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  1. gfp
    Yes, its a pain but if they work for you then thewy do work really well. Even with the side effects I got benefit and after resting my stomach for 2 months it was much better. Now Im careful what I eat .... buckwheat gives me heartburn if I eat a lot.... etc. so I try and keep to lighter stuff, especially in summer its easier. 10 yrs ago i was told...
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    ARCHIVED Going Camping

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

    It depends where you are camping.... I just dragged a stove around italy and didn't use it once. Lots of salads and stuff, fresh fish (when by the coast) etc. etc.
  3. gfp
    We covered this about 5 times but .... 1) The analysis they chose is a bit of a cop out, in other words aiming to give a negative. 2) Who really knows ... I mean with CC its always a risk and McDo's are hardly the least rushed in prep etc. so even if they are truly gluten-free then the risk of CC is reasonably high. We all hear stories of them using...
  4. gfp
    True, its very effective but I get every damned side effect on the warnings. Aching muscles/back and headaches.... it does work really well though and I put up woith the side effects for 2 months and it made a big difference but i wouldn't take it long term.
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    ARCHIVED Carbonation?

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

    Yes and No .... You could add a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda which would nullify the acid but in the short term create more bubbles and if added to a can would certainly overflow it and it would taste a bit weird and if you drank a lot elevate your sodium and blood pressure. Same adding regular salt. better would be one of the rehydration...
  6. gfp
    parboil the fries before frying .... To get the McDo "flavoring" you can add some beef stock to the water you use to parboil make sure they are dry as the water will evaporate off and make sure the pan is less than 1/3 full for safety. Higher temp oils are best and you also adsorb less fat the faster you fry, parboiling means you get the crunchy outside...
  7. gfp
    I think this illustrates the two main problems 1) People who knew you before diagnosis. Well the problem is you were never quite open about symptoms. I mean who is! People always ask over dinner and my usual response is "you don't want to know while your eating" but seriously we don't say things like "oh last week (nearly) I pooped my pants in the...
  8. gfp
    Second moral is have someone else read the labels! My girlfriend (edited to stop sating gluten-free) always double check for me. We (humans) like to hear what we want and so if you want chocolate its easy to skim the labels and rely on "it was OK before" Its not often but sometimes my gluten-free finds something I missed ... if you have brain fog...
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    ARCHIVED Carbonation?

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

    Naturally carbonated water contains anti-acids but when you force carbonation using CO2 under pressure you make an acid. Hence natually sparkling water is a natural antacid whereas cabonated water is the inverse. Also the bubbles are different .... if its forced the bubbles are kept in under pressure and when they come out they boil out in very...
  10. gfp
    Who is doing her laundry ? Seriously if only from the aspect of not worrying about this! However more seriously .... I just got back from Italy ... and it seems almost everyone knows of celiac. The diagnosis rate is 1:200 as all young children are tested so everyone knows someone with celiac .... so when you start your explanation to the...
  11. gfp
    This is a completely spurious arguament. There is not much air you can breath doesn't contains bacteria, yeasts or other things .... but so what the human body is designed to cope with bacteria, indeed the human body cannot live without bacteria. Removing trace elements and then adding them back n suppliments seems somewhat illogical unless you are...
  12. gfp
    No need : You just add back some sea water if this ever happens. If you want to purify the water you can use iodides which can be extracted from most kelp/seaweed by burning them into a charcoal and placing the ash in the water which is then boiled and the soluble part run off. In order to test you have enough iodine to purify water test with starch...
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    As everyone else is saying food easily digested is best for me. My comfort food is a chicken broth though with only a little chicken. Immodium works best for me taken as early as possible, preferably with perfect 20/20 hindsight before ... since non of us have perfect 20/20 hindsight ASAP ... Taken as early as possible it tends to offset the...
  14. gfp
    The thing is you are still in the same catch-22 for now and the health problems do need to be discussed and he does need to get aboard, whatever the test results say! However at the same time you need to not make it feel like its a problem that he can help with. I am not really surprised because that is where the non communication goes......
  15. gfp
    My first problems were hiatus hernia and gerd which were added to by the celiac disease. I lost 15-20lbs and it rarely bothers me so long as I remember certain things like plenty of pillows and elevated head to the bed, take very strong acid prohibitors (not antacid) before diving (else the stomach acid just runs out when you face down) etc. etc. ...
  16. gfp
    So the question is what does that mean? (I guess) Speaking as a guy what can appear to be constant stream of "My tummy is a bit sore/full, i have a headache or aunt flo is visiting" or similar can be rather offputting because we place a different emphasis on things like that.largely because if the guy initiates and is rejected once or twice will knock...
  17. gfp
    Thanks, I was a bit worried about saying that as a guy.... I was half expecting someone to tell me we are in the 21stC not the 19thC Thanks I think that sums it up..... I have some other suggestions .... Like I said a fulfilled promise can go a loooooooooooooong way. If the guy can be enlisted into helping then its two birds with...
  18. gfp
    Time frames vary and amount seems to have no effect on severity. 4 days ago I had a Thai red curry, I found the paste and thought I'd try ....since its really hard to get fresh galangal here. I had a coconut rice with saffron accomp.... Then last night I was eating out and started feeling weird .... I had been a bit off and a bit brain foggy but then...
  19. gfp
    Big disclaimer don't act on anything I just came home after a fair amount of wine I will do my best and perhaps even say more because of this ....????? Its so easy to be trapped in the cycle.. woman doesn't want sex with a guy she is not communicating with and guy can't communicate with the girl he isn't getting sex with. Firstly i think your...
  20. gfp
    False positives on blood are only really false positives if you define celaic disease as being biopsy positive. For a full celiac suite the accuracy is 98% on positives but the other 2% are what? The majority of the 2% will eventually develop celiac disease... in terms of biopsy proven but what does that mean? It is proven that gluten causes other...
  21. gfp
    cmdt: I am being a bit blunt here, you don't know me but its my nature. I do aim to shock you a bit but only to help you not be confused. Why did they run the test? I would imagine because they thought she was at risk. For all the reasons you just mentioned .... a postive IgA is pretty definitive wheras a negative is not. IMHO ignoring...
  22. gfp
    Firstly, you need to put this in writing, whay you or your dauighter said is only as good as you can prove. Firstly send a fax and follow it up with a registered letter. Be VERY BLUNT ! Make a proper formal letter heading then ATTN: XXXXXX My daughter XXXX is in your care in ward XXXX and has on several occaisions been fed items which I...
  23. gfp
    I agree (from your description since I haven't read it myself). What new celiac doesn't want to be told its OK to cheat... etc. The book is just playing to telling people what they want to hear... Yep I expected a completly rewritten bible where manna transforms to corn tortilla's and the last supper has rice bread? sorry couldn't resist...
  24. gfp
    Non acceptance by loved ones is a recurrent theme ... People simply have a problem that something you have been eating your whole life which is almost universally accepted as a staple food can be the cause. Everyone has different circumstances but if you are anything like me with brain fog then non-communication comes pretty high up the list. Perhaps...
  25. gfp
    Many people have problems with close family and friends who have afterall seen you eating gluten over a long time. We have discussed many reasons for this but people just have a hard time accepting it. In addition since many of the symptoms are unpleasant we tend to mask them until we finally find out why. Once we find out why we tend to be more...
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