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  1. Sandi*
    I'm in the Czech Republic and haven't seen xanthan gum anywhere . But, the Benefiber they sell here still contains guar gum, it says "100% partially hydrogenized guar galactomannan" so no wheat dextrin like in the US. So, my question is, can I used Benefiber in baking in place of regular guar gum? Would the "partially hydrogenized"part make this any different...
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    Recently I dicovered buckwheat flour and I am in love with it! Usually my dough turned out dry and grainy when using rice flour but not with buckwheat! I used a recipe from the Neiman Marcus website (everyone's heard the urban legend, right?) and just substituted the flours. I live in Europe now and unfortunatelly here it's OK for manufacturers to use de...
  3. Sandi*
    So the test did not confirm celiac disease. The only thing that was found were several intramucosal lesions. To be honest I'm not exactly sure what they are. I have a colonoscopy and my doc wants to take a biopsy of these lesions.
  4. Sandi*
    Hi, I totally get you! I was just thinking today that I need to write/find a post on cheating and there you came . It's so hard to stay on a gluten-free diet if you have no symptoms! That's understandable. However, I do have symptoms so I have no excuse except for being stupid. My problem is that I haven't been officially diagnosed, just through an elimination...
  5. Sandi*
    Hey, I can't recommend anyone but what don't you try and work with some homestay agency? That way you can specify that you're interested in a family with a celiac member and hopefully they can accommodate you. I just tired googling "homestay usa" and I came up with a lot of links, for example Open Original Shared Link Open Original Shared Link Usually...
  6. Sandi*
    I agree, plus they don't melt well. At least enjoy eating the real deal while you can !
  7. Sandi*
    How do you make them? I read in your signature that you're dairy and soy free - so do you use rice cheese? Thanks!
  8. Sandi*
    Thank you both so much, I never really tried the google search tool and also didn't know that & would work. I'm gonna go and search the heck out of this forum !
  9. Sandi*
    I've been trying to use the search function here but not very successfully. How do I search for a post that contains several words? For example, I want to search for apples and oranges. But if I type in "apples oranges" it will give me posts that contain either apples or oranges or both. How do I make sure I only get results that contain both words? I was...
  10. Sandi*
    Very informative, thank you!
  11. Sandi*
    I'm sorry those 4 weeks were so horrible for you! But at least you have a proper diagnosis now. As for me I don't think I'd go back to gluten eating for the endoscopy since I already had one and it was negative. I'm just hoping that the camera might find something further down there that the endo could have missed. I'm still so sick that I think if I do...
  12. Sandi*
    Thanks a lot!
  13. Sandi*
    Thanks Tha'lldoGyp, you're answer is kind of what I was thinking. I still have symptoms so I don't think I healed by just being gluten light. My doctor is great when it comes to running tests, etc. but I think she's also very results-oriented. Basically, if I test negative for celiac, then according to her there's no reason not to eat gluten. But I'm really...
  14. Sandi*
    new2celiacs, thanks for the answer. Did you have the endo done yet? Was eating gluten for a month sufficient to get a positive diagnosis?
  15. Sandi*
    OK, I've been doing some reading and I'm confused. I've come across the idea that flattened villi doesn't necessarily mean that that person has celiac. But what else would it be? What sparked my curiosity was Open Original Shared Link by tired47. It states: "Hi! I had the camera pill test done. My results were flattened villa and erosions of small bowel...
  16. Sandi*
    moldlady, it's not for another week (actually more like 10 days, it's on the 8th) and then I assume I will need to get an appointment to actually talk about the results. But I'll post here once I'm all finished!
  17. Sandi*
    Both my bloodwork and biopsy were negative for celiac disease (two years ago); however, I can definitely see positive response to diet change. I've been gluten-light for about 3 or 4 months. That is, sometimes I would have a regular cookie (maybe once every two weeks) and I just realized that I've been glutening myself unknowingly all this time. For example...
  18. Sandi*
    from www.helpforibs.com Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome - What Are IBS Symptoms? It's important to verify that your symptoms match those of IBS before you accept this diagnosis. As noted, Irritable Bowel Syndrome is characterized by its symptoms: continuous or recurrent lower abdominal pain or cramping (from mild to excruciating) in association...
  19. Sandi*
    Thank you both, I love BD almonds so this makes me happy . I'll look for those nutthins, they look delicious!
  20. Sandi*
    Spelt has gluten - unfortunately
  21. Sandi*
    It's the smokehouse flavor (I do eat natural most of the time but sometimes I like the extra kick). Below are the ingredients. It looks safe to me but I would like to confirm this before I dig in almonds vegetable oil (canola, safflower, and/or sunflower) salt corn maltodextrin natural hickory smoke flavor yeast hydrolyzed corn and soy...
  22. Sandi*
    I LOVE kombucha teas! I just wish they were just as cheap as soda :-). I thought about making my own but I'm afraid I will just kill the mushroom, lol!
  23. Sandi*
    Could it have been the sweetener? Diet Pepsi uses two kinds - aspartame and sucralose (aka Splenda). The way sucralose works is that it passes through our guts undigested, hence the "no calories" part. However, because of that it can also cause tons of gastrointestinal distress (bloating and diarrhea being the most common). Since you bought it in a cup you...
  24. Sandi*
    That's funny, I was just at the store yesterday (before reading this topic) and was so excited to have found this new Rice Chex on the shelf! I'm eating a bowl with rice milk right now. Watch out for the generic version, that one still has barley malt extract (at least the one sold by my grocery store does).
  25. Sandi*
    I think it's a mistake. I've bought their regular plain mix many times before and there was always only one packet. I don't see why it would be different for the cinnamon one.
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