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  1. eKatherine
    Both gluten and casein have that effect on me.
  2. eKatherine
    Did they really teach you this in medical school, or did that figure come from somewhere else? Here's a stat for you. I read about it so long ago that I don't have a source, but I recall there was one at the time: 90-95% of illnesses will heal all by themselves with no medical intervention.
  3. eKatherine
    I just ignore the fact that there are tender little bits of red potato skin in the salad. It's very important to add salt and vinegar to the potatoes while they're still warm and can absorb it. In the very least, you need to do this before adding the dressing. Otherwise they will be very bland.
  4. eKatherine
    I'm sure that when I was in school they taught us that wheat was ground into flour, and flour was made into baked goods. Of course, back then it was still the norm for most people to realize that food is made from ingredients, as everybody knew somebody who cooked routinely from scratch. Seems like nowadays most people assume food comes out of a replicator...
  5. eKatherine
    Walmart marshmallows are marked "gluten-free", too.
  6. eKatherine
    Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link That's the issue. If they can't detect the problem in the biopsy, they don't treat until the patient gets much sicker.
  7. eKatherine
    That happened to me. Abdominal tenderness and cramping, feverish, feeling of being deathly ill. Decaf didn't help me, either. I found I can drink a cup of coffee once or twice a year. Eating breakfast out isn't the same without coffee. Most places can't make tea worth drinking.
  8. eKatherine
    I go crazy on a low fat diet. The cravings eventually consume me and I start eating things that are way off the scale as far as fat content is cncerned. Now that I can't eat dairy anymore, I'd better keep the fat in my diet up, no cheese or chocolate mousse in my future.
  9. eKatherine
    Since experts in the field can't seem to agree on anything, it's a good thing that so many people who think they have issues with gluten are willing to take responsibility for their own health situations.
  10. eKatherine
    I boil garlic cloves with the potatoes, then mash them in together.
  11. eKatherine
    By the way, 10-15% of calories as fat would be considered an extremely low fat diet, while 20% is still considered unsustainably low.
  12. eKatherine
    Actually, sprouting converts starch into sugar. If the gluten were truly broken down, it wouldn't make good bread. It's the gluten that gives wheat bread those nice characteristics. If only it were so easy, alkalinize your diet and gluten problems are gone! One article in the past 8 years? One whole article? Before discovering my gluten issues...
  13. eKatherine
    Do you cook? As I said, I rarely buy gluten-free foods, but if I was trying to put on weight (never a problem for me) I'd be eating homemade french fries, lots of rice and rice noodles, making cookies and brownies from recipes that mostly use normal ingredient substitutions.
  14. eKatherine
    I'd guess they probably haven't done any definitive studies on this.
  15. eKatherine
    I buy LouAna brand at Walmart for frying and general cooking purposes. It is flavorless, and can be reused for frying. I think last time I looked it was $2.68 for 30.5 ounces.
  16. eKatherine
    I find the crispiest fries are fried in two stages. First I fry them at about 300°F until they float, and then at 400°F until they are brown and crispy. Coconut oil fries them up crispier than any liquid vegetable oil.
  17. eKatherine
    I don't spend any more than I did before going gluten-free, probably because I cook rice and rice noodles more often and no longer buy artisan bread and other baked goods. But seriously, this is a doctor who has no concept of shopping or diet or cost. A gluten-free diet costs more than medication? That would be pretty hard to do. Crohn's can be associated...
  18. eKatherine
    I presume that link is from a free webhost that is blocked by this site for spam, as I've seen happen with tripod links. One more thing. If you ever meet with the doctor again, bring a concealed recording device.
  19. eKatherine
    Except of course that it misses lots of people with other advanced symptoms, including irreversible neurological damage, and it also misses other stages of the disease, which is why it's not an accurate diagnostic tool. And then these people are told to continue to eat gluten, as they "don't have celiac", irrespective of how their health declines, while their...
  20. eKatherine
    How odd. My jaw pain is almost completely relieved in about the same period of time since I've given up gluten.
  21. eKatherine
    I read what you're saying now 40 years ago, so it was certainly known then. Unfortunately the logic is that pure is good, and purest is best. It's easy to believe that those trace minerals are impurities are out to get you.
  22. eKatherine
    You need a celiac specialist doctor for an expert witness, not just a psychologist. Just because a doctor can't see your children doesn't mean he can't talk authoritatively about proper treatment of celiac and the difficulties in getting a diagnosis. Have you done Enterolab on yourself and your husband? Knowing what genes you carry will show what risks the...
  23. eKatherine
    Before they had this test, they diagnosed the disease based on all the symptoms present. But "progress" for medical science has trended toward relying on technology. This was a "good test" in that it gave clear results that are either positive or negative. This misled them into thinking that it gave more useful information than it did, as though intestinal...
  24. eKatherine
    This doesn't have to do with celiac, as it happened long before I was diagnosed. I spent a week one summer at the summer place my inlaws had on the coast. You had to bring all your food with you anyway, as none was kept there. I picked up some assorted condiments and stuff. Don't you know, when they showed up the next weekend, a family member went through...
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