All weekend I didn't have anything gluten and I felt comfortable all weekend.

This morning at meeting I had a small bagel and half cake dougnut and I can feel such a difference from this weekend vs. today.

GAH. I love bread though. :/

4/6/2009 9:16:20 PM

you get used to it


better than suffering >_>

4/6/2009 9:29:36 PM

Quote :

"I don't think I can do it for two months, because I'm doing Crossfit, a high intensity workout program. My quick source of energy is from breads combined with something else."

Brown rice. Get a rice cooker and eat a lot of brown rice along with whatever you put on the bread. There are lots of other grains you can use too, and gluten free pasta.

4/6/2009 10:28:42 PM

You get constipated though?

4/6/2009 11:44:32 PM

Nope, brown rice has fiber and metamucil is gluten free if you need it. I try to eat veggies sometimes too. gluten makes me constipated, so I was able to give up chugging metamucil twice a day once I went gluten free.

4/7/2009 12:08:39 AM

i saw gluten free breads at earth fare

so you can eat your bread and do your cross fit thing

and be gluten free

4/7/2009 12:59:48 AM

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"He said with a gluten allergy they get diarrhea not the other way around. He said is probably IBS. But that is such an ambiguous term, I don't like it thrown around like it's some real disease. I do know that IBS can lead to certain diseases, like celiac if not properly diagnosed."

your doctor is full of shit. Celiac manifests itself in different ways. For some it is diarrhea, others it is not. There is no "typical" symptom of celiac and your doctors line of reasoning is one of the main reasons why Celiac takes forever to diagnosis is most people.

Just make up some bullshit and claim your uncle has Celiac and you were told to make sure you don't have it.

4/7/2009 7:04:59 PM

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"^ yeah no shit it makes people who have celiac sick and thin"

I have Celiac and I looked like a freakin' Ethiopian famine victim. I'm losing it now, but not all celiacs have failure to thrive.

4/7/2009 7:06:21 PM

Some newly reformulated gluten free cereal should be in the area soon. They include: Honey Kix, Corn Chex, Cinnamon Chex, and several other Chex flavors. If I find them I'll post where they are. The old formulas had gluten so read the ingredients to make sure you are getting one of the new ones.

This summer Betty Crocker is coming out with gluten free brownie, cookie, and cake mixes too.

4/9/2009 10:16:22 AM

!!!!!


i´m excited enough to hear that there will be gluten-free corn chex
but if there are ever gluten-free crispix, my life will be complete

4/9/2009 2:06:05 PM

...you folks would have had a world of hell 50+ years ago... i guess they would consider you "sickly" or something

4/9/2009 2:16:25 PM

I saw some at the teeter yesterday. I bought honey nut chex (on sale for $2 a box too) and they had gluten free corn chex too. This was the teeter on green level to durham rd. but it means the warehouse has the new stuff so all the area teeters should have it soon. I love honey nut chex, am going back to get me 3 or 4 more boxes.

4/10/2009 10:29:50 AM

My serum test result came back today and I was told I do not have Celiac's.

Somehow that doesn't put me at ease. How sensitive is this test?

Also, my GI doc said, I may not have complete allergy to gluten, but am sensitive to it.

So she just told me, I don't need to be strict with my diet, and if I put gluten back into my diet and my symptoms come back, then I should just limit it or go gluten free so long as I feel better.

Fine with me.

I've been off gluten 99% of the time for about 4 weeks now, and it's not so bad, really.

5/6/2009 10:40:37 AM

I am not technically celiac either, but the bloodwork misses a lot of people that might be in the early stages or have a sensitivity. If it makes you feel better that's what matters. It annoys me because my doctor at the time discouraged me from going gluten free because it was "too much trouble" but it's a small price to pay for how much better I feel.

5/6/2009 2:33:03 PM

<333 these honey nut chex


^i really just don´t buy the "too much trouble"...it´s not that fucking hard to be aware of what you´re eating and you´re eliminating a lot of stuff that just isn´t good for you anyway, gluten-intolerant or not. you should´ve told the doc you were sorry for making so much extra work for him

5/7/2009 12:09:11 PM

I switched docs soon after that. He also claimed I was "depressed" when I had what turned out to be lyme disease.

A gluten free diet is not hard at all. I was scared at first because a month after I started it I had to spend 3 months at an internship in Honolulu, but it all turned out okay. The first 6 months are the hardest, but after that it gets much easier.

5/7/2009 3:23:58 PM

my sister-in-law is on a gluten free diet b/c of her PCOS

5/7/2009 3:43:58 PM

You folks should really check out a local all gluten-free food shop called Rosie's Plate http://www.RosiesPlate.com . It's located at 701 N. Person Street a block north of Krispy Kreme. You can order online, have it delivered, or pick it up from their selection they keep in stock at the store.

It's designed for people with food allergies / sensitivities. Everything is prepared fresh in their onsite kitchen, and is gluten, peanut and shellfish free. They also have other dishes without milk, or dairy, or eggs (check out the label or ask them).

Entrees. Pizza! Desserts. It's all good.

5/7/2009 4:00:42 PM

Any of you gluten free people looking for a roommate? I've always wondered what other GF people do about that. I've always had gluten eating roommates and made sure they didn't use my jelly and other stuff.

I bought the betty crocker gluten free cookie mix. For $4 it was ok, but nothing special and it won't be a regular purchase.

7/2/2009 5:46:23 PM

your $4 are better spent here:

http://www.bobsredmill.com/gluten-free/

natural whole grains and grain products. no artificial colors, flavours, and other shit. i haven't tried the cookie mix or the cake mix, but i have tried the brownie mix and they came out heavenly.

7/2/2009 5:56:28 PM

I was just curious about the mix, don't normally buy them. Next time will be a bob's red mill or namaste though, probably in a year or so.

7/2/2009 6:40:07 PM

i got the betty crocker gf brownie mix

highly pleased

7/2/2009 10:03:46 PM

^5
Seconded.
Rosie's Plate is really good. I don't even have food allergies, but they produce a lot of decent-price locally-sourced and/or organic food -- all delicious! Nothing they sell contains GMOs. Also, they collect rainwater in a giant cistern! Awesome!

They also have a selection of sweets without refined white sugar!

7/3/2009 6:31:58 AM