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Hello,
My name is Colleen, and I just joined. I found out over a year ago that I was gluten intolerant. When I first found out, I stopped all gluten, and I felt so much better - the aches, pains, stiff joints, swelled joints, diarrhea, constipation, stomach problems, extreme tiredness went away more and more each day that I was gluten free. I am having great difficulty keeping up with this diet due to the fact all the breads I have tried online and from the health food store not only taste horrible, but if I drop them on the floor, they will end up in the basement because they are so heavy and hard. I have found a few frozen dinners I like plus Betty Crocker brownies and cake. Otherwise, I can't stand the gluten foods on the market - even the pasta is terrible and hard to tolerate. Can somebody give me some advice on how to survive all this? I continually cheat, and I am back to being achy all over, swollen and stiff joints, diarrhea, constipation and extreme fatigue and bloating. Please let me know if any of you have gone through this type of problem and how you kicked the gluten habit. I will take any advice as long as it is not demoralizing and vulgar.
Thank you
Colleen
My name is Colleen, and I just joined. I found out over a year ago that I was gluten intolerant. When I first found out, I stopped all gluten, and I felt so much better - the aches, pains, stiff joints, swelled joints, diarrhea, constipation, stomach problems, extreme tiredness went away more and more each day that I was gluten free. I am having great difficulty keeping up with this diet due to the fact all the breads I have tried online and from the health food store not only taste horrible, but if I drop them on the floor, they will end up in the basement because they are so heavy and hard. I have found a few frozen dinners I like plus Betty Crocker brownies and cake. Otherwise, I can't stand the gluten foods on the market - even the pasta is terrible and hard to tolerate. Can somebody give me some advice on how to survive all this? I continually cheat, and I am back to being achy all over, swollen and stiff joints, diarrhea, constipation and extreme fatigue and bloating. Please let me know if any of you have gone through this type of problem and how you kicked the gluten habit. I will take any advice as long as it is not demoralizing and vulgar.
Thank you
Colleen
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Permalink Reply by Ricky Zoellner on -
Kinnikinnick is my bread of choice, Brown Sandwich Bread & Sunflower Flax Rice Bread. My glutenious wife like the Sunflower Flax Rice Bread. For best results, toast the bread.
If you want a quick snack, try Corn Thins by Real Foods with your favorite topping. I like peanut butter.
Keep trying.
Ricky
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Permalink Reply by Cynthia Randolph on -
Several relatives in my family are gluten intolerant and I love to cook and entertain - which took a little more planning time when they would be at the event. My love of recipes/cooking led me to a part-time job with Homemade Gourmet and they offer quite a selection of gluten free mixes. Go to my website: www.homemadegourmet.com/crandolph. Click on the "Product FAQ's" (on the far right) and scroll down to Gluten Free Mixes. This will give you a list of what is offered. The products are preservative free and no one knows who is eating gluten free or diabetic friendly! Recipes are also available on this website to use.
Hope this broadens your choices. The grocery stores can sometimes be very limiting in their offerings. Keep your chin up Colleen - the best is yet to come!
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Permalink Reply by Lisa Kelly McLaughlin on -
I am really sorry that you are going through this. I think you came to the right place, this group is wonderful.
I went gluten free June 2009. It truly was life changing for me.
I wouldn't say that eating gluten was a habit to me. To me I was feeling as if I was being poisoned. I see gluten food as if it is poison. I don't want it, I don't crave it, and I don't miss being sick. Maybe my illness was a bit more extreme? I went to my doctor about a year ago and begged her to put me on a nutritional IV so I would not have to ever eat again.
When I first started my gluten free diet, I was very overwhelmed. Everything seemed to have gluten in it. So I started just eating meat and veggies. (I only eat 1 meal a day) I always had some form of potatoes for the carbs, baked, fried, or mashed. For the meat I would have chicken, or steak. Slowly I would find things that were without gluten. I make LaChoy (Chinese food in a can) with instant rice when I am in a hurry or after I do have an accident with gluten (not too hard on my tender tummy). I also got creative with my mashed potatoes, I added french onion chip dip to it for a different flavor.
I still have a lot to learn. I hope this helped
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Permalink Reply by Renee Solano on
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Jenifer Bremehr said:You betcha!
Gluten, gladian, HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein), HPP (hyrolyzed plant protein),It can come from soy but the HYDROLYZING turns it into a form of gluten, maltodextrin, malt-which is usually made from barley but can be made from corn, starch hydrolysis can come from wheat, some MSG-depending on where it comes from including manufactures in the USA, some emulsifiers, caramel color, and “natural flavorings”. for the last three listed, you have to actually contact the company to find out what EXACTLY it is!
For corn products it is: • Dextrose (also known as corn sugar)
• Dextrin
• Dextrates
• Maltodextrin
• Caramel
• Starch
• Malt syrup
• Food starch
• Hydrolyzed protein
• Vegetable protein
• Vegetable gum
• Vegetable starch
• Acetic acid
• Baking powder
• Fructose
• Sorbitol
also, xanthan gum is a corn product! (?????)
Hope this helps!
Jen
Meaghann Harmon said:Hey jen Id like a copy of that list if thats possible? Thanks!
Jenifer Bremehr said:Colleen, you wont get any demoralizing or vulgar advice or anything for that matter on here. (Everyone on here is the best bunch of people!) We are all here because we have the same issues. With that being said, WELCOME TO GLUTEN FREE FACES!
I too am gluten intolerant but follow a strict gluten free diet. It is hard, very hard. But well worth it. As for the bread issue, well, I have given up on the bread. Its not only disgusting but gross, so I just dont eat it. For me, the bread was the biggest issue. I always made homemade bread, yeast rolls, buttermilk bisquits and pancakes. All from scratch. It was the hardest thing for me to give up. But feeling better made it easier.
I use lettuce and do a wrap if there is something that i want to eat like a sandwich. As for the pasta, have you tried the Tinkyada brand? It is de-lish! It tastes like the regular pasta,only better, but cook it like the directions say. The Betty Crocker brownies are better if you add half a stick of butter and an extra egg along with the regular butter and eggs required.
I eat a lot of fresh fruits and raw veggies. If you need flour to coat your meat or other uses, use bean flour, its a good source of fiber and protein. I make my own by grinding it in a coffee bean grinder then switch it to my Bullet to make it finer. There are other flours out there, but I know what is in my flour.
What ever you have for dinner, make enough to have for your lunch the next day. Tonight I had deer steak, I made enough for breakfast tomorrow with my 7 min eggs. Tomorrow I will probably have fish and fruit for dinner. If you dont have any other food problems, a corn tortilla is good to use as a wrap also instead of lettuce. I am corn intolerant now, so I use the lettuce. I dont look at it like oh poor me, I cant have that, I look at it like, hmmmm, less calories!
Just out of curiosity, do you know the hidden glutens in food? If not, I would be happy to tell you, and I am sure others will add to the list if I dont cover it all.
This is definitely do-able, but you will just have to be creative. You will get not only great advice on here but excellent tips and learn from others trials.
This is a great site and you will fall in love with it!
Have a gluten free....corn free......yada.....yada......yada......day!
Jen
According to this article, corn gluten is safe. Wheat, rye, barley and some oats are not. Of course, everyone should make their own decision/draw their own conclusions - http://www.celiac.com/articles/186/1/Corn-Gluten---Is-it-Safe-for-a...
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Permalink Reply by gfthatsme on -
hey Colleen, many of us create recipes and would be happy to share them with you.
I have been gluten free since 8/2005, I make all my own food.
please feel free to check out some of the recipes @ www.glutenfreethatsmeblogspot.com
i have a substitute nutter butter cookie recipe, brownies, all kinds of muffins and more.
I would be happy to try to create a recipe if you need..
gluten free thats me
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Permalink Reply by Kelly Alexander on
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Coleen
There are many gluten free foods that taste yummy.
I have found out by trail and error and by going gluten free its been the best choice I have made.
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Permalink Reply by Kelly Alexander on
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you can message me I have a list of the gluten free foods I love and my family does not know that they are not made from wheat,thats the best part I can make a meal all gluten free and no one is the wiser.Unless I tell them that is......
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