Re: Gluten-freegalingaleSeptember 1 2010, 13:22:58 UTC
I've since found the appropriate aisle at Whole Foods and it's a godsend. They even carry Xantham Gum--recommended by the new mix carried at S&S, which does NOT carry it.
Who can't have gluten? Me. Bloodtest came back negative for celiac, but despite its high rate of false-negatives, I'm not going on to the next step because it's a bit...er...invasive. No 'oscopies for me when the only result will be "yep you need to stop eating wheat." Which I've already done because I managed to figure out why I was getting bellyaches. Euphemistically speaking. (You're in a medical field, I'm sure you know what I mean.)
Re: Gluten-freegalingaleSeptember 1 2010, 17:47:02 UTC
Problems started at least 8 years ago, because it was just before my old doctor retired. I wasted a few years thinking I was lactose-intolerant, but it became obvious that wasn't the problem when I was breastfeeding and gave up all milk products for Victoria's possible milk allergy. I've slowly eliminated other sources of the problem, including rich foods, sulfites, and side-effects of my migraine meds. I'm ticked off it's wheat... but after the effects of a 3-oz portion of weissbier, it's pretty definite.
I didn't buy it until I found articles talking about how common it is for women to develop the problem in their 30s or 40s... that would be me.
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This year, a gluten-free store opened up near downtown Sacramento. Perhaps there's a similar hop near you?
If not, there're always online retailers right?
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Who can't have gluten? Me. Bloodtest came back negative for celiac, but despite its high rate of false-negatives, I'm not going on to the next step because it's a bit...er...invasive. No 'oscopies for me when the only result will be "yep you need to stop eating wheat." Which I've already done because I managed to figure out why I was getting bellyaches. Euphemistically speaking. (You're in a medical field, I'm sure you know what I mean.)
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I've been hearing about more people who've figure out they need to stay away from gluten in the past few years.
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I didn't buy it until I found articles talking about how common it is for women to develop the problem in their 30s or 40s... that would be me.
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Negative.
And yes I'd gone back ON gluten for a time, the apparent improvement in symptoms must have been coincidental to something else. Sigh.
Happily they also do cancer screening at the same time, so I can't go off on a case of nerves about that. But I'm back to square one.
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