No more bread for me :( Please tell me how you adapted with a gluten intolerance

[Anonymous]

I have a lot of food allergies and sensitivities. In general, accept that no bread substitute will ever replace the real thing and start finding naturally gluten free foods you enjoy...this is a journey and it's difficult at first.

When I indulge in store bought products or need quick ready made things, my favorite brands are jovial for pasta, base culture for bread, siete brand for tortillas and simple mills for cake, muffin mixes, crackers, bars and cookies.

[Anonymous]

You are going to be shocked by how many thing have gluten in them. And don’t fall for the trap of eating the GF stuff with crappy oil mixes in them, you feel even worse than eating gluten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The reason some people can eat bread made with flour in Europe is not due to pesticides. It is because the wheat used in the US is primarily made from hard wheat varieties which have much higher levels of protein (ie gluten).

As I understand it, a lot of flour today is made from genetically modified wheat. Lots of people can't tolerate the difference so gluten intolerance has gone up. Europe doesn't allow the modified wheat.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for all of this feedback. I am generally uninterested in trying to “replace” gluten by purchasing/consuming GF versions of pasta, bread etc. I’m pretty much just eating meat, vegetables, fruit, and non-gluten grains (rice). I did try some lentil pasta and it was disgusting.

Since going GF, my mood is much more stable, I have more consistent energy, and my skin is glowing! My under eye circles are also getting lighter. Good experience so far.

Something interesting I’ve noticed as well is that my hunger isn’t as intense and I don’t feel as attached to food, if that makes sense. I get hungry and enjoy eating but it’s like an addictive quality that may have been present before has just disappeared.

Still amazed that giving up gluten solved my digestive issues almost overnight too.

Thanks again all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Canyon Bakehouse is by far the best bread, IMO! And Tinkyada wins for pasta.

+1 on both Canyon Bakehouse and Tinkyada!

[Anonymous]

Rice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Udi's gluten free bread is very good.

I don't like the plain Udi's but I like the whole grain.

[Anonymous]

Not OP. Anyone have a GF pizza crust recipe that they love? Have not found one that I love.

[Anonymous]

I don’t have any great tips. I’m in the same boat (diagnosed about a month ago). The idea of going the rest of my life without French bread or tortellini (my favorite food) is depressing. Stealing the playbook AA uses for alcoholics, instead of thinking that I’m giving up gluten forever, I just keep telling myself I won’t eat gluten today. I was good until Sunday night when we had dinner at a French restaurant. I had a piece of bread. I woke up the next morning with a horribly upset stomach. It was a lot worse now that I’ve been off gluten for awhile than it was when I was eating gluten regularly. I think the negative reinforcement is a good deterrent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not OP. Anyone have a GF pizza crust recipe that they love? Have not found one that I love.

Nope. But the caulipower or capellos prepared will grow on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all of this feedback. I am generally uninterested in trying to “replace” gluten by purchasing/consuming GF versions of pasta, bread etc. I’m pretty much just eating meat, vegetables, fruit, and non-gluten grains (rice). I did try some lentil pasta and it was disgusting.

Since going GF, my mood is much more stable, I have more consistent energy, and my skin is glowing! My under eye circles are also getting lighter. Good experience so far.

Something interesting I’ve noticed as well is that my hunger isn’t as intense and I don’t feel as attached to food, if that makes sense. I get hungry and enjoy eating but it’s like an addictive quality that may have been present before has just disappeared.

Still amazed that giving up gluten solved my digestive issues almost overnight too.

Thanks again all.

Most people who make the change become very hungry as small intestines heal and start to takes up nutrients.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not OP. Anyone have a GF pizza crust recipe that they love? Have not found one that I love.

Nope. But the caulipower or capellos prepared will grow on you.

+1