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Posted by brenda brooks
i have just returned from the hospital this morning and been told i have celiac disease, i have to see a dietitian for a gluten free diet but i dont know how long i will have to wait for an appointment,
could anyone suggest a good book that will tell me what i can and cant eat.
many thanks
brenda
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Posted by Peter
Gluten-free Cookery by Peter Thomson provides a lot of useful information.
See the link to Amazon, on the left of this page.
Peter
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Gluten free diet after CD diagnosis
Posted by Emily Print
Brenda, if you are in UK join Coeliac UK ( Coeliac Society) -membership is free to all diagnosed coeliacs in UK- and look/post on the gluten free messageboard .
http://www.coeliac.co.uk/
http://members2.boardhost.com/glutenfree/
If you are outside UK join your local Coeliac Society as you will need help in staying strictly gluten free.
In EU now all ingredients on processed food & drink have to be stated- which helps people with CD.
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Posted by sonny
can anybody tell me of a GF gravy or gravy browning.
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Posted by Peter
I use a little plain cornflour mixed with juices left in the roasting pan or from cooking vegetables to make gravy.
Mix the cornflour with a little cold water before adding to the roasting pan.
use a wooden spatula to scrape the pan while cooking over a low heat. This will usually give a good colour to the gravy as well as a good flavour.
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Posted by jakki browne
Does anyone know where i can buy a testing kit for celiac?
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Posted by Peter
Anyone with sufficient symptoms to cause a reasonable suspicion can get free tests done by their GP in the UK.
These tests are not 100\%, they may show negative but you still react to gluten.
If the test is positive then you should definitely avoid gluten.
I don't know of any reliable test kits that you can buy.
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Posted by janice hamshaw
i alway's use bisto best the one in the glass jar for my gravy, it also does for all the family
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Posted by cheryl katten
can you have a gluten intolerance and not have celiac disease?
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Posted by Peter
Celiac or Coeliac disease is sometimes defined as the condition where the villi in the small intestine are damaged by the gluten - often to the point where a flat mucosa is observed in biopsy. This is because it used to be the only obvious symptom that could be easily measured.
More recent methods have shown that the syndrome of damage that can be caused by gluten in food is very variable, and won't always cause a flat intestinal mucosa.
Some doctors will stick to the strict traditional version, and only call the condition coeliac if a biopsy shows damage. Others call it coeliac if any syndrome of damage is produced by the gluten.
The difference between gluten intolerance and celiac is very much a matter of definition. The treatment is the same - completely avoid gluten in the diet.
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Posted by
Is Teff grain safe for celiacs?
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Posted by Peter
Teff is safe - see the thread on Teff
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Is Teff grain safe for celiacs?
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Posted by Peter
Teff is safe - see the thread on Teff
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Posted by Katie
I have coeliac disease i was diagnosed with it when i was 6 month old some reason i'm a bit small from my friends why is that.
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Posted by Peter
Katie, you don't say how old your are now.
If you look round a group of people you will see all different sizes.
If you look at a group of children all the same age you will see an even bigger range of sizes. We all grow at different rates and end up different sizes. Size doesn't mean anything.
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Posted by ani
My 19 year old daughter has been treated for IBS and is still no better some 4 months on. She has had the usual IBS pills and is still in pain.
When she eats she has chronic stabbing pains on both sides and in her lower abdomen. We have noticed that when she eats bread, pizza, noodles and pastry that the pain is much worse. She suffers from terrible wind and swollen abdomen, retching and is tired and listless all the time too. Do any of you think that these symptoms sound like celiac desease?
I would be grateful for your opinion as she is getting depressed because this is making her live a misery.
thank you so much, Ani x
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Posted by Peter
The symptoms that you describe are all typical of the coeliac condition - but note that there are other possible causes.
Even the depression is regarded as a symptom that is part of the overall picture.
You need to go back to your doctor and alert him to your observation that the pain is much worse after eating foods that contain gluten.
If you have any relatives who suffer from the coeliac condition, then this greatly increases the possibility that this is the cause of your daughter's problems.
Note that you daughter should not try a gluten-free diet until the tests have been carried out, as this can prevent the tests from working.
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Posted by tracy
hi I am35 and ceoliac all my life i have been on and off my diet ever since .In the last three years i have been breaking out in a rash and i know it is something to do with my diet. I t frightened me alot so im on a strict diet but i still break out.Ihave two questions hoe long does it take for me to stop breaking out and i enjoy a few drinks ,now i drink cider and wine can im wondering if i can drink anything else and does drink do more damage to ceoliacs than it would to someone that isnt ceoliac.