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Up at the top you will see your user name then it says MY CONTROLS, NEW MESSAGES, VIEW NEW POSTS, and MY ASSISTANT

If you click on "view new posts" when you come to visit the board, it will show you all of the posts that have had activity since you last visited. This saves you going to each and every topic and sifting through what you have and haven't read.

Hope that helps you Soul04!!

-Jessica

Luckily I'm not a terribly severe case, because that would make life much harder.

I hope that you realize there isn't really a "severity" to having Celiac. You either have the disease or you don't. So please don't be cheating because you think you don't have a "severe case". If you aren't having symptoms you are still doing damage to your body by eating bad things.

Best wishes and good luck!

-Jessica

I am a moderator here on the board. I am still learning about all the things we can do to help the board, but from what I can see, when a topic is pinned, that is a topic that we(the moderators) feel that is important for you to read. It doesn't mean that it is an old topic.

Think of it as you have a bulliten board, you put a pin in the important things and put them on the board. This is what is going on with the pinned topics. It doesn't necessarily mean the other things are unimportant, just means the pinned ones are a good thing for you to notice.

If I am wrong, Scott please help here!! ha

-Jessica

I use Nature Made Vitamins. It says right on the label that they are Gluten Free!!

-Jessica

Congress Goes Back to Work January 20th

Food Labeling legislation is NOW pending in Congress. In the Senate S. 741, and in the House H.R. 3684, the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act. The Senate HELP Committee unanimously passed S. 741 (labeling provisions were added) on November 21, 2003. A floor vote in the Senate may happen early in the year. Both measures have strong bipartisan support.

NOW Members of the House of Representatives, all 435, need to hear from YOU, their constituent.

Urge your Representative to cosponsor H.R.3684. Cosponsors mean support, and support leads to ACTION.

Go to Open Original Shared Link -- plug in your zip code, to send a letter to your legislator.

Targeted alerts for key Congressional Districts, will be posted to listserv over the next weeks, and months. If you live in the targeted area, please give your lawmaker an extra push : )

WE CAN Get A Bill Passed This Year ! Let's Work Together and Get It Done !

We Want HR 3684 in 2004 !!

American Celiac Task Force

You might want to check with each Wendy's you visit. I was under the impression that fries there were gluten free until recieving part of a chicken nugget at the bottom of my fry container. YUCK!!!

-Jessica

Gluten-Free Yellow Cake

Basic and easy, and very versatile. Layer with white or

chocolate frosting, strawberries and whipped cream, etc. Make

sure your baking powder is gluten-free. Makes 2 -8 or 9

inch layers (24 servings).

Printed from Allrecipes, Submitted by Amy

1 1/2 cups white rice flour

3/4 cup tapioca flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon xanthan gum 4 eggs

1 1/4 cups white sugar

2/3 cup mayonnaise

1 cup milk

2 teaspoons gluten-free

vanilla extract

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease

and rice flour two 8 or 9 inch round cake pans.

2 Mix the white rice flour, tapioca flour, salt, baking

soda, baking powder and xanthan gum together and set aside.

3 Mix the eggs, sugar, and mayonnaise until fluffy. Add

the flour mixture, milk and vanilla and mix well. Spread

batter into the prepared pans.

4 Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes.

Cakes are done when they spring back when lightly touched or

when a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

Let cool completely then frost, if desired

I posted a yellow cake recipe in the recipe section that I use all the time. I top it with some homestyle vanilla cherry frosting or milk chocolate from duncin heinz. It is yummy!!

Enjoy-

Jessica

In the current/new Reader's Digest Magazine there is an article that lists several "hard to diagnose" diseases. It has a nice piece on Celiac Disease and tells a story about a lady and her troubles being diagnosed. It is well written and worth picking up!!

-Jessica

There is a button/link in the upper right hand of the text box that says track this topic, email this topic and print this topic. Just pick email. It takes you to a page where you can insert your sisters email and name and send her a link to the information that you want her to read. Hope that helps!!

-Jessica

I haven't even begun to try the other flavors, I am stuck on the Europen Rice Pudding!! I think I need a 12 step program , because I'm addicted to this pudding!!

-Jessica

I guess I'll go ahead and answer my own question here! ha

Here is the response I got back from Procter and Gamble on Joy Dish Soap:

Hi, Jessica.

Joy Dishwashing Liquids do not contain gluten. I hope this helps! Thanks for

stopping by.

Angie

Joy Team

Hope that can help someone else!!

-Jessica

Some people have absolutely NO symptoms at all. Some people have a ton of symptoms. That is what makes Celiac Disease hard to diagnose without theblood and scope tests. Some people even have false tests, yet still have Celiac and great results on the diet. Some people have diarrhea and others have constipation, and even others have alternating bouts of both!! There are SOOOO many symptoms.

The best idea would be to talk to the doctor and try the gluten free diet and see how she is feeling on it.

Here is the symptom list that can be found here on celiac.com :

What are the symptoms of celiac disease?

There is no typical celiac. Individuals range from having no symptoms (asymptomatic or "latent" forms of the disease) to extreme cases where patients present to their physicians with gas, bloating, diarrhea, and weight loss due to malabsorption.

In between these two extremes lie a wide variety of symptoms that include:

Diarrhea

Constipation

Steatorrhea (fatty stools that float rather than sink)

Abdominal pain

Excessive gas

Any problem associated with vitamin deficiencies

Iron deficiency (anemia)

Chronic fatigue

Weakness

Weight loss

Bone pain

Easily fractured bones

Abnormal or impaired skin sensation (paresthesia),

Including burning, prickling, itching or tingling

Edema

Headaches*

Peripheral Neuropathy* (tingling in fingers and toes)

Individuals have reported such varied symptoms as:

White flecks on the fingernails

Fuzzy-mindedness after gluten ingestion

Burning sensations in the throat

In children, the symptoms may include:

Failure to thrive

Paleness

Querulousness, irritability

Inability to concentrate

Wasted buttocks

Pot belly with or without painful bloating

Pale, malodorous, bulky stools

Requent, foamy diarrhea

In addition to all of these, dermatitis herpetiformis, a disease in which severe rashes appear (often on the head, elbows, knees and buttocks) is related to celiac disease.

Reactions to ingestion of gluten can be immediate, or delayed for weeks or even months.

The amazing thing about celiac disease is that no two individuals who have it seem to have the same set of symptoms or reactions. A person might have several of the symptoms listed above, a few of them, one, or none. There are even cases in which obesity turned out to be a symptom of celiac disease.

Best Wishes and Good Luck, you have come to a great place to begin learning!!

-Jessica

Valentine's Day Chocolate Mousse

Ingredients

I LOVE Bette Hagaman's Cookbooks, they have such great information in the front of them, along with GREAT recipes!! My favorite is her The Gluten Free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy. I use it alot. There is a great recipe in there for enchilada sauce!!

She has a new book comming out this month that deals with cooking comefort foods. I can't wait to get it!!

Ok...that's my 2cents!!

-Jessica

I just wanted to get a topic going for Valentines day . Holidays seem to be so centered on foods...and for folks like us, that makes things difficult!! So Post your ideas for romantic dinners, candies that are safe, baking recipes here!

As far as candies go: Russell Stover Chocolates are gluten free(except for ones that contain cookies). They have some pretty boxed chocolates for your sweetie.

-Jessica

Go ahead and enjoy your Peanut M&M's. All M&M's are gluten-free EXCEPT for the Crispy(in the blue package).

There are actually quite a few candies that we can enjoy

Here is a list that was printed on a yahoo group that I belong to for halloween:

Gluten-Free

Trick or Treating for 2003

(This list is for reference only and the user should contact manufacturers directly. It is a guideline and the user accepts full responsibility for use of it. At the time of it

I haven't found any great bread either. Everything I have tried has been NASTY!! So I have sort of givin up on that route of sandwich making. Instead of bread, I just do a meat roll-up with cheese and sometimes mayo in the middle. Lay the meat out flat, add your cheese or whatever in the middle and then roll it up. It isn't bad at all.

Sometimes I also put a piece of lettuce on the outside and roll it up with the lettuce on the outer layer, then you don't get uckey lunchmeat fingers.

Good luck on your bread search, but in the meantime you can try that!!

-Jessica

Ok....someone on the board the other day mentioned dish soap(something I had not thought of) . Which/what dish soaps are gluten-free? Currently I am using JOY! Anybody have any info?

-Jessica

I'm not sure if it is gluten-free. I'm not sure if you can write it off on your taxes either. However I have a good idea as to go about it.

Have your doctor write a prescription for it and have your local pharmacy "fill" the prescription. Basically they would just run the pediasure through their computer as s prescription and then you pay for it. Then it can be tax free and more likely to be a write-off. I work as a pharmacy technician and we do things like that all the time. Just a thought.

-Jessica

I LOVE the EnviroKidz Cereals. My favorite is the peanut butter panda puffs. YUM!!! Adults can enjoy fun cereals too! ha

As far as the oatmeal question goes. I personally have trouble with it. I had purchased the McKaans Oatmeal that says they are not cross contaminated and safe for celiacs. However, my tummy rumbled every time I had some.

All I can say it try it for yourself and see if you have a reaction, but do be sure to get a brand like McKaans that does not have cross contamination. Some people ARE able to eat it, I am just not one of them.

-Jessica

gluten-free BBQ Sauces:

Bone Suckin' Sauce- can be found in specialty stores and also online

Sweet Baby Ray's - I buy mine at wal-mart

Heinz ketchup is gluten-free!!

Enjoy!! -Jessica

I really did not think that rice pudding would be too good. However I would like to say that Kozy Shack rice pudding has some yummy stuff!! I bought some yesterday, one plain vanilla and one box of single serving with strawberries in the bottom of the cups.

It was SOOOO good!! And it says gluten free right on the tub, you have to LOVE that!! Also I love that I can get it in the regular grocery store and not have to spend a million dollars! ha

-Jessica

Sorry, I didn't realize you lived in Canada!! Hope you find something that works for you!!

-Jessica