Gluten Free Diet

[missyb]

"They have an abundance of gluten free products loaded with sugar."
Absolutely! I found that when I avoided all the gluten free manufactured products and just stuck with whole fresh foods, was when I felt the best! And that is my plan as well... a fresh start with the new year..

[Calli66]

Callie,

Do you ever cheat?  For example my friends daughter will cheat occasionally and she seems to tolerate but as a whole is gluten free.  Just curious on how strict you are. 

I don't cheat very often, only twice in over a year. Once was part of a pastry, and the other was a slice of pizza. Both times I got indigestion immediately. So I'm not very motivated to cheat.

I agree, the "prepared" gluten-free foods aren't very good. But I love the GF pancake mix from Trader Joes. Just add egg, oil, water and it cooks up like regular pancakes---yum. That's my comfort food-----with honey. I really miss chewy French bread, though, and sandwiches, but I try not to think about it. I eat lots of white corn tortillas and Lunds rice cakes, too.

Calli

[kim31072]

Please remember if you/your doc are concerned about celiac disease and are considering testing for it you are not supposed to modify your diet and go gluten free before testing or it will not yield accurate results.You must continue with your normal diet until tests are done.

Kim

[Epson]

Kim, great point!  I had a lot of symptom's of Celiac and after testing showed a negative result I saw a Gastro who took a look inside and prescribed some medication that has helped immensely.

[Billydude]

There are also some good gluten free products from Pamela's products.
http://www.pamelasproducts.com/