NEWLY DIAGNOSED

[aklap]

No question about that!!! If you're not comfortable with...best to leave it alone!!!

Kelloggs deliberately put wheat in Corn Pops starting 1/1/04 because there were getting too many complaints from celiacs due to x-contamination!!

I have not heard heard any complaints about fruity or coco pebbles -but then again - I haven't looked for awhile. They don't bother me - fortunately!!
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[KJ2004]

First I want to thank everyone for your understanding and your super ideas! My head is still spinning, and I still have bad swings of feeling sorry for myself, but in all I am really feeling so much better. I can't explain how much it helps to hear from the myriad other voices out there who have been here before me and who have made it possible for my own transition to be so manageable. Thank you so much! I'm touched by your concern and every single "there there" really does make me feel better.

Finally I wanted to get some impressions about the plain quaker oats in that red/blue paper jar. Most medical journals out of northern scandinavia (ie where 99.9% of my ancestors are from) explain that oats are usually okay to eat and are often encouraged - for people with CD and/or DH. This from a place where the CD diagnosis rate goes up to 1 in 200. I realize that the oats here are hard to confirm as GF because of cross contamination, but is there any similar "guarantee" stuck on an oats product that people have toyed with and discovered to be okay? (hmm, that was convoluted... in other words, are there ANY plain plain plain oats that I can eat or will I have to just go cold turkey?) (and yes, I promise to take it up with the doc. before I do any experimenting of my own)

thanks again for all your help. I'm sticking to the simple foods routine just now, but every day yeilds delicious surprises (Nutella!, Dr. Pepper!, Fritos!, Pepperoni!...) and every post makes me realize what an awesome group I suddenly share a path with.

kj

[Cynmis]

KJ,

I'm glad you are feeling better. It takes some time to get used to the idea and we or I should say I have had a harder time than my 13 year old daughter. I get more frustrated than she does.

As far as the oats go, I don't know about that. In Europe, they consider oats safe but not in here in the US.

I think this board is great too, I've learned alot and hope to learn even more.

I went to the grocery store tonight and looked at the ingredients in Rice Chex cereal and there is barley malt flavoring in it, so I believe it is NOT safe to eat too. Which is too bad because we like those too.

[aklap]

[maria1223]

My GI DR. told me that rice chex was ok because it has very little gluten in it. It has not bothered me nor have I had a problem with it. But thank you for the advise about the hot cereal

[aklap]

[Maggie1956]