increasing carbs when gluten free

christch

I need some ideas in how I can increase my Carbs while being gluten free. I have a wheat intolerance/allergy where I come out in a rash and end up with migranes. Until I started lifting heavy weights it wasn't an issue now I struggle to get more than around 100g of Carbs daily without eating lots of dried fruit and nuts. My protein is already high at 150gmin and usually I get more than that. Rice and corn based foods also out as give really bad reflux. I eat mainly apples and green veg but am starting to find my lifting is struggling.
Peanuts also bring me out in a rash if I eat to often.
Gluten free breads etc also give me reflux, think it's the rice flour in them.
Any ideas or advice would be great

youdontknowwhatyousaw

Oatmeal. Quinoa. Meds for your reflux.

Zaria_Athena

Sweet potatoes
I use almond flour to make these muffins - http://www.chatelaine.com/health/healthy-recipes-health/flourless-cranberry-muffins/
Quinoa
Millet

Queenmunchy

Beans, potatoes, teff could also be good.

christch

Been to see both dr and naturopath and there suggestion is to "just avoid those things that make you feel unwell". Yes do take meds for reflux but some days those don't help much.
Thanks for your suggestions.

DancingMoosie

I second the oatmeal and quinoa. Maybe try more potatoes and starchy vegetables, like parsnip, turnip, rutabaga? Can you tolerate barley?

Sabine_Stroehm

Vegetables, fruits, quinoa, root vegetables.

Lovee_Dove7

I'm curious, how do you know you should not eat gluten?

nvmomketo

I would go for fruits or starchy vegetables if I wanted more carbs. I'm GF too but I prefer low carb.

jgnatca

My first thought was potatoes and beans. I had less problem with reflux if I kept my carb portions fairly small at a sitting and always eating it with vegetables and a little protein. Try that. It might extend the number of starchy vegetables you can eat.

jgnatca

Like stir fries.

christch

@Luvee_Dove5 I've had many years of sinus like headaches/migranes and after 3month course of antibiotics that made no difference, seeing ENT, and Neurologist both MRI and ct scan to rule out anything. It was the elimination diet I was put on that showed wheat was the likely cause of it all. After taking wheat out of my diet I have had no sinus headaches. If I eat wheat within an hr I end up with a rash, and within 2hrs I develop a migraine. I've also got a pretty good allergy to grasses which my gp said is linked to wheat. So it's just not worth eating it.

randomsue

If you're on mfp to lose weight, as far as the reflux, losing weight might help with that too. As you lose, you might feel a little better with your reflux . Doctors usually advise to lose some weight to help alleviate symptoms if you're overweight.

Have you totally cleaned up the gluten in your diet? You said you get plenty of protein. Are your sources free of traces of gluten, wheat? Why aren't you eating dried fruits and nuts? Are you also allergic to tree nuts? You can be allergic to peanuts but still be able to eat tree nuts. A trail mix with healthy fats , protein and carbs before workouts might help your lifts if you don't have these allergies. Have you gotten tested to know for sure what your allergies are? You might or might not have a reaction to rice or corn or other ingredients in gf breads or...see where I'm going with this? Get an allergy test done and if your tests prove you are allergic to these things, you can get help from a nutritionist/dietician.

LastingChanges

I don't do well with gluten also so I avoid it. Lots of things give me acid reflex but rice has never been one of them. Are you sure it is rice and not maybe some additive in foods made out of rice? Maybe if you cook plain rice you won't have that problem? I guess it is different for everyone, bananas give me reflex which isn't very common.

Other carbs I eat are: yams, potatoes, gf oatmeal (not sure if this one is good for people with severe gluten problems), buckwheat, quinoa,

christch

Yes have had several allergy tests over years, highly allergic to grasses, cow dander, the cat, dust, mites, and some others. At 68 kg/150lb 5'10 I'm not over weight and as long as don't drink to much coffee,or eat rice, corn reflux seems to be easily dealt with. I can get away with ¼ cup rice every couple of months but no rice or corn crackers or substitutes for bread.
Protein sources dairy - milk, yog, cheese, lots of chicken breast, eggs and I do use protein shake. I do eat dried fruits and nuts with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, it's an actual gluten free product. I've been eating them to'fill up' the carb gap but I wanted to know if there were other things I could eat instead.
I have been tested for Celiac's thru blood tests but they were negative.

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

Pure apple or orange juice, bananas grilled with a squeeze of honey over the top.

Sweet potatoes, white potatoes, turnip, swede, squashes.

Porridge oats with honey

randomsue

christch wrote: »

Yes have had several allergy tests over years, highly allergic to grasses, cow dander, the cat, dust, mites, and some others. At 68 kg/150lb 5'10 I'm not over weight and as long as don't drink to much coffee,or eat rice, corn reflux seems to be easily dealt with. I can get away with ¼ cup rice every couple of months but no rice or corn crackers or substitutes for bread.
Protein sources dairy - milk, yog, cheese, lots of chicken breast, eggs and I do use protein shake. I do eat dried fruits and nuts with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, it's an actual gluten free product. I've been eating them to'fill up' the carb gap but I wanted to know if there were other things I could eat instead.
I have been tested for Celiac's thru blood tests but they were negative.

Stop eating the rice altogether then. You're just playing a game of Russian Roulette with your health. The allergy testing don't always include tests for food. Sometimes you have to ask for it. You can't assume it's being tested.Were you tested for dairy? You weren't taking your allergy medicine for your allergy tests but had you already eliminated the foods you suspected were giving you reactions? You saying the doctor saying wheat would be an allergen because you reacted to grass on your panel suggested to me you hadn't been tested for it. Wheat, barley, rye are all in the grass family. I wasn't there so I wouldn't know.

There's plenty of things you can eat. Like others posted, quinoa is one. Replace that rice with quinoa. If you know that you will eventually get sick with it, why eat it? Just stop putting yourself through that. If you want some noodles, I would check whole Food Market. It's going to be a little pricey but there you go. Make zucchini noodles insted. There's a trade off. The same with the bread. Gluten free, corn and rice free bread. It might be pricey if you can find it or you might have to bake a loaf yourself using bean flours. Variety is needed to get the nutrients that would not be available in just what you're eating.

Theres plenty of vegetables that provides carbs. Root vegetables like sweet potatoes, yucca, rutabagas, jicama. Eat legumes, peas, squash,edamame, carrots. You don't have to just eat apples and green vegetables. A jicama salad paired with wilted spinach. The vitamin c from the jicama will help you absorb the iron in spinach better.

christch

I am at the stage where both the Dr and Naturopath have said I might not get a definitive answer to why wheat makes me feel headachy and brings me out in hives, or why rice gives me reflux. I don't eat it, end of story and if I choose to then I have the headache and feel like rubbish for next few days.

Thank you for all the suggestions for other things I can eat. You have all given me something to work with.

randomsue

christch wrote: »

I am at the stage where both the Dr and Naturopath have said I might not get a definitive answer to why wheat makes me feel headachy and brings me out in hives, or why rice gives me reflux. I don't eat it, end of story and if I choose to then I have the headache and feel like rubbish for next few days.

Thank you for all the suggestions for other things I can eat. You have all given me something to work with.

This definitely sucks. I feel for you. I went for decades being told my symptoms was from my 'sensitive ' stomach or 'nerves' . I found a recipe for cloud bread. It's not really a bread per se but it's a great vehicle for sandwiches especially when I don't want to spend the money on gf breads. You can add add nutrition by using hummus. It's another source of carbs and tasty.

Good luck

Qskim

randomsue wrote: »

christch wrote: »

I am at the stage where both the Dr and Naturopath have said I might not get a definitive answer to why wheat makes me feel headachy and brings me out in hives, or why rice gives me reflux. I don't eat it, end of story and if I choose to then I have the headache and feel like rubbish for next few days.

Thank you for all the suggestions for other things I can eat. You have all given me something to work with.

This definitely sucks. I feel for you. I went for decades being told my symptoms was from my 'sensitive ' stomach or 'nerves' . I found a recipe for cloud bread. It's not really a bread per se but it's a great vehicle for sandwiches especially when I don't want to spend the money on gf breads. You can add add nutrition by using hummus. It's another source of carbs and tasty.

Good luck

Cloud bread....can you freeze them?

christch

Thanks just some days feels like you're hitting your head against a wall. Yes love hummus, make my own, only problem is that I could eat a cup at a time on its own!

Queenmunchy

christch wrote: »

Thanks just some days feels like you're hitting your head against a wall. Yes love hummus, make my own, only problem is that I could eat a cup at a time on its own!

That would certainly add to your carbs!

randomsue

The cloud brea

_SKIM_ wrote: »

randomsue wrote: »

christch wrote: »

I am at the stage where both the Dr and Naturopath have said I might not get a definitive answer to why wheat makes me feel headachy and brings me out in hives, or why rice gives me reflux. I don't eat it, end of story and if I choose to then I have the headache and feel like rubbish for next few days.

Thank you for all the suggestions for other things I can eat. You have all given me something to work with.

This definitely sucks. I feel for you. I went for decades being told my symptoms was from my 'sensitive ' stomach or 'nerves' . I found a recipe for cloud bread. It's not really a bread per se but it's a great vehicle for sandwiches especially when I don't want to spend the money on gf breads. You can add add nutrition by using hummus. It's another source of carbs and tasty.

Good luck

Cloud bread....can you freeze them?

You probably can. You would have to separate the bread so it won'It's so easy though. It's protein because it's just eggs, cottage cheese or cream cheese and cream of tartar. It beats the pricetag that gf bread has and I have used the bread in place of pancakes when I messed up baking it. Lol

Qskim

Ok. Thinking they'd probs crumble when defrosted. I'll have a go though. GF bread - agree the price and to add further insult it tastes like and texture is crap unless you toast it.

randomsue

_SKIM_ wrote: »

Ok. Thinking they'd probs crumble when defrosted. I'll have a go though. GF bread - agree the price and to add further insult it tastes like and texture is crap unless you toast it.

Yes! I tried making french toast once with it. It floated in the egg mixture and was a total disaster. Lol

cwolfman13

root (starchy) vegetables, rice, quinoa, corn, oats, legumes, lentils, fruit, veg...there are tons of carbohydrates that are gluten free.

Qskim

randomsue wrote: »

_SKIM_ wrote: »

Ok. Thinking they'd probs crumble when defrosted. I'll have a go though. GF bread - agree the price and to add further insult it tastes like and texture is crap unless you toast it.

Yes! I tried making french toast once with it. It floated in the egg mixture and was a total disaster. Lol

If you toast it first, it works! Lol

Dont soak in egg too long though.

akwest21

I have celiac and also have to avoid most of the gluten free products. Quinoa and brown rice also give me problems so my main carb sources are potatoes, sweet potatoes and white rice. If you can tolerate milk it is a pretty good carb source as well. I personally would steer clear of oats because unless they explicitly say so they are not going to be gluten free because of shared processing equipment. I don't know if you have tried eating white rice or just brown rice but brown rice can cause problems in people with gluten issues and white rice seems to be a bit better. Usually for desert we'll take some dark chocolate and melt it and dip strawberries in it and thats a pretty solid chunk of carbs as well.

And even on the days when you feel like you might bang your head against the wall trying to find something to eat its worth it to not ever have a migraine again.

Lovee_Dove7

christch wrote: »

@Luvee_Dove5 I've had many years of sinus like headaches/migranes and after 3month course of antibiotics that made no difference, seeing ENT, and Neurologist both MRI and ct scan to rule out anything. It was the elimination diet I was put on that showed wheat was the likely cause of it all. After taking wheat out of my diet I have had no sinus headaches. If I eat wheat within an hr I end up with a rash, and within 2hrs I develop a migraine. I've also got a pretty good allergy to grasses which my gp said is linked to wheat. So it's just not worth eating it.

Is it okay to post a link to a topic I did on food sensitivity testing? If it's not I'll take this off, but here it is:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10273410/food-sensitivity-testing-alcat#latest

It's only a few posts long....scroll down, I posted the updates on the results of the test.

christch

@Luvee_Dove5 that's not a problem also had a rethink and after a wander round the local supermarket with 3toddlers, rediscovered some amazing veg based dips so problem solved. I can now knock off those extra Carbs and fats in one hit. No reason now for not making my lifts.
But again to you all thank you so very much for your ideas, it is most appreciated .

JustMissTracy

Potatoes, beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, corn, zucchini, cauliflower, mushrooms, celery, bell peppers, spinach, bok choy, spaghetti squash...there are LOADS of carby veggies you can eat! I've been gf for just over two years now, the first six months were the hardest. It became a breeze when I stopped trying to find "replacements" for the foods I was ditching, and just ate more veggies instead!