Gluten Free Lifestyle!

I am gluten free (most of the time), I feel much better. I have autoimmune disease that is why I went that way. As far as gluten free snack foods, they can be junk just like regular junk food. You are better off staying away from all processed food and going for free range chicken eggs, grass fed beef, lean turkey and lamb, organic veggies and fruits, quinoa, oats that have not been processed with wheat (organic oats are the best). Good luck!

I'm trying! I've found there are lots of gluten free groups on Twitter. My local grocery store has a GF newsletter that they send around to tell you what is GF and on sale that week. Here's their recipe collection...http://gsn.festfoods.com/Recipes/RecipeSearchResults.aspx?QuickSearch=90

My boyfriend swears it is all tasteless...yet, he never seems to complain when I make a beef roast.

Hi,
I am coeliac, its great that you are trying to cut out gluten ( its totally unnecessary in many foods/drinks its used in )
I however wish i could still eat many foods with gluten in lol ( mainly as a treat now and then ) sweets are very limited for coeliacs as are many tinned goods .

remember many foods still dont say "gluten free" and we have to stand in the supermarket scouring labels just in case ( as they may have some dervative of wheat etc). its pretty much a nightmare for true coeliacs , hence the fact i have gone mainly to natural foods , fish , rice , vegetables. Tescos do a mean gluten free chocolate cake though , and then there are the daim and toblerone cakes that are gluten free - oops guess i shouldnt really be talking about those things on here , i may get lynched lol.

If you stick to unprocessed foods anyway, you basically gluten free or very low on gluten. Remember Bread and Pasta are not whole foods and they are processed even though they are made to be healthy when they are whole wheat form. They still have to be processed to get that way. But it is true for weight loss the deficit is more important, but I want to be healthy and skinnier, not just skinnier.

its true much gluten free product is a rip off, i know at one or two local supermarkets - the gluten free version is over double the price of the regular version - check the label and guess what - ingredients are exactly the same !. and the price of a gluten free loaf - dont even start me lol

nothing really wrong with gluten as such - its a cheap way of bulking foods etc, many believe its the amount of gluten in everything we buy that is causing the problem in so many people though - not sure about it myself - just know being a coeliac isnt very nice if i accidentally eat some gluten

Hi there, my husband and I decided that we are going to try and live a Gluten free lifestyle for a while and see if it helps us live a healthier life and lose some weight! I have a family member who has been doing this just for a change and has lost a ton of weight! Yesterday was our first day and it actually went really good! I am amazed at how many foods are out there that are actually Gluten free! The stores also carry some gluten free items for example salad dressings and even snack foods! I think it will be good for us to stay away from flour and junk processed foods! So I guess I was just looking to find others that are on a Gluten free diet or have been before and if anyone had any good recipes or positive suggestions on being Gluten Free! Thanks

I am gluten free and have been for several years!

So what's wrong with gluten if you're not intolerant?

I know that for many its a fad diet. But there are more and more studies that upwards of 20-40% (cannot remember exactly) of population may be intolerant to gluten. I need to find some of the studies and I post them. They could be the cause of many automimmune diseases. If people are looking for a quick fix for dieting than that is another story. I personally think processed pasta and bread are horrible choices in food no matter what. That is not how we were meant to eat. Don't get me wrong I still have them ever once awhile but I try to stay away from them.

Hi there, my husband and I decided that we are going to try and live a Gluten free lifestyle for a while and see if it helps us live a healthier life and lose some weight! I have a family member who has been doing this just for a change and has lost a ton of weight! Yesterday was our first day and it actually went really good! I am amazed at how many foods are out there that are actually Gluten free! The stores also carry some gluten free items for example salad dressings and even snack foods! I think it will be good for us to stay away from flour and junk processed foods! So I guess I was just looking to find others that are on a Gluten free diet or have been before and if anyone had any good recipes or positive suggestions on being Gluten Free! Thanks

I am gluten free and have been for several years!

And by "gluten free", I mean I eat only veggies/fruit, meat/fish and nuts haha. No processed foods.

This sounds more like a "paleo diet" than gluten-free. While your diet is largely gluten-free, avoiding gluten isn't the main purpose for eating the way you do.

I have noticed that a lot of foods labeled "gluten free" are foods that never had it in the first place... I think it's really funny. Next thing I'm going to see water bottles labeled gluten free.

There are paper plates at the grocery we shop that advertise as gluten free and they charge an arm and a leg. I don't care of there's gluten in my paper plate personally. I don't know if it would actually affect someone with a gluten intolerance or not.

Personally, I find the gluten free thing to be a bit of a craze. I know there are people who have honest to goodness issues, but most people I know that are "gluten free" are just doing it because it's the in thing to do right now. I have a few friends doing it and overall I make far better nutritional choices overall than they do...you can be gluten free and still eat like ****.