Reged: 11/14/04
Posts: 1530
Loc: Canberra, Australia
I could handle herbal tea's (I think) but to be honest a single cup of coffee in the morning and 1 or 2 decaf coffee's durning the day doesn't seem to make a difference to me either. Neither does milk. I don't react to a lot of the trigger foods but react to things that are supposedly safe. It's weird. I've never tried sourdough bread before. Although here sourdough seems to be another name for "white" bread I'm sure if I can buy GF bread over here you could get it over there (Australia doesn't have a lot of GF variety) but if you can't I do have some recipies for different types of GF bread. I haven't tried them though to be honest. I can't stand the GF bread at all. It makes my belly churn I'm not on an SFS either. All of them (well except the Acacia, it's the only one I haven't tried) gave me worse D than I had without them. I do take slippery elm. A sample of my day would be (and please excuse the fact I'm not eating enough food, I'm still getting used to what I can and can't eat): Wake up and have 20mls of inner leaf Aloe Vera Juice and a cup of coffee (disclaimer: this is NOT safe!). 10:00am: a big bowl of rice porridge (rolled rice flakes with milk, also not safe,) and topped with brown sugar. 2 Slippery Elm Capsules straight after. 11:15am: A big handful of Rice crackers (Sakata's are good and come in some yummy GF flavours, even gourmet one's now). 12:30ish: Sometimes I'll brave 2 slices of GF toast but most often I'll have 4 rice crackers (the big sandwhich size one's) with vege spread, lettuce, anything really. 3:15pm: Afternoon tea, sometimes a GF muffin, sometimes more rice sakata's or corn chips and salsa dip. 7:30pm: Dinner. Whatever I cook to be honest. Sometimes fish, rice and veges. Usually some sort of protein, polenta and a vege or 2. 2 slippery elm capsules straight after dinner. Before bed I take 1 dairy free inner health plus capsule and another 20mls of Aloe Vera juice (this is a very argumentative subject about whether or not it is safe). And that's about it but it's been the lack of wheat or gluten that has really helped I think. I kinda use the slippery elm as my SFS as it helps constipation and also diarreah. If you buy the Blackmoore's powder form you can vary the dose to suit either C or D but I find the capsules are working fine for me (and they don't taste revolting like the powder). Hope this helps and if you decide to go ahead with this feel free to ask me any advice amyemadden@hotmail.com . Also you need to give it at least 6 weeks to be sure if it's helping then try reintroducing gluten first and see if there's a reaction. If not then try wheat and see if you get sick again then you'll know for certain. Oh and read jar labels carefully! SO many foods use wheat starches and thickners made from wheat. Even good old candy snakes have this in them
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Re: Amy
I'm sure if I can buy GF bread over here you could get it over there (Australia doesn't have a lot of GF variety) but if you can't I do have some recipies for different types of GF bread. I haven't tried them though to be honest. I can't stand the GF bread at all. It makes my belly churn 
