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By admin, May 31, 2009 11:54 pm

celiac disease….please HELP!!!!!?

My husband has celiac disease and this is only recently discovered however the food situation is a nightmare, tescos and all the uk supermarkets only supply limited stuff anf it is soooo expensive we tried baking bread ehich is awful i would love to find out about a online supplier that doesnt cost the earth…..were coping ok but he cannot even tolerate spirit vinegar which most celiac recipes do include ie mustard and ketchups chip shops are a no no and im a my witts end please any advise would be wonderful……….im lookinf regulary online and he doesn want precription food as its awful we dont know what else to do…………….i thank you for any advice at all
Kind regards
Gaynor UK

I agree with another poster who said to focus on foods that are gluten-free naturally. I have found the best luck with certain ethnic foods: Mexican, Thai, and Indian. The worst foods are those that are meant to replace some glutenated item; they are also the most expensive. Soups are often naturally gluten-free or can be easily adapted.

Rather than eat nasty, expensive GF bread – use corn chips or corn tortillas. Some of the rice noodles are good substitutes. I highly recommend the Tinkyada brand. (I’m not sure if they are available in the UK.) Alter your expectations: don’t think of toast as a breakfast staple, sandwiches are a poor choice for lunch, and rice can be used in more ways than thought possible. I have used it as a hot breakfast cereal, to bulk up my soup at lunch, and as a base for my pesto sauce.

There are good references in the US that list name-brand products that are gluten-free. I use one on a regular basis when I shop – especially away from home. I also look at company web-sites fairly often to see if they offer a list of gluten-free items. Some companies say that they list all gluten containing ingredients clearly which makes label reading easier.

The big thing is to focus on what you can eat rather than what you can’t. As you get use to following the GF diet, it gets easier. I’ve been on the diet almost on two years now. I am finding more and more ways to eat gluten-free in ways that are as good or better than what I ate before.

Good luck to you.

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