Comments on: What to Eat on a Gluten Free Diet – Week One

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:37:46 +0000

Wow — where are weeks 2 – 5?

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:47:35 +0000

Thank you so much for this info! I have been told to switch to gluten free/wheat free. It is so depressing trying to figure out what to eat! Thank you!!!!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:05:37 +0000

Susan (#15)
You will have to check to see how you feel on corn, and a number of other foods. A neighbor woman and I are both GI/nonceliac. I can eat corn, and limited spelt, but no millet. She can have millet, but no corn or spelt. We can both eat quinoa, rice, kasha (sorry, buckwheat) and amaranth. I only recently found some teff, and I’ll make sure to give her some so she can test it. Try to schedule your tests so that if the result of the test is unpleasant it doesn’t affect work or other obligations too much. (Yes, I know what I just said, and how lousy it is to schedule a time to feel lousy.)

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:32:13 +0000

Kath, thanks so much for all your good information. What a great resorce this internet is! I have found so much more then I expected, and am finding this way of eating pretty easy. ( wait till I want a piece of pie and see what I say, lol ) I’m going to check out your new web sites and see what else I can learn.

Thanks again………..Susan

By: Kathie

Kathie — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:08:41 +0000

Susan
Anything that lists corn, potato, rice, tapioca starch is fine to eat. There are several types of starch, but you must be careful with them in order to not get one that might have a gluten-containing grain or gluten by-product in them. If the ingredients lists “food starch” or “modified food starch”, by law, the company should list which type starch in ( ) afterwards. If the ingredient is made in North America it is likely to be gluten-free.
I’ve had several people with way many more years experience than me (I’m only 3 mo. into this) tell me Hellmann’s Mayo is the best one to use. It does say gluten free under the ingredient list.
I also buy my all purpose gluten free flour mixture from a website called julesglutenfree.com (Jules Shepard) who is Celiac herself. There is very little I can’t use it for. I also get great recipes from her website. Give it a try. In addition to this website and the one we’re currently on, there are great websites to get gluten free recipes from and all ya gotta do is sign up.
I carry around a 3 pg. front/back (originally 9 pgs.) list of safe/unsafe/questionable ingredients. I don’t buy too many things w/o checking the ingredients against my list. I wish I could remember the website I got if from, but I’ve been on so many sites it’s hard to remember where I get stuff from. A couple of good sites to get good information on Celiac Disease (and food sources that are safe):
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/celiac-disease
http://www.celiacdisease.net (Univ. of Chicago Celiac Disease Center)
http://www.celiac.org
I hope you’ll find them useful.
kath

By: susan

susan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:50:17 +0000

Another question that I am not seeing an answer to in my research. What about about alcohol?

Thank you,
Susan

By: susan

susan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:50:51 +0000

Don’t know if I am posting in the right place. Hopefully I can get an answer here. I am just today trying to eat gluten free. My biginning question is, can I eat anything that has corn starch listed as an ingredient? Also, what about mayonnaise?

Thanks for any help, this is overwhelming.

By: Laney

Laney — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:11:57 +0000

How reliable is a GLUTEN FREE label on a product? Is this regulated like some other labelings are? I recently purchased an asian ginger vinaigrette salad dressing. It is labeled GLUTEN FREE under the list of ingredients so I picked it up without reading the individual ingredients. When I got home I was reading the ingredients and is says “soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, and salt).” Can this product really be gluten free?

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:40:24 +0000

On your weekly meal plans, I am wondering how prevalent other allergens are in the plans. I can’t eat gluten, eggs, nuts. Are your plans going to be useful to me?

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