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    It really depends... The important thing is to check the site is who you think it is. When you connect and the bar says https:// not http:// then the connection is secure between you and that site. Presuming the site is actually the correct one then noone can play piggy in the middle. However there are plently of sites look like the real thing but...
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    ARCHIVED Do You Cheat?

    gfp replied to kschauer's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Deb, that was "exceptions noted" ... Overall I just wanted to point out that people will say "I never cheat" but take risks. I have at times been able to do as you do and not eat out and the difference is amazing... all those little gripes dissapear. The idea that we can eat out safely is a big problem for peoples experience... and the basis of so...
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    I used to feel the same way .... Quite honestly I think everyone goes through that... I had to learn to let go... Let me try and put it in a sentence... "We do the best we can, its not always good enough but it's all we can" Trying to pin down which meal (when it might have been something else entirely) can and will drive you crazy .... Obviously...
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    ARCHIVED Do You Cheat?

    gfp replied to kschauer's topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    This is the most sensible answer..... I never knowingly ingest gluten really means nothing at all... despite the number of people saying that. (and the reason for my sig) If you eat out you are cheating just the same, so everyone (exceptions noted) cheats... its a matter of how, how much etc. but in my opinion its like saying "Oh I never sleep with...
  5. gfp
    What Ursa said .... and like Shay said ... you can 'lose' lots of good years and get complications ... which is a big risk. all this vs just not eating gluten ....
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    ARCHIVED Italy

    gfp replied to kenlove's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff

    Ken there is a national chain of Internet cafe's that offers a pay as you go card (trying to remember the name but mostly in the north)... They also have skype phones etc. You just pay once and then you can use the card in any of their cafe's...
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    Did that work ?? Incidentally, if your worried about identity theft then rather unluckily you made the wrong choice.... You either trust Norton (Symantec) or not... because you are installing their software onto your computer. Once you install their software they have access to EVERY file on your computer .. should they wish... Unless your a total...
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    As far as celiac disease is concerned the amount of gluten on anything that has been in a bun is many many times more than you need to be sick. Forget the hot-dog the guy handling the hot dog has just touched gluten and then the hot dog... or used the same tongs. As far as seizures, I have a friend who gets them and it would seem the same tiniest of...
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    or they might just take the Microwave away altogether ????
  10. gfp
    Try re-installing McAfee watch carefully for any errors in the install... if it tells you it can't copy a file then note them down... as a last ditch thing copy the .inf file from the McAfee install ... once its installed to its satisfaction then try the deinstaller...
  11. gfp
    I still think CC is the biggest problem.... and Like LarryMac say's it could just as easily be a resto perhaps... The big problem (at the risk of repeating myself) is that we (celiacs) start doing what you did "eat them all the time" ... just because its easy to believe that "oh McDo's fries are safe" ... because its so hard to get anything else to eat...
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    Its just misleading ... 1/ Erm, yeah so is wheat flour but that's not the question... 2/ Again, according to the lab report they didn't test the final product so of course they didn't detect gluten...note they strongly imply the finished product is tested but don't actually say do!!
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    ARCHIVED Celiac Fitness

    gfp replied to MDRB's topic in Sports and Fitness

    I'd say go ahead ... and to coin a phrase 'knock yourself out'. Obviously you need to eat correctly... but the running should stimulate that and allow you to get extra nutrients while not worrying so much about calories etc. I find when I exersize I quite naturally eat better .. because your thinking in terms of nutrition and what you need to get...
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    Jenny ... I don't think its an issue for 3 times.... We all take risks everyday.... much as we minimise them.... Much as it might feel like this you're not robbing him.... McDonalds are... As Larry Mac said ... (but obviously turning it around) .. why don't they just change the recipee?? I think the way to look at it is like this...
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    Here in the UK they do battered onion rings... (in a seperate frier) however a 'bonus' onion ring in the fries is not unknown!! (were talking a 4" diameter ring here not a speck) does it foul the oil.. of course but then this is probably something they are more likely to do at the end of a shift etc. but just as much to the point, do they handle buns and...
  16. gfp
    Just to prove everyone is different I seem to be the opposite ??? Not that CC takes longer but that there doesn't seem any correlation between the AMOUNT and the delay or severity.... ???? Well ... again more or less... Some things like CODEX starch I seem to get a delay or build-up type reaction... a tiny amount of some very low ppm and I just feel...
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    It may be the bottom line but the information is missing ... If the CSA walked into 100 or better 1000 McDonalds and purchased fries, had them analyzed and published the results we might get a representative test. However we don't have this to base decisions on.... we have a very misleading report paid for by McDonalds. (I say its misleading on two...
  18. gfp
    Only it won't because this issue is really about "is it OK to get small amounts of gluten" ... The danger of the McDo statement is it bypasses this question. It more or less takes the decision away from the consumer by saying "the fries are safe". as Larry mac say's I'm extremely picky ... I only go to resto's on the whole where I know the...
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    Could be but could also be the observed reaction many of us see when we cut out the last traces of gluten and become more sensitive to small amounts? Quite honestly as pointed out already, the chance of CC is pretty big .... in any fast food environment. That means that one time you might be fine, ten times you might be fine but the chance is sooner...
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    I still think the most likely cause is the actual CC, not the minute amounts in the gluten. I know we are all different.... but for me I find microscopic (as in truly microscopic) I don't tend to react straight away, its more of a build-up. My problem with McDo and their statement is it is designed to give a false confidence. By making the...
  21. gfp
    I bolded the part... but CSA are incorrect as the analysis shows the RAST test does detect gluten. However the question is what is a commercial test. There are plently of tests that can detect this level of gluten ... they are just expensive... GC-MS can detect a MDL of 10-20 ppb... but they chose not to do quantitive tests... (presumably as they already...
  22. gfp
    My understanding is they use the same recipe worldwide. The test results they published categorically say the fries contain gluten. There is obviously fact and wishful thinking, aided by McDonalds writing the report to seem like it was negative unless you read it all.
  23. gfp
    Even if HE has ... it dosn't mean the OP's baby will. 13 months is so young So he only has 6 months eating Gluten... He also still has mostly YOUR immune system... if you are positive he will likely be positive....if he will be positive he might not have enough of his own yet to show .... Meanwhile if he gets a negative biopsy what will you do...
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    I'm terrible myself.... though I sometimes come up with the 'best presents ever' its so random and 90% of the time I just don't have a clue. Glad you figured it out ... I actually think you'll get a lot of enjoyment seeing the grandkids and all. True but that's why they are 'presents' ... otherwise you're correct 2.2 hoovers or 1...
  25. gfp
    Happy Birthday !!! Presents are really hard for some people to buy.... this seems like a pretty good one compared to socks or a new hoover! gotta run to work right now but once again happy birthday...
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