Posted on 07/16/2006 3:33:18 PM PDT by sully777
And if a Celiac eats that sticky bun, they will be for sure on the run (to the bathroom) !!!!!!!
lol...I'll save that for the next verse.
No. Avoiding wheat solved my problem. I'm likely to catch something really bad sitting in a waiting room. I only go there when it's absolutely necessary.
That does it for me. It's more challenging to eat in restaurants. I can eat flaming curries from the Thai restaurant in Lava Hot Springs. No ill effect. I tried the same thing at the Thai restaurant in downtown Idaho Falls. Bad move. I think they cut their coconut milk with cow's milk. I was very sick the next day. I won't be eating there again.
It was my wife's birthday yesterday. I took her out for ice cream and cake. I tasted a bit of the chocolate syrup drizzled over the cake, but avoided the rest. The glass of ice tea was satisfactory.
My wife and I had a successful run with Atkins. Lost lots of weight and both of us eliminated the acid reflux problems. We ceased sticking to Atkins. The acid reflux and spare tires have returned. We were on Atkins through flu season. Everyone in my wife's office was coming with flu. She didn't catch it and neither did I.
The fact is that this is the most highly misdiagnosed disease
We've got a family friend who's the same way. If he eats anything with gluten, it's like an alergic reaction (which I guess it is). He's been near death a number of times because he inadvertantly ate gluten.
Mark
I would not so characterize my statement. Rather, I would call it exactly right.
You're a pencilneck and proud of it!
Good for you!
How do I get there from here?
Is it 'wafer thin'?
I have a couple issues with buffet service. You have everyone in the restaurant touching the serving utensils...even the people who don't wash their hands after using the restroom. When I go to places like Golden Corral, the number of morbidly obese people among the patrons speaks volumes. They eat volumes too. Why not? They intend to get their "money's worth" out of that "all you can eat" buffet.
I patronize a couple good restaurants in town. I know many of the cooks and I'm aware of what is going in the food . Otherwise, cooking at home is the safest bet.
"According to the latest figures, around three million Americans, a little less than 1 percent of the population, currently suffer from gluten intolerance, although estimates suggest that 97 percent of celiac sufferers remain undiagnosed and go untreated. Indeed, it is estimated that the number of known sufferers of celiac disease will increase worldwide by a factor of 10 during the next few years, findings that present an opportunity for the development and marketing of gluten-free foods, said Packaged Facts."
America is the only nation where healthy people line up to be the next person elected to be named a sufferer of some novel, but stylish disease.
"My kid eventually normalized"
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The estimate that 97% of the true victims are undiagnosed, of course.
I'm 66, 5'11 1/2", 142 lbs; when I joined the USAF, I was 19, 5'11 1/2", 144 lbs.
I did get up to 155 in the USAF and once hit 171 when I gave up beer and cigarettes and discovered cookies and potato chips.
Didn't start smoking until I was 27 and quit a couple of times but it's too much fun watching people cough when I walk around now with one unlit to give it up just yet.
Bob Newhart on the Bob Newhart Show was Bob Newhart's alter-ego; Carlin was Bob newhart/Bob Newhart's alter-ego.
I liked Bob Newhart best when he was Sir Walter Raleigh trying to explain to the king the merits of the wonderful American Indian product called tobacco.
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