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  1. tarnalberry
    gf4life, I'm with you. Studies like these worry me that companies will be able to label their food gluten free when it's not, in fact, gluten free. And those of us who want to keep as gluten free as it is ever possible to do (which, given that you really don't have to ever eat processed foods, I think is pretty gluten free) will have more trouble with this...
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    I'd call him back and ask what he meant, but I'm guessing he found some villious atrophy, but they weren't totally flat. Do check with him though.
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    Just to comment on the cooking from scratch thing - it really doesn't have to be difficult, time consuming, or stressful to cook from scratch - after you have a bit of practice at the easy dishes. Chili, tacos, soups, stews, stir fries, and sautees are all great, one pan dishes that take (for some soups, anyway) around half an hour or less. It takes practice...
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    It sounds like he's asking you to participate in his study, but if he does that, there is legal paperwork you'd be asked to sign, and distinct confidentiality rules. And you absolutely have the right to say no - and it would be medically unethical for him to treat you any differently if you do say no.
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    Three weeks isn't all that long - particularly if you're still making mistakes. (I don't recover from a mistake, fully (symptom wise), for a week!) Try not to be too hard on yourself. You're going to make mistakes like that in this gluten filled world, and it takes time to get into the habit of avoiding gluten. You know that when you're hungry it's...
  6. tarnalberry
    Papain is sometimes used culinarily to help break down proteins (hence you may see it in meat tenderizers or papaya in recipes for meat marinades). I don't know if it has any specific action on gluten itself, but they've been looking for this sort of thing for years, and if something as simple as papain worked, I think we'd have heard far more about it out...
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    I thought the same thing when I first started out. Just wait... you're going to post a recipe of your own six months from now using a "generic" name, thinking it's obvious! :-) It's all part of the learning (heck, sometims, I think it's just our own little private "language". ;-) )
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    I don't think you're being nutty at all. I would encourage you to either see if someone else can do the mowing, or resow with a different type of grass.
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    ah... if you implied it from a recipe, it may have been because the person who wrote the recipe assumed that you'd get gluten-free rice crispies. The thing is... Kellog's Rice Crispies (the popular brand with the three little... whatever they are... as a logo) are NOT gluten-free. But there are a number of natural brands of the exact same type of thing...
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    ARCHIVED The Problem With Doctors

    tarnalberry replied to catfish's topic in Doctors

    I don't know if it's from my own personal experiences, but I too agree that a person should never take the advice of their doctors on blind faith. Yes, they are the ones trained to medicine, but we are the ones living in our body. Yes, they are the ones intimately familiar with a greater store of medical knowledge, be we are far more familiar with our own...
  11. tarnalberry
    Welcome to the board. I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. As for not finding any relief after 18 months on the diet, my first question would be to ask if you are 100% positive that you have eliminated ALL possible sources of cross contamination and gluten exposure (be it packaged products, stamps/envelops/play-dough, cosmetics/soap/shampoo, a not-entirely...
  12. tarnalberry
    If you're casein intolerant, or allergic, then yes, any dairy would be a bad idea. If you're just lactose intolerant, then probably not, even if you don't use lactaid. (It varies by person.) It depends on the root cause... (I'm having trouble figuring out dairy too, but haven't worked real hard at it... eliminating all casein will be tough for me! ;-...
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    You might try going on a low residue diet for a couple of weeks to give your intestines a break. Google the term for more advice, but the basic idea is that you eat little or NO fiber (or complex carbs) so that your body is absorbing ALL of what you eat, and not having to clear out the waste that can't be digested. I don't suggest this for a long term solution...
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    Deanna, I'm probably the biggest skeptic of Enterolabs on here. The reason I am skeptical of the company and Dr. Fine is because he refuses (and notes that he has choosen not to do this) to submit the results of his research behind his method to peer review. He has kept the method closed from other doctors in the community. And when questioned on this...
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    There's a recipe for Blueberry Muffins in the Gluten Free Resource Guide by Shelly Case (a book well worth it's low cost) that uses sorgum flour that even my husband (who's an extremely picky eater) doesn't mind. You might check your library for the book (Amazon has it as well).
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    making spaghetti sauce from canned tomatoes can be pretty darn fast (though you can also make a slower version), and I think it's WAY tastier. you might look around for some recipes, if you like. the quickest meat based on I do is: 1/2 lb ground turkey 1 tbsp olive oil 1 can stewed tomatoes 1 can diced tomatoes 1 can tomato paste 1 chopped onion...
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    I like Tinkyada's rice pasta - if you don't overcook it (and it needs less time than semolina pasta) it has a similar texture to regular pasta. But the quinoa pasta is also quite tasty, and safe for gluten-free diets (assuming it the one from Ancient Harvest).
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    lol... sorry, didn't mean to imply that! :-) I still avoid it whenever possible because - just like a little kid - things get in the mouth. It gets on your hands, on your face, and it can get in your mouth without you even thinking about it. So I still do my best to avoid it, but really, aside from "lotiony, let's add wheat germ oil to this to sound...
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    actually, I think gluten is too large, molecularly, to be absorbed into the skin and make it into the blood stream. I do know that vit D is not "absorbed". Rather, the energy of the ultraviolet light component of the sun's light causes a chemical reaction which produces vit D in the skin. that's why constantly wearing sunblock has an effect on your vit...
  20. tarnalberry
    tyki, by already being comfortable in the kitchen, you're a step ahead of the game. go to the produce department in your grocery store and look around... there's a lot of food there, and - aside from the package/processed stuff they try to push on you - you can have all of it. go to the meat counter and look around... there's a lot of food there, and -...
  21. tarnalberry
    While not AT Angels stadium, I'm sure there are places in the vicinity (well within walking distance) that could accomodate you. (BTW, there's a place called Wakano just a block up the street from Staples with great sushi!)
  22. tarnalberry
    Actually, "removed" is the correct term for what happens to the gluten in the distillation process. Basically, distillation is where the more volatile (and lighter) molecules are evaporated off of a liquid. The gluten molecules are too heavy to make it through the many steps of a distillation process. I know that there are people who still suspect grain...
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    sorry. spurious post I can't seem to delete.
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    I know this isn't the most immediately helpful of an answer, but it's all I've got at the moment: If you've got cable, and get the FoodNetwork, check your listings and keep an eye out for the Good Eats cake episode. Alton Brown goes into a lengthy discussion of the chemistry behind why it can be so hard to make a good light cake from scratch instead of...
  25. tarnalberry
    armymom - have you been to PT? my problem is very similar, with my sacrum tending to stick on the right and causing a lot of pain on the left, but the PT I saw (and I know that not that many PT's can properly treat sacrum and tailbone issues) was able to help get in unstuck and give me appropriate exercises to allow the muscles to be strengthened and keep...
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