gluten free

hazelfg wrote: »

I am not new, but every time I got started , things happened. I hope I can put this on my tablet as well, as we are gone a lot. I will try !! any one else need gluten free ? Tell me what you eat please. I am new to that way of eating ! My name is Fran, 67 years old.

I switched from refined white baked products to 100% whole grain with stellar results.

I am reading a book called "Wheat Belly" which takes diet a bit further with gluten free.
If others have had some experience with this, I'd sure like to know.

I am not sold on gluten free yet.

My husband I eat no gluten at home although I allow him to eat it outside the house. We buy gluten free Soy Sauce and we keep Udi's GF bread in the freezer. Our main source of carbs is naturally GF -- rice. We also eat potatoes and thus do not miss bread.

Has your doctor instructed you to go gluten free, is it just something you want to try? Only about 8% of the population actually have a medical problem with gluten. I'm not saying it's a bad idea, just maybe unnecessary.

jupitermoon7 wrote: »

I was diagnosed yesterday with Celiac disease and will see a dietician next week and get blood work done for some malnutrition concerns. I feel so overwhelmed! I didn't realize that so many products have wheat in them! I got so sick from teriyaki sauce this week. My husband and I are now downloading apps with scanners to find hidden gluten. I'm also lactose intolerant. I'm literally feeling like this food change will be impossible

I felt the same way after being diagnosed with Celiacs 3 years ago. At first it was very overwhelming because as you said, wheat is in so many things that we consume today. However, with the help of scanning apps, and from speaking with others with this disease it has gotten so much easier. I think the cross contamination has been the hardest this for me.

Oh & once in awhile I will eat against the grain pizza crust or baguette - really good & high in calories, but I think it's better than wheat!

For those new to the transition, understand it will feel overwhelming in the beginning. When my daughter was first diagnosed with allergies I thought "oh... wheat allergy, no problem! I'll buy white bread" LOL I remember standing in the grocery store crying. You learn ways around things. Now, if you come across a recipe that calls for cream of chicken or mushroom soup, you make your own (I never do the mushroom... I just take a chicken or vegetable stock (veggie if I'm eating it). Melt some butter... throw in some rice flour to make a rue... then add stock till it's the consistency you need for the recipe. Look out for things like soy sauce (contains gluten) and get tamari or braggs aminos instead. Spices have hidden gluten in them quite often. The lovely thing about gluten is that it's a top 8 and HAS to be called out on the ingredient list, so you just learn to read labels and look for the WHEAT at the allergen section. Now a days gluten free has become so common, it's significantly easier than when I first started on this journey. I've become a pro at it, so if anyone has questions or needs ways to modify recipes, just add me and I'm happy to help out. I remember how helpless I felt in the beginning.

My husband went gluten free after doing an elimination diet and figuring out that gluten is what had been causing his joint pain everywhere in his body for 20 years. His joints only hurt now if he gives in to a craving and eats something with gluten in it. We found a really good bread and baking mix that tastes fantastic. It's called Pamela's. Our local grocery stores carry it now so it should be easy to find. He also uses gluten free pasta noodles from Tinkyada brown rice pasta which Wal Mart carries that taste way better than the other ones we have tried.

Eileen_S wrote: »

Patttience wrote: »

Fran you don't need to eat gluten free if you don't have coeliac disease. Gluten is not actually unhealthy.

This is so true. Personally if I didn't have CD I never would have gone GF.

I disagree with this on a certain level. Unless you are eating organic wheat, you are eating genetically modified wheat which has it's own set of health issues. Secondary to that, wheat causes an inflammatory response in the body, so anyone with arthritis or joint issues will literally feel a million times better eliminating it. It's not all that we've been made out to think it is.

NCRawGirl wrote: »

Eileen_S wrote: »

Patttience wrote: »

Fran you don't need to eat gluten free if you don't have coeliac disease. Gluten is not actually unhealthy.

This is so true. Personally if I didn't have CD I never would have gone GF.

I disagree with this on a certain level. Unless you are eating organic wheat, you are eating genetically modified wheat which has it's own set of health issues. Secondary to that, wheat causes an inflammatory response in the body, so anyone with arthritis or joint issues will literally feel a million times better eliminating it. It's not all that we've been made out to think it is.

Here we go!!!! There are NO clinical studies out there which show that Gluten is "unhealthy" for "everyone". Those things that you mention here are are also caused by other things, not Gluten. There is no need for a heathy person without CD or a sensitivity to Gluten to avoid it.

Eileen_S wrote: »

NCRawGirl wrote: »

Eileen_S wrote: »

Patttience wrote: »

Fran you don't need to eat gluten free if you don't have coeliac disease. Gluten is not actually unhealthy.

This is so true. Personally if I didn't have CD I never would have gone GF.

I disagree with this on a certain level. Unless you are eating organic wheat, you are eating genetically modified wheat which has it's own set of health issues. Secondary to that, wheat causes an inflammatory response in the body, so anyone with arthritis or joint issues will literally feel a million times better eliminating it. It's not all that we've been made out to think it is.

Here we go!!!! There are NO clinical studies out there which show that Gluten is "unhealthy" for "everyone". Those things that you mention here are are also caused by other things, not Gluten. There is no need for a heathy person without CD or a sensitivity to Gluten to avoid it.

Except for all of us that feel a million times better NOT eating it... yet have never had any conclusive medical tests confirming CD or Sensitivity. A lot of people don't realize how crappy they truly feel until they stop eating it.

RodaRose wrote: »

My husband I eat no gluten at home although I allow him to eat it outside the house. We buy gluten free Soy Sauce and we keep Udi's GF bread in the freezer. Our main source of carbs is naturally GF -- rice. We also eat potatoes and thus do not miss bread.

You "allow" him?!

There are plenty of foods naturally gluten free, oatmeal, corn based tortillas,chips, and cereals. You can make your own veggie pastas with spaghetti squash. You can make cauliflower crusts and veggie chips. I do not eat gluten free but I do limit my consumption of white flour products. good luck!

jupitermoon7 wrote: »

I'm on day 3 of going GF since being diagnosed with Celiac. Actually probably today was the first day I was truly GF. I had no idea there was gluten in the dunkin donuts flavored coffee I was making at home until I researched it after I continued to be sick. Anyway even without being entirely GF I'm losing weight rapidly. I'm assuming this is a result of reducing the inflammation and not really weight loss. Has anyone else experienced this?

I lost weight as well. However, I think that had more to do with giving up things like cereal every morning, and soft pretzels, lol.

I have just begun my GF journey and initially felt guilty that my family would suffer from my food restrictions. However after reading up on the seriousness of celiac and how cross contamination can put me back to square one and constantly sick I decided we could try to do it. For breakfast and lunch they still eat the same thing - cereal, waffles and sandwiches. I eat fruit or GF oatmeal and salads. For dinner we are using emeals.com it's a weekly menu planner and we use the gluten free options. It's been great not to come up with entirely new menu's. The only drawback is a lot of the meals don't have a starch so we cook potatoes or rice with it. Good luck!

Patttience wrote: »

Fran you don't need to eat gluten free if you don't have coeliac disease. Gluten is not actually unhealthy.

Actually a lot of people are gluten intolerant so having CD is not a necessity. I get CD symptoms form cross contamination alone, and get sick for days if I consume any gluten at all. Of course the majority of the population do not need to go GF but there is a large number who simply cannot eat Gluten without getting sick.