Re: Swedish coffee etc. /reply to n

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Swedes are quite particular about their coffee... Probably why we have (and have had) so relatively many coffee companies in a country with no possibility to actually grow coffee... And "Swedish coffee is served at the hotel" used to be a sales argument for travel agencies selling travels abroad to swedes...love/Reb> >> > Way back in the 1990s--I can no longer find the article on the web--> > there was a fascinating story of a Scotland Yard Investigation of a > > series of break-ins and thefts, no finger prints. Finally, local police.> > near London, caught the guy in the act. Scotland Yard tried to finger> > print him--no prints. The guy was pathetically skinny, obviously ill,> > and claimed that he could no longer eat. He was first put into a medical> > facility, and then diagnosed with celiac disease that was so bad that> > he could no longer tolerate the lactose in most dairy products. (This> > is common with untreated celiac disease.) After he had gained 70+> > pounds, was all rosy and healthy looking, he was imprisoned for> > three years, then re-hospitalized again as he had relapsed. His> > sentence was reduced, and it took him nearly a year in hospital> > to (for the first time in his relatively young life) feel really well.> > > > He was then placed in a special residential home, took classes,> > and eventually became employed full time as an accountant.> > So far. . . so good; then it was discovered that three of his five> > siblings were also ill with the same condition, celiac disease,> > and they were treated as well.> > > > I think if the choice between lactose/dairy and a much shor> > tened life, I would make my peace with perhaps Almond Milk> > (maybe vanilla), soy cheese products, and just get on with> > life.> > > > Many cannot imagine how we wMS manage, but we do,> > and we do what it takes to survive.> > > > Kind of glad that I do not have celiac disease to contend > > with, though.> > > > This does not sound like what Sharon has either--fortunately .> > > > Love to you, Cait and to Sharon and all here,> > n> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __> > From: xstitcher xstitcher@ .> > To: MSersLife@yahoogrou ps.com> > Sent: Fri, July 23, 2010 9:16:41 PM> > Subject: Re: Celiac disease--you knew it: a LINK!> > > > > >  > > Gave me an idea for a murder mystery n. I agree I had no bowel problems > > > during my months of GF but it's expensive especially when nothing tastes very > > > good. Btw many celiacs also go cassein free and/or dairy free. I couldn't > >get > >> > to that point ... hugs, Cait> > > > Re: Celiac disease--you knew it: a LINK!> > >> > > > > >http://digestive. niddk.nih. gov/ddiseases/ pubs/celiac/> > >> > >Not strictly speaking, an allergy; see article above;> > >one of my children has this as two two of my close> > >friends. They cannot eat wheat, rye, triticale, barley> > >(sometimes oats), and (often temporarily) milk.> > >> > >If left not dealt with, it can even cause loss of finger-> > >print markings!> > >> > >The first symptoms are well described in the above> > >article.> > >> > >n>