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    This is good advice--perhaps I jumped to conclusions in my earlier post?
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    If he is practically a chef, then he can make gluten-free versions of everything he loves, even subs (there are fantastic bread recipes out there, check out ANnalise ROberts' Gluten-Free Baking Classics). If he wants to. The point is, he doesn't WANT to. There could be a lot of reasons for this, but as stated above, it's up to him. It's also up to...
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    Please look up this thread Open Original Shared Link and read it all the way through (long thread, I know). The mom of this baby was an engineer, so she kept charts of everything that her daughter ate AND everything the mom ate, as she was breastfeeding. She proved to her doctor that foods the baby was sensitive to went through the breastmilk. That...
  4. Fiddle-Faddle
    TracyB, if by "proper diagnosis" you mean a biopsy, you need to be aware that it only reads as positive if #1) the doctor happens to sample an affected area. There are 22 feet of intestine; villi damage is often patchy, and invisible to the naked eye, and they only take, at most, four to six 1/4" samples. #2) There is ENOUGH damage, even in patches, to...
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    Since the most accurate test for gluten intolerance (and I include celiac as a condition of gluten intolerance, obviously!), is DIETARY RESPONSE, you already know the answer. You can't eat gluten. Eating gluten for only 2 weeks, as the original poster stated, is not enough time for visible damage to occur, so tests would most likely yield a false negative...
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    Please contact a La Leche League representative and a lactation consultant as soon as possible. If it all possible, the best course by far would be for you to stop eating all major allergens (sorry!!!!) and ONLY breastfeed her--no formula. Formula is a miracle if you cannot produce milk, and if you have a baby with no food intolerances, but you CAN...
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    Exactly! I have had great success with a couple of restaurants (Cheesecake Factory and Pizzeria Uno) with very polite begging. I explained that my son was allergic to wheat (yeah, yeah, we all know it's not an allergy, I just chose the most concise way to communicate the need), and just DEVASTATED that he could no longer eat pizza, and was there any...
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    Absolutely!
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    Thanks for cluing us into that. Here is my response, which I posted on that thread: First of all, it's standard practice in restaurants to clean off a surface (grill, counter, etc) when told of a customer with a food allergy. The whole kitchen does not shut down, and, unless they are extremely busy, it's not a big deal. Even fast food places like Qdoba...
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    Actually, I've been to IHOP, though not at a busy time. The waitress was very pleasant--turned out she had a kid with lots of allergies (though not wheat), and she had the chef prepare a 3-egg omelet that was NOT from the batter/egg mix. It was delicious. At one time, they were advertising that they had corn pancakes--and then it turned out that they...
  11. Fiddle-Faddle
    Wilton makes 4" cake molds that are sold at our supermarket in packs of 3--they're perfect for hamburger/sandwich buns!
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    YES! I had been on prednisone AND gluten-free when bloodwork and a skin biopsy (looking for DH) were taken. The biopsy was negative, and MOST of the bloodwork was also negative, but my IgG was through the roof. That, combined with how much better I felt gluten-free (I, too, had several autoimmune issues), was enough to convince me not to touch gluten...
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    I think another factor in our society is the use of anti-perspirants (which many people call deodorant, for some reason). That blocks one of the body's ways of getting rid of toxins. Have you ever noticed that in times of significant stress, your sweat smells quite different? But if you plug up your sweat glands (with aluminum, no less!), your body has...
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    There are many people on this board who have a non-celiac gluten intolerance (in other words, they have gluten intolerance that seems similar to celiac, but they do NOT have villi damage, nor do they have the genes associated with celiac) that seems to be CAUSED by Lyme disease. Their gluten intolerance disappeared or is expected to disappear when their...
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    This could also be the perfect instant substitute for HoHos--after you dump it out of the mug, cut it lengthwise into 4 or 5 "logs," roll in buttercream, and drizzle with chocolate glaze!! They wouldn't look like HoHos, not being rolled up jelly-roll style, but hey, it was always the chocolate/buttercream combination (especially the buttercream) that I...
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    Given the elevated tTg and the fact that there is SOMETHING not normal with the biopsy, I would come to the conclusion that he has gluten-induced damage (also known as enteropathy)--which is the definition of celiac. If he was NOT eating a lot of gluten (the equivalent of four slices of bread per day for 3-4 months prior to the biopsy), then whatever damage...
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    Forgot to add--sounds like your pediatrician is a keeper, if he (or she??) was able to diagnose your child so quickly, and it also sounds like YOU are really on top of things!!!! Welcome aboard!
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    I think you have your diagnosis, and it's very clear--wheat causes problems, and not just moderate problems, but SEVERE problems. If you knew she reacted to peanuts, would you put her ON peanuts just to make a test come out positive?. I don't know that you need anything official from a doctor. In fact, there have been cases where people have been DENIED...
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    Oh, I see what you mean. What if you skip the ice cubes altogether, and put the coconut milk in the freezer for 30 minutes (but not more)? Coconut milk is very thick and creamy, especially the full-fat version (yum yum).
  20. Fiddle-Faddle
    You don't need to ditch the wheat pack if it's BUCKWHEAT (which most, but not all, of that sort of heating packs are). Buckwheat is gluten-free. I agree with the candida issue possibility, but think that lactose intolerance or a dairy allergy is more likely, and I would rule that out first. Rule it out by going dairy-free for a while (), then adding...
  21. Fiddle-Faddle
    I wonder if you could make a cheaper, almost-as-good version by using canned coconut milk, ice cubes, and sugar instead of the coconut milk ice cream? I'd bet the ice cream is made from canned coconut milk, not fresh, anyway.
  22. Fiddle-Faddle
    Whatever they took before (assuming it was reasonably healthy)--just make it gluten-free! If they took sandwiches before , make bread and send them to school with sandwiches. I make the flax skillet bread recipe on this site, but I make it in 4" cake pans, 12 at a time--they come out just a tiny bit smaller than hamburger buns, perfect for sandwiches...
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    I couldn't READ the tips and comments--they are small, faint, and white on black background, very difficult to read. Why do they DO that????? But thank you for posting them anyway...
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    Just use your old recipe, but use any gluten-free flour mix (add xanthan gum if it doesn't already have it) instead of gluteny flour. Since gluten-free flour is a bit heavier than regular, subtract 2-3 tablespoons for each cup of flour called for in the recipe).
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    Is your mom's sauce gluten-free? Could you bring a pot of your own gluten-free pasta, tossed with a little butter or olive oil or even a can of diced tomatoes to keep it from sticking, and then sauce it with your mom's sauce? (Just make sure she doesn't add water from the pasta pot to the sauce, or, if she wants to do that, ask her to set aside some of...
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