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Have Researchers Found the Off-Switch for a Key Celiac Protein?
lyfan commented on Jefferson Adams's article in Diagnosis, Testing & Treatment
That article IS plain English. If you have a high school degree and can't comprehend it, ask for your money back from your state board of ed. The article deals with medical details of a metabolic process. It was not written for a lay audience. Your local newspaper might pick it up, they target articles for a 6th grade education. (That's right, 6th grade... -
ARCHIVED Help understanding the seriousness of cross contamination issues
lyfan replied to Foreignlady's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
Foreignlady- As it says in the Hitckhiker's Guide, "Don't Panic". Yes, you are right to be concerned. But unlike a shellfish or peanut allergy, one crumb of gluten will not be fatal. There is plenty of literature around these days, you can get a good start before the appointments. Think of celiac (gluten response) as something between "too much... -
ARCHIVED Benefits to getting tested for Celiac?
lyfan replied to mom2boyz's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Fifteen years ago, perhaps four doctors (two in the US, one in Japan, etc.) really were working with celiac. Ten years ago, it was "Haven't you heard about" and the general medical community may have still be unlearned but they knew where to refer people to pursue this. Now? It is open news, there is gluten-free food marketed in the stores, and research IS... -
"Seems flour tortilla are very common in the establishment." Yes, the same way that Taco Bell manages to poison just about everything with gluten, because it is cheap, and wheat flour because gringos don't like corn so much. So, OK, they are losing 3% of the general market share, plus the other 3-9% that would be eating out with us...that's only good...
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Anyone Eaten Domino's Gluten-Free Pizza Recently?
lyfan replied to Veghead1234's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurants
Xifaxin is an antibiotic, and gluten poisoning is not caused by or related to bacteria. So what is the logic in taking Xifaxin to "cure" a dose of gluten poisoning? My (late) friend's son owns a pizzaria in NJ. He gets gluten-free pizza crusts from his distributor. Frozen, on disposable aluminum platters to ensure no flour is picked up in the pizza oven... -
ARCHIVED Toaster oven >>> Weeping on the floor
lyfan replied to mykalis's topic in Super Sensitive People
I know how hard it can be to pin down root causes. It took me several years before the light bulb went off and "Celiac!" lit up, and there were a lot of misleading steps in between. But really, objectively? Any gluten or other "flour" products in a toaster should be routinely combusting and turning into charcoal in a short time. The crumbs always get... -
Anyone Try Daura gluten-free Beer?
lyfan replied to jasonD2's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
I used to drink Guinness, sometimes a half-n-half over Harp or Bass. I call Sam Adams a good light beer, and probably gave up on Budwiper and the like 30 years ago. So while it is nice to find companies making lots of "Yeah, that almost tastes like cheapo beer"....There's not a one of them that can touch Sam Adams, let alone Guinness. (Yeah, I know, I shouldn... -
ARCHIVED Depressed gluten-free Catholic
lyfan replied to MeganTX's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
Megan- I am not Catholic but I owe my gluten awareness to whoever was the Pope in 2004. There was a BIG piece in the national nooze media about some Roman Catholic girl in NJ who had celiac. Her parents were told by her priest and bishop that she should take the communion wafer anyway, and the parents appealed for Papal Dispensation not to take it because...
