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  1. tarnalberry
    NOTHING that you purchase that is not a single whole food which is then washed at home can be GUARANTEED 100% gluten free. This is an ideal that will never be met. That said, I've had no problem with Rice Chex and Corn Chex. Honey Nut Chex, Chocolate Chex, and Cinnamon Chex, despite being labeled gluten free have bothered me a bit. I could not in...
  2. tarnalberry
    It is possible that it's not related to gluten intolerance at all. Have you seen your GP? Or an orthopaedist? Or a chiropractor? My GP referred me to a chiropractor when I threw out my back (playing frisbee!), and he's been great. (BTW, hip issues can *easily* contribute to back pain.)
  3. tarnalberry
    I don't think you're being over protective, and I think your plan will work in the short term, but not the long term. Eventually, she is going to make her own decisions, and she may want more proof than "because mom said so". Particularly when she's older, gets to high school and college, thinks she knows better than you, and disregards the dietary advice...
  4. tarnalberry
    They'll rebel because they want to do what "they're not supposed to". It's nothing to do with feeling deprived or not, it's just the lure of the forbidden fruit. Sure, it probably won't happen until the tween or teen years, and yeah, maybe not 100% chance, but 99% (no, no, no particular study on this one, but I'm sure you can find studies on other forms...
  5. tarnalberry
    Tartrazine is a yellow food dye. She might have removed it from her kids diet because there is some evidence of correlation of ingestion of some food dyes with hyperactivity in children. It is also known that some people (albeit a very small percentage - around 0.1% - have an intolerance to it). It's not a gluten concern, however.
  6. tarnalberry
    The diet is a large learning curve. There is no way that she, or anyone who hasn't lived with the gluten free diet, can tell you about the disease without taking hours, over the course of weeks. It's like getting into exercise; some things don't need a trainer, you just do it on your own, but actually finding a schedule, method, location, etc. that works...
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    A pancake mix is going to already have leavening in it, so if you add yet more leavening in the muffin recipe, it's likely to become unstable and collapse (hence dense/gummy). Adding the crumb topping probably made it worse, but it probably would have had the same issue regardless.
  8. tarnalberry
    Depends, are your worries having a significant effect on your life? If they are, that's something to see a therapist about. If they're not (beyond reasonable measures, like avoiding gluten, and minimizing exposure to known carcinogens, and otherwise aiming to be healthy), then it's probably not a big deal. No one can accurately tell you if you'll get...
  9. tarnalberry
    Another vote for "bring your own". If you've got time for making pizza and cake (and maybe sometimes you do, and sometimes you don't), GREAT! If you make something else, GREAT! If you eat before hand and don't eat while socializing with them, GREAT! All kinds of options. She may come around, or she may not. But it's probably a lot to expect everyone...
  10. tarnalberry
    Blood is fine. Not sure about plasma. AFAIK, bone marrow may be out.
  11. tarnalberry
    Unfortunately, cream cheese, cream, and butter are all dairy. :/ That's why I find dairy free harder than gluten free! For *some* italian recipes (thought it's not really very italian), mashed avocado works suitably for a ricotta-like substitute. works well enough in lasagna.
  12. tarnalberry
    This. This times 100. Those experiences aren't JUST about the food, even though it really really seems that way until you figure out how to take the food out of it. Ask yourself this question: would you do those things - drive three hours to get a danish, go have a Guiness at the pub *just* for the Guiness, wait in line for an hour for chicken and waffles...
  13. tarnalberry
    Even if everything is great, there is only a 25% chance of getting pregnant every month IF you have sex within the three to four days before you ovulate. Are you charting? Do you know when you ovulate?
  14. tarnalberry
    In this case yes, but that ingredient list also means it tastes like crap! If you can find San-J's (tamari) or Eden's varieties, they are *MUCH* better.
  15. tarnalberry
    Folic acid is the only likely deficiency on a gluten free diet (because gluten free breads aren't fortified with it). Eating gluten while having an intolerance/celiac is MORE likely to cause deficiencies, since absorption is likely compromised. That said, you should be taking a prenatal vitamin anyway, have your iron checked (many, MANY women should...
  16. tarnalberry
    Caffeine is considered a nervous system stimulant. I've not heard of it specifically as a immune system stimulant. What I understand (and the article already posted says something similar-ish) is that antioxidants and other polyphenols in tea (white, green, or black) have a beneficial effect on many things in the body, but I've never read that it specifically...
  17. tarnalberry
    FYI, no flavor that I've ever seen of Boost is dairy free. They all have milk protein (casein) and both calcium and sodium caseinate. (They might be lactose free, but definitely not dairy free.)
  18. tarnalberry
    Whether it did or not at the time, Sensodyne has since then said that their toothpaste *is* gluten free. Old threads on gluten-free status are definitely not trustworthy.
  19. tarnalberry
    Lactose and casein are two different things. Lactose is milk sugar (a carbohydrate) and casein is the milk protein. Lactose intolerance is caused by a lack of enzyme in the stomach to break down lactose into it's two component sugars. Casein intolerance is - more complicated, and can involve the immune system. If lactose is bothering you, then you could...
  20. tarnalberry
    The results aren't actually conflicting - the two labs ran different tests, according to what you have typed there. Between the five blood tests, the labs duplicated one test (tTg test) with the same (negative) result. It's not at all unusual to have some of the tests pop up positive, and some negative. That's why a whole panel of tests is run, as the...
  21. tarnalberry
    If it came on when you went from laying down to standing, it was probably orthostatic hypotension (from Open Original Shared Link: "Symptoms, which generally occur after sudden standing or stretching (after standing), include dizziness, euphoria, bodily dissociation, distortions in hearing, lightheadedness, headache, blurred or dimmed vision (possibly to...
  22. tarnalberry
    I think the one I take is from Solaray. Whole Foods has a couple of dairy free probiotics, and I haven't seen many at all that contain gluten (unless they have oat fiber listed in the ingredients). Most of them say "gluten free" right on the label.
  23. tarnalberry
    First thing that pops to mind is that it's not a very balanced meal. Lots of great veggies, but I didn't see much in the way of carbs, and certainly not much in the way of protein or fat. That might make for low and/or unstable blood sugar - which can absolutely make you nauseated and quite cranky (for me, headachey too).
  24. tarnalberry
    Hives are an allergic reaction. Something you were exposed to (pollen, detergent, soap, animal dander, etc.) was causing a histamine reaction in the skin. Hives are far more likely to be a contact allergy than a food allergy.
  25. tarnalberry
    You've done the blood tests, and the biopsy. But you haven't done the dietary test. Removing gluten for your diet (completely) for a while (at least a month) and then challenging by eating gluten again IS a valid test, and used to be the gold standard.
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