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  1. gabby
    I went looking for un-iodized sea salt...and couldn't find any. So I threw out the old box of salt, and bought a new one. It looks okay to me. I had been cooking broccoli and cauliflower the other day when I was using the 'pink' salt.....and I had the salt in a bowl so I could just add pinches of salt as I was cooking (sea salt is sticky). I probably...
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    I'll keep digging...and post a follow up. I've heard that it could be chlorine reacting with the iodine; I have noticed a distinct chlorine smell to the tap water lately (maybe they are adding more chlorine to the water due to the spring run-off of melting snow and ice). But I'll check it out. thanks for your help!
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    Could be... I'll keep digging on this. I've used several boxes of this salt and never had this happen before..until I sifted out those square crystals. I'm guessing I sifted out something that keeps the iodine from reacting with other things. I'm sure it is normal...just thought I'd check and see what's up!
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    Hi, This isn't a gluten question...but I was hoping that any chemists out there could help me unravel a salt mystery! I'm in Croatia for a little while, and have been using a store-bought brand of regular iodized table salt which is also supposed to be sea salt. Yesterday, I sifted about a cup of the salt and noticed that these little square crystals were...
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    Clean the inside of the oven thoroughly. If it is self-cleaning...then put it through a self-cleaning cycle on the highest temperature (some ovens have a quick mode and a long mode...go for the long one). If the oven isn't self-cleaning, then get some oven cleaner and clean the oven at least twice...making sure to get up and around the oven light cover...
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    Be sure to throw out your old lipsticks, chapsticks, lipglosses and anything else that you put on your lips before going gluten free. If you are anything like me, then you probably used to routinely eat a sandwich or donut or pizza, then just pull out your lipstick/gloss/chapstick and reapply without even thinking about it....and thus getting little itty...
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    Thermos! Thermos! Thermos! I have several in various sizes (tall, thin, wide, short, big, little) and I take one or two along whenever I go to a dinner or someone's house. I fill it with whatever I feel like eating: sometimes it has hot soup, or hot stew or hot risotto, chili, creamy polenta and sauce, gluten-free noodles and sauce, etc. Everything...
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    Sorry to welcome you to 'the club', but very happy that you've got a proper diagnosis and that you can begin your healing journey. What I've learned over the years about 'telling' people about my disease, is that most people really don't get it, and I don't expect them to. I used to think people just didn't 'get' celiac disease, but I learned through...
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    There's a great online knitting group where you can join various groups, go to forums, and ask around about knitting things in your area. It is called: www.ravelry.com I haven't checked, but there could be a celiac-knitters group. And if there isn't one, then you could start one! There are these things called knit-a-longs where you sign up for a particular...
  10. gabby
    Sorry to hear that you are having difficulty adjusting. Everyone goes through this....because having celiac disease and going gluten-free is a complex thing, and it takes lots of time and effort and energy to figure it out and make it work. Four months is a great beginning. The first year is the hardest because you've got to do all your 'normal' things...
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    The first year of going gluten free I had terrible cramps in my leg muscles, the bottoms of my feet, and in my hips. At the same time I was rapidly losing weight and going through regular unintentional glutenings from foods that I didn't realize contained gluten (like flavoured potato chips, salad with the crutons picked off, etc.) After the first year...
  12. gabby
    Just a quick word on Thimerosal from a point of view I've never heard anyone mention before. It is possible to be allergic to thimerosal. I know, because I am. I had lots of trouble every time I got a vaccine as a kid. Lots of trouble. It wasn't until just a few years ago that I was tested for an allergy against thimerosal and it came back positive....
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    I call them 'purple thumb-prints'. I only get them when I've been glutened. It looks like someone put dark purple ink on their thumbs then pressed their thumbs under my eyes, closer to the nose. I can barely cover them with makeup. Usually the thumb prints coincide with extreme tiredness, and a feeling of being uncoordinated (along with stomach upset...
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    Hi, I'm posting a link to a fantastic picture of what healthy villi looks like. This picture could be helpful for those times when we are trying to explain celiac disease to someone who doesn't get it. The picture is of mouse villi, but is similar to human. I thought it was such a striking image, I just had to post the link! When you get to the...
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    Desk job in marketing? No way. I was thinking more of someone who travels to gluten-free food conferences and conventions, getting to eat all sorts of gluten-free goodies, and knowing that if there's a breakfast meeting, or a lunch meeting or a christmas dinner, then it will definitely be gluten-free. And never will anyone ever roll their eyeballs when...
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    Hi, There's a Whole Foods in an undergound mall called Hazelton Lanes in the Yorkville area of Toronto (right downtown, not too far from the Four Seasons hotel). There's also a farmer's market in a big building called the St. Lawrence Market. It is also downtown not too far from the Union Station subway stop plus one or two streetcar stops. (just google...
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    Maybe you can combine your talents together with your job frustrations and come up with a brand new plan: how about trying to get a sales job at a company that makes/distributes/produces gluten-free food? If anyone can be a rep for gluten-free products, it has to be you. What you describe as frustration about traveling, eating out, and dealing with food...
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    I'm just glad to see celiac disease getting some prominent space in a widely read publication. And I'm happy to see that researchers are taking an interest in figuring out how celiac disease works. It gives me a wee bit of hope that someone out there will bump into some new findings and come up with a treatment or a cure. Just my bit of hoping.
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    Just came across this interesting article linking bone loss and celiac disease and am posting the link: Open Original Shared Link
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    Hi, I was gluten free for 2 years and while I felt better than at the beginning of the diet, I wasn't feeling that much better. Until I gave up dairy. I started feeling better within 3 days. After 6 months, I slowly brought dairy back into my diet and found that I can handle small amounts now with no problems. I never really consumed that much dairy...
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    Hi, A friend saw this article regarding auto-immune disorders and gluten in the Huffington Post on Sept. 13. It is written by Dr. Mark Hyman. It looks like a good one to forward to friends and family members who are having trouble believing celiac disease is real and that gluten is a problem. Open Original Shared Link
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    I also agonized over the wording for the letter (well, an e-mail) I sent to family members. I eventually decided to just give them the bare facts and then let them decide what to do for themselves. So I just said something like: Hi, I have been diagnosed with celiac disease, an auto-immune disorder. There is no cure or treatment for celiac disease...
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    Hi, I bought my own countertop grain milling machine and now I make my own polenta, rice flour, bean flours, etc. For polenta I just put popcorn kernels through the machine and grind it at a course setting (I actually like to use Orville Redenbacher popcorn...but any popcorn will do). I don't live in the US...so I am not sure where you can buy these things...
  24. gabby
    :lol: :lol: I'm baking a nice gluten-free rib roast in my Easy Bake Oven. Should be ready in about 76 hours thanks for the laugh...........
  25. gabby
    Can you tolerate corn? If you can, then maybe try making homemade popcorn, drizzled with olive oil and some salt. And eat a few handfuls a few times a day to bulk out your diet. It'll give your digestive system something to chew on and to digest. Hope that helps!
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