Any Gluten Free-ers?

DaniJeanine
DaniJeanine Posts: 473 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Thinking about going gluten free this year (I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and my doc recommended it). Anyone have good resources or recipes to share? I'm a liiiiitle overwhelmed with where to start...

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  • amarie878
    amarie878 Posts: 11 Member
    I'm not gf, but I have two sisters who are.

    Try not to substitute too much gluten products for their gluten free counter parts (i.e. gluten free bagels for a normal bagel, gf pretzels for regular pretzels). Just because potato chips are gluten free doesn't mean you can eat them all the time and feel awesome. And not to say that you can't have pizza on a gluten free crust, you might just want to examine how many grains/carbs are part of your diet and see how you can eliminate or get a nutritious gf substitute.

    Check out quinoa - it'll be your new best friend.

    The best trick is to stick to a nutritious diet of fruits, veggies, lean proteins, dairy. Read your labels, gluten is in a lot of things (barley, malt flavorings, etc). And you won't be able to get fast food anymore because everything breaded shares the same fryers as french fries.

    Google will point you to a lot of resources online. There's plenty of blogs out there that have recipes and tips.
  • sun_fish
    sun_fish Posts: 864 Member
    This is a great blog, lots of good recipes.

    http://glutenfreegirl.com/
  • DaniJeanine
    DaniJeanine Posts: 473 Member
    Thank you!
  • subylove32
    subylove32 Posts: 8 Member
    Also check out the book Wheat Belly. This book will change your life if you going gluten free. He also has many recipes and tips to help change your diet - The wheat free pizza recipe is amazing!

    here is his blog as well - http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/
  • DaniJeanine
    DaniJeanine Posts: 473 Member
    I recently tried gluten-free pizza and I have to say, it was much better than I expected

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