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Mar 21, 2008 8:49:53 GMT -5
Post by abornich on Mar 21, 2008 8:49:53 GMT -5
Hi - I wasn't able to find anything on here about this, but sorry if I missed it.
I was wondering, does anyone adhere to a gluten free diet? I mean, I've read how wheat is bad for endo., and I just feel bloated a lot, even after my surgery, so I was wondering, does anyone experience less symptoms with a gluten free diet? If so, where do you find all the products to eat? It seems everything has wheat in it these days.
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Mar 21, 2008 10:11:09 GMT -5
Post by kb on Mar 21, 2008 10:11:09 GMT -5
Yes im gluten free, completely.
It helped me alot to cut it out, it was the difference at the time between me using a walking stick and not. Whenever ive had a small exposure since ive reacted very badly to it. I just call myself gluten intolerant now, coz thats what i am. I definitely do better energy wise off it, its also one of the few things that reduced my pain on an ongoing basis, so yes i definitely recommend gluten free. I think for it to truly work you need to cut out all traces of gluten to be sure what you can tolerate, really for gluten you need to cut it out for several months before testing for a reaction. Once its been completely cut out, have something with gluten, see what your body does, give it a few days if not weeks to see if you react, some people take several weeks after before they get a reaction, its what makes it difficult for some people to pinpoint a problem when its not cut out completely. For me i react by the next day with a slight exposure, within 15mins with a big one.
Most grocery stores will have a health food section these days, you can find gluten free products there, including lasagne noodles and pasta (also poppadoms are naturally gluten free). Check all labels for everything you buy. It helps if you can get your hands on some info from the celiac society to learn about hidden gluten.
If you really intend to cut it out be careful eating out, soymilks for example often have gluten, be careful of icing sugar on desserts (not always gluten free) and chocolate sprinkles on cappucino's. Many places will call meals gluten free but not have a full understanding and put these things on food to make them pretty without realising its not gluten free. Ive found staff eating out very helpful if you just tell them your gluten intolerant, and ive never come across anyone insulted by me asking to see the soymilk they use, usually they are curious as to the answer is it gluten free for future reference.
Health food shops also have a good range of gluten free products. These days the freezer sections in grocery stores also contain a big variety, where i shop you can even get lamingtons and pies.
Best bet is really to use things naturally gluten free, like rice and wholefoods. If youve bought it fresh no risk, the less processed the less likely there is to be any wheat.
As far as biscuits go, ive found some really good ones at health food stores. Alternately (if your also avoiding sugar) some gluten free crackers topped with peanut butter and cane sugar free jam make a good replacement. Again, rice crackers naturally gluten free.
Be careful of dry chips, even corn chips often contain wheat, check all labels. Soy sauce also generally contains wheat, you can buy wheat free tamari for cooking with but will need to avoid purchasing any prepackaged foods containing soy.
And yeah your right, everything does seem to contain wheat these days, even ice-cream. If you want a healthy option for icecream, blended frozen banannas with a bit of coconut oil and maple syrup makes a pretty good replacement, you just need to let it soften for 15mins before getting it out of the container once made.
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gluten
Mar 22, 2008 8:18:38 GMT -5
Post by JackMcFarland on Mar 22, 2008 8:18:38 GMT -5
wow kb! I am impressed!
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Mar 22, 2008 11:10:09 GMT -5
Post by howren06 on Mar 22, 2008 11:10:09 GMT -5
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Aug 12, 2008 7:24:06 GMT -5
Post by Susanne on Aug 12, 2008 7:24:06 GMT -5
Hi, I see that this discussion is pretty old but I still have a gluten question. Or rather a gluten versus wheat question; is the point of avoiding wheat in the endo diet to avoid gluten or is it more then just gluten?
If it is only about gluten, does that then mean that gluten-free wheat flower is ok? That would open up the option to eat a lot of the products that are made for coeliaks as well.
On the other hand, if it is indeed about gluten then why are oats and barley ok? I know these need to be 'rotated', although when I think about it I'm not sure what that means either.
What's your vision on these questions? Thanks! Susanne
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gluten
Aug 12, 2008 9:16:08 GMT -5
Post by tmichelle on Aug 12, 2008 9:16:08 GMT -5
Hi, I see that this discussion is pretty old but I still have a gluten question. Or rather a gluten versus wheat question; is the point of avoiding wheat in the endo diet to avoid gluten or is it more then just gluten? If it is only about gluten, does that then mean that gluten-free wheat flower is ok? That would open up the option to eat a lot of the products that are made for coeliaks as well. On the other hand, if it is indeed about gluten then why are oats and barley ok? I know these need to be 'rotated', although when I think about it I'm not sure what that means either. What's your vision on these questions? Thanks! Susanne From the Endo-Resolved recipe book, my understanding is to avoid wheat. Apparently wheat increases contractions in your uterus which causes pain. So I suppose we can rotate oats etc. because it might take a while for it to build up to the point where it causes these contractions.
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Aug 12, 2008 9:28:24 GMT -5
Post by cherry on Aug 12, 2008 9:28:24 GMT -5
I don't suffer gluten intolerance *touch wood* but in my experience, a spasming bowel used to kick off a world of endo pain before my lap removed the endo on my bowel. So for me avoiding problem foods factored into controlling my endo pain as awell as avoiding the obvious discomfort with bowel trouble. I think with everthing so tightly packed in there its a given that there would be knock on effects!
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Aug 13, 2008 2:58:20 GMT -5
Post by Susanne on Aug 13, 2008 2:58:20 GMT -5
Hi! Ok, then. I can always try to add some gluten-free wheat products when I feel that the diet is woring and then see what happens. I've been eating oats (I made those oat cookies from the recipe book: YUMMIE!) and barley for the past 3 days, so let's see what happens now if I skip these for a day or two. Which means that I have to bake some non-oat&barley bread now ha, ha! Good thing I'm on a sabbatical and have the time to figure this all out. I really don't know how you guys with a full-time job do it: respect!
I feel great though since I started the diet, can't work that fast can it? My skin seems to be improving too...
Susanne
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