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  1. eKatherine
    You want to not have kids because gluten intolerance is genetic? Everything's genetic, including being human. This is a condition that can be controlled by minor dietary manipulations, not some disease that causes babies to be stillborn or suffer horribly then die in their first month of life.
  2. eKatherine

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    eKatherine replied to RKB-MD's topic in Doctors

    While peanut allergies may not be rarer than celiac disease, they are certainly rarer than gluten intolerance. And I am certain that there is more celiac than ever and at earlier ages because people are eating more gluten than ever in the typical American diet.
  3. eKatherine
    Does this mean that if it comes back non-positive that you will still have doubts?
  4. eKatherine
    Blogs are out there for general readership, while this is a closed group - not that it isn't open to the public, but you have to seek it out to find it. When you're browsing blogs, either by following links or surfing in directories, you can find all kinds of stuff you never imagined.
  5. eKatherine
    Unfortunately, the situation is much more complex than that. I substitute in all grades and classes in public schools. Some Down's children are "high achievers", but they still need regular help - perhaps half regular classes and half special classes in a resource room. Others are in high school still learning how to dress themselves and use utensils properly...
  6. eKatherine
    Sweet rice flour makes a sauce that doesn't break when you refrigerate it.
  7. eKatherine
    So lorka, trade links?
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  9. eKatherine
    Wow, that's horribly unethical, especially because you don't need to deliberately divide the group into gluten-free and non-gluten-free. They will do it themselves, as there will be a certain number of non-compliant patients. Someone could design a series of regular followup interviews to determine the patient's level of compliance with the diet and their...
  10. eKatherine
    It looks like it is highly probable that you've got it. Testing is not necessary. You can test yourself with the diet...BUT... As you say, your house is full of gluten and you don't cook. These things will both need to change. You need to sit down and figure out what you can eat and plan your diet around that. Rice is good and really cheap. Get yourself...
  11. eKatherine
    I seriously doubt there is a wheat lobby that would be involved in this. More likely the drug lobby would be involved, as the money they make from treating symptoms dwarfs what farmers would lose from a few more people changing their diet. Besides, farmers can always change the crops they grow to respond to demand, while treating celiac with diet will reduce...
  12. eKatherine

    ARCHIVED Celiac Sprue & Doctor Too!

    eKatherine replied to RKB-MD's topic in Doctors

    I think they should just stop serving snacks if they're just going to decide to sock it to another sensitivity group, one that is larger than those with peanut allergies. The flight attendant always looks at me like I have two heads when I give her back the packet of stale pretel bits and say I can't eat them.
  13. eKatherine
    Whoo, thanks for the link to my blog. I have found that there are very few celiac or gluten-free blogs in the directories I have looked at or submitted to. More people need to write public blogs about their experiences and opinions about celiac, gluten intolerance, and the gluten-free lifestyle. Then they need to submit them to directories and trade links...
  14. eKatherine
    Don't worry if you find undigested bits of food in his diapers. It is perfectly normal and happens to people of all ages who don't chew their food extremely thoroughly. We don't have 4 stomachs to digest cellulose like cows do.
  15. eKatherine
    That's just amazing. Would they recommend diagnosis and treatment after the kid starts having diarrhea every day and malabsorption, or is that also less important than the quality of living you get from eating pizza? My food budget is less, too, but that's due to that fact that I can't eat dairy, and I was eating a lot of imported cheese before.
  16. eKatherine
    You should ask for a copy of the test results.
  17. eKatherine
    Canola oil is not a natural food for humans. Liquid vegetable oils have been newly introduced into the human diet since the start of the industrial age, and are nothing like what we evolved on.
  18. eKatherine
    Beef should be gluten-free, as long as they don't cross-contaminate it with stuffing or breading used in the area - which can very well happen. Bacon and marinade can be a problem. If you want something like this, you should probably buy some beef and bacon you know are safe and put it together it at home. I prefer a dry rub to a marinade. It leaves all the...
  19. eKatherine
    Bloating and gas is what lactose intolerance does to me, which won't show in an allergy test. For me, casein intolerance give me different symptoms, which have only come on recently.
  20. eKatherine
    I checked the prices. Ouch! I think I'll be sticking to local fresh seafood.
  21. eKatherine
    Tamari is a special type of Japanese soy sauce that should be wheat-free. Shoyu is the regular type, which always has wheat. San-J makes both types. Read the labels, definitely.
  22. eKatherine
    This is nothing new, a few years ago this came up. It is what farmed salmon is. If you don't want to eat it, don't buy it. It doesn't have anything to do with Costco, they're just another giant company selling a so-so quality product for which there is good demand. The fact is that wild salmon is for many people a luxury commodity. The rare times I see...
  23. eKatherine
    I'd have to disagree with you. There are many types of cow's milk cheese I used to enjoy. It's just a matter of personal taste if you only have found two that you like. But in any case, no cow's milk cheese is in my future, including Parmagiano Reggiano.
  24. eKatherine
    You could very well have celiac. If going off gluten for 3 days makes all your symptoms go away, then the best test would be to go off it for a couple of weeks and then eat something very gluteny on an empty stomach, like a big meal of pasta. If you find that going gluten-free you are always healthy and eating gluten you are always sick, then you need to...
  25. eKatherine
    How will the endoscopy tell your doctor if it's gluten or not? All the biopsy can show is whether you have intestinal damage, not whether gluten is causing all your symptoms. The only way to tell if gluten is making you sick is to give it up for 6 weeks or so. If the biopsy is negative, will he order you to keep eating gluten? Will you, or would you try...
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