Most delicious gluten-filled treat?
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Anonymous
| I am having an endoscopy to test for Celiac next week, so have had to add gluten back into my diet. I find that I am not missing most things I thought I would--bagels, doughnut, etc. I plan to have a slice of pizza tonight, but what other tasty stuff is there? I am a more savory than sweet person...I had some club crackers that were amazing, but nothing else has been worth the stomach ache! |
Anonymous
| The bread at Le Diplomate. 14th & Q Street. |
Anonymous
| Maybe go out for a delicious pasta dinner? Someplace with a really decadent sauce that doesn't have a gluten free option. |
Anonymous
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Only eating gluten for a week may not be long enough for your body to produce the antibodies or for the damage to be evident. Especially if you have been gluten free for awhile. Usually they say you need a minimum of two gluten servings a day for 6-8 weeks for the endoscopy to be accurate. Even that has been challenged as insufficient.
Also Celiac isn't just about gluten in wheat - you also react to barley, rye etc... so if you haven't been avoiding those all along then you should be fine. If you have truly been gluten free (and not wheat free) then this endoscopy won't tell you much. Did you test positive on the blood work for Celiac while still eating gluten? |
Anonymous
Yes, I understand all of the above. I have been adding it in for more than a week, and am doing this with medical supervision. As you surely know blood tests are not very reliable and in my case it won't work because I am iGA deficient. |
Anonymous
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A really yummy Belgian wheat beer.
A good, fresh and warm croissant. |
Anonymous
That is good news but still means that 1 in 4 get a false negative after two weeks of gluten. If I am doing to eat lots of gluten for a challenge I want a better success rate than that. I would rather be uncomfortable for longer and know the test is correct then just do 2 weeks and then always wonder if the negative was a false negative and I was the 1 in 4. |
Anonymous
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Pizza, breaded fish and chips, lobster roll, really good pasta - tortellini or ravioli, French bread, fondue with bread and cake, really good sandwich, eggs Benedict , open faced turkey sand which with gravy
I've been a celiac for years, but if I had the chance to eat savory gluten containing foods for a week this is what I'd choose. 
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Anonymous
Ok, so you can do the challenge for longer if you choose. There is a reason I posted this in Food, not Health and Medicine; I have done my research and there are more links than what I posted. Now, do you have a favorite gluten-filled treat? 
PP-- I like your list! I definitely need to get a bahn mi sandwich. I had a delicious sugar cookie this afternoon. |
Anonymous
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15:30 back. Other thoughts:
-Really good pancakes or crepes -Fresh HOT krispy kreme donut -Some really good savory breads (Olive ciabbata, rosemary focaccia, etc.) -*Good* pizza (Amy's, Pizzeria Paradiso, etc.) -High quality fresh pasta -Hamburger on a really good bun (lots of GF food is as good/better, but haven't found a good hamburger bun yet.) -A *good* bagel -Angel food cake -Rye bread sandwich (maybe a hot pastrami on rye at a real deli.) |
Anonymous
ITA about the buns--they are too mealy for me so I don't bother. But I like your list-getting hungy! I thought of another one--the pretzels at Swiss Bakery! |
Anonymous
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Garlic bread, tabouli. beer, red velvet cake, waffles
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Anonymous
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For me, it wouldbe a big bowl of pasta-preferably fresh pasta, not dried.
I'd also indulge in Being able to go to favorite restaurants and not have to worry about what I ordered. |
Anonymous
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Another one to add: chocolate covers pretzels.
Sesame sticks are pretty good too. |