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    I second the recommendation for Gluten-Free Baking Classics by Annalise Roberts, who also has a whole gluten-free section on her website, www.foodphilosopher.com
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    ohsotired, I had problems the first few months of gluten-free, not with sugars, but with gluten-free bread/cookie/waffle/pancake substitutes. I always felt like I'd swallowed a brick if I tried to eat those gluten-free substitutes. But I can eat them now, no problem. My understanding is that those flours are much heavier than gluteny flours, and more...
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    Hi, Alien, While it is good advice to avoid processed foods, I'm not sure it's an absolute necessity for you at this point. It IS an absolute necessity to avoid everything made from wheat, rye, and barley, if you have celiac disease or gluten intolerance. I agree that you should at least get a blood test before going gluten-free. I eat Kraft mayonnaise...
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    We toast them in the toaster oven (we don't have a pop-up toaster). I like mine spread with butter and drizzled with real maple syrup (I HATE the fake stuff). My daughter likes them with one half spread with peanut butter, one half spread with cream cheese, and both halves then topped with jam. One of her friends came up with this idea, and it is now known...
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    My big additional expense is TIME, but not as much as I would have thought. I make breads, pizzas, cookies, cakes, etc. from scratch. I use an adaptation of the gluten-free flax skillet bread (on this website), and my kids love it. I make it in mini 4" cake pans, which makes them perfectly hamburger bun size, and I make a dozen at a time. I make bread...
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    Yeah, me too! I'm still reading that thread, and am awfully tempted to cheer you on to NOT tame your tongue!!! (But you are doing a very good job there!) Did you notice-- he said, "I was gluten-free for 12 years," not "I have been gluten-free for 12 years?" Implication is that he is no longer gluten-free. And then he mentioned Mexican food,...
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    And of course, celiacs with malabsorption problems have low B12, don't they? And there's the link between celiac and diabetes, too..... I'd be amazed if there were NO link between celiac and Alzheimers...
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    Excellent point, Phyllis! Wow, 30 YEARS gluten-free! You can certainly say you've "been there, done that!" I can't imagine what it must have been like to have to be gluten-free 30 years ago. Kudos to whoever diagnosed you back then, too!
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    I'm not sure what blood tests you had done for celiac, but it seems to me that if they DID indicate that you are making antibodies to gluten, that is enough of an answer right there. Healthy, normal people do not make antibodies to gluten. If you do have celiac, or even gluten intolerance, then you might have a malabsorption problem (very common, almost...
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    If you are having enough issues that the doctor feels the need to test you, AND you have a son with already-diagnosed celiac, I would assume that you do have celiac. Normally, I'd think testing a good idea--but your 2-month-old is having issues NOW. I think getting his (or her) issues resolved ASAP takes priority over your official diagnosis. If your...
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    Sorry, Richard, I got a little carried away there. I'm just glad to see that I'm not the only one who thought that he was incorrect.
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    RICHARD!!!!! You and I are in total agreement!!!!!! :) :) WOO-HOOOO!!!!!
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    There is a frequent poster on dermatitisherpetiformis.org.uk who insists that celiac is rare, that DH is extremely rare, and, worst of all, that wheat is an important part of a balanced diet and that NOBODY should go gluten-free unless absolutely necessary. I have provided links and information, but to no avail. This guy is really convinced that a...
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    Are you roasting your own chicken or are you buying pre-roasted chicken, or roast chicken from a deli, or rotisserie chicken? The rotisserie kind id often soaked in gluteny soy sauce. Sam's Club rotisserie, for example, used to be gluten-free, but they switched suppliers and now it has gluten. Some people are sensitive to chicken, too. My dad used...
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    I use corn tortillas for lasagna. Easy and cheap! I do use more sauce than the recipes advise.
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    This is the challah I make: gluten-free
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    Hi, Cinnamon! I can't speak for anyone upstairs, but here are my thoughts: It's one thing if you are sure that God--or Jesus-- has specifically asked you to poison yourself for Him. But otherwise, I believe that God has granted you Life, and a healthy body. To deliberately harm yourself in His name seems to me to be well, contrary to all Judeo...
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    It depends how long you have been either gluten-free or gluten-light, and possibly on how severe your symptoms and for how long you have had them. THe conservative estimate is that you should have the equivalent of 3-4 slices of bread per day for 3-4 months straight. Supposedly, it took years of gluten-eating to damage your intestines enough to cause...
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    Jules, please do a search on this board for a thread called, "Megan's gagging is getting worse." The member who posted the thread is TCA, and her daughter (15 months at time of post) has celiac, and had a major gagging/swallowing issue, as well as cardiac issues. TCA has not been active for some time, but I think it might be possible to contact her through...
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    Funny--when I first looked into gluten-free ten years ago, and tried the truly awful gluten-free items available then, I asked why it wasn't possible to make something that tasted better, and was told that it would cost a TON of money.
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    Pregnancy is often a trigger in adult-onset celiac (for women, anyway ). You are SO lucky to have been diagnosed before you were obviously damaged (though the biopsy may show damage that you never felt). If your blood work is positive, that means that you are making antibodies to gluten. Healthy people are not supposed to make antibodies to...
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    Celiacs tend to have a higher-than-usual incidence of loose joints. Physical therapy would be a must for you, I think--strengthen the surrounding muscles to keep the joint in place, without straining tendons (popping out of joint also puts a severe strain on tendons and ligaments). The comment on shoes is important, too. Don't wear high heels, obviously...
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    Ooh, that's REALLY good. That's the best description I've seen yet!
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    I'd say the problem is not with the staff, but with the corporate office who designated the ribs as gluten-free on their allergy menu. Kudos to the manager, who obviously instructed the staff to alert her if anyone ordered gluten-free, and saved you from getting sick. If they have not yet changed their on-line information, I bet they will if you point...
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    Since the main ingredient in Fit is surfactant (which is soap), I use one drop of dish detergent in a large pot of water, put the fruit or veggies in, slosh around, and then rinse VERY, VERY well. I have noticed that foods taste a lot better since I started doing this, especially grapes for some reason. (I'm bad--I don't buy organic grapes because at our...
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