Coeliacs Disease

clockworkquackingsheep
clockworkquackingsheep Posts: 2
in Food and Nutrition
I was recently diagnosed with coeliacs disease and i must admit i am having a difficult time adjusting.
My body seems to always be hungry. is this normal?
i'm so confused right now. but at least the stomach pain is going away.
does anyone have any advice on a coeliacs diet?

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  • natycoo
    natycoo Posts: 4
    Hi - happy to share some links with you and tips for baking and favourite products (esp bread! some of the gf stuff is so horrible still, sadly!) I can recommend Atkins/Low Carb cook-books for inspiration, many of the special coeliac ones can be a bit too 'fancy' in my mind (sorry, but I don't have 15 different kinds of gf flour at home).
    It's hard at first though - depending on how deficient of nutrients you were when you were diagnosed, I guess your body is still trying to get there, hence the hunger?
  • cgm117
    cgm117 Posts: 147 Member
    I was diagnosed in 2009 and going gluten free alleviated all of my symptoms. If you are new to a GF diet you need to be aware that gluten is used as a binding agent in a lot of foods as well as medications. You need to do your research and read your labels. The symptoms do not go away unless you're 100% free of gluten. Good luck.
  • ashandstuff
    ashandstuff Posts: 442 Member
    Hey there!! I've been gluten free for since 2010 (three year anniversary coming up!) and here are some tips:

    Lots of grocery stores now have helpful tabs on certain brands that say GLUTEN FREE or GF on them. Finding a store like Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Whole Foods (not sure where you live, these are all stores in the Eastern US) will have this sort of system.

    Of course I will just lay out a quick list of NOT SAFE foods/condiments that took awhile for me to get the hang of:

    -Nut mixes (I have YET to find a trail mix that didn't upset my stomach. Solution: get nuts and berries separately that are GF and make your own mix)
    -Malt (sorry no more chocolate malk milkshakes.)
    -Soy sauce (There is a wonderful GF brand, they also make GF teriyaki sauces)
    -ANYTHING WITH BREAD ON IT AT ALL.
    --->>> if you order a salad at a restaurant and they bring it with croutons, ask for the manager to come over and explain to them that there can be NO BREAD in contact at ANY TIME with your food. believe me it gets less embarrassing as time goes on.
    - Cake batter/Brownie batter ice creams (off limits)


    That being said here are some really great resources that I used to get me started learning about the different types of baking flours , binders, and other tricks to cook gluten free foods:

    http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/
    http://www.glutenfreecookingschool.com/
    http://glutenfreegirl.com/
    http://www.celiac.com/categories/Gluten%2dFree-Cooking/

    The best thing to do is just try something! I made LOTS of mistakes while baking/cooking gluten free foods and they ended up tasting terribly. But with practice it gets amazing.

    I can make food so good now my friends don't even know it's gluten free. ;]

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