doctors have now told me to stop eating wheat completely. i practically live on toast! dotn know what to do :-(

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can i eat bran?
i cantt hink of anythng at all i can eat

anyone else here the same

Doves Farm is quite a good one, you can get that in the supermarket I think. You have to get used to using different amounts, it either needs more or less water, can't remember, but there are lots of onlne recipes for ceoliac dishes that you can use.

And oats, I eat loads, porridge, crunchy granolas, oatcakes, flapjacks, you can get oatibix now!

I used to cook my pasta in a little pan on the side and then add the same sauce, not only did they hate it but it's more expensive. Then I gave up with it, but again, some kinds are better than others.

i have porridge oats, but i bought oens with bran! argh

I haven't eaten wheat for about 6 months it is a piece of piss, you will lose lots of weight.

NP what's your email address?

meggle, lol.

i cant wait to feel better

Remember to get wheat free soy sauce.

I make two pans of pasta and then add the sauce to each )because of cost), but if I make a lasagne it's all gluten free.

The 1950s diet works well for dinner. 1 protein, 2 veg and one carb (potato, polenta, rice, quinoa, sweet potato), salads are good for lunch and there is plenty of GF cereal.

You will probably get withdrawal symptoms, esp as you eat a lot of bread but once your symptoms stop you won't be that tempted to go back.

meglge my email address contains my full name so i dont want to postit!

Tamari is wf soy sauce, I prefer it now.

Tesco do a good own brand wheat free pasta, not too expensive. Doves Farm wheat free flour is good (makes amazing wheatfree brownies!) but we use cornflour for making sauces.

Oh ok

mine is my NN and then (hot mail) (co)(uk)

Mail me and I will send you a menu thingie of what I normally eat if you are interested.

You will feel so much better but the first 2 weeks will be hell!

meggle thansk so mich

yes, the first two weeks is hard and then you will have a spring in your step. Having just had beer and bread at a festival I feel sluggish and a bit urrgh but I'm still craving it. Once it's out of your system you don't think of it so much.

ok ive mailed you

when you sau the first 2 weeks are hard, is it just sluggish cravings or is there any actual pain or poo probs?

I found it hard in terms of managing to avoid it as your diet is so different. We get used to eating wheat sometimes three times a day with cereals, sandwich for lunch, pasta for dinner etc. Then when you stop you'really aware of it.

I didn't have more pain or anything. I felt sluggish and a bit foggy headed but not excessively. The IBS symptoms slowly improved and by two weeks or so they had virtually disappeared.

have you been tested for coeliac disease? It's often misdiagnosed as IBS (it was in me for......oooooooh nearly 20 years anyway)

Sainsbury's do a free from english muffin which is both wheat and gluten free and is the best bread substitute I have found that's available at a supermarket level, but are only OK toasted. I toast them and then make sarnies from those. There are some really nice GF breads out there; juvela and glutafin both do a nice one, but you have to either get them on prescription or buy online.

cereal wise, oats are OK (if just wheat free), but a lot of oats contain traces of wheat due to harvesting/milling using same equipment as wheat. Depends on your level of sensitivity. also, rice crispies, and Nature's Path do couple of wheat free and gluten free cereal that you get in Sainsbury's.

most sausages contain rusk which is wheat derived; same with most shop bought burgers.

Deddie and Andrew's Harrogate sausages are wheat free, as are Black Farmer (available in sainsbury's and the co-op) and a couple in the sainsbury's taste the difference range. Supermarket "free from" sausages taste rank...avoid at all costs. Siansbury's So Organic burgers are wheat free.

Can you see a picture emerging? sainsbury's are one of the best supermarkets ime, I'm not on their payroll, honestly

coeliac uk's food and drink directory is worth the money as it contains lists of gluten free (ergo wheat free) products available from all the supermarkets and is my bible these days.

sorry, bit long winded there!

oh, and the Salute pasta brand; available from.....wait for it.....sainsbury's is the most palatable GF pasta I've found. It doesn't reheat well though and if overcooked disintegrates into little pieces.

Be prepared for a massive hike in your shopping bill as well. GF/WF is NOT a cheap way to live

speaking of sausages, my butcher will make them without wheat if you buy a few kilos. I've never got round to it as I'm ok with a little wheat but I'm sure it works out much cheaper to do that and freeze them.

dr did a blood test and im sure one of them was for coeliac disease - which was negative

i dont fancy the idea of that pasta at all
would rather do without

i usually buy sausages and burgers from the farm shop - so going to ask them

they also have porridge oats

thanks every one

Lacadiasycal,

What were your coeliac symptoms? I went GF (as well as dairy-free) for 7 months when BF my DD as she was gluten-sensitive and was amazed that I NEVER passes wind in that time! Now I do, especially late afternoon and evening (sorry if TMI) and can get very bloated. Not sure if symptoms are severe enough to go to doc and ask for a test. Interested to hear some people talking about being foggy-headed - I feel that all the time - put it down to post-pregnancy memory loss. My short term memory is truly awful.

Enough of my whingeing - I just wanted to hear what you thought!

coeliac symptoms

I had bloating, very bad indigestion, unexplained skin rashes, anaemia, headaches. It all came to head for me,when I had a D&V bug and the diahorrea never went away when the bug cleared up. Wasn't dx'd till I was 35, although I'd had stoamch and bowel issues since I was a teenager.

and lol, since being GF I don't really do wind either...unless I've been eating cabbage or pickled eggs

i have severe bloating and occasional stomch pains. loose poo. sluggish and irritble

ds2 cant have wheat. He has the wheat from bread, its better toasted. The wheat free pita is good also. Rice cakes good also. It is a minefield, but you do get used to reading the ingredients for everything