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There is a lot of information given out in these forums without any scholarly, medical, or scientific studies being referenced, and without any qualifying remarks to precede what is often times opinion. I qualified my remarks. Also, there is a generally recognized threshold of acceptable levels of gluten and if you are very careful with your regular diet...

Everyone's sensitivity is different. I can tolerate trace amounts of gluten so if I take a hamburger off the bun I don't get sick. There are others who feel that the contact with the burger is enough to contaminate the food with gluten. It may be for others, but not for me. You will need to come to your own conclusions. Celiac is a big pain as...

Have you tried Lactaid? Or have you used Lactaid tablets? The tablets will allow many people to consume dairy. Lactose intolerance is not necessarily Celiac related. I'd give it a try. Note: Lactaid milk has a longer shelf life than regular milk.

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My condition is not as bad as some and I take medications for psoriatic arthritis that also mitigates the effect of wheat contamination. Keep that in mind while reading my response. I eat in restaurants frequently. I consider certain foods "safe". Some examples are: steak, roast chicken, broiled chicken, baked potatoes, eggs, omelettes, bacon, 1...

I've always assumed that I was lactose intolerant (my father was). Not much of a hardship as I don't normally drink milk. However when I was going through the testing process "T.R.O." as my doctor called it (To Rule Out), I took a lactose tolerance test. It is very simple: You eat nothing from 10:00 the evening before and show up at the doctor's...

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Putting my neck out there is one of the lesser documented side effects of celiac sprue.

That's what I thought I had, but the doctor said otherwise. The patches of dry skin were in fact psoriasis. And the condition is psoriatic arthritis. My condition was quite bad. I had swelling in the knuckles, wrists, and elbow. I had tendinitis in the elbow, jaw and neck. It was so painful that it kept me from sleeping. There is a worrisome...

I had that condition (still do, but it is well controlled). Do you have any psoriasis any where on your body? If so, you might want to see a rheumatologist. I was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis; it was very painful and rapidly progressive. It was a long time in figuring out what it was. Ask your doctor about this. This is an auto-immune response...

I read the labels. Several of the low calorie meals list no offending ingredients. My condition is not so severe that minute amounts of cross contamination is a problem. None of them carry a label, "Gluten Free", though you can e-mail the manufacturer to check. Also, BJ's Wholesale Club carries many Thai and Vietnamese instant meals that are gluten...

There are a lot of really acceptable substitutes for oatmeal so this really should not be a big issue. I eat oatmeal (Quaker) with no issues, but my celiac is very mild and mitigated by the drugs I take. There is Cream of Rice as a substitute. I make a cheaper version of Cream of Rice. I buy Minute Rice and put a couple of scoops in my coffee grinder...

There has to be some other mechanism going on here. My dog got a yeast infection in his ears and I treated it with a topical oinmnent. He is neither a celiac nor does he eat any wheat. This has to be an independent issue. I don't believe the yeast in foods can survive the cooking cycle. The hot water in my dishwasher is supposed to kill yeast...

A friend of mine used to love banana sandwiches with mayonnaise. That is a disease unto itself.

Get the test. If it is the pancreas that is causing this, it is easily treatable with a pill a day. Get the test. It is self administered. You bring in the samples to the lab, and your doctor will give you the definitive result. No guessing and a real remedy. Get the test.