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  1. Ursa Major
    I agree, that's what my daughter does, too. The small bottles are expensive, the big jugs are affordable (especially if you don't buy the expensive brand names).
  2. Ursa Major
    Well, that would assume that we're all the same, with the same nutritional needs, and it would make some people be well, and others sick. It wouldn't be an improvement, especially because nobody has figured out exactly what we need yet (and I doubt they ever will, as human bodies are too complex).
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    That's okay, but you see, if something isn't in the right forum, we're supposed to move it to the right one, that's one of the jobs moderators are doing here. I am not saying we're infallible and always make the right choices, but I believe that this one was right. What you said about Teneriffe was very interesting, and if I ever go there I'll be able...
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    Your doctor could test for the genes (it's a blood test). I am doing research on different things right now. And while I found that soy can cause flattening of the villi several months ago, I have come across information just the other day, that many more things can cause it. That's why I think that the gene test is more important than most people realize...
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    My oldest daughter and her family live in Ottawa. Ottawa has, like most large cities in Canada, fluoridated water. My daughter didn't know about that for years, until I started doing my research on fluorides, and checked all the places my kids lived at the time (two in college or university, and my oldest in Ottawa permanently). Ottawa and London, Ont...
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    Ummmm, Nikki, I MOVED it here when pinning it, as I feel it belongs into the travel section. The outside USA section would have been appropriate if you LIVED in Spain. Other people travelling to Teneriffe would benefit more from what you have to say if it's in the travel section.
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    I react to soy pretty much the same as to gluten. In fact, soy and casein can both cause flattening of the villi as well. Meaning, that the biopsy possibly mistakenly diagnoses people with celiac disease when they might have an intolerance to soy or other things instead, unless you are confirmed to have the celiac disease genes (another good reason to question...
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    When I was a kid in Germany (not long after the war), we were too poor to buy fruit most of the time. In the fall, some older people in the community who had apple trees, but couldn't keep up with picking them up before they would rot after falling off the tree, would call and had my brothers, sister and me pick up the apples to take home. I remember...
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    I just read "Breaking the Vicious Cycle" by Elaine Gottschall. Very, very interesting. She developed the 'specific carbohydrate diet', and many people apparently found healing of intestinal problems through this diet. It is similar in many ways to the paleo diet, but by no means identical. Here is the website link Open Original Shared Link In order to really...
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    You know, this diet is only expensive if you want to replace all 'normal' food like bread, cookies, muffins, pasta etc. by gluten-free foods. If you mostly only eat naturally gluten-free foods like meat, vegetables, eggs, fruit etc., it won't be expensive! If you only have those expensive foods for a special treat, rather than a staple you shouldn't have...
  11. Ursa Major
    Anemia is ONE possible symptoms of celiac disease. By far not all people with celiac disease are anemic. If your doctor claims you can't have celiac disease without being anemic, then he is just plain wrong. Don't you think it's time to find yourself a better doctor? This one is incompetent as well as arrogant, who needs people like that.
  12. Ursa Major
    Actually, Doll, you're quite wrong this time. Dr. Mercola does a lot of research, his stories have links to all kinds of different places where he gets his info. He HAS gone off his rocker with some spiritual stuff he's into lately, unfortunately. But healthwise, he's right on most of the time. My hobby is medical research (that's how I finally figured...
  13. Ursa Major
    Well, it is a significant start, anyway. Most of the information is good and true. There are certain points that irk me, like this information, provided in a box by itself to get attention: Plus, when listing what you should eat, they still follow their crazy food pyramid, stating that you should eat 6 to 11 servings of breads, cereals, rice and pasta...
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    Where are you coming from? Will you be driving or flying in? If you're driving, you could cook some meals ahead of time, freeze them, put them into a cooler with lots of ice/ice packs, throw them into the freezer compartment in the hotel and warm them in the microwave when you want them. If you're coming from farther, and are flying in, you could ask to...
  15. Ursa Major
    Carla, I think (and hope) that there will be a difference. Most people don't realize that carbs are the cause for type ll diabetes, because they aren't educated by their doctors and dieticians on that fact. The diet they are supposed to follow has them count all carbs and where they are on the glycemic index. But at the same time they're told that carbs from...
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    I don't even get an obvious D reaction for a week, it usually hits me on day 7, and I don't feel okay for two weeks after being glutened. Going out that often in one week almost guarantees trouble, because if you get a little cc several times, it will catch up with you for sure and make you really sick.
  17. Ursa Major
    Dairy, corn and gluten (and many others) will make my heart race and skip, make my joints ache terribly, and make me incredibly tired. So, eliminating what you're intolerant to is essential to stop all these annoying symptoms! I hope you feel better soon.
  18. Ursa Major
    Try them all, of course!
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    My oldest daughter replaces ALL of the sugar in her recipes by honey (half the amount, since honey is twice as sweet as sugar), because her husband is intolerant to sugar. Her cakes, cookies etc. turn out fine. I will use maple syrup instead, as I can't tolerate honey.
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    The owner of my health food store almost sold me sprouted grain bread shortly after I went gluten-free, claiming that I could eat it. I was confused, and almost bought it, but put it back, because it just didn't seem right. I keep forgetting about going to set her straight. I have to go there tomorrow, and your post reminded me to let her know her error,...
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    Doll, like many people, you may have the impression that everybody who sends their samples to Enterolab gets diagnosed with celiac disease. That is not the case. First of all, of course only people who really believe they likely have celiac disease will be willing to spend their money on expensive testing, and most are right with their assumption. So, yes...
  22. Ursa Major
    You know, Kelly, this is an ongoing concern a lot of us have. It is a rare, joyous occasion, when a relative actually listens, and gets tested. I haven't been able to get any of my siblings to get tested, either, even though I am convinced most of them have celiac disease as well. The same goes for my grownup kids. I wished I could force them, as I'd...
  23. Ursa Major
    Fiddle-Faddle, I agree that life would have been easier for me, if somebody would have gently and sensitively explained the rules to me when I was a kid, and would have helped me figure out how to make friends, rather than putting me down, making fun of me and, in some instances, outright hate me for being different. But you are wrong when you think I...
  24. Ursa Major
    Well, I accept your apology and forgive you. By the way, gfp thinks he may be an Aspie as well. Which is why he is saying what he does. Ah, I am editing here, as you must have while I was writing. Yes, I was thinking maybe you are possibly closer to being an Aspie than you think. Because you said what you did without thinking carefully about it...
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    Doll, I strongly object to being called 'diseased', because I have Asperger Syndrome. It is NOT a disease, as it is inherent and can (thankfully) not be 'cured'. Because if somehow it was possible to make me what is considered 'normal', I wouldn't be me any more if that was forced on me and others like me. There are many advantages to higher functioning...
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