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    To me, the answer is obvious. On the one hand, the school is right that they cannot possibly accommodate every allergy and religious requirement. On the other hand, I believe that they have a responsibility to conform to the ADA. The obvious solution, already mentioned by others, is to have a non-food prize. Now, comes the less...
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    I am confused by the wording of this article. "Prevent the occurrence" of Celiac disease sounds like something that only works before the fact, but then this is referred to as a treatment.
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    Personally, I am not too worried about a shared facility. However, sometimes companies lie, and it is really shared equipment, so it makes a difference whether you trust the company. You could also call to confirm that it is not shared equipment. I am also allergic to dairy. With dairy, I would be somewhat worried about a shared facility because lots of dairy...
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    You are correct. I am not saying that this product is definitely not gluten-free. My point is that, when something is certified, if you have faith in the certification system, you are satisfied that the product is ok. If not, you have to contact the company, and you have to assess their credibility as well. The answer that this company gave about gluten does...
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    If their label doesn't say gluten-free, they are not a certified gluten-free product, no matter what they do.
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    Ka Chava contains "85+ superfoods, nutrients & plant-based ingredients.". They did not test all 85+ ingredients. I Googled the cost of certifying a product gluten free, and it is reportedly anywhere from $500 – $5,000 annually. Some of the ingredients might have been certified by suppliers, but they are not going to be able to find 85 such ingredients t...
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    The article states that each ingredient is gluten-free. If gluten-free means less than 2o ppm, then you cannot know that without testing each one individually. The mixture could be gluten-free, even if one ingredient is not. If they are doing such extensive testing, and it all comes out gluten-free, the package would be marked gluten-free. The fact that...
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    Yes. Thanks for the correction.
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    This is retarded. People think that doctors know everything. A doctor has no expertise in food ingredients. I am no expert, and my knowledge on this is very limited, yet I know more than the vast majority of doctors on whether an ingredient is gluten free. As for the company statement, it is suspicious to say the least. 1. "All the ingredients in...
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    I question how this study could be blind. If people are given granola bars to eat, they have to be made by a recognized manufacturer so that their content will be consistent, yet you cannot give someone a package showing any information that would allow someone to Google the ingredients or whether it is gluten free. The only thing that I can think of that...
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    Excellent recipe!
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    This article is obsolete. There are now 9 top allergens, rather than 8, and this article mentions the need to know ingredients in dietary supplements and vitamins, but oddly leaves out the need to know ingredients in alcohol, and more importantly than anything else, medicine.
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    A list of sodas containing gluten would be useful.
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    I love coconut water, but I never knew it had so many health benefits. I knew that coconut oil is very healthy. Now I know that coconut water is too. What about coconut milk? Is that also very healthy?
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    "At the hospital, they had little cups of vanilla ice cream". As far as I can tell, there are no hospitals that know anything whatsoever about proper diets for people. And, I am not exaggerating. They have a menu, and it tells you which things are heart safe, and they think that those are the things that are good for literally every patient. Do...
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    Glad to see that you added this article to your site. I made comments similar to what you state in this article when you published the original article about how gluten-free food was less healthy.
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    "Because of this, Celiac.com considers Kahlúa, along with other top brands of coffee liqueur, to be gluten-free and safe for people with celiac disease". That is an irresponsible statement. gluten-free has a definition. You cannot "consider" something gluten free because most similar items do not have gluten ingredients. The correct statement would ...
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    This article is amazing. I have never read anything describing how to cook something with so much detail and useful information, e.g., the advantages of each of so many types of flour.
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    I think that recalls are better than advisories. Customers should not be responsible for seeing advisories. It is also unclear whether this specific advisory was in response to "several" reported reactions, or if they all are. I know that they said that there is no specific number, but is it always "several"? One is enough given the right circumstances. Also...
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    "Sourbread Starter" concerns me as an ingredient. I would not eat anything with this ingredient. I have found, without exception, that there is no way to determine the ingredients in anything with the word starter in the name. If you look up how to make a starter, it always says that you have to start with starter that you got from someone else. In addition...
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    Eric, I agree with everything that you said. Especially since dairy issues are more correlated with gluten issues than any other allergen is, I would simply have liked to have seen a statement that hydrolyzed whey protein is gluten free, so it is safe for anyone who can tolerate dairy. i would not expect a similar statement if the allergen was peanuts, for...
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    I am just saying that dairy should not be promoted. For instance, many of the recipes given should be dairy free. You also have to keep in mind that anyone suffering from intestinal issues (e.g., chronic diarrhea) is generally told to avoid gluten and dairy, even if test for these foods come back negative, if the cause of the problem is not known. People...
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    Thanks for pointing that out. I was going to say the same thing. It also should be noted that whey is EXTREMELY unhealthy. Dairy is among the worst things that anyone can eat, and things like whey and casein are MUCH worse than milk as they are unnatural concentrations. There is a huge overlap between gluten and dairy sensitivities/allergies, so it would...
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