Foods to eat

[Jennifer Jimenez]

So, I’ve been diagnosed with gluten sensitivity and now with celiacs. I’ve switched to a gluten free diet but I’m still having undigested food sometimes my food is more digested than other times. I realized that it gets worse if I eat meat like cow meat. My doctor told me just to follow a gluten free diet. It seems the more I learn about this the more complex it is. I’m going To try eating only chicken, turkey, and ham. It seems like a lot of things bother me:( I’m scared to damage my pancreas or something. This disease is overwhelming when nobody in your family understands nor do the doctors explain anything.  I’m also taking colostrum, probiotics and they seem to help me digest food. However, some days I still have joint pain and undigested stools. Do you think it may not be gluten but since my body is recovering heavy foods may be affecting me? 

[Splishsplashy]

I’ve never experienced this exact thing myself but when I was going through a period of time when I was still getting sick after my celiac diagnosis we looked at this sort of stuff but basically sorry if I’m wrong about anything. So if you are finding out it’s the meat thing some people have said that they have problems with grain feed meat if they have celiac and try to stay clear of that and stick with meats like organic free range or grass feed meats. (That’s not scientifically proven to help though but hey some people it helps so worth a try) A lot of times people have trouble with food high in fats with celiac because of how the body has trouble taking in nutrients and such and a lot of red meats are high in fat so that’s another thing you can do look for lower fat red meats. It’s also important to make sure that the spices or marinade on the meat is gluten free which is something I didn’t realize for awhile. Maybe you could try hydrochloric acid tablets? That’s another thing that can help people digest foods. And honestly it could be something on top of celiac, celiac is an autoimmune issue so often there’s more than one autoimmune disease involved. I’m sorry you’re feeling overwhelmed! Celiac can definitely take a lot to get used to but finding support can be really helpful even  if it’s just finding someone’s blog or something, there’s people all over the internet with the same sort of thing that want to help. Good luck with everything and hope you start to feel better! 

[Ennis-TX]

Sounds like it could be a digestive enzyme issue or a weak stomach acid issues. HCL pill like the ones by doctors best or bluebonnet will make your acid stronger to break down foods, while enzymes like those by silverfern could help, a less complete enzyme pill like Jarrows might work for you. Avoid enzymes with calcium, and antiacids. Keep a food diary for now, and go to a simpler diet. I found Cooking foods to mush made them easier to break down a bit. I go with soft omelettes (mix in almond milk to keep them moist and use a microwave cooker), nut meal porridge, and some meats like fish and crab I found easier to digest and cook them til they are super soft. If you want to try red meat again, try a leaner grass fed cut, cut it into small pieces and boil it for 2-3 hours (stew meat it) makes a wonderful broth also and a good soup/chili start while making it almost melt in your mouth. Personally I had to give up meats in all but the smallest amounts because I could not digest them well, and have to avoid eating pork period. But I have a messed up pancreas (gluten ataxia related with nerve damage affecting my spinal cord at the T7) effected my ability to digest meats, and I am prone to extreme blood sugar spikes if I touch carbs (carbs also flare another condition I have)
https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/119919-digestive-enzymes/

 

[Jennifer Jimenez]

On 7/9/2018 at 2:17 PM, Ennis_TX said:

Sounds like it could be a digestive enzyme issue or a weak stomach acid issues. HCL pill like the ones by doctors best or bluebonnet will make your acid stronger to break down foods, while enzymes like those by silverfern could help, a less complete enzyme pill like Jarrows might work for you. Avoid enzymes with calcium, and antiacids. Keep a food diary for now, and go to a simpler diet. I found Cooking foods to mush made them easier to break down a bit. I go with soft omelettes (mix in almond milk to keep them moist and use a microwave cooker), nut meal porridge, and some meats like fish and crab I found easier to digest and cook them til they are super soft. If you want to try red meat again, try a leaner grass fed cut, cut it into small pieces and boil it for 2-3 hours (stew meat it) makes a wonderful broth also and a good soup/chili start while making it almost melt in your mouth. Personally I had to give up meats in all but the smallest amounts because I could not digest them well, and have to avoid eating pork period. But I have a messed up pancreas (gluten ataxia related with nerve damage affecting my spinal cord at the T7) effected my ability to digest meats, and I am prone to extreme blood sugar spikes if I touch carbs (carbs also flare another condition I have)
https://www.celiac.com/forums/topic/119919-digestive-enzymes/

is it normal to have pale colored stools? I read online it’s not normal ?