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  1. gfp
    This might be true but I do think its worth putting in context.... 90% of the world if asked to name the country this best describes would say the united states... From a Chinese POV copyright is just a way to prevent honest people making a living.... the chinese also pirate many things like pharmacuticals they can't afford to buy... from a different...
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    Nora, for the biopsies I dunno.... blood work yes.... I'd lean towrds no on biopsies simply because they require practice and celiac disease is underdiagnosed so they get less practice... as to the medical system overall... lived in Oslo for a year and Stavanger another and honestly the Norwegian one isn't even close... (although I did get good dental work...
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    Thanks ... that makes sense... RiceGuy thx too I thought I'd get better naswers here than my Girlfriend who's bilingual (hence doesn't know medical terms in either )
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    Hi my Uncle sent me an email to translate for my cousin in Geneva who doesn't speak French ,... I got it except one word... acetabulaire.... Anyone any clues context .... colonne lombaire bon respect de l'alignement des murs posterieurs. le bassin est bien equilibre hypoplaise des douziemes cotes discopathies moderees etages...
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    3 Choices.... 1/ Go private get the results sooner 2/ Don't have the biopsy ... go off the blood tests... 3/ Pay for it yourself and jump on easyjet.. get it done here the same day...thoiugh if your cute about it you can claim it back via the NHS with the correct form if you got taken ill by emergency.... Incidentally if you had the blood test here...
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    You can quote rule until your blue in the face but its not me you are trying to tell but some manufactuerer in India... As she stated the powder was imported from India... Secondly it doesn't really matter if the raw spices already contain gluten ... Who in the Flower brand factory is really going to bother checking.... when half the country is so poor...
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    couldn't agree more... no point us making a list that allows you to nearly make 101 things but not quite
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    Blood work can be unreliable but usually because the correct procedures are followed... When they are and a FULL suite is taken they are over 98% reliable.... Its not that you are wrong.. unfortunately your correct... but that is largely down to the MD's who don't realise we need to eat gluten or MD's who only specify partial tests etc. Hassi----...
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    On the whole Curry should be gluten-free.... The problem is often fillers.... a classic is fenguereek (sp)... which is very strong and bitter... you only need a TINY amount and people don't like paying per milligram (saffron perhaps excluded)... so its not unknown for them to use filler... Obviously developing world counties can't afford to be as fastidious...
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    It depends what you call IBS I guess.... it seems to be a diagnisis of "we don't really know" ??? My theory is that we are destroying villi all the time... but the repair faster than we destroy them, then when the trigger happens the body can't keep up... some other forms of IBS probably exist but I seem to remember a whole load of IBS patients (well above...
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    Tim, exactly what I was going to post.... I think for most people they probably did have celiac disease but the symptoms were not severe... The reason for saying this is many of us actually find out after going gluten-free that little things we put down to everyone having or old age etc. then clear up... I think the trigger can be what tips the balance...
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    Ok... but don't get paranoid....this is theory... Cells repair by dividing and replicating (its termed mytosis). The actual replication is a little recipee, it follows the instructions in the DNA... however it can make mistakes... When it starts making mistakes one outcome is cancer... the more you force cells to divide and repair the higher the chance...
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    NoGluGirl.. check the links onthe USGS.... they provide a lot of free information...! Chlorine might not be great but typhoid is much worse..... I know because I got it from untreated drinking water... If people want piped water to their houses in a country as big as America then I think some compromises have to be made... Remember 3/4 of the word don...
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    Im not a big fan of English tea (despite being English in origin)... but I do like green teas and some other types like Russian .. Mostly I buy a good quality basic tea and then add my own stuff.... right now a fav is lemongrass and ginger green tea... I buy the basic but best quality green teas (nothing but tea) and then add my own ginger and lemon grass...
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    I'll third avocado ..... If your not dairy free then chilli with lots of cheese, sour cream and gaucamole piles on calories .... However overall if you are trying to gain weight smaller but more frequent meals are better... Especially for celiacs, add a lot of fat and we can find it hard to digest.... so simple easy to digest stuff tends to be better....
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    ARCHIVED Roux

    gfp replied to mandasmom's topic in Gluten-Free Recipes & Cooking Tips

    Yep it works.... it all depends on the roux really as to which type of gluten-free flour works best... As a general rule I find rice flour works best for really light ones and more robust ones a bit of corn or even heavier added buckwheat flour... if the rest of the flavors are subtle then rice flour can be better than real flour...
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    1/ Open Original Shared Link 2/ No intestines 3/ Yes and no.... they will self repair but the repair process is bad for you.... so some will always be just repaired etc. 4/ gluten doesn't damage the villi, our antibodies do. The process is just more complex.... one spark can cause a forest fire or it can just burn out... or it can do a certain amount...
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    Larry, the bottom line is you have to trust someone... ? corporate America isn't evil... its just doing what it does... the purpose of compnaies is to maximise profit, pure and simple... Where this gets complex is who should regulate? This is pretty much divided between the market regulating itself and someone presumably government or elected bodies...
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    ARCHIVED Scared

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

    shan: Its relatively common (but stupid) for the person with the gene to blame themselves....its not something you have any control over... apportioning blame is pointless! Its relatively uncommon for families to actually blame the one carrying the gene.... In all probability you are more likely to find problems the family believing in celiac disease...
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    The "soapy" feel is because bleach is an alkali ... I don't know specifically about gluten but the reaction of bleach with most organic matter is to produce trihalomethanes, most of which are carcinogenic. Not to be too panic mongering but under sunlight one of the possible byproducts is phosgene gas. However bleach isn't an efficent ionic desurficant...
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    The funny thing is its not a simple case... On the face of it the idea is that it forces people to get checked for glaucoma etc. Doubtless there is some truth in this and doubtless some people may have had their eyesight saved or diabetes diagnosed because of this. However at the same time the opticians make a fortune... My problem wiuth this is two...
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    Very true.... I lived in Norway for 2 yrs.... you can't buy OTC multivits except stuff so weak its not worth buying... (basically less than you'd get in a can of V8)... In the recent past the UK has stopped OTC pain medication except in bottles of less than 16... and this is just the weakest Ibuprofen or tylenol etc. Even in a pharmacy you can only...
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    Ack... you're OK.. it happens to be my favorite too....
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    Fajitas... its not MY OPINION about the author of the article.. I personally believe he is over stating the case but I don't think he's off his trolley... <<---HUGS--->> What I find (and I shouldn't because its centuries old) is society as a whole viewing anyone who challenges their government bodies, food companies or whoever is some militant...
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    Exactly! I think its extremely regretable that if you question the FDA your classed as some revolutionary pinko commie or some fringe revolutionary trying to bring down the government... However... like I just said this is hardly new! I do wish people would actualy read what I say and not read the first line and get upset before they actually finish...
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