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We've been using Ghirardelli's. I've never called the company but we've been using it for about 3 years and haven't had any trouble with it. The double chocolate flavor (and maybe others too) is dairy free. We make it with almond milk and like it a lot. I'm not sure there are any other dairy free hot chocolates. Of course ... if you're not dairy...

Go for it! And good luck! Our local stores are much better stocked now than a few years ago, but we've driven over 100 miles to visit specialty stores in our state and in two other states. Also any time we travel I check out any natural foods or specialty stores to check out what they carry that I can't get locally.

For the most part, yes. Now and again I will still have one of those irritating dreams, but more often, when I dream of food at all, it's something yummy that I can eat. It will be 5 years for me in a couple more months. Have you thought about keeping treats for yourself on hand as comfort food for when you wake up in the middle of the night with such...

Eating the wrong thing happens from time to time ... don't beat yourself too hard over it. Try this for the next two or three days: Double up on your B vitamins, if you take a B vitamin separate from your daily vitamin. Otherwise double up on your daily vitamin. If you're not allergic to eggs, then eat an egg or two a day for the lutein...

Here's something that worked for me (we are both gluten intolerant). I joined the local support group, and once a year they have dinner out. I signed us both up and told him he was going ... he had a good time talking with everyone else, enjoyed himself, and did not come home sick! We got references from other people there for other restaurants, including...

I hope you start your web site! That's one of my pet peeves, too. It irks me lots when people repeatedly complain about this list of symptoms they are being treated for, and every item in the list can be one of the symptoms of celiac disease, so I tell them they should get tested, or just try the diet for a week or two ... I get responses like: ...

I've been using The Pressure Cooker Gourmet by Victoria Wise. I think you can still get this from Amazon if your local bookseller doesn't carry it. Also, I've read that Indian cooks have adapted traditional curry recipes to the pressure cooker, but I haven't been brave enough to try this on my own and haven't managed to come up with receipes either...

I think it depends on the role that cheese plays in the recipe. Is it sprinkled on the top for flavor and color? If so, then chopped red pepper, chopped olives, gluten-free cracker or bread crumbs, etc., might play the same role. In fact, bread crumbs were the traditional topper for casseroles in decades past. Is it an essential ingredient in...

Since going gluten-free and then CF, and discovering how negatively food can affect our health, I've become a believer in using food to gain health too. For the stubborn yeast infection -- yeast loves sugary, starchy foods, so have your daughter cut out any sweets and go easy on any bread too, until the infection eases up. For me this usually takes about...

Brown rice generally leaves me with indigestion. Despite what the nutritionists say about how you're supposed to eat so many servings of whole grains a day, I generally feel better when I eat no grain at all in a day. Eating more veggies and fruits helps me manage my weight, too.

Hi Nancy! I realize it's past Friday but this thread really hits at the heart so thought I would post anyway. The link below is something perhaps your doctor would find interesting. Open Original Shared Link I've read all the posts in this thread and so much of it matches my own experience. When I first went gluten-free (3.5 years ago) so much...

Good questions! When I stopped eating wheat (I'm self diagnosed -- didn't realize until so much started to heal up that it was more than an allergy) I went low carb because I didn't know what else to do, and there's not so much hunger on a low-carb diet. That was three and a half years ago. My companion and I both went dairy-free in March of this year...

Brian, Sometimes headaches/migraines are symptoms of a food allergy. Gluten intolerance tends to mask other allergies and intolerances, so it could be that you're allergic to something and just don't know yet what it is. Have you tried getting tested for food allergies? It could be something you are eating now that you didn't eat before going gluten...