<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Miscellaneous Notes: -------------------- "A Passover Guide to Cosmetics and Medications" is updated yearly. This 33-page booklet is available from Kollel - Los Angeles, 223 South Formosa Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036; 213-933-7193. A donation is requested. -=-=- -=-=- Better Baking Taste: Terry Kotlensky, a new member from Hartland, Michigan who was diagnosed less than a year ago, offers the following baking tip as a way to achieve a better taste and more moisture in recipes like Bette Hagman's pancakes and brownies: For each cup of Bette Hagman's GF flour mixture, remove 1 tablespoon of the mixture and replace it with 1 tablespoon of Garbanzo Bean Flour. She tried 1/4 cup but it was too much. (She purchased this flour from an Indian food store.) "The batter tastes horrible but the results are fantastic," according to Terry and her family. The kids say, "This tastes real". The family wants to share this tip and its exciting results with everyone else and hopes we will all try it. -=-=- -=-=- Triazolam is GF: Per a telephone conversation with Pharmacia/Upjohn, Triazolam, the generic form of Halcion, is made from gluten free ingredients. (Although they receive about one phone call a day on the subject, they provide no information in writing because while they add no gluten to their product, they cannot guarantee anything with their suppliers in processing or packaging.) Triazolam is manufactured by Greenstone, Ltd., Portage, MI, a generic manufacturing facility of Pharmacia/Upjohn. -=-=- -=-=- Humor: A doctor, speaking to his newly-diagnosed celiac patient: "You may eat anything you like. Here's a list of what you are going to like..."<1> -=-=- -=-=- Researchers Rate Calcium Pills:<2> Recent studies have found most women aren't consuming the daily recommendation of 1,000-2,000 milligrams of calcium. Tufts University researchers counted 36 different types of calcium supplements in one store alone. But which one is best? First, check the label to see what type of calcium the supplement contains. Calcium citrate or calcium carbonate supplements are your best choices, according to Dr. Simeon Margolis, professor of medicine and biological chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. The body absorbs calcium citrate best, but calcium carbonate is generally the most reasonably priced and contains the most elemental calcium (the part the body actually uses) per tablet. Three other common calcium compounds (calcium gluconate, calcium lactate, and calcium phosphate) are not as well absorbed and were not recommended.