Reged: 11/14/04
Posts: 1530
Loc: Canberra, Australia
The blood test for coeliac disease would have picked up high antibodies. However not all doctors worry about this so it might be worth asking if they were okay too as your worried about being intolerant to gluten. That being said I'm still doing okay on the gf diet and my blood work was all fine I've found the gf diet to be a little constipating. At first I stopped going altogether (I'm an A mostly D so that was weird!). Now I'm back to going every day but it's no longer D (well except for at the moment darn women's problems, I HATE hormones). Mostly though I've found that the terrible cramping pains and gas have completely disappeared and the fact that I no longer have to carry immodium EVERYWHERE is wonderful. You should probably stay on gluten like you said until they've finished testing. Blood work doesn't always pick up coeliac disease and if you stop eating it and you have it you'll recover and be misdiagnosed so you're doing the right thing. Staples (and I'm no expert, Beth can probably help you much better): Rice Quinoa-cooked like cous cous Rice Pasta's (these are great, just throw some GF pasta sauce on top and you have a meal in 10 minutes plus you can add it to main meals with chicken or fish and a vege). Polenta, polenta, polenta, I just love the stuff and eat it almost every day. Umm some Sun Rice Risotto's are easy to make, cheap and yummy with a main meal(not sure if they're in the US though they may be an aussie brand) Rice Cakes also cheap and I use them as bread as I can't make myself eat the GF bread GF muffins I make them myself out of the Orgran packet mixes and they're great for snacks and not too pricy Rolled Rice Flakes are cheap and great for making rice porridge with Finally Sakata's have a yummy gourmet range of Rice Snacks with flavours like honey mustard and lime and cracked pepper (GF, fat free and delicious) Oh and baked corn chips and tomato salsa are also good for snacks if you can handle the salsa. I'm fine with a little bit but don't dare go overboard
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