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135 // Hidden Gluten Traps: From Paper Straws to Cosmetics · Health with Hashimoto’s - Thyroid or Immune Education for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

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  Do you stay away from gluten? Do you realize or do you notice that you feel
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  better, that your Hashimoto's, your hypothyroid symptoms seem to do better when you're off of gluten?
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  According to a study that Dr. Isabella Wentz did, she's a pharmacist,
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  about 80% of people with Hashimoto's do feel better when they're off gluten.
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  We talked about this in episode 44, where I help you figure out the diet maze.
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  We also talked about it in episode 108, which is all about gluten.
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  Today, I want to help you identify some hidden sources of gluten that you might not realize.
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  And this episode was prompted by the paper straw executive order a while back.
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  President Trump said that the government has been meddling in environmental
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  stuff too much and that people should be allowed to have plastic straws if they
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  wanted, which is fine. That's politics.
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  But I did not realize until that time that some paper straws are made of wheat products.
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  Did you know that? I did not know that.
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  Now, I don't go out to eat. I have not ever encountered a paper straw.
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  I don't think in my entire life because I don't go to such establishments. But maybe you do.
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  And maybe you have accidentally consumed gluten when you're trying to stay away
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  from it because you never thought to ask what are the ingredients of this paper straw.
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  Who would think to ask that? I was just, it kind of blew my mind when I heard
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  that paper straws could have gluten.
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  So today's episode is going to be all about other things that also might contain gluten.
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  My sister sends me screenshots of different foods or supplements or products
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  that she's looking at buying and it just comes with like the short question, does this have gluten?
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  And then I look it up and let her know.
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  And when I was replying yesterday, I think we were talking about some ingredients.
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  She's like, I just have to look for wheat, right? In the ingredients.
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  And I said, well, mostly.
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  But also there's barley malt and that would be in things like Rice Krispie bars,
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  not all of Rice Krispie bars, but
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  some Rice Krispies bars will have gluten because they have barley malt.
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  And barley malt, I can't say it, barley malt is in the, like the brand name Rice Krispies.
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  The generic ones, at least the generic ones from Aldi, do not contain barley
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  malt. They're just puffed rice. They don't have gluten.
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  But unless somebody can tell me where they bought their Rice Krispies,
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  like if they say I bought generic from Aldi, like, okay, now I know it's okay.
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  But if they just say these are Rice Krispie bars and they are gluten-free,
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  I don't know if that person recognizes that barley malt has gluten.
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  And so if they don't recognize that, they might have just looked at the package
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  and said, well, there's no wheat in here.
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  So obviously these Rice Krispies are fine.
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  And so the Rice Krispie bars are fine because Rice Krispie bars are just Rice
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  Krispies and marshmallows and butter.
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  I mean, sweet, crunchy, delicious snack.
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  Not good for you, not even a little bit, but delicious and contaminated with
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  gluten or, you know, containing gluten if you have brand name Rice Krispies.
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  And I don't know all of the other brands, but what else has gluten that you might not know about?
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  First of all, three and a half minutes into the episode, welcome back to another
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  episode of Health with Hashimoto's.
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  This is a podcast where I help you figure out simple and sustainable ways to
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  take control of your health if you have Hashimoto's, because I want you to be
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  able to control the controllables.
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  I want you to be able to be empowered. We're not in victim mode here.
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  We're not like, woe is me. I have this autoimmune thing and there's nothing I can do.
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  No, no, we're getting out of that mindset completely.
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  And we are looking every single day for small things that we can do to change
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  the trajectory of our health. There are always things you can do.
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  And in saying that, like, I don't want to overwhelm you by telling you all of
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  the things that you can do because there are a lot.
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  So in this podcast, every single week, my goal is to help you find something
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  that is simple and sustainable.
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  And if that is right up your alley, and if you have not gone through the Holistic
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  Hashimoto's course yet, it is a four-week course. It's self-paced.
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  So if you have, you know, life come up and you can't do it all in four weeks, it's fine.
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  And you can jump on in and you can figure out exactly what to do for you,
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  for your situation, for your personality, for your family.
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  Sometimes things that will work for one person might not work for somebody else
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  just because of all of the family dynamics.
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  Only you know what's going to work for you. So the Holistic Hashimoto's course
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  is available for you so that you can figure out exactly what to do for your health.
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  All right, back to sources of gluten. Now, I mentioned the paper straws and the Rice Krispies.
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  What are some other ones? One that I never would have thought of was soy sauce and teriyaki sauce.
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  Now, I had heard people say that it's really hard to have Chinese food if you
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  have to stay away from gluten.
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  But I thought that was due to noodles. And I was like, well,
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  it's kind of weird because rice doesn't have gluten, but it's not necessarily the noodles.
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  It's the seasonings. It's the soy sauce and the teriyaki sauce.
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  Most of them contain wheat,
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  And so if you are having something that is seasoned with soy sauce or teriyaki
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  sauce, that includes in a marinade.
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  So some meats like you think, oh, my meat is gluten free because it's meat.
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  If the marinade contained soy sauce or teriyaki sauce, it has wheat in it.
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  So you cannot have it if you are staying away from gluten.
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  For this one, there's a super simple substitute and it is coconut aminos.
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  If you've never heard of coconut aminos, it comes in a bottle similar to soy sauce.
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  And it's just, to me, it tastes the same.
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  I don't know, maybe you are a little bit pickier on your palate and you'll be
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  able to taste a difference.
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  I cannot taste the difference. It's sweet, tangy, salty.
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  I use it exactly how and when and where I would use soy sauce.
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  And you can get coconut aminos.
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  I think we got, get ours at just the regular grocery store. I don't know if
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  they have it at Aldi, but I know they have it at Walmart or wherever you get your groceries.
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  Another thing that could have hidden gluten is bullion cubes and soup bases.
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  Some of them have wheat as a thickener.
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  Now, this is a common thing for hidden gluten. It's when they use wheat to thicken something.
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  And then obviously, if the wheat is in there, then the gluten is going to get
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  in there. So bullion cubes and soup bases.
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  So you might think, well, this is just a broth. it's a clear broth, so it's fine, right?
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  Well, usually, but not always. Always check the labels.
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  This also goes for flavored coffee and tea.
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  Now, it's not the coffee and tea directly. It's usually the flavorings or it's
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  something added to the syrup, which would be, I guess, the flavoring.
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  So your coffee and your tea might have some gluten.
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  Most of it is gluten-free, but it's always best to be aware and to relabels.
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  I know that Keurig, I think 99% of their flavors are gluten-free,
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  but one of them specifically is not gluten-free.
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  Now, this is according to an article I'm reading on verywellhealth.com,
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  and it's all about gluten and coffee and tea.
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  They said that Timothy's Lemon Blueberry K-Cup Pods. It's a really long title.
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  They have gluten. So Timothy's Lemon Blueberry K-Cup Pods. It must be some brand.
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  Sub-brand? I don't know.
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  Other coffees, other Keurig-type pods are fine, though some of them have malt.
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  Now, malt is another key word that you want to look for.
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  Like I said, in the Rice Krispies, barley malt was, it's the key.
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  If it has barley malt, then it has wheat.
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  Some of the coffees will also have malt. Malt does contain gluten.
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  Nestle Nespresso claims that all of their coffee pods are gluten-free,
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  even though some of them include descriptions like malt.
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  So I mean, it says it has malt, but it also says it's gluten-free.
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  So depending on how sensitive you are, it should be fine, but you have to decide for yourself.
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  So coffees and teas are another or could be another source of hidden gluten,
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  especially, like I said, if they have malt.
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  All right, another really weird one is...
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  Pre-shredded cheese. Now, of course, cheese is just cheese, right?
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  Well, you know, if they pre-shred it, have you ever shredded your own cheese
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  and then let it sit for a little while and it all cakes together?
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  It all squishes, it like re-solidifies, and it's never re-solidified in a bag
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  when you buy pre-shredded cheese at the grocery store.
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  Have you ever wondered why? They add something to it. They add a non-caking
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  ingredient or agent so that the cheese slices or cheese shreds,
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  is that what you'd call them, they don't stick together.
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  Some of the anti-caking agents contain gluten.
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  So again, look at the package. Now this is probably where you're going to say
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  or see that it has a risk of gluten or it is processed on something that contains gluten,
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  it might not specifically say it has gluten. So just be aware.
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  I don't eat imitation crab, but I have heard, I have read when doing the research
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  for this episode that imitation crab contains wheat often, not always, often.
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  So again, you're looking at it, you're thinking, well, this is meat, this is seafood.
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  Of course, there's no wheat growing in the ocean, so this is fine, right?
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  Well, that's what you would want to think. But if it's imitation,
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  it might have some wheat in it.
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  And that goes for any meat substitutes, like veggie burgers or what else,
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  tofu, whatever else you would get that is a meat substitute.
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  Some of it can be contaminated with wheat or gluten, and some of it is going
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  to contain the gluten because of the seasonings like the soy sauce or the teriyaki sauce.
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  So again, read the labels.
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  Another one that is frustrating, at least for me, is salad dressing and sauces.
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  Now, I just assume when I am eating somewhere that if it is a sauce, that it has wheat in it.
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  It's just the easiest way for me to figure it out. If there's a sauce,
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  I automatically discount it.
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  I'm like, I can't eat it because so many sauces are thickened with wheat or
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  have some wheat in it as an ingredient. I would assume to thicken,
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  but maybe there's another reason.
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  I don't know. If you know why they put wheat in other than to thicken, let me know.
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  But salad dressings, why would they have wheat? I have no idea.
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  Why would salad dressings have wheat? Wheat does not add a flavor to a salad
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  dressing, and yet some salad dressings have wheat. I don't know why.
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  I did not go to culinary school, and when I am making my own salad dressings,
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  it's like oil and vinegar and maybe some garlic salt or something.
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  Mine are super simple. I don't add wheat to my salad dressings.
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  I don't know why you would, but read the labels because some salad dressings
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  do have weight and you don't want to work so hard to avoid gluten and you avoid,
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  you know, the delicious baked bread that somebody just made and it smells so
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  good and you are like sticking to what you believe is best for your body.
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  You are not enjoying that baked bread and then you get glutened because you
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  used salad dressing that you didn't really care about. Like that would be totally unfair.
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  So if you're going to go to the work of avoiding the good things with gluten,
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  you know, I consider bread really good because gluten-free bread is not really good.
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  I have tried all different types.
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  And also, you know, you're avoiding baked goods.
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  And then you get glutened from some salad dressing? Totally unfair. Read the labels.
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  All right, something else that you might be aware of. If you have ever made
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  Play-Doh for your kids, you probably know that it's wheat flour.
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  It's like wheat flour and salt, right? It's been a long time since I had preschoolers
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  and we made it. Actually, funny story.
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  My first kid was,
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  and my fourth kid, it's like they had two different moms. I remember walking
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  through, I don't know, the store, Target maybe?
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  I don't know where we were walking. And my first son saw pre-packaged Play-Doh,
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  like brand name Play-Doh.
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  And he was blown away that you could just buy Play-Doh that was already made.
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  That you didn't have to take an afternoon and make a big pot of Play-Doh and
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  then divide it and color it yourself.
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  He had no idea that it was like available, already made.
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  He had no clue. He was just, whoa, what is this? And of course then he wanted
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  some, but we could make it.
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  My fourth son, I have only boys, so I'm like not discriminating against my girls.
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  I don't have girls. My fourth son was completely the opposite.
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  One time I made Play-Doh or I said I was going to, and he's like, what?
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  You can make Play-Doh? He only knew that it was pre-made. He had no idea that
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  you could make it from scratch.
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  So I'm saying either one is right.
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  Both of them are right. You have to do what works for you in your current season
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  of life, which like I said, is what we address in the Holistic Hashimoto's course.
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  Everything has to be tailored to what will work for you.
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  When I only had one baby, then I couldn't make Play-Doh. and it was fun and
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  we would do it together it was this you know.
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  A bigger craft. And then he would play with it. I had got the most fun and enjoyment
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  out of making it. I didn't want to play with it, but he could.
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  And by the time I had four boys, I didn't have time to sit down and make a pot
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  of Play-Doh. No, please just throw it in the cart and let's buy it.
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  You have to do what works for you. And that goes with so many areas of your health.
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  It goes for so many different root causes. It impacts everything.
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  You have to do what works for you in this season of life.
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  So Play-Doh is made of wheat and is, I think, cloud dough.
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  I think that's what they call it. I don't think that has wheat in it.
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  I think that is baking powder, maybe, but check the labels.
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  There are like finger type Play-Dohs, not Play-Doh, but a dough that you can
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  play with. There are some that are gluten-free.
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  Just, again, read the labels, be aware, do some Googling before you go to the store to get some.
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  All right, here's another big one that you're not going to see on an ingredient label.
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  And if you've ever listened to the episodes where I talk about supplements,
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  I have said, do not buy your supplements from Amazon.
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  I am very, very consistent with that message.
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  Amazon does not have quality controls for their supplements.
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  If you're going to buy supplements online, buy them from Fullscript or buy them
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  from a place that does have quality controls, and Amazon is not that place.
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  I use Amazon. I know it's a huge company.
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  It would be better to support local. I understand that. I do use Amazon.
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  I use them for many different things, but not supplements.
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  Do not buy your supplements from Amazon. And one reason is that some supplements,
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  especially the counterfeit ones, or especially the ones that are from other
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  countries where they don't have good quality control,
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  they use wheat as a filler.
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  So I have heard from people...
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  Who have personally talked to companies like the research, not research and
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  development, the quality control people, they will go on Amazon and buy,
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  quote, their own product from Amazon.
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  And what they get are counterfeits. And then they will open up or,
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  you know, chop up, dissolve, whatever.
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  They will analyze their, you know, quote, their product they got from Amazon,
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  which is really a counterfeit.
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  And some of them are filled with wheat. Some of them have been filled with sawdust.
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  Like do not buy your supplements from Amazon.
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  And if you're getting a capsule, just make sure that it doesn't say wheat.
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  I don't know of any good supplements that would have wheat in them.
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  The only ones that I know of that do are the counterfeits.
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  And then of course, it's not going to say counterfeit.
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  That would be really funny if the bottle said this is a counterfeit product
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  and does contain wheat. That would make it really easy to identify.
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  All right, so the last thing that you need to watch out for that might be a
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  hidden source of gluten is cosmetics.
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  Some lipstick, lip balm, and other cosmetics can contain some gluten.
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  The first time I encountered this was actually in my shampoo and conditioner.
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  It had wheat germ in it, or maybe it just had wheat. I can't remember.
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  It's been a really long time.
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  I was completely gobsmacked. I'd been using the shampoo and conditioner forever,
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  I don't even remember why I was, oh, I know, I was at somebody else's house.
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  And you know how sometimes when you're in a new environment or a strange environment,
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  you just are extra cautious?
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  So I decided to read the labels on their website.
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  You know, stuff that they were willing to share with me. And it had wheat in
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  it. I was like, okay, that's weird.
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  And so then I looked at my own. I was like, wait, what?
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  There's wheat in my shampoo? Why in the world would they do that?
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  But then I remembered seeing some commercials, and it wasn't for the product
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  that I use, but I remember seeing some commercials and they were talking about
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  how like the wheat made your hair thicker or stronger or something.
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  I was like, okay, so it must be a marketing gimmick and maybe it does work. I don't know.
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  But check your personal care products. It also can be in lotions,
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  moisturizers, lipsticks, because
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  it helps with the viscosity and also can help with the moisturizing.
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  Again, I don't understand because if you ever put your hand in flour,
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  it's sure not moisturizing.
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  I don't know. I'm not a chemist. I'm just telling you what I see on like an
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  actual products and what a good Google search is showing me.
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  I am going to link to one of the articles that was really helpful.
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  It's from the Gluten-Free Society, and this article is about cosmetics.
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  They have some things that you should watch for, the sneaky terms.
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  So of course you're going to look for wheat and you're going to look for gluten,
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  but also watch out for wheat germ.
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  Hydrolyzed wheat protein, hydrolyzed vegetable protein can be a code word for gluten.
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  Avena sativia is in oats and commonly found in lotions.
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  And the Gluten-Free Society says, watch out for that one.
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  And then also triticum estivum. I don't know if I said that right.
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  And that is also another name for wheat. It's spelled T-R-I-T-I-C-U-M-A-E-S-T-I-V-U-M.
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  Well, like I said, I'll put the link to this article down in the show notes
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  so that you can look at those on your own.
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  So I am curious, have you ever accidentally been glutened?
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  You're trying so hard to stay away from gluten and then you run into it in some
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  weird place like soy sauce or Play-Doh or your shampoo.
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  Music.