Guest guest Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hi everyone, I'm new here and thought I should introduce myself. I'm a 60 year old semi-retired vegan with celiac disease. I was biopsy-diagnosed about 11 years ago and a blood test confirmed the biopsy-based diagnosis. At the time of my diagnosis I was following an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet, while my DH was vegan. Once I was diagnosed I decided to take the opportunity to go strictly vegan as well to simplify our grocery shopping. I've left the corporate world and struck out on my own, starting a small one man web hosting company as my only source of income, with very little success so far. Fortunately DH is still working and supporting the family. For all practical purposes I'm a house-husband with a web hosting hobby. At last count I had 101 websites, a few more than a half dozen of these are related to celiac disease and the gluten free diet. Our adult daughter also has celiac disease. My mother died of stomach cancer after having had one doctor say she did have celiac disease and another say that she " should not worry about it " . She had suffered from pernicious anemia and extreme osteoporosis for many years. I believe that she did have celiac disease, and that her stomach cancer was a complication of eating a normal diet all of her life. Like many other Americans with celiac disease I'm of European ancestry with roots primarily in Ireland and Germany. I do almost all of the cooking here, evening meals are cooked from scratch using basic ingredients that are unambiguously gluten free and vegan. Over the years I've developed 3 rules that help guide me in grocery shopping and cooking: 1) Always read the label 2) Rice is my friend 3) Refer to rule #1 Steve Rider http://celiac.me http://TheGFStore.com http://MyCeliacBlog.com http://SensibleCeliac.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hi Steve, welcome! My hubby is a house-husband, as well. We homeschool, so he is kept quite busy. Pam On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Stephen Rider <stephenrider wrote: > Hi everyone, I'm new here and thought I should introduce myself. > > I'm a 60 year old semi-retired vegan with celiac disease. I was > biopsy-diagnosed about 11 years ago and a blood test confirmed > the biopsy-based diagnosis. > > At the time of my diagnosis I was following an ovo-lacto > vegetarian diet, while my DH was vegan. Once I was diagnosed > I decided to take the opportunity to go strictly vegan as well to > simplify > our grocery shopping. > > I've left the corporate world and struck out on my own, starting a small > one man web hosting company as my only source of income, with very > little success so far. Fortunately DH is still working and supporting > the > family. > > For all practical purposes I'm a house-husband with a web hosting hobby. > > At last count I had 101 websites, a few more than a half dozen of these > are related to celiac disease and the gluten free diet. > > Our adult daughter also has celiac disease. My mother died of stomach > cancer after having had one doctor say she did have celiac disease and > another say that she " should not worry about it " . She had suffered from > pernicious anemia and extreme osteoporosis for many years. I believe > that she did have celiac disease, and that her stomach cancer was a > complication of eating a normal diet all of her life. > > Like many other Americans with celiac disease I'm of European ancestry > with roots primarily in Ireland and Germany. > > I do almost all of the cooking here, evening meals are cooked from > scratch > using basic ingredients that are unambiguously gluten free and vegan. > > Over the years I've developed 3 rules that help guide me in grocery > shopping and cooking: > > 1) Always read the label > 2) Rice is my friend > 3) Refer to rule #1 > > Steve Rider > http://celiac.me > http://TheGFStore.com > http://MyCeliacBlog.com > http://SensibleCeliac.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Wow Steve! What a great resource person you are for this group! Deborah Hi everyone, I'm new here and thought I should introduce myself. I'm a 60 year old semi-retired vegan with celiac disease. I was biopsy-diagnosed about 11 years ago and a blood test confirmed the biopsy-based diagnosis. At the time of my diagnosis I was following an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet, while my DH was vegan. Once I was diagnosed I decided to take the opportunity to go strictly vegan as well to simplify our grocery shopping. I've left the corporate world and struck out on my own, starting a small one man web hosting company as my only source of income, with very little success so far. Fortunately DH is still working and supporting the family. For all practical purposes I'm a house-husband with a web hosting hobby. At last count I had 101 websites, a few more than a half dozen of these are related to celiac disease and the gluten free diet. Our adult daughter also has celiac disease. My mother died of stomach cancer after having had one doctor say she did have celiac disease and another say that she " should not worry about it " . She had suffered from pernicious anemia and extreme osteoporosis for many years. I believe that she did have celiac disease, and that her stomach cancer was a complication of eating a normal diet all of her life. Like many other Americans with celiac disease I'm of European ancestry with roots primarily in Ireland and Germany. I do almost all of the cooking here, evening meals are cooked from scratch using basic ingredients that are unambiguously gluten free and vegan. Over the years I've developed 3 rules that help guide me in grocery shopping and cooking: 1) Always read the label 2) Rice is my friend 3) Refer to rule #1 Steve Rider http://celiac.me http://TheGFStore.com http://MyCeliacBlog.com http://SensibleCeliac.com . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Steve, Welcome to the group. I was glad to see your #2 rule that rice is your friend. I'm on another group that is not a gluten free group but food allergy related, so they are not gluten experts. One of the members posted that our American rice supply is NOT gluten-free due to cross-contamination issues (much like oats). I was horrified and asked for the references. She still has not provided them, but said her friends who work in central California also gave her this information. I have never heard or read that rice is cc'd with gluten. It seems that there would be a major uproar about this in the celiac world. I can't believe it would be hush-hush since gluten-free eaters are very diligent about tracking down minute amounts of gluten in our diets. Paula _____ On Behalf Of Stephen Rider Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:18 AM New Member Introduction Hi everyone, I'm new here and thought I should introduce myself. I'm a 60 year old semi-retired vegan with celiac disease. I was biopsy-diagnosed about 11 years ago and a blood test confirmed the biopsy-based diagnosis. At the time of my diagnosis I was following an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet, while my DH was vegan. Once I was diagnosed I decided to take the opportunity to go strictly vegan as well to simplify our grocery shopping. I've left the corporate world and struck out on my own, starting a small one man web hosting company as my only source of income, with very little success so far. Fortunately DH is still working and supporting the family. For all practical purposes I'm a house-husband with a web hosting hobby. At last count I had 101 websites, a few more than a half dozen of these are related to celiac disease and the gluten free diet. Our adult daughter also has celiac disease. My mother died of stomach cancer after having had one doctor say she did have celiac disease and another say that she " should not worry about it " . She had suffered from pernicious anemia and extreme osteoporosis for many years. I believe that she did have celiac disease, and that her stomach cancer was a complication of eating a normal diet all of her life. Like many other Americans with celiac disease I'm of European ancestry with roots primarily in Ireland and Germany. I do almost all of the cooking here, evening meals are cooked from scratch using basic ingredients that are unambiguously gluten free and vegan. Over the years I've developed 3 rules that help guide me in grocery shopping and cooking: 1) Always read the label 2) Rice is my friend 3) Refer to rule #1 Steve Rider http://celiac. <http://celiac.me> me http://TheGFStore. <http://TheGFStore.com> com http://MyCeliacBlog <http://MyCeliacBlog.com> .com http://SensibleCeli <http://SensibleCeliac.com> ac.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 The only thing that I have heard is that sometimes the enriched rice may be sprayed with a vitamin cocktail that can contain gluten. I don't have any references, but they say just soak or rinse it off. Brown rice is generally not enriched in the first place. Pam On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Paula Hamma <phamma wrote: > Steve, > > Welcome to the group. > > I was glad to see your #2 rule that rice is your friend. I'm on another > group that is not a gluten free group but food allergy related, so they are > not gluten experts. One of the members posted that our American rice supply > is NOT gluten-free due to cross-contamination issues (much like oats). I > was horrified and asked for the references. She still has not provided > them, but said her friends who work in central California also gave her this > information. I have never heard or read that rice is cc'd with gluten. It > seems that there would be a major uproar about this in the celiac world. I > can't believe it would be hush-hush since gluten-free eaters are very > diligent about tracking down minute amounts of gluten in our diets. > > Paula > > _____ > > > On Behalf Of Stephen Rider > Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:18 AM > > New Member Introduction > > Hi everyone, I'm new here and thought I should introduce myself. > > I'm a 60 year old semi-retired vegan with celiac disease. I was > biopsy-diagnosed about 11 years ago and a blood test confirmed > the biopsy-based diagnosis. > > At the time of my diagnosis I was following an ovo-lacto > vegetarian diet, while my DH was vegan. Once I was diagnosed > I decided to take the opportunity to go strictly vegan as well to > simplify > our grocery shopping. > > I've left the corporate world and struck out on my own, starting a small > one man web hosting company as my only source of income, with very > little success so far. Fortunately DH is still working and supporting > the > family. > > For all practical purposes I'm a house-husband with a web hosting hobby. > > At last count I had 101 websites, a few more than a half dozen of these > are related to celiac disease and the gluten free diet. > > Our adult daughter also has celiac disease. My mother died of stomach > cancer after having had one doctor say she did have celiac disease and > another say that she " should not worry about it " . She had suffered from > pernicious anemia and extreme osteoporosis for many years. I believe > that she did have celiac disease, and that her stomach cancer was a > complication of eating a normal diet all of her life. > > Like many other Americans with celiac disease I'm of European ancestry > with roots primarily in Ireland and Germany. > > I do almost all of the cooking here, evening meals are cooked from > scratch > using basic ingredients that are unambiguously gluten free and vegan. > > Over the years I've developed 3 rules that help guide me in grocery > shopping and cooking: > > 1) Always read the label > 2) Rice is my friend > 3) Refer to rule #1 > > Steve Rider > http://celiac. <http://celiac.me> me > http://TheGFStore. <http://TheGFStore.com> com > http://MyCeliacBlog <http://MyCeliacBlog.com> .com > http://SensibleCeli <http://SensibleCeliac.com> ac.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 One way that I use to evaluate claims like this is to examine carefully what exactly is being claimed. If a person tries to tell me that *all* of the rice grown in the USA is cross contaminated, I want to know right away how this person was able to test every rice harvest in the United States. I submit that no person or agency has ever tested all of the rice grown in the USA for anything, and therefore this claim can not possibly be known to be true. My point is that once I recognize that a claim is exaggerated I consider the claim and the person making that claim to be lacking in critical thinking skills. I prefer to see a rational analysis based on verifiable facts. Then there is the fact that eating rice causes me to develop a condition I call Happy Tummy. When my body says Happy Tummy I pay attention to that and ignore baseless and exaggerated claims made by people with a readily observable tendency to panic over nothing and wildly spread undocumented claims. That's just the way I am, and I'm very much that way. Being skeptical does have its advantages sometimes. Steve http://AllAboutCeliac.org/ http://SensibleCeliac.com/ http://TheGFStore.com/ http://MyCeliacBlog.com/ On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Paula Hamma wrote: > Steve, > > Welcome to the group. > > I was glad to see your #2 rule that rice is your friend. I'm on > another > group that is not a gluten free group but food allergy related, so > they are > not gluten experts. One of the members posted that our American rice > supply > is NOT gluten-free due to cross-contamination issues (much like > oats). I > was horrified and asked for the references. She still has not provided > them, but said her friends who work in central California also gave > her this > information. I have never heard or read that rice is cc'd with > gluten. It > seems that there would be a major uproar about this in the celiac > world. I > can't believe it would be hush-hush since gluten-free eaters are very > diligent about tracking down minute amounts of gluten in our diets. > > Paula > > _____ > > > On Behalf Of Stephen > Rider > Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:18 AM > > New Member Introduction > > Hi everyone, I'm new here and thought I should introduce myself. > > I'm a 60 year old semi-retired vegan with celiac disease. I was > biopsy-diagnosed about 11 years ago and a blood test confirmed > the biopsy-based diagnosis. > > At the time of my diagnosis I was following an ovo-lacto > vegetarian diet, while my DH was vegan. Once I was diagnosed > I decided to take the opportunity to go strictly vegan as well to > simplify > our grocery shopping. > > I've left the corporate world and struck out on my own, starting a > small > one man web hosting company as my only source of income, with very > little success so far. Fortunately DH is still working and supporting > the > family. > > For all practical purposes I'm a house-husband with a web hosting > hobby. > > At last count I had 101 websites, a few more than a half dozen of > these > are related to celiac disease and the gluten free diet. > > Our adult daughter also has celiac disease. My mother died of stomach > cancer after having had one doctor say she did have celiac disease and > another say that she " should not worry about it " . She had suffered > from > pernicious anemia and extreme osteoporosis for many years. I believe > that she did have celiac disease, and that her stomach cancer was a > complication of eating a normal diet all of her life. > > Like many other Americans with celiac disease I'm of European ancestry > with roots primarily in Ireland and Germany. > > I do almost all of the cooking here, evening meals are cooked from > scratch > using basic ingredients that are unambiguously gluten free and vegan. > > Over the years I've developed 3 rules that help guide me in grocery > shopping and cooking: > > 1) Always read the label > 2) Rice is my friend > 3) Refer to rule #1 > > Steve Rider > http://celiac. <http://celiac.me> me > http://TheGFStore. <http://TheGFStore.com> com > http://MyCeliacBlog <http://MyCeliacBlog.com> .com > http://SensibleCeli <http://SensibleCeliac.com> ac.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I love the name Happy Tummy for your evaluation! So true. Happy Head, too, for those of us who get headaches from our allergies and intolerances. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Stephen Rider <stephenriderwrote: > One way that I use to evaluate claims like this is to examine > carefully what exactly is being claimed. > > If a person tries to tell me that *all* of the rice grown in > the USA is cross contaminated, I want to know right away > how this person was able to test every rice harvest in the United > States. > I submit that no person or agency has ever tested all of the rice > grown in the USA for anything, and therefore this claim can not possibly > be known to be true. > > My point is that once I recognize that a claim is exaggerated > I consider the claim and the person making that claim to be lacking > in critical thinking skills. > > I prefer to see a rational analysis based on verifiable facts. > > Then there is the fact that eating rice causes me to develop a condition > I call Happy Tummy. When my body says Happy Tummy I pay attention to > that and ignore baseless and exaggerated claims made by people > with a readily observable tendency to panic over nothing and > wildly spread undocumented claims. That's just the way I am, and > I'm very much that way. > > Being skeptical does have its advantages sometimes. > > Steve > > http://AllAboutCeliac.org/ > http://SensibleCeliac.com/ > http://TheGFStore.com/ > http://MyCeliacBlog.com/ > > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Paula Hamma wrote: > > > Steve, > > > > Welcome to the group. > > > > I was glad to see your #2 rule that rice is your friend. I'm on > > another > > group that is not a gluten free group but food allergy related, so > > they are > > not gluten experts. One of the members posted that our American rice > > supply > > is NOT gluten-free due to cross-contamination issues (much like > > oats). I > > was horrified and asked for the references. She still has not provided > > them, but said her friends who work in central California also gave > > her this > > information. I have never heard or read that rice is cc'd with > > gluten. It > > seems that there would be a major uproar about this in the celiac > > world. I > > can't believe it would be hush-hush since gluten-free eaters are very > > diligent about tracking down minute amounts of gluten in our diets. > > > > Paula > > > > _____ > > > > <%40> > > [ <%40\ s.com>] > On Behalf Of Stephen > > Rider > > Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:18 AM > > To: <%40> > > New Member Introduction > > > > Hi everyone, I'm new here and thought I should introduce myself. > > > > I'm a 60 year old semi-retired vegan with celiac disease. I was > > biopsy-diagnosed about 11 years ago and a blood test confirmed > > the biopsy-based diagnosis. > > > > At the time of my diagnosis I was following an ovo-lacto > > vegetarian diet, while my DH was vegan. Once I was diagnosed > > I decided to take the opportunity to go strictly vegan as well to > > simplify > > our grocery shopping. > > > > I've left the corporate world and struck out on my own, starting a > > small > > one man web hosting company as my only source of income, with very > > little success so far. Fortunately DH is still working and supporting > > the > > family. > > > > For all practical purposes I'm a house-husband with a web hosting > > hobby. > > > > At last count I had 101 websites, a few more than a half dozen of > > these > > are related to celiac disease and the gluten free diet. > > > > Our adult daughter also has celiac disease. My mother died of stomach > > cancer after having had one doctor say she did have celiac disease and > > another say that she " should not worry about it " . She had suffered > > from > > pernicious anemia and extreme osteoporosis for many years. I believe > > that she did have celiac disease, and that her stomach cancer was a > > complication of eating a normal diet all of her life. > > > > Like many other Americans with celiac disease I'm of European ancestry > > with roots primarily in Ireland and Germany. > > > > I do almost all of the cooking here, evening meals are cooked from > > scratch > > using basic ingredients that are unambiguously gluten free and vegan. > > > > Over the years I've developed 3 rules that help guide me in grocery > > shopping and cooking: > > > > 1) Always read the label > > 2) Rice is my friend > > 3) Refer to rule #1 > > > > Steve Rider > > http://celiac. <http://celiac.me> me > > http://TheGFStore. <http://TheGFStore.com> com > > http://MyCeliacBlog <http://MyCeliacBlog.com> .com > > http://SensibleCeli <http://SensibleCeliac.com> ac.com > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 > Being skeptical does have its advantages sometimes. Steve, because I'm married to a celiac and a skeptic, I got a giggle out of your last sentence. So true! Thanks for a reasonable analysis on gluten in rice! LaDonna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Sounds like bigamy, LaDonna! ;-) Alice On 30/01/2009, at 8:47 AM, Gracious Hospitality wrote: > I'm married to a celiac and a skeptic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 For the benefit of those who may have lingering concerns about the safety of rice, there is a company Lundberg Farms in Northern California that grows and sells rice which they swear up and down is gluten free. It's very good quality rice! They also offer gourmet and varietal rice selections which I find of very high quality. For a real treat try their Black Japonica. I use Black Japonica sometimes to make stuffed bell peppers, add grilled onions and finely choppedmushrooms plus way too much garlic and you've really got a treat. It is a family owned business and they have a family member with celiac disease. They also sell boxed items of various sorts, and they clearly indicate which of their products are gluten free. <shameless_self_promotion> I even seem to offer some of their products through my various GF food web sites, of which there are many. </shameless_self_promotion> I also see Lundberg Farms products in the supermarket here in California. And they have a nice website with useful information for people with celiac disease. http://www.lundberg.com/info/glutenfree.aspx Steve Rider http://AllAboutCeliac.org/ http://SensibleCeliac.com/ http://TheGFStore.com/ http://MyCeliacBlog.com/ On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Gracious Hospitality wrote: > > Being skeptical does have its advantages sometimes. > > Steve, because I'm married to a celiac and a skeptic, I got a giggle > out of your last sentence. So true! Thanks for a reasonable analysis > on gluten in rice! > > LaDonna > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 The other " plus " of using Lundberg Farms, and other California farmed rice, is that you don't run into the problems with arsenic contamination grown on former cotton farms. Pam On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Stephen Rider <stephenrider wrote: > For the benefit of those who may have lingering concerns > about the safety of rice, there is a company Lundberg Farms > in Northern California that grows and sells rice which they > swear up and down is gluten free. It's very good quality rice! > > They also offer gourmet and varietal rice selections which I find of > very high quality. For a real treat try their Black Japonica. I use > Black Japonica sometimes to make stuffed bell peppers, add > grilled onions and finely choppedmushrooms plus way too much > garlic and you've really got a treat. > > It is a family owned business and they have a family member with > celiac disease. They also sell boxed items of various sorts, and > they clearly indicate which of their products are gluten free. > > <shameless_self_promotion> > I even seem to offer some of their products through my > various GF food web sites, of which there are many. > </shameless_self_promotion> > > I also see Lundberg Farms products in the supermarket here > in California. > > And they have a nice website with useful information for people > with celiac disease. > http://www.lundberg.com/info/glutenfree.aspx > > Steve Rider > > http://AllAboutCeliac.org/ > http://SensibleCeliac.com/ > http://TheGFStore.com/ > http://MyCeliacBlog.com/ > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Gracious Hospitality wrote: > >> > Being skeptical does have its advantages sometimes. >> >> Steve, because I'm married to a celiac and a skeptic, I got a giggle >> out of your last sentence. So true! Thanks for a reasonable analysis >> on gluten in rice! >> >> LaDonna >> >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Thanks Stephen for your critical thinking skills and knowledge with your well thought out response to the crazy rice claims! I knew that it must not be true which is why I asked for the research, but I've been so inundated with information lately I thought I would ask this group since I knew you all would have the answer immediately rather than trying to research it on my own. My son has been reacting to something lately and I've been trying to track down what it is with no luck. If it had been the rice, I was going to have to fire myself as his mom. Lundberg rice is wonderful and we take advantage of the many wonderful and healthful varieties they offer. Thanks again, Paula _____ On Behalf Of Stephen Rider Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:44 PM Re: New Member Introduction For the benefit of those who may have lingering concerns about the safety of rice, there is a company Lundberg Farms in Northern California that grows and sells rice which they swear up and down is gluten free. It's very good quality rice! They also offer gourmet and varietal rice selections which I find of very high quality. For a real treat try their Black Japonica. I use Black Japonica sometimes to make stuffed bell peppers, add grilled onions and finely choppedmushrooms plus way too much garlic and you've really got a treat. It is a family owned business and they have a family member with celiac disease. They also sell boxed items of various sorts, and they clearly indicate which of their products are gluten free. <shameless_self_promotion> I even seem to offer some of their products through my various GF food web sites, of which there are many. </shameless_self_promotion> I also see Lundberg Farms products in the supermarket here in California. And they have a nice website with useful information for people with celiac disease. http://www.lundberg <http://www.lundberg.com/info/glutenfree.aspx> ..com/info/glutenfree.aspx Steve Rider http://AllAboutCeli <http://AllAboutCeliac.org/> ac.org/ http://SensibleCeli <http://SensibleCeliac.com/> ac.com/ http://TheGFStore. <http://TheGFStore.com/> com/ http://MyCeliacBlog <http://MyCeliacBlog.com/> .com/ On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Gracious Hospitality wrote: > > Being skeptical does have its advantages sometimes. > > Steve, because I'm married to a celiac and a skeptic, I got a giggle > out of your last sentence. So true! Thanks for a reasonable analysis > on gluten in rice! > > LaDonna > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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