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  1. psawyer
    I changed the title, but have no information on TJ's birds. As Karen said, they are unlikely to be a problem.
  2. psawyer
    If you are up here in The Great White North of Canada, all products by Piller's are gluten-free. Gluten-free pepperoni can be hard to find, but theirs is. Find their products at Loblaw group stores, including no frills, Zehr's, Canadian Superstore, etc.
  3. psawyer
    The beer is a definite no-no, but "seasoning" is also suspect, as some seasoning mixes contain wheat or barley. When listed as an ingredient, "spices" are safe, but they are not the same as seasoning. If seasoning contains wheat, that must be disclosed, but in the US barley can still be hidden.
  4. psawyer
    As SMRI said, they assert gluten-free status except for the listed items. I accept that as stated.
  5. psawyer
    Glucose syrup is highly refined and is gluten-free regardless of the source. Under US law, if wheat is the source, it must be disclosed. If a product has a "contains" statement, that statement must include all of the top-eight allergens that are disclosed in the ingredients. That is how the label rules work. If the glucose syrup is the only wheat-based ingredient...
  6. psawyer
    What Karen said.
  7. psawyer
    Vomiting was one of my symptoms.
  8. psawyer
    I paid 6.99 CAD on Monday for Udi's flax bread, which is 6.15 US at today's exchange rate.
  9. psawyer
    Guinness is something I still miss. I don't know of any gluten-free beer that is even close.
  10. psawyer
    Great news!
  11. psawyer
    I eat lots of things that do not say "Gluten-Free" on the label. I read ingredients, and know that most major food manufacturers (including Kraft, General Mills, Unilever and ConAgra, among others) will clearly disclose known gluten sources in the ingredients list. I am in my fifteenth year gluten-free, and this has worked for me. Label rules have improved...
  12. psawyer
    Yup, that's Corning glass cookware as I see it. Good stuff, and if you wash it there will be no worries. Stove top, oven, or microwave--all work with it. Just avoid sudden extreme temperature shifts, like out of the freezer into a preheated oven.
  13. psawyer
    Welcome to our world. Well, it is hard to say with just the numbers you shared. Each lab has a "reference range" for each test, and they vary from lab to lab. But I will take a stab based on general knowledge. The last number, total serum iGa, is a validation on the other results. If it is low, then other iGa tests are likely to be a false negative. 11...
  14. psawyer
    Blood testing in young children is known to be much less accurate than in adults. False results are common. I would think that the biopsy will probably be positive, but that will be the foundation of the diagnosis, not the screening blood tests.
  15. psawyer
    I have never had a problem like that with Imodium.
  16. psawyer
    Today is November 11, and this topic is as relevant as it was two years ago. Perhaps even more so with the recent deaths of Corporal Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent in terrorist attacks here in Canada. Lest we forget.
  17. psawyer
    The federal law known as FALCPA requires the top eight allergens to be clearly disclosed if they are intentionally included in a food. That covers wheat, but leaves barley, rye and oats up to voluntary disclosure. Disclosure of shared facilities and/or shared equipment is entirely voluntary. Some manufactures make a voluntary disclosure; others don't. Before...
  18. psawyer
    The ingredients don't seem to be online, but remember that there is more to gluten-free than being wheat-free. Barley is another gluten source. It does not have to be disclosed by law, but Campbell's will not hide it. My guess would be that there is barley in there.
  19. psawyer
    It might indeed be chlorine, and it is quite possible that her water at home is not chlorinated. An increasingly common alternative to free chlorine is chloramine. Unlike chlorine, chloramine does not evaporate and it must be chemically removed from water to be used in an aquarium, for example.
  20. psawyer
    You can edit your profile and insert false information in it, but as Karen said, it is not visible to members or forum moderators.
  21. psawyer
    It isn't really that hard. Learn to read labels. Wheat can not legally be hidden. There are a number of companies with a policy to clearly disclose any gluten source, including Con Agra, General Mills, Kraft and Unilever. Those companies cover a lot of brands, but look for the name of the parent somewhere on the label. If it is made by them, and you don't...
  22. psawyer
    While "natural flavors" can contain gluten, they very rarely actually do. The most likely source would be barley malt, and that is a relatively expensive ingredient, so it is usually explicitly declared as "malt flavor." If there were wheat in it, in the US (and Canada) it would be required by law to be disclosed as just that, "wheat." Open Original Shared...
  23. psawyer
    Sodas are almost always gluten-free, but do read the ingredients. Other reasons to wonder about them are caffeine, which is in colas and some other sodas, and phosphoric acid (colas and some root beer). Both of those can be stomach irritants and may be problematic if your gut is still healing. Some people have trouble with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS...
  24. psawyer
    It is gluten-free, but if your daughter is recently diagnosed, and recently on the diet, her intestines may still be healing. If so, seemingly random reactions may just be part of the healing process.
  25. psawyer
    It is not unusual for a person with celiac disease to have other sensitivities. Dairy and soy are the most common, but corn is another common one. For those folks, corn gluten is a problem. For the rest of us, the prolamin in corn, zein, is not a worry.
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