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  1. Fiddle-Faddle
    I guess it depends on the person's immune system. I suppose if you tend to have colds that hang on for months, your immune system is not functioning properly and does need help. On the other hand, if you feel reasonably healthy by the 3rd day of a cold (you can go around your normal routine, you just have to blow your nose here and there), then I...
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    neesee, your approach to Dr. Fine sounds as though you have an ax to grind, which doesn't make you sound unbiased and fair. What if he can't publish because of corruption in the industry? Knowing what I do, that's my first assumption. And I'd like to remind you that the"gold standard" of diagnosis by endoscopy is deeply flawed, as it only diagnoses late...
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    Egg drop soup--add garlic, ginger, and sliced green onions to chicken broth, heat to boiling, and slowly whisk in a thin stream of egg beaten together with a little rice wine or mirin. Drink orange juice, hot lemonade, hot ginger tea. I'm not sure echinacea is a good idea for celiacs, as our immune systems tend to attack US--it might not be the greatest...
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    There ARE people here with DH who have reacted to lotions and/or bath oils with wheat and oats in them. I know doctors say that this is not possible. But an awful lot of us have heard doctors tell us that it was not possible for our symptoms to be caused by anything we ate. They were wrong, then, too. In fact, doctors can be wrong about all kinds of...
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    Okay, I know nothing about Dr. Fine, and I have never bothered with Enterolab. But my question would be, is there any possibility that he has gotten blacklisted by his peers for going "against the grain" (sorry, didn't mean it as a pun) by looking for food intolerances as cause/cure rather than testing/handing out pharmaceutical products? The reason...
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    What's the deal with colloidal silver? Are we supposed to have colloidal silver in our bodies? Vitamin C and oregano oil I can understand, though I would think eating them in their natural state would be preferable to a "nutriceutical." But colloidal silver?
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    Do you eat any fruits? Those would be very important, as they would be your main source of fiber, along with veggies. Fresh, raw veggies, like lettuce, carrot sticks, and raw red peppers are very good for you and easy to prepare. I'd look for uncured bacon (no nitrites) and ditch all milk products for now () and see if that helps. I remember reading...
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    Unless you have health issues which have in the past caused you to become severely ill from the flu (i.e., needing hospitalization to recover from the flu), or if you have reason to believe that will be the case if you get the flu this year (like if you are undergoing chemo or on enough steroids to shut down your immune system), then I believe that your best...
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    Some people here get the flu shot with no ill effects. But also, many here get the flu shot and have very bad reactions. It's worth noting that the flu shot contains 25 micrograms of mercury--VERY bad news for anyone with a leaky gut, but bad for anyone, period. Many people (including some doctors and researchers) believe that there is a strong link...
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    Wash hands often, eat natural foods with vitamin C (I like clementines), as that is better than any pill or medicine, and walk OUTSIDE for 45 minutes a day (even if it's raining or snowing, but not if the sidewalk is iced over). The vitamin D we get from the sun (and you get it even when it's cloudy) is vitally important for fighting off viruses. I...
  11. Fiddle-Faddle
    Yes, I've been revising that flax skillet bread recipe over the past few months. I doubled it, used buttermilk instead of milk, used a rice flour mix instead of the flour/starch combination, added yeast for flavor, and cornmeal for dusting. Doubling the recipe gave it 2 eggs, not 4. I experimented with adding 2 stiffly beaten egg whites to see if it...
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    Wow, that would be difficult! The best I can suggest is that there would be lots of gluten-free stuff before Passover (there are a lot of things Kosher for Passover that do not use matzoh meal, they use potato starch instead). But that's still 5 months away. But I don't know about the soya. Yikes. Sorry I'm not more help!
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    gluten-free
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    I'm sorry--I didn't realize you lived out of the States--where are you?
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    Cookbooks: gluten-free Baking Classics by Annalise Roberts The gluten-free Kitchen by Roben Ryberg Gluten-Free for Dummies (can't remember the author) great websites: www.foodphilosopher.com www.betterbatter.org Open Original Shared Link ...
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    My symptoms improved immediately--BUT I was diagnosed quite soon after the most obvious symptoms appeared, so I suspect I had much less damage than you. I also had a really tough time figuring out what was gluten-free and what wasn't, at least in the very beginning. There are quite a few foods that LOOK like they would be gluten-free, but they have...
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    I think canned coconut milk (NOT cream of coconut) can work nicely. Lowfat is closer to the fat content of regular milk, but I have used full-fat coconut milk with good results. You can order off Amazon, and have all kinds of nice products delivered right to your door. Avoid Rice Dream rice milk, as it SAYS it is gluten-free but it isn't. All others...
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    They jumped to conclusions with the rainy climates a bit, though, didn't they? I mean, just because three areas studied had rainy climates AND high rates of autism doesn't mean that ALL areas with rainy climates have high rates of autism. Those particular areas also have many, many colleges and universities, and very high rates of higher education amongst...
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    My Synthroid needed to be increased every few months for the two years before I was diagnosed with gluten problems. Once I went off gluten, the opposite happened---my Synthroid needed to be REDUCED every few months. I did stabilize at about half the highest dosage. The reason I had needed more and more and more was that I wasn't properly absorbing...
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    Bigroy, the gluten-free batters ARE awfully moist and horrible to work with. They DON'T work if you add extra flour to them to make them look "right." That actually makes them "wrong!" Try again, and stick exactly to the recipe, no matter what it looks like, okay? And stick to breads if you can--bagels are the very hardest thing to make, and maybe you...
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    Thanks for posting this! YAY, FARMRICH!!!!
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    Soergel's in Wexford (on Brandt School Road off 910) will be opening up a completely gluten-free store on their farm. They've expanded their gluten-free section of the store, and they carry lots of good things!
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    I work downtown, at Heinz Hall (1 block from the Benedum)! There is a Qdoba around the corner where the manager is VERY celiac-savvy--his wife has celiac! Practically everything there is safe, as long as you avoid the tortillas and a couple of other things, and he knows to change gloves, use a clean work surface, etc. Their "Naked Burritos" are AMAZING...
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    Please look up a book called Unraveling the Mysteries of Autism by Karyn Seroussi--it's by a mom of an autistic child. She was basically able to REVERSE the autism in her son with the Gluten-free Casein-free diet, and she had to fight with an awful lot of doctors on the way.
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    Most of us here MAKE our own bread, as the premade gluten-free stuff is so difficult to find, so expensive, and costs such a ridiculous amount. Here is my recipe for flax bread, which tastes remarkably like brown bread. I make it in 4" cake pans, and it comes out like hamburger buns, but it also works very well like focaccia. I realize that your nephew...
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