Need to go Gluten-free and Dairy-free

Alot of acne- like many illnesses, stem from intestinal issues as well as hormonal- consider finding someone local to you who does biofeedback and that could locate what issue you are actually dealing with that is causing the problem. Sorry, not the answer your looking for, If you are going trial and error with diet also cut the sugar- its brutal intestinally, and then to the skin:S

Also add coconut oil and tea seed oil to your diet- skin loves these oils!

In major chain grocery stores:
Bisquick gluten free
Many of the Chex flavors
Corn tortillas
Flax seeds to use in replace of eggs in baking recipes
Lara Bars
Luna Bars
Muscle Milk shakes
SoDelicious Coconut milk
Silk soy milk
Many of the Thai food mixes

In smaller grocery stores:
Glutino (breads, muffins, bread products- usually in freezer section)
Envirokidz (cereal, granola bars)
Amy's (frozen pizzas/meals/mac and cheese)
Barbara's (cereal, I LVOE Peanut Butter Puffins!!!)
Kinnikinnik (baked things, cookies)
San-J Gluten free soy sauce

I personally think that stuff that is already naturally gluten free is more tasty and better for you, though. Good luck!!! (P.S you can look at my diary to see what I eat daily gluten free:)

I'm gluten free!

Avoid things with wheat, barley, and rye. (and malt)

Stick to natural things, as the processed stuff can have contamination or added wheat. That way it's easier while you are trying to figure it out. I eat veggies, rice, potatoes, corn, meat, eggs, nuts, fruits. There are substitute gf breads and such, but I don't usually think it's worth it unless I'm really craving something. Also, watch out for soy sauce, it is usually brewed with wheat. There are gf soy sauces out there, just read the label. The grains that are gf are things like quinoa, amaranth, millet, teff...

Anyway, I hope you figure out your problems. I know how great it is to figure out the source of it. GL!

Hi! My advice is to cook from scratch (which it sounds like you're doing!) and eat whole foods. When my husband did a doctor -directed elimination diet, he ate white rice, fruit, and veg for 2 weeks; every week thereafter he added in one new food/food group. Wheat, dairy, & meat were the last 3 weeks.

Keep track of how you're feeling after you eat, reflecting back may help you notice patterns.

I don't know a lot about gluten-free cooking, but there is a big blog world out there centered around this issue. I've heard great things about The Gluten Free Goddess (http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/). There is also <http://xgfx.org/&gt; which is a hub for all things vegan and gluten-free. Kittee, one of the creators of the site, has been vegan & gluten-free for something like 15 years. She is super nice & has emailed me back quickly when I had questions for her.

I hope some of this is helpful, and best of luck!

Because of my Fibromyalgia, I am faced with an even bigger challenge than just gluten-free. I'm tired of feeling like *kitten* all the time!! So... I'm following the "7 foods to avoid." This includes caffeine; sugar, aspartame, fructose, and sucralose; wheat and gluten, dairy, white potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers. UGH!!!! Thankfully, I'm committed. A typical day is rice chex and Almond milk( which is delicious!!) rice cakes with homemade peanut or almond butter, some kind of rice and veggie concoction, and popcorn at night. It's working! I fell better and I'm losing weight; and I love a good challenge. The hardest thing for me to give up was diet-cokes' they are like a crack addiction, lol. I also miss cheese. I've tried the veggies shreds but it's just not the same, so I'd rather just not have it than have a substitution I don't even like. I hope this helps some of you in the same boat as I am. You CAN do it!!

Be super careful with oats. Naturally, oats ARE gluten free. The problem is that farmers grow oats side-by-side with wheat crops. So wind carries wheat seeds into the oat field, and at harvest time wheat is milled in with the oats.

Gluten free oats are grown in closed fields where there can be no cross-contamination.

Also be really careful of french fries and toritilla chips. The are both gluten free if cooked by themselves, but for example, many Mexican restaurants fry a batch of wheat-flour-battered chille rellenos and then thrown a batch of corn tortilla chips in the same oil.

Also many shampoos and conditioners have wheat. It's listed right on the ingredients list. If you're liek me an exercise and sweat a lot, you are putting wheat-laden shampoo and conditioner oin your porous skin every day! I was getting really bad scalp-acne that i though was form sweating, so I was washing my hair twice a day! Hah! It got wrose and I finally looked at the ingredients list. Wheat! (Hits head on wall, I've ben GF for years. Duh me!)

Alicia Silverstone wrote a book called "The Kind Diet" in which she talks about the hormones and genetic modification and how it effects shin. On amazon there are critics that say she has no science to prove her ideas, but lots of people just believe in the troubles that come from dairy.

It's not enough to just eliminate gluten free and dairy free foods. You need to make sure you compensate for the nutrients you are missing as a result of avoiding those types of good - e.g. calcium and b-vitamins. That's where it can be useful to join specially designed programs, such as this http://www.spoonfedsuppers.com/healthy-eating/healthy-diet/dairy_free_foods

Dh is CF and I'm GF. I make a pretty good lasagna with tofu and rice noodles (Tinkyada are best) or skip the noodles and use thin strips of zucchini instead for a lower calorie version. I even worked out a GF/CF s'mores recipe when we went camping last year (not low cal, but a nice treat after a long day of paddling.)

Your local health food store may carry these products, and some can be found in regular markets. Udi's has a website and you can order directly from them.

Udi's brand for bread products - if you are going to eat such stuff, this is the best...really good!
Tinkyada for pastas - the best non-semolina pasta I've used (don't eat if you're counting calories or carbs, though.)
McCann's for oats (they have a long-cooking style that is wonderful, but the quicker-cooking version is good too.)
Van's GF/CF waffles - make great "breadcrumbs" in the food processor for topping certain recipes

Check out this site: http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/

Good luck!

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MFP friend who is Gluten Free!!