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Personally, I feel that if you eat anything that's come out of a grocery store, it's impossible to be completely gluten-free. The point of the diet is to eliminate all gluten that can be known. I'm sure we still get minute amounts that don't affect us, but we need to be as gluten-free as possible, if that makes sense.

Unfortunately, all food is "grown on a planet where wheat, barley, and rye are grown"

I just use a liner and burt's bees beeswax lip balm, doesn't really have a shine to it though, if that's what you're looking for.

All gluten in my house is prepackaged in the form of Kraft dinners, cheerios, and saltine crackers. I don't keep bread in the house (we just don't use it) so that eliminates all the cc condiment issues. I also don't make anything or handle anything that isn't gluten-free. Since I do all the shopping, everything I buy is gluten-free.

DH has his own pot to make mac and cheese (rare) or oatmeal fudge (rare), and his own cooking utensils for that. He's not as good at keeping the cheerios contained as he used to be, but we're working on it. He's more or less gluten-free at home (with the exception of saltines and cheerios) because it's easier. If he wants gluten, he can eat it at work or at a restaurant.

It's a family disease, and everyone in the house needs to help out to keep the celiac healthy.

Good luck, Morgan! Try not to get lost on campus, the older students will laugh at you

(even though everyone gets lost as a freshman )

Both citric acid and dextrin are safe. I've never seen a can of tomatoes (that wasn't meat flavored) that wasn't gluten-free.

Karen - LOL

Celia - I'm sure it won't be so bad, it's not even a hurricane anymore! (nevermind the reports that it will strengthen, they're lying!)

Leah - I'm so sorry for your friend, but I am glad you were blessed with the opportunity to say goodbye. I can't imagine how heartening and heartbreaking that was. I'm glad that her son has a better chance of seeing her before she goes, now.

Sorry, its not so much an answer but a question!

What on earth could convince a testing lab that Promethius is a good name...?

It reminds me of the meaning of life "we've come for your liver sir!"

I'm not any help either...

But I've thought the same thing! Nothing like a teenaged immortal chained to a cliff to signal good health

What is non-gmo lecithin?

Isn't it still soy?

Yes, but the literature says that most people that react to soy don't react to lethicin. I'm not sure if you would, though. The only soy-free chocolate I know of is enjoy life chocolate chips.

It takes me about a week to two weeks to get back to normal.

Would you recamend that program for a newbie to this whole celiac shopping thing? Was it worth the money in your oppinion to purchase the program and pda? Is it farely easy to understand and use? I am ok with computers but I'm no genius. I am looking for somthing that is not to time consuming to use while shopping.

I was a newbie when I bought it, and for me, yeah, it was worth it. The palm is great since I'm doing weight watchers too and I can use my palm for that. When you buy the clan thompson software, you get it on your computer too so that you can look up things before you leave to go shopping. It's also updated quarterly and you get a subscription for a year. Once you get the hang of how it's used, it's easy to look up things. Also, if there is something that isn't listed, you can email them and they'll check on it and add it to the next update. They also verify everything on the list by phone, so I feel confident in the information. Summary: I like it and it was worth it

From what I've read, the Clan Thompson Smart List is better than Gluten Guard. I have never used gluten guard, but I have the clan thompson one for my palm and it's really handy when shopping. I bought the palm just for that purpose, actually, lol.

I don't have much to add food wise than other people have, but I can offer support! I was put on a GERD diet a few years ago when they thought I had GERD, and it did suck, but hey, it works. You do get used to not having those things, and I actually developed a fear of orange juice and tomatoes. Turns out that I don't have GERD and never did, but can tolerate those things gluten-free.

It is really hard at first, but it did a lot of good for me that has lasting effects:

-no more addiction to caffene

-less fried foods

-lost some weight

-now have knowledge of alternative ways of eating things

You'll feel better!

I don't think it's scare tactics, more like people's experience and wanting to help others. That doesn't make your points any less valid, however. It's been my experience that being around flour and sharing toasters makes me sick. Therefore, by my experience, I would suggest seperate toasters. But yes, everyone has to "get with the program" so to speak, in their own time.

Personally, unless I'm cooking in a restaurant, I'm not cooking more than one meal at a time. Even then I might require a sous chef. I found that most everything I made for dinner was gluten-free anyway, and the things that weren't (pasta, for example), were easily converted. It takes some time, but it's a family disease.

I allow gluten things in my house, with the exception of anything loose flour based (flour, cake mixes, etc). I personally also kept my pans that are nonstick. HOWEVER - They are only a year old and have never seen a metal utensil. We take very good care of pans. I did replace the wooden and nylon spoons, and DH has a pot for gluten things.

It's a learning curve, you'll get there

Is there a lot of iodide in candy? DH requires iodide to react, right? Or it aggrivates it anyway.

Pesto is a good pizza sauce...excellent, actually

9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Never, and frankly, I really hate when people do.

LIAR

33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Scary Movies with happy endings (like House of Wax, and Paris Hilton dies, everyone wins!)

The celebutante we love to hate

Thanks, Momma Goose, but I did a search and it only turned up the stuff about their gluten-free baking recipes, and regular butter...nothing on the light butter. Actually, I take that back, there was the Delphi reference, but that was dated march 05...

I already knew about their regular butters, but I saw that the light butter has modified food starch...no source listed.

I don't have a dairy problem, just a fat problem

And I hate margarine. Thanks for the info, though.

I am going to have the Lame Advertisement test done again, since it is just about a year since the last one, and I am really interested to see if there are changes since going gluten-free. I bet that being gluten-free means I have fewer other intolerances on the test than I did before....but we will see.....

And did I miss something? (I thought I was reading everything....) What is the Lame Advertisement food test?

The board won't allow Lame Advertisement to be posted anymore. I wonder if it's the same for enterolab? (obviously not)

Ouch, Tiff! You couldn't get me to get a tat on 6th street if my life depended on it! YIKES!!!

Yep, probably faded because of the location. It probably faded unevenly, right? Because some of it was closer to the bottom of the foot and some was closer to the ankle. And ouch. I'd bet $20 your reaction was because of the location (both on 6th street and on your body ) That had to hurt like hell!

I didn't even address the issue of depth. The ink goes inbetween a couple of layers of skin, and the artist has to hit those layers just right. If it's too deep, it ends up looking fuzzy and like a bruise. If it's too close to the surface, it fades really quickly. A good artist knows this, and will answer all of your questions.

Oh, and if the place doesn't have a policy that they won't tat drunk people, walk out the door. You don't want to deal with a place like that.

I feel your pain. I started weight watchers this week, and I actually like it! I've already lost 5 and a half pounds! (OK, so that was probably water weight, but still )

Try to "front load" your day so you don't get the munchies later on, and try to drink a lot of water, as that will keep the cravings down, too. Make sure to get enough protein, it keeps the cravings down.

I was gluten-free for 4 months, and then on gluten 3 months for a biopsy (I gained 30 lbs in that time, on top of the 30 I already had to lose), and then I started back to gluten-free and weight watchers on Tuesday of this week. Even though I feel deprived of all the glutenly stuff (and the yummy gluten-free goodies), I feel so much better when I eat healthy and allow myself treats, rather than subsist on crap all day. I like WW because it's so flexible - I ate at PF Changs on Tuesday and ate gluten-free pizza tonight, all staying within my points range.

OK, off my soapbox.

Hugs to you, and I hope you feel better about yourself! We're all here for support!

In response to your post. La Choy products have carmel color in them which can be produced from a wheat based product. Generally carmel color is something to avoid. I had a stirfry meal with everything gluten-free except for the La Choy Soy Sauce and I got sick for 3 days. Be careful! You may be poisoning yourself without knowing it!

La Choy soy sauce is indeed gluten-free. Is there anything else you could have reacted to?

You know, I checked their website just out of curiosity, & I bet it is actually safe-- the nutrient info they showed had the allergen statement (contains: Milk) & it didn't mention wheat. Isn't that the usual culprit in starch? & I've heard that some of the gluten-free lists automatically eliminate foods that don't specify the starch. But maybe if you call the company on Monday they'll give you the go-ahead, for future buttering anyway...

You know what...good call! They also said in their confusing gluten statement that the label would have the most up to date information...hmm...

Also, the Clan Thompson info for them was from last November

I'll have to look more closely at the label when I'm at wally world tomorrow...

I'm not sure I believe you, clan thompson!!! How could there be gluten in butter?!?!

Oh well, I'll get whipped butter (it's gluten-free), at least that cuts down the pointage a little bit

I use the wicked fatty kind too, but I'm on weight watchers and I hate margerine...ergo...

Anyway, I looked in my clan thompson smartlist (I knew there was a reason I paid for it ) and it says their light butter isn't gluten-free

Dammit

I was looking at Land O Lakes Light butter and it has modified food starch in it, has anyone ever called on it? Dang weekends and offices being closed