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  1. Skylark
    No gluten ingredients there. Mineral oil seems kind of weird to eat though. I'd bet on the junk factor if it doesn't feel like gluten.
  2. Skylark
    I've had the same sticking problem with ground turkey, IH. I usually use ghee rather than EVOO because I don't like heating vegetable oils. Besides, butter flavor improves everything!
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    I hate to tell you this, but so-called "digestive leucocytosis" is part of the fad raw foods stuff I was referring to. Didn't that 51% "magic number" ever strike you as suspicious? All of that pseudoscience is a result of wild over-interpretation of two papers published in the 1930s that have never been reproduced. It's sort of like that telephone game...
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    "Celiac disease is a genetic, auto-immune disease that is triggered by glucose." strikes me as basically a trick question. Gluten and glucose look and sound very similar and in the context of a celiac disease quiz it seems like it would be very easy to misread or mishear.
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    One of these days I'm going to find one of those flour trees that people seem to think grow somewhere. I'm curious whether the brand name is already printed on the bags that hang from the branches.
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    Waiter: You can have the white bread, but not the whole wheat. Me: Oh, really? What is the white bread made from? Waiter: Flour. Me: And what is the flour made from? Waiter: Well you know it's just flour, like you get at the store.
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    I love sprouted legumes. I do find them easier to digest. I just bought some brown rice to experiment with sprouting it. Eat your veggies the way they agree with your best. The raw foods movement is a pretty recent fad and raw vegetables are not necessarily better for you. For example, cooking inactivates thyroid toxins in cruciferous vegetables and lowers...
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    Dairy intolerance is super-common among celiacs. I have it. The next most common is probably soy, another that bothers me on and off and gets many other board members. I see a few say they have trouble with corn, and even all grains. Nightshades are another to pay attention too. I'd suggest eliminating dairy and soy and starting a food diary. The...
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    1) EMA should go away on the gluten-free diet. You should ask for retesting to see how she's doing. We've had people on the board with antibodies still at the 6-month mark so don't panic if it's still positive. In fact, you might want to wait a year. 2) You need to read more studies. TTG is considerably more sensitive than EMA in little kids. Positive...
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    You need to check the strength of the AdCal. Maybe it's strong. The US RDA on calcium for women aged 19-50 is 1,000 mg a day. Taking a LOT more for a long time (the RDA recommended upper limit is 2,500 mg) gives some people constipation or even rarely kidney stones. You can estimate your dietary intake from food labels, then find a supplement like...
  11. Skylark
    Look, you need to apologize rather than continuing to split hairs, particularly to me about that nasty bit about my health. I'm about to put you on ignore. Risk of CC is a given in all processed foods. About the only products that are truly unlikely to be CC are products that contain no grains and are made on dedicated lines like Larabars. Even grain...
  12. Skylark
    We can also be kind of low on magnesium from malabsorption, which will back you right up.
  13. Skylark
    That's great news!
  14. Skylark
    Your GI doctor has forgotten that AGA IgA was the major diagnostic test for celiac in the '80s, along with anti-reticulin which was developed in the '70s. I take it he's young?
  15. Skylark
    Your gut naturally produces a little mucous to lubricate your intestines and help your stool glide through comfortably. When there is inflammation, sometimes extra mucous gets produced. It's the intestinal equivalent of your nose running.
  16. Skylark
    Just buy your fennel pre-ground. It won't have quite as strong a flavor but it beats feeling ill from looking at them! Open Original Shared Link
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    The main thing is it needs to be a cycle with only one rise. You don't punch down gluten-free dough for a second rise. On my older machine, the "rapid rise" setting is a single rise. I like the Bob's Red Mill Hearty Whole Grain bread mix. Homemade Wonderful Bread works well too, but I taste the bean flour more strongly in that one. Measuring fluid carefully...
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    Remember that the old AGA IgA has a specificity of maybe 80% for celiac (numbers vary between studies). Having both AGA IgG and IgA is somewhat more specific. Doctors prefer the newer DGP with >95% specificity, but AGA IgA isn't as poor a test as you seem to be thinking. Your symptoms sound progressive and very celiac. Sorry you're feeling so rotten...
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    Some people find the IgG panels helpful, particularly to guide the elimination diet since the IgG testing is prone to false positives.
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    I've read the same, particularly with IgG rather than IgA in someone with normal IgA. I find it hard to imagine that gluten-free for only 5-6 days would throw off the rest of your celiac panel.
  21. Skylark
    My doctor told me to aim for 1000mg of calcium a day, either from my diet or supplements. I also have 2000 IU of D3 prescribed. Was your calcium lower than than 2.06 before the supplements? I wonder if your parathyroid gland isn't working quite as well as it should?
  22. Skylark
    Yes, this is very good. Thanks! 1 tsp. dried sage works, and for me they were perfect with just the apple and no sugar. For non-pork people, this would probably work with ground turkey.
  23. Skylark
    Sausage scrambled eggs and an almond flour muffin. Sausage recipe from here, though I left out the sugar.
  24. Skylark
    A random blog with year-old dead links to the Canadian Kraft site, which doesn't even have product info on A1 steak sauce despite the domain name? That's your idea of proof?
  25. Skylark
    Sorry to hear you get so miserable from gluten. I like Imodium for diarrhea, Pepto Bismol for the stomach aches. Tums are nice for heartburn. As far as gluten in meds, here is the info on brand names for the ones I mentioned. IMODIUM® Multi-Symptom Chewable Tablets and IMODIUM® A-D Caplets have been tested and do not contain any detectable levels o...
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