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  1. eKatherine
    I agree. The appearance is that the doctors are not only incompetent and delusional, but padding their income with unneeded testing. I think you need to do Enterolab and look for another doctor.
  2. eKatherine
    You say you want to receive "accurate results". What does that mean to you? There are false negatives, so a negative result will not rule out celiac. If your doctor tells you you do not have celiac based on the results of the tests he or she runs, will you go back to eating gluten in direct contradiction to your own observations of dietary response?
  3. eKatherine
    You have gluten intolerance. That should be enough to get you a special diet if you ever need one. If the doctor won't accept your word for the fact that eating gluten makes you sick, that doesn't mean you should have to undergo a gluten challenge, make yourself sick as a dog for months because he's behind the times and likes invasive procedures. Having...
  4. eKatherine
    For me, breast tenderness was always cyclical but based on excessive caffeine intake. If it got annoying, I could cut back and it would be fine in a few days. Since menopause it's still based on caffeine intake but no longer cyclical. Since I no longer do coffee, I only notice during periods of extreme tea drinking. How's your caffeine intake? Maybe you...
  5. eKatherine
    Nini got one, I believe on the basis of blood tests and dietary response. If you want the diagnosis, it's worth a shot, but judging on his past actions I'd guess he probably won't accept the diagnosis until he gives you a biopsy that is positive. Just curious, why do you want the medical diagnosis?
  6. eKatherine
    You should look into finding yourself a personal chef, who will come into your kitchen and in one day fix up to a week's worth of meals for you. You get the menu and instructions for serving, plus food cooked to your own specifications.
  7. eKatherine
    So you've gone gluten-free? For how long? If you were truly gluten-free (and it's really easy to make mistakes at the beginning) but she comes up positive for celiac, then she may have yet another dietary intolerance that you haven't considered yet. Unfortunately, if she appears negative on the blood tests, it may be a false negative. She may still...
  8. eKatherine
    Your enterolab tests are probably going to be positive. Almost everybody who has reason to suspect they have a problem does. If you decide to keep your present pediatrician and go gluten-free on your own, you should keep a journal so you can show and describe what happens when family members get glutened. Then you can show it to the doctor. If he refuses...
  9. eKatherine
    The diagnosis provided you with a course of treatment, but it's not like you were "cured". You have years of malnutrition to overcome in order to restore your health. Take it easy, take your time. You may get that back, or you may not. Good luck.
  10. eKatherine
    She's already had a positive blood test, right? That is a test on which there are no false positives. The doctor is completely wrong about that. Not only that, but the doctor was completely irresponsible by not telling you her test results, which may have lasting consequences for your daughter's health. (My first thought was sue...) I say dump the doctor...
  11. eKatherine
    The question came up repeatedly of what the ingredients were, but it went unanswered, while everybody at that point was saying it tasted like a regular brownie. Sorry for not being an employee...well, not.
  12. eKatherine
    Or if you lost weight due to celiac...
  13. eKatherine
    If it tastes just like a brownie, it's probably just a regular brownie recipe with some alternative flour blend. That's how I make them, and no one would know I didn't use wheat flour. The flourless chocolate cakes I've made and eaten are much denser and wetter than regular brownies.
  14. eKatherine
    I season them with a blend of sugar, salt, cinnamon, cayenne, and citric acid.
  15. eKatherine
    "Tons" of calories...The calorie count is directly proportional to the weight of the bar. Fat has *some* more calories than protein or carbohydrates, but it will keep your hunger satisfied longer than a fat-free bar. There's no free lunch. If you want to seriously cut back on calories, you need to eat less. My personal opinion is that they all taste...
  16. eKatherine
    Try not to focus on the foods you can't have or the gluten-free foods you would be trying to replace them with. Think about the good whole foods that are available to you, and plan your diet around meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts, rice and any other grains you can tolerate, keeping gluten-free food replacements as a treat.
  17. eKatherine
    I think it's traditionally been considered a by-product of the dairy industry. Although you can use it to make ricotta cheese (this type of ricotta is defiinitely off-limits to those who are lactose intolerant), usually on a small farm it would have been fed to the other animals. Giant factory farms would not have this capability and undoubtedly consider...
  18. eKatherine
    I think that the more the milk is heated, but more reactive it is. I first realized I has a sensitivity to casein after eating too much dulce de leche, which is boiled for hours. My hot milk drink contained no coffee, which I can't have any of. Some people say that raw milk will not provoke these responses, but since I don't have access to raw milk, I...
  19. eKatherine
    One 'n'.
  20. eKatherine
    That rice cooker recipe wouldn't work in my rice cooker, which is programmed to give a soaking period at the beginning of a cycle. Before my electric pressure cooker gave up the ghost, I made "risotto" by cooking arborio rice in it for 14 minutes with just enough water to make it quite al dente. As soon as it was done, I added all the other good stuff...
  21. eKatherine
    Lots of doctors tell celiacs that it is too much trouble to follow the diet, so they should keep on eating gluten, which is the same thing you are doing. Reasoning with a six-year-old (I'll let you stop eating rice after you change your eating habits) is not reasonable. This is something that just has to be done. You are the adult here, so you need to...
  22. eKatherine
    I think cravings in general are a sign that you're missing something in your diet, though the thing you are craving may be unrelated to what you need. That's why people who go on "diets" fall off their programs. Their bodies are telling them to EAT!! and they get mad cravings.
  23. eKatherine
    The fluid portion of milk which remains after cheese curds have been removed. Some whey protein has most of the lactose removed through a special process. Minimally processed whey protein is not for those who are casein or lactose intolerant.
  24. eKatherine
    Your mistake is trying to use logic here. If the reaction happens predictably every time, then you are sensitive.
  25. eKatherine
    You clearly reacted to it. Everybody's different. My "hot milk drink challenge" ended up giving me two bouts of diarrhea and swollen hands, feet, and ankles for a week.
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