Marimarston
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Oh dear I’ve been there! Yes, the oily/greasy residue is normal after gluten as is a very distinctive smell, at least it was to me. But this continued for quite a while into my GFD. I think it takes time for your bowels to settle down and heal after years of gluten damage. I used to fly regularly between New York and London, and it was a huge embarrassment o...
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Protein-maker Wrongly Uses Gluten-Free Claim on Products Made with Wheat Says Lawsuit
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This is insane! Surely in the US companies have to prove their product is gluten-free before they can label it so. It makes me particularly angry because there seems to be this laissez faire attitude towards gluten contamination in the food industry, where celiac disease seems to be viewed as a few people with diarrhoea who complain too much, and therefore...
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Iron deficiency anaemia
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Iron deficiency anaemia
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My understanding is that the anaemia does not come from intestinal bleeding, but rather from damage to the areas that absorb iron in the gut, so your ability to absorb iron from food is reduced. It can also lead to low calcium for the same reasons. I have had anaemia pretty much all my life, and was diagnosed as coeliac about15 years ago. I take iron every...
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Hi, thank you for your thoughts. I know I have issues with casein so avoid dairy. Used soy milk as a substitute but found that it was seriously interfering with my hormone levels, so have also been soy free for a year or so. I am scrupulous in my diet - and even make up, skin care etc! I found codex wheat starch still caused symptoms so stopped consuming...
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I was severely ill with coeliacs before diagnosis - night sweats severe weight loss, vomiting all night 4-5 nights per week, extremely severe diarrhoea, villous erosion and leaky intestines were found on testing. Following a gluten-free diet strictly reduced the symptoms dramatically, and due to the level of villous erosion it was understandable that some...
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ARCHIVED Gluten Free In-flight Meals?
Marimarston replied to erin24's topic in Traveling with Celiac Disease
Hi, Just to report that Virgin managed a very satisfactory gluten free main meal on their transatlantic flight, but the snack served later was a rather poor lettuce "sandwich" made with a gluten free roll. I must say I am tired of the assumption that just because I cannot have gluten, I must not be able to have dairy or eggs or meat. I am glad I took snacks... -
ARCHIVED An Englishwoman In New York - And Philadelphia
Marimarston replied to Marimarston's topic in Traveling with Celiac Disease
Hi Patti I am staying at 17th and Walnut in Philadelphia, I guess fairly central. I have been recommended to a gluten free bakery in south Phila, but any further advice would be gratefully accepted! Thank you so much! Hi Kathy thank you very much for the restaurant recommendations - one of my great joys in lfe has been eating out in NYC! -
ARCHIVED Gluten Free In-flight Meals?
Marimarston replied to erin24's topic in Traveling with Celiac Disease
Hi, I fly with Vigin Atlantic regularly, and have used American and Continental. I have only recently been diagnosed with celiac disease, but I have contacted Virgin because I am flying this Friday and they have assured me they can accomodate me. However (and there had to be one...) my partner is allergic to cheese, and despite various requests, we have... -
ARCHIVED An Englishwoman In New York - And Philadelphia
Marimarston posted a topic in Traveling with Celiac Disease
Hi, I regularly visit NYC and Philadelphia for business reasons, but this is my first time as a sufferer of celiac disease (well, actually not the first as a sufferer, but the first since my diagnosis) I know a few good restaurants that would probably work to accomodate me, but any recommendations on shops that sell gluten free foods as well as restaurants...
