Gluten free saturday!

[Betticus]

Allright, making a big change in my diet if I can manage to keep it up. I am now through my very first 100% Gluten free day today.

So, nothing with wheat or wheat products or other glutinous stuff. Nothing grown from a seed in fact. Fruits, yoghurt, some nuts and potato.

I'm making soup for tomorrow, split pea/ham with white beans and tomato and it has some spicy italian turkey sausage in. Also, spices.

In the past I've only been able to make it at most a very few days gluten free. It's in everything, even stuff you wouldn't suspect.

 

[Essene]

Allright, making a big change in my diet if I can manage to keep it up. I am now through my very first 100% Gluten free day today.

So, nothing with wheat or wheat products or other glutinous stuff. Nothing grown from a seed in fact. Fruits, yoghurt, some nuts and potato.

I'm making soup for tomorrow, split pea/ham with white beans and tomato and it has some spicy italian turkey sausage in. Also, spices.

In the past I've only been able to make it at most a very few days gluten free. It's in everything, even stuff you wouldn't suspect.

You have an allergy?

 

[graceanne]

I'm confused - you say nothing grown from a seed, but you're eating fruit.

 

[YourCaptor]

I'm confused - you say nothing grown from a seed, but you're eating fruit.

My thought exactly.

That soup sounds good though, I love soup.

Does this also mean no beer?

 

[RawHumor]

I'm confused - you say nothing grown from a seed, but you're eating fruit.

It's the protein in wheat... that same protein isn't in fruits.

However, there's a very similar protein in dairy (kasem? I can never spell it correctly) that if someone is allergic to one, they're generally allergic to the other.

Are you cutting out both?

 

[RawHumor]

Does this also mean no beer?

It would mean no beer, yes.

 

[Netzach]

Allright, making a big change in my diet if I can manage to keep it up. I am now through my very first 100% Gluten free day today.

So, nothing with wheat or wheat products or other glutinous stuff. Nothing grown from a seed in fact. Fruits, yoghurt, some nuts and potato.

I'm making soup for tomorrow, split pea/ham with white beans and tomato and it has some spicy italian turkey sausage in. Also, spices.

In the past I've only been able to make it at most a very few days gluten free. It's in everything, even stuff you wouldn't suspect.

You are doing yourself a massive favor.

This sounds disgusting, but worked for me for about a year up to 4 times a week.

tuna, olive oil, fresh lemon, black pepper, over frozen nuked hot peas.
Yeah I know, mercury mercury. You takes your chances.

I really should be going back on this wagon, I keep saying it...do yourself the favor and don't look back.

 

[Netzach]

I'm confused - you say nothing grown from a seed, but you're eating fruit.

I think he means the rice wheat barley quinoa corn kind of crap...

 

[SierraMoon]

Is this because of Celiac Disease? That runs in my family, and I'm afraid to go get checked. I loves my wheat products! (Unfortunately, they don't love me )

 

[graceanne]

It's the protein in wheat... that same protein isn't in fruits.

However, there's a very similar protein in dairy (kasem? I can never spell it correctly) that if someone is allergic to one, they're generally allergic to the other.

Are you cutting out both?

I know. My daughter is gluten intolerant and lactose intolerant - I probably know as much if not more about gluten intolerance than you do.

Nonetheless he didn't say he was just avoiding wheat, he said he was avoiding everything grown from a seed, and FRUIT is grown from a seed. I was giving him a hard time.

 

[midwestyankee]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but as semen are a form of seed and all plants begin life as seeds, it would appear that our friend Mr. Betticus is going to be a very hungry fellow.

I hear that broiled paramecium can be quite tasty, though a tad hard to control with one's fork.

 

[lushlucid]

good luck, it's very hard but worth it
my friend is allergic she's been doing it for 2 yrs

 

[lushlucid]

Is this because of Celiac Disease? That runs in my family, and I'm afraid to go get checked. I loves my wheat products! (Unfortunately, they don't love me )

you should def get checked out, it can be quite dangerous

 

[Betticus]

I'm confused - you say nothing grown from a seed, but you're eating fruit.

No grains sillybutt

 

[Betticus]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but as semen are a form of seed and all plants begin life as seeds, it would appear that our friend Mr. Betticus is going to be a very hungry fellow.

I hear that broiled paramecium can be quite tasty, though a tad hard to control with one's fork.

Nothing with gluten in it.

 

[RawHumor]

I know. My daughter is gluten intolerant and lactose intolerant - I probably know as much if not more about gluten intolerance than you do.

Nonetheless he didn't say he was just avoiding wheat, he said he was avoiding everything grown from a seed, and FRUIT is grown from a seed. I was giving him a hard time.

Gotcha. My 5 year old was on a gluten free casem-free diet for a while, so it sounds like you and I are/were in the same boat.

 

[Betticus]

Gotcha. My 5 year old was on a gluten free casem-free diet for a while, so it sounds like you and I are/were in the same boat.

The milk protein is casein.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casein

 

[FurryFury]

No gluten???

*gasp*

*falls down*

*dies*

 

[VelvetDarkness]

Congrats Betticius. If you can set yourself the target of a month you will give yourself time to really feel the benefit of cutting gluten and dairy out. I am now vegan and still managing a wheat free diet so it can be done if you're determined enough.

You can google loads of yummy recipes and mail order sites for basic ingredients that are much cheaper than local health food stores.

Kudos to you.

Check out these dairy and gluten free oatmeal raisin cookies.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1169/1019169949_36cd7d2a52_o.jpg

Mitts off Gracie!

 

[chelleb]

My friends son is autistic, and has been on a gluten and casein free diet for 3-4 years now (he's 6.5). It can be difficult at first to find/cook foods that do not contain these ingredients (and dirivitives of them), but it can be done. Most of the family now eats a gluten-free dinner since she is tired of cooking two seperate meals. It can be more expensive also. But, in her case, she has to do it, it's a matter of him growing up almost catatonic and not. For her, there's really now choice about it. He is a completely different kid since eliminating gluten and casein from his diet.

 

[Netzach]

For anyone who thinks your food has to utterly suck without flour, there is a new book out by Raman Prasad, whose cookbooks are tops for no-flour cooking. When my digestion isn't utterly on the fritz I eat (and should eat) thus.

 

[chelleb]

There's also a website: www.glutenfreegirl.com that has some wonderful recipes on it.

 

[graceanne]

Gotcha. My 5 year old was on a gluten free casem-free diet for a while, so it sounds like you and I are/were in the same boat.

Can I send you a pm to pick your brain? I'm really struggling to find foods she'll EAT. She's already underweight and undersize - she does NOT need to be losing weight.

 

[LadyAria]

My family is gluten free all organic diet. If you need any recipes, I have just about everyone. Bob's Red Mill has great soy flour that works in almost every thing you'd normally eat wheat based product.

The lifestyle is very easy once you get accustom to making the change.

 

[RawHumor]

Can I send you a pm to pick your brain? I'm really struggling to find foods she'll EAT. She's already underweight and undersize - she does NOT need to be losing weight.

No problem - though I have to admit my wife was the main motivator in setting my daughter's diet, but I've picked up some things and can always pass on queries to my better half if need be.