Zigzag
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The Cross-Contamination Myth-Buster!
Zigzag commented on Dimitrios Douros's article in Autumn 2014 Issue
I love this article... I am relatively new celiac 1.5yrs, asymptomatic, ret. engineer and made similar calculations on a variety of foods and conditions. If the 20ppm limit is real, then normal precautions will easily keep one under that limit . Do the math. -
I have been on 2 cruises since diagnosed with Celiac and gone gluten-free, RCL and Cunard. Both bent over backwards to provide excellent gluten-free meals as well as a large selection to choose from. Cunard expecially was very accomadating in every way taking gluten-free very seriously.
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Celiac Patients Are Bad at Judging Gluten Exposure Based on Symptoms
Zigzag commented on Jefferson Adams's article in Latest Research
No symptoms at all for me either. No suppliments taken. But going gluten-free reduced my blood numbers from astronomical to normal in 5 months. gluten-free worked for me. Diagnosed with Celiac 6 months ago. -
It's seems the question is not only one of not triggering symptoms but one of physically impacting villi destruction. From what I can tell through reviewing studies, the limit for causing actual damage is somewhere between 50 and 100 mg of gluten per day. Being asystematic as I am I try to keep my per day intake below 50mg. The only time I knowingly break...
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wow... thanks... I better learn the rules fast and read the fine print before I eat anything. Does that mean even cross contamination will do me in even if I don't feel anything if it should happen?
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I am asystematic, having recently been diagnosed through blood work as Celiac. I am gluten free 95% percent of the time but since I am new at this game, I slip up at times; like eating a mini milky way (found out it has malt), or a bowl of rice crispies (rice) but it has some malt. or a bag of "ready rice" that reading closely has malt. There are a few...