Gluten Intolerance/Celiac disease

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redstar7
redstar7 Posts: 25 Member
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I have recently been diagnosed with celiac disease, something I thought would be hard to adjust to but have found fairly easy. The hardest part is adjusting recipes, and remembering to read labels.

Anyone else with this? Do you find it challenging? Any recipes worth trying/sharing.

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  • angelicasmommy
    angelicasmommy Posts: 303 Member
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    I am gluten free. I havn't had a biopsy (I've had blood testing) so I'm not sure weather it's just an intolerance or celiac's but my dr says I defenitely need to stay away from it.
    It's cool when you hear about popular brands of things that are gluten free, like Betty Crocker's frostings for example are all GF, aswell as Silhouette yogurts. Being gluten free has forced me to be healthier, because I can't eat packaged convenience foods like pizza pops or frozen pizzas. I try not to anyway, but like for example Hot Stuffs are on sale at the grocery store this week for 1 dollar. If I couldn't eat it, I totally would have gone out and stocked up just cuz it's soo cheap.
    So sometimes it really sucks (Like in August when I went on vacation with family and I couldn't eat anything my family was eating) but overall I think it's almost like a blessing in disguise.
  • karaks
    karaks Posts: 108 Member
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    I was also recently diagnosed with Celiac disease. It's not been as hard as I thought it would be to adjust, amazingly.

    The hardest thing I've found is keeping in mind cross contamination. For example, I recently had a little bit of a sweet tooth and bought some mini Snickers. I had read that Snickers is gluten free, so I didn't think it would be a problem. I only ate 3 of those minis, but I paid for it for the next 36 hours. I googled Snickers minis and found endless posts from people who experienced the same thing. Apparently, some mini candy bars that are gluten free are also processed in plants with other candies that do have gluten. The batch I got must've been contaminated. So just be careful about things like that. That's entirely the reason I haven't tried eating at a buffet restaurant yet.

    Visit celiac.com for lots of tips and info. There are tons of blogs and websites with good recipes. I've been baking stuff on my own recently because pre-packaged gluten free baking mixes and such can get really expensive. There are also many sites where you can purchase different types of gluten free flours cheaper than in most grocery stores.

    Hope some of this info helps! Good luck! :smile:
  • muffintopteri
    muffintopteri Posts: 83
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    My oldest daughter was sick for years from an intolerance. She had a biopsy and she does not have celiac and her doctor never even recommended she avoid gluten because she could still be intolerant. She ended up with anemia. When we figured it out on our own her life completely changed. I bake her breads and cookies and it's easy! I found the best bread recipe for both bread and hamburger rolls that I calls for a homemade flour (which I've done - I have a flour mill) but I substituted Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Flour and it's great. She loves it. Many Chex cereals (if not all) are gluten free also. She also has trouble with citrus and dairy so her diet is really restricted. Feel free to message me for recipes or ideas in the future. I love baking gluten free! Even though it is hard, especially with celiac because you would be even more sensitive to any gluten than she is...but in the long run you will not only BE healthier you will begin to feel good for the first time in a long time!
  • JNC1987
    JNC1987 Posts: 35
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    Recently found out i have celiac disease as well, like you i found the change not to hard especially since they have a lot of gf options out there, except they are expensive. I have been gf for a little over a week now and can't believe the difference i already feel. The only treatment is to follow the correct eating guidelines, lots of great online information if you have questions about what is or isnt gluten free, and i take a philips colon health which also seems to help me. I am not recommending anything to anyone though, jst do what worksd best for you.
  • runnermama81
    runnermama81 Posts: 388 Member
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    I recently cut wheat out of my diet because i read that it would help curb my appetite. It has worked so well! I dont know if I am actually gluten intolerant but the other night I ate pizza and felt ill for the rest of the night......it has been lifechanging cor me to stay away from wheat.
  • mckshowie
    mckshowie Posts: 210 Member
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    here, here... and it ain't so bad :) it's really less of a big deal than people think it is. granted, just a few years ago it sucked a LOT more than it does now... but now we have lots-o options, even at a lot of restaurants. and if not? i order a salad. no big deal.

    i can say that it is NOT a one way trip to weight loss... know what else is gluten free? fritos, cheetos and potato chips :)
  • Uuuhlexis
    Uuuhlexis Posts: 90 Member
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    I haven't been diagnosed but I've been struggling with constant sickness for months now, so I recently cut out gluten and i feel SO MUCH BETTER! More energy, I'm fuller longer, and hey, I'm not sick all the time! I'm also a vegetarian though, so I'm pretty much only eating veggies, Be careful with mixed nuts, since I'm veg I eat tons of nuts and the ingredients say they can contain trace amounts of wheat. I kinda over did it on the mixed nuts the other day and was really feeling it in the morning. If there are any other gluten free veggies out there hit me uuup!
  • kakklespakkle
    kakklespakkle Posts: 118 Member
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    Not celiac, but wheat and egg intolerant for 12 years now! The egg makes it a bit more of a challenge :S

    Good luck with your new diet. It's not too bad finding alternatives these days. Hope you get on ok x
  • kakklespakkle
    kakklespakkle Posts: 118 Member
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    re kkristof1:
    i can say that it is NOT a one way trip to weight loss... know what else is gluten free? fritos, cheetos and potato chips :)

    LOL! And also check out the fat content in a lot of free-from foods!
  • autumnk921
    autumnk921 Posts: 1,376 Member
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    I just found out a week or so ago that my blood levels show that I have some type of sensitivity to gluten. I haven't been given much detail yet but I am going to a GI Specialist to have other tests done to find out if it is Celiacs Disease or not. I am not looking forward to that part at all. It's really good to hear from you all that it's not really that bad and is pretty easy to deal with. That really puts my mind at ease. :smile:
  • redstar7
    redstar7 Posts: 25 Member
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    I haven't been diagnosed but I've been struggling with constant sickness for months now, so I recently cut out gluten and i feel SO MUCH BETTER! More energy, I'm fuller longer, and hey, I'm not sick all the time! I'm also a vegetarian though, so I'm pretty much only eating veggies, Be careful with mixed nuts, since I'm veg I eat tons of nuts and the ingredients say they can contain trace amounts of wheat. I kinda over did it on the mixed nuts the other day and was really feeling it in the morning. If there are any other gluten free veggies out there hit me uuup!

    I actually am a vegetarian too! I stopped eating meat shortly after I found out I had celiac. I did it because I can't stand the process meat goes through to get to my plate, not for health reasons as most people assume.

    Even though it is easy, and there are a lot of food made to be "gluten free" or stuff that is just naturally gluten free, like someone said the snickers bar is made in a place that does deal with gluten there is a lot of cross contamination.

    I have started to just try to make my own foods a lot, because certified gluten free products are on the more expensive scale.

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