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  1. tarnalberry
    if he's got hypoglycemic symptoms, he may not be eating enough. my experience with my hypoglycemia is that I start feeling nauseous, NOT hungry, even though my body actually needs food. so, I don't really have any interest in eating, but I intellectually know I have to. he may not be there yet, and is just listening to the cues from his body. do you know...
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    so, unless there's something else different in her environment (say, preschool), I'd doubt it was gluten. other food intolerances are certainly possible, but if she's mostly just eating carbs, she may have a nutritional deficiency that is causing some of the problem. is she getting a multivitamin?
  3. tarnalberry
    HUGS! I am so sorry.
  4. tarnalberry
    oh yes, if you haven't seen an ob/gyn to discuss PCOS, absolutely do!
  5. tarnalberry
    leftovers! I find that beef stew, chicken soup, and chili all make fabulous leftovers, and do not even *have* to be heated up.
  6. tarnalberry
    untreated celiac disease increases your chances of intestinal and stomach cancer, lymphoma (blood cancer), osteoporosis and anemia (and other deficiency induced conditions), neuropathy, and - on average - will shorten your life span by 10 years. if the risk of these conditions is not as worrisome to you as having to refuse a friend's cookies, or skipping...
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    Some people are sensitive to the caffeine, and some people are sensitive to the theobromine in the chocolate. It's possible for you to have an intolerance to chocolate itself. Carob is a possible substitute, if you develop the taste for it.
  8. tarnalberry
    You might try heading to UW. Sometimes, the university medical centers have better experience with a wider range of issues than a standard practice. I've heard that they generally have excellent doctors. (I'm on the east side, and don't have a GI.) If you've been diagnosed with DH, however, you HAVE celiac disease and NEED to be STRICTLY gluten free...
  9. tarnalberry
    Any chance the water has changed? Sometimes we get more chlorine than usual in the water, or maybe they started adding fluoride? Or maybe you're getting rust in the pipes (if you have metal pipes)? A chlorine excess (that the water company warned about) in college has taught me our tap water is anything but consistent.
  10. tarnalberry
    I tend to use Rainbow Light. While I don't use a low iron one (I'm female, I'm low in iron stores, and I'm pregnant! I cook in a cast iron pan whenever I can!), the Men's One has no iron, and a good mix of the rest. Open Original Shared Link
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    aside from enrichment of bread with folic acid (which isn't something we get from *wheat* anyway, just the enrichment that is added to it), there is nothing unique about wheat. it isn't a fabulous source of anything in particular - though it's got a good amount of niacin and riboflavin and some of the trace minerals (phosphorus, zinc, selenium). you can...
  12. tarnalberry
    You don't get your family to get tested. You can ask them, you can give them good reasons, but at the end of the day, it's their decision. Even if their decision is one you strongly disagree with, even if you think that decision isn't good for them, even if you think they're wrong - it's still their decision. Not easy, no, but all you can do is make a...
  13. tarnalberry
    Neo gets raw beef bones (knuckle bones and femur), but they're generally cut either into quarters on the knuckle or inch and a half thick slices (makes a little circle) on the femur. Lots of marrow, which is good for them, but make things a little runny if not taken in moderation, if you know what I mean. Neo LOVES the femur bones!
  14. tarnalberry
    RLS is associated with iron deficiency, but (as yet, anyway ) with magnesium deficiency. (Not that cramping isn't connected to magnesium deficiency, but RLS isn't quite muscle cramping either.)
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    oh, thanks for catching the oat bran! that's something I totally forgot to mention about the tests - they can't test for gluten contributions from oats at all. just doesn't register on the test. another reason to always read the ingredient label, despite claims elsewhere on the packaging. I would also say it's right out!
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    I'm pregnant! Only six weeks, but trying to not tell people was getting to be a pain (particularly since it has been affecting the yoga I can do, which affects what I can demonstrate when I teach! ), so we've outed ourselves. So far things are going fairly well. Mostly, I'm just tired, and feeling a bit constipated. (I'm not, it's just that feeling...
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    commercial tests can only detect gluten at levels greater than 20ppm. think about a needle in a haystack. if the haystack is fairly small, say, only 1,000 grains of hay and one needle, you could probably find the needle. (that's detecting the equivalent of 1000ppm, by the way). but lets say you had 50,000 grains of hay, and one needle. it's harder...
  18. tarnalberry
    Raw bones don't splinter (as evidenced by watching them be eaten). It isn't impossible for a dog to choke on a raw bone, or have a large piece get caught in their stomach - and this is definitely a bi problem. But it's generally because it was an older animal transitioned to bones who wasn't taugh to not scarf down large pieces. And it's not like dogs don...
  19. tarnalberry
    but you need magnesium to make use of the calcium for bones, and most celiacs actually do better (bone-health wise) on magnesium and NOT calcium supplements. generally our diets don't have enough magnesium, and partially because soil tends to be depleted in this mineral. you might try getting *separate* magnesium and calcium supplements and finding the...
  20. tarnalberry
    not to mention that raw bones are a great way to help keep their teeth cleaned. sure, still brush 'em once a week, but bones help too.
  21. tarnalberry
    fennel seeds (which are safe during pregnancy) can help with indigestion/heartburn. eat small meals, frequently. drink lots of water throughout the day - but drink hot, room temp, or cool water, as ice cold water may make it worse. try to determine if there are any particular foods that make the problem worse. Congratulations!!!
  22. tarnalberry
    just the honey nut and chocolate chex, as I recall. but I am *not* an uber sensitive one.
  23. tarnalberry
    the four stomachs of a cow are *totally* different than our digestive system. just because our very simplistic digestive systems can't break down the peptide doesn't mean that a cow's system, which is much more robust, can't. I also don't know that it's been studied specifically (or at least, published any time recently), but the empiric evidence is strong...
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    If you went gluten free between the blood test and the endoscopy, then I'd bet money the endoscopy could be incorrect as you were healing. If you've had these symptoms fairly recently (within the past few years, not all your life), then I'd bet the endoscopy could be incorrect as you hadn't done enough damage yet. If the lab doesn't accept moderately blunted...
  25. tarnalberry
    That's only if you eat lots of expensive, processed substitutes. A potato eaten before you go gluten free has no fewer calories than the one you eat after going gluten free. The cup of rice eaten before going gluten free has no fewer calories than the cup of rice after going gluten free. Hot cereals (outside of cream of rice) have *fewer* simple carbohydrates...
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