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  1. Fiddle-Faddle
    I used to mix my own, but now I use the betterbatter gluten-free flour. I don't notice any difference between it and the gluteny stuff. In fact, it was so good, I was really worried that somehow there had been a mistake and they'd shipped me real flour!
  2. Fiddle-Faddle
    Those "signs of ADD" mentioned in the article are all typical of autism spectrum disorders (ADD and ADHD are considered to be on the autism spectrum). Autism spectrum disorders are FREQUENTLY linked with gluten AND casein intolerance. I know milk substitutes can be expensive, but if casein intolerance MIGHT be causing any of these symptoms in your daughter...
  3. Fiddle-Faddle
    I just wanted to add that whether it's ADHD, bipolar, or normal kid, I think one of the most important things you can do besides diet (good advice from Ursa and the others) is to get her OUTSIDE and EXERCISING for at least one hour a day. EVERY DAY. We just got a puppy, and every dog-care book says that puppies need exercise several times a day. Why...
  4. Fiddle-Faddle
    Sounds like you have loose joints. There are some connective tissue disorders that seem to have a link with celiac. It's also possible that you might have bone spurs, which can catch on the tendon, and eventually tear it. This would have to be evaluated by either an orthopedist, a sports medicine doctor (they deal with this a lot), or a physical therapist...
  5. Fiddle-Faddle
    Casein intolerance can cause villi damage. Casein is the protein in milk and milk products, and lactose-free milk, alas, DOES contain casein. It is very common for celiacs to be casein intolerant. Also, many ice creams contain wheat starch, especially "lite" versions. They use the wheat starch as a lowfat thickener. It took me several months to...
  6. Fiddle-Faddle
    Tom, what toothpaste has gluten in it??? (I've never even thought of toothpaste! Oh, no....)
  7. Fiddle-Faddle
    Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a SYNDROME, not a disease. A syndrome is just a collection of symptoms for which they haven't figured out the cause. And isn't it interesting that the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome are EXACTLY the same as the symptoms of celiac... Perhaps you should email your doctor all the info on celiac that you have discovered...
  8. Fiddle-Faddle
    I'll say it again: your doctors are idiots. Joint pain, dry eyes, mental fog, and osteoporosis are OFTEN caused by celiac. I believe they are even on the list of symptoms here on celiac.com. The osteoporosis would be caused because celiac causes leaky gut, which prevents your absorption of things like calcium. You might very well be anemic as well...
  9. Fiddle-Faddle
    I mean, you should create a separate thread here asking specifically for recommendations for doctors in the Seattle area! Seriously! I see someone already posted a recommendation in the post above, but if you are looking for something closer, or if that one doesn't wrok with your insurance, you'll get much, much more attention (translation: more answers...
  10. Fiddle-Faddle
    Please look into Lyme DIsease! The dad of one of my students was only diagnosed with Lyme after he began to have seizures. And for some reason, Lyme seems to cause a kind of non-celiac gluten intolerance. There is a very active Lyme Disease thread here on this board, because so many here have been definitively diagnosed with Lyme. Good luck!
  11. Fiddle-Faddle
    Why don't you try posting a plea for someone to recommend a celiac-savvy doctor in the Seattle area? (Or wherever is convenient to you) I think there are quite a few people on this board from your neck of the woods. You can also look for a celiac support group in your area, and people there should be able to point you in the right direction. You could...
  12. Fiddle-Faddle
    I love the name Jeremy! The dips seem to help because then the kid is feeding himself--and deciding what to dip, and in what, and it makes him feel very grown-up and in-charge. My picky eater (#2 out of 3) would only eat bananas if I cut them into circles and sprinkled them with cinnamon sugar. Eventually, I started making my own cinnamon sugar instead...
  13. Fiddle-Faddle
    My picky eater will eat raw carrots and raw sweet red pepper strips if I give him something to dip them in, like ranch dressing. (We told our oldest that ranch dressing was white ketchup when he was 2, and he thought that was just fine!) Sometimes they will even dip carrot sticks into ketchup (yuck)! We also had good luck with frozen peas-and-carrots...
  14. Fiddle-Faddle
    Of course he could still be coeliac. Damage to the villi--which is the criteria for diagnosis--is not instantaneous. It takes time to develop. And testing is notoriously high in false negatives for children. You could feed him gluten until he DOES develop damage, and only then admit that gluten might be a problem. And in the meantime, he is at more...
  15. Fiddle-Faddle
    I didn't know this. How does gluten get on apple peels?
  16. Fiddle-Faddle
    check this out: Open Original Shared Link And yes, get out of that house ASAP. Or sooner. Unless you like health problems. Even with professional mold treatment, there's no guarantee that that place will ever be mold-free.
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    I don't mean to be a nag, but I think it is important to know exactly what he IS eating in order to help pinpoint what might be going on. It might have nothing whatsoever to do with what he IS eating. But then again, it might. I have a friend who is a nutritionist, whose 2-year-old son was having lots of tummy issues. Turns out, he was drinking 46 ounces...
  18. Fiddle-Faddle
    I also know of one person who had a positive biopsy and negative bloodwork--turned out, he had a severe bacterial infection that destroyed his villi in the same way that celiac would. Another possibility is Lyme disease, which is far, far more common than the doctors realize, and NOT always heralded by the supposedly-typical bull's-eye rash. Many people...
  19. Fiddle-Faddle
    How do you remove gills?????
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    We'd been getting their rotisserie chickens for over 2 years now, but just this week, my husband happened to glance at the label (unfortunately, AFTER we ate it) and see that wheat is now listed on the ingredients list. I have no idea why they suddenly changed their recipe--or maybe they changed suppliers???? Either way-- :angry: :angry: :angry...
  21. Fiddle-Faddle
    I have read of one person who had biopsy-confirmed celiac--or at least, he thought he did, but he wasn't getting better on a gluten-free diet--and then later found out through the Stanford Celiac Clinic that what he actually had was a severe bacterial infection that wiped out his villi in the same way celiac would have. His infection was successfully...
  22. Fiddle-Faddle
    Adding my prayers to all the others.....
  23. Fiddle-Faddle
    If it makes you feel any better, a lot of people, maybe even most, are uncomfortable meeting others for the first time. You might try thinking in advance what you might like to ask them about themselves: "how long have you been with the company? Are you originally from this area? Where did you go to school? What was your degree in?" etc The fact...
  24. Fiddle-Faddle
    Those tests measure your production of antibodies against gluten. If you weren't eating gluten for two months, then you wouldn't be producing those antibodies, even with celiac. That's why it is so important to be eating gluten when you have the bloodwork done.
  25. Fiddle-Faddle
    Like many things in the medical community, it comes down to $$$$. The doctors don't earn a penny if you change your diet and your symptoms go away. Neither does the pharmaceutical industry. But the doctors, pharm industry, and hospitals/surgical centers all get quite rich just from your endoscopy. The doctors and the pharm industry get even richer...
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