurt everyone, or is this specific to what you've learned about your body? btw, are you taking a multi, as - if that is your FULL diet - it appears to be vitamin deficient (particularly B's, and possibly iron depending on how much fish...
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    I think the answer depends on what you're looking for. I'm presuming he was eating plenty of gluten before the test in my analysis... If you're looking for a sign whether or not to take him gluten-free, I'd say that's it. If you're looking for proof if he should stay gluten-free, I would say the test is indicative of that but not quite "case-closed" conclusive...
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    It's a personal decision. I am not biopsy diagnosed, but my doctor was willing to go on inconclusive blood tests and positive dietary challenge. But it's really a personal decision. You might have very little intestinal damage (though I'd doubt it from the low iron count), but at the least the blood tests say your immune system reacts to gluten.
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    Honestly, since leaving home for college, I really haven't eaten out much. My dad and I used to eat out - I kid you not - seven days a week. (Sometimes breakfast and dinner. It's how I ended up being a 150lb 5'2" 15 year old.) I may have just gotten burned out on it. Since I wasn't gluten-free at the time, that was never a concern. These days, for...
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    Definitely the incentive to try even more new ingredients in cooking.
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    Hmm... so will I be a bad guy by saying - as one on the gluten-free (and CF!) diet myself, "you can't be a recluse"? Because I probably believe that as much as everyone of the non-gluten-free people who told you guys that. Really, though, I think it comes back to that discussion we had on personalities a few months ago. There are some people who just...
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    Flour tortillas? What kind of flour do they use, out of curiousity? I've never seen premade gluten-free flour tortillas! :-) What I do for lunch (I take my lunch to work every day): leftovers - I cook dinner with lunch in mind, so this week, lunch has included chicken cacciatore, bean salad with avocado, and a salmon stir-fry with chili served over...
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    I haven't replaced my pans either - though I no longer use my cast iron skillet, which I will have to replace as soon as I want to use one. We don't primarily use teflon anyway. (I've got a bird, and at high temperatures, non-stick coatings can give off toxic fumes. Birds are highly sensitive to these fumes (though they can harm humans, they hit birds way...
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    Amaranth flour makes fab pancakes too!
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    No, skin tests are for allergies (IgE mediated responses). And even then they aren't that great at picking up food allergies. Blood tests for allergie are better, but even an allergist will do an elimination diet and a food challenge (in office). (Though, in this case, the challenge is looking for immediate symptoms - which is what you get with IgE mediated...
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    digestive enzymes are ... just like lactase, but for other things that need digesting. you can try googling the term, and checking out a local health food store for more information. I'm not well informed enough at the moment to speak authoritatively on them, but the idea is that, if your body isn't producing the enzymes you need to break down your food...
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    Wow, celiac3270, that's great that they know what you're dealing with! (Well, I hope - we've heard stories of celiacs who... aren't well enough informed for their own good on this board. ;-) )
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    What kind of thing are you looking for? I make pasta sauces from scratch all the time - it really is fasty and easy - but it depends on what sort of flavor you want. Tomato based sauces are nice and fast. A pasta salad with vegetables only needs a decent vinaigrette dressing. You can use sour cream, lemon juice, and chives for a nice creamy sauce if you...
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    I only had a positive anti-reticulin IgG (not even the anti-gliandin one!) but between that and the positive response on the diet, I'm staying gluten-free.
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    There may be other foods you're eating that are causing the problem. Like burdee noted, soy could be an issue. Some other very common foods can cause bloating even though there's no intolerance issue - beans, peppers, etc. You may want to talk to your GI, due to the extremity of the situation (maybe bring in "morning"/"evening" pictures? ;-) ). I've heard...
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    That law - which requires all eight major allergens (wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, fish, shellfish, eggs, and soybeans) to be listed in plain english, and requires for definitions of what "gluten-free" means - has been passed and signed, and will change labels (and you can start to see it from some companies) but the changes are not required until 20...
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    elimination diets - if done objectively - actually do provide you with definite answers. allergists, when they're unable to get accurate enough information out of blood tests, do elimination and challenge diets. I would encourage you - given the fact that your doc is hesitant to try more tests - to try it, in some form or another.
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    And Ciroq vodka is made from grapes. Expensive, but I think it's better than both Stoli and GreyGoose. ;-) (I was part of a dorm suite that served as a bar... we got snooty about our alcohol! ;-) )
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    There was a study that was posted here at celiac.com a while ago that I can't seem to find, but it had an analysis of major brands of oats and their offending gluten content. I believe the major US brands were all over 0.1% of protein coming from gluten. Given that even the CODEX standard is 200ppm (or 0.0002% total (not just protein)), and oats are 17...
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    yep - definitely can be triggered at any age. it's genetic - but it also has to be triggered by environmental issues. (some speculation on environmental triggers include viruses, stress, and candida.) I had contemplated going vegetarian, but on the gluten-free diet, there's no way I'd be able to adequately deal with the hypoglycemia - I just can't have...
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    I agree that you might consider talking to a psych to help cope with this. Sometimes, there are situations that, for whatever reason, our current coping skills just aren't enough for, and that's when you talk to a professional about more appropriate coping skills. (You might handle a slightly leaky bathroom faucet on your own, but when the water starts...
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    Organic Foods Bars make five gluten-free bars and two that aren't gluten-free (well, as far as I've seen at stores anyway). The Omega-3, Original, Chocolate Chip, Vegan, Almon-Flax ones are gluten-free. The Active Greens and Active Greens Chocolate are not. Well, not necessarily technically. I see "Gluten-Free" on the wrappers on the website, but they...
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