Gluten free emergency long life food

[AuntieE]

I eat only soft boiled veg, goat milk in small amounts. I can't eat as much as a pot of yoghurt. No grains, not even rice. I can eat small amounts of grass fed beef. Egg. No legumes or lentils. Water. Plain republic of tea tea, and pascha chocolate but only the dark no nibs or vanilla. Ghee.

Well washed apples. Raw sugar. No honey. Allergic to tree nuts and peanuts.

The consequences of straying from this are dire, both dh and stomach and migraine. 

Is anyone similar and can recommend some canned or long life foods? I tried to reintroduce gluten-free bread,it was bad on my stomach and dh. 

I'm quite worried if I'm stuck inside due to the Corona virus I'll starve!

[BubbleGirl2]

33 minutes ago, AuntieE said:

I eat only soft boiled veg, goat milk in small amounts. I can't eat as much as a pot of yoghurt. No grains, not even rice. I can eat small amounts of grass fed beef. Egg. No legumes or lentils. Water. Plain republic of tea tea, and pascha chocolate but only the dark no nibs or vanilla. Ghee.

Well washed apples. Raw sugar. No honey. Allergic to tree nuts and peanuts.

The consequences of straying from this are dire, both dh and stomach and migraine. 

Is anyone similar and can recommend some canned or long life foods? I tried to reintroduce gluten-free bread,it was bad on my stomach and dh. 

I'm quite worried if I'm stuck inside due to the Corona virus I'll starve!

So sorry to read you are experiencing so much. I can truly relate. I'm not a professional or anything close, just someone with an extremely limited diet because of health issues. I can't do dairy at all, no grains, only a couple of vegetables and berries. I can have lean fish and poultry. I have stocked up on some organic canned chicken, salmon and some carrots. I don't tolerate tuna but that's an option too. I am just careful to look at the ingredients in them because they put potato, rice and flavorings in some of them. I make up a chicken stock and put in the vegetables I can tolerate and freeze it in servings. There is a brownie that I made a recipe for with almond flour using chia seed replacement egg for a family member who can tolerate but if you can replace the almond for a different type it might work. I can add it if you would use it. Next on my list is to try to pop some sorghum and see if I can tolerate it. Best of luck. 

[Ennis-TX]

I pretty much only eat eggs, some soft cooked meats, and nut/seed butters (sunbutter, then homemade almond, pecan, hazlenut, macadamia nut etc). I will be back on soft cooked veggies in a few months when my guts heal more.

Augason Farms and a few others have freeze dried eggs, meats, veggies etc. You just mix in hot water to reconstitute them, the veggies are great to make soups with.
https://www.prepsos.com/product-category/brands/augason-farms/augason-farms-gluten-free/

[AuntieE]

Can you please post brands of canned food u can tolerate?

 

Has the augustson farms led to any reaction?

Fish (iodine) and chicken (no idea why) both cause me to react.

Sweet potato. Apples. Cauliflower. 

I'm highly allergic to nuts. Rash, swelling, etc. 

I've no freezer, just a cooler.

I'm pretty scared. Thank you for replying. A limited diet is bad at the best of times.

My last teff and quinoa experiments ended in bad things.

I don't much care about my limited diet, I just don't want to starve if quarantined!

[BubbleGirl2]

1 minute ago, BubbleGirl2 said:

 

Walmart Valley Fresh Organic canned chicken breast and Bumble Bee skinless boneless pink salmon in water ready to eat. There are a few brands that only have water and salt for the salmon, have only found the Valley Fresh chicken so far to have no added ingredients other than sea salt. Your diet sounds as restrictive as mine. I'm in a bit of a crisis trying to stop losing weight, will add as I can. So sorry you are feeling this way. I find calling store managers and explaining they are more than happy to order extra items. Hang in there. I hear you on the limited part vs. starving. Try canned fruit if you can tolerate those.

[AuntieE]

Thank you so much!!!

I see the bumble tuna has veg broth. That's not going to work. I'll try canned fruit. 

I'm having similar trouble with weight loss. Apples, wholesome brand raw sugar, stewed, help keep it stable. Ghee. I'm trying to build up olive oil tolerance. 

I honestly have accepted life as it is, but if I can't get out to get supplies, I'm going to be in huge trouble. I don't care to add things anymore. 

Avocado and banana are out. I react badly. 

I'm going to buy a dehydrator and make jerky I think. 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you please post brands of canned food u can tolerate?

 

Has the augustson farms led to any reaction?

Fish (iodine) and chicken (no idea why) both cause me to react.

Sweet potato. Apples. Cauliflower. 

I'm highly allergic to nuts. Rash, swelling, etc. 

I've no freezer, just a cooler.

I'm pretty scared. Thank you for replying. A limited diet is bad at the best of times.

My last teff and quinoa experiments ended in bad things.

I don't much care about my limited diet, I just don't want to starve if quarantined!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BubbleGirl2]

So glad to be able to help!! I hear you on the bananas and avocado. Same. Walmart: Wild Planet albacore tuna just sea salt!!  I will review your items again and see what else I can think of in the am. Can you eat things like dried fruit? Dates? There is a chocolate chip that I put in my recipe that has nothing but cocoa and sugar Enjoy Life chocolate baking chips. They are great in a pinch for calories. Also Walmart has them. Bye for now. 

[AuntieE]

Enjoy life chips make me sick. I've no idea why. I can eat pascha. Can't eat dates. 

It's ridiculous, I know!

 

[Ennis-TX]

To be fair Pascha has NOTHING else in it, every other chip has stabilizers, preservatives, and sweeteners. I keep a bag of their pure dark chocolate chips around in case I get a request for them (I run a Paleo Based Catering/Bakery) . Also the Plain Bakers Chocolate bars of Pure dark chocolate would probably be a cheaper option to stock up on cheap high calorie food. PS you can also buy pure cocoa nibs...oddly crio bru sells them in 5lb bags for brewing chocolate beverages in a french press.

Harvest Right makes a freeze drier....expensive but I have been entering every competition they do to try to win one, Freeze drying eggs, and other foods I can eat so I can have instant ready food in mason jars/containers sounds great.

Oh and here are a few other companies that might have some stuff. I have tried the Thrive Life (Scrambled Eggs, and Beef Slices) as vendors show up to things like gun shows down here lol.
https://www.thrivelife.com/all-products/gluten-free.html
https://www.wisefoodstorage.com/emergency-food-kits-supplies/gluten-free-food-storage.html

I also buy pure beef protein isolate from bulk supplements, and Julian Bakery, same with egg white powder (this doubles as I use it to make royal icing for cakes/cupcakes) Being shelf stable and good for making instant eggs or beef broth these might be a good idea also.

Edited March 9, 2020 by Ennis_TX

[Corinne D.]

My diet is even more restricted than yours. I can only eat well-cooked beef and small amounts of fish - and that's it. I can have nothing canned, not even in salt and water, it has to be cooked from fresh or frozen.

However, I would not worry so much about being quarantined for very long. I live in France and was in Italy recently. Now I am required to stay in isolation for two weeks, but I am allowed to go out and get groceries if I wear a mask.

There are a few options if you would not be able to get out at all. You could ask someone to shop for you and leave the groceries on your doorstep for you to pick them up. Or you could order online and have stuff delivered.

As a general recommendation with a restricted diet, I strongly recommend investing in a freezer, it makes a world of difference.

[AuntieE]

Oh Corrine! That's awful! God help you! I'm praying you are ok! 

I don't live a very conventional lifestyle, so I have an ice filled cooler and that's it. I don't have any other options.

I've got a huge sack of sweet potatoes and apples, a lot of propane, and will just have to try wait for this craziness to end. 

Ennis, that's a very expensive piece of kit there! I hope you win one!

Actually, being able to eat pascha plain chocolate, but getting sick off the nibs and vanilla one helped me understand my allergies. I figure I was reacting to the posdible grain alcohol in the vanilla essence. I can't eat enjoy life at all. I can't drink stash tea, but republic of tea is fine. I've picked up dried goat's milk. 

I've got a few canned things to try out. I'm dreading it. I would not usually bother, but seeing how my entire state is getting sick, I had better make the effort. 

At least I'm used to wearing gloves since the bad nut reaction, and I wash my hands a lot too. So we highly allergic people are used to living in a hostile environment!

Thank you so much for the suggestions! 

 

[Corinne D.]

Thanks for your support, AuntieE I'm actually not so worried about getting the virus itself, as I am about getting it with mild symptoms and being hospitalised anyway. In Italy, they leave people with mild symptoms (over 85%) ride it out at home because they clear it on their own anyway. But here in France there are not yet so many cases, so it still seems special enough to put them all in hospital. My food issues may be more difficult to tackle then. But most likely I don't have it

In your case, if you really get in a situation where you can't go out to shop, I was wondering if maybe you could appeal to your neighbours or your local church community to help you out with the groceries?

Also, I think you might actually be able to live on just sweet potatoes and apples for two weeks. I don't know of longer individual quarantines.

[Fenrir]

I think the important thing here is that people are vastly over reacting to the Corona virus. The flu has killed 20x more people in the last month as the Conrona virus. I don't see a situation where food shortage happen.  There may be some temporary changes to our lifestyles if your area sees a large number of cases. It may not be a good idea to have a couple of weeks of food on hand but many people have at least a week's worth in their home at any given time. It may be good to pick up some extract canned veggies and meats. The main reason would be that if we get dense outbreaks you may want to avoid going to the store for a couple weeks just to stay out of highly trafficked areas. 

It's really no more deadly than the flu but it will be like there being the flu x2. 

So, there's a strong chance that if it's not like the flu and it tends to go away when spring comes around that we could see essentially 2x number of sick people we currently see in flu season. Now just going on my own situation, my department at work has 20 people, 4 people have had the flu this year. Instead of 4 with flu might see 4 with the flu+ 4 with Corona. 

That's on the high end of the odds probably that we'd see 40% of people getting the flu or corona virus. Also take into account that the Corona virus can range from a runny nose to even more serious than the flu. In fact, more than 80% of people with Corona virus don't experience symptoms as bad as the flu.

The same people susceptible to the flu are susceptible to Corona virus and for most people you are likely to be less ill than if you were to get the flu. 

 

[AuntieE]

39 minutes ago, Fenrir said:

I think the important thing here is that people are vastly over reacting to the Corona virus. The flu has killed 20x more people in the last month as the Conrona virus. I don't see a situation where food shortage happen.  There may be some temporary changes to our lifestyles if your area sees a large number of cases. It may not be a good idea to have a couple of weeks of food on hand but many people have at least a week's worth in their home at any given time. It may be good to pick up some extract canned veggies and meats. The main reason would be that if we get dense outbreaks you may want to avoid going to the store for a couple weeks just to stay out of highly trafficked areas. 

It's really no more deadly than the flu but it will be like there being the flu x2. 

So, there's a strong chance that if it's not like the flu and it tends to go away when spring comes around that we could see essentially 2x number of sick people we currently see in flu season. Now just going on my own situation, my department at work has 20 people, 4 people have had the flu this year. Instead of 4 with flu might see 4 with the flu+ 4 with Corona. 

That's on the high end of the odds probably that we'd see 40% of people getting the flu or corona virus. Also take into account that the Corona virus can range from a runny nose to even more serious than the flu. In fact, more than 80% of people with Corona virus don't experience symptoms as bad as the flu.

The same people susceptible to the flu are susceptible to Corona virus and for most people you are likely to be less ill than if you were to get the flu. 

 

I totally respect your point of view. I don't see it the same way, and am trying to find long life food I can eat should things get bad. I don't want to be in a situation where I'm not able to feed myself. I dont have people who will help. It's just being responsible and prepared.

Corrine, I'm sorry you are unwell, and hope the hospital manage to feed you, sweetheart! My heart goes out to you only having two foods left. I'm so very sorry that happened to you.

I thought I'd try epic jerky. Dried potatoes, and canned pears. It usually takes a month to try introduce one new food. I'll do the canned pear first. Leave it two days, then try the next one.

 

[RMJ]

In an emergency I wouldn’t feel bad about getting a lot of calories from sugar for a while.  Sugar (specifically glucose, which is half of table sugar) is what the brain needs for fuel.

[Ennis-TX]

4 minutes ago, RMJ said:

In an emergency I wouldn’t feel bad about getting a lot of calories from sugar for a while.  Sugar (specifically glucose, which is half of table sugar) is what the brain needs for fuel.

The brain is mostly fat and actually runs better on ketones. Takes a bit but once in ketosis and managing with enough fat and electrolytes it is amazing.

[RMJ]

17 minutes ago, Ennis_TX said:

The brain is mostly fat and actually runs better on ketones. Takes a bit but once in ketosis and managing with enough fat and electrolytes it is amazing.

I don’t know about better in all cases, but it will certainly use ketones when glucose isn’t available. This article about ketones and the brain is interesting.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/the-fat-fueled-brain-unnatural-or-advantageous/

[AuntieE]

Butter, olive oil, potatoes. Apples. Sugar. 

Canned pears did not go well. Why I do not know. I can eat pears.

 

 

 

[Corinne D.]

AuntieE, in Europe we have these protective masks called FPP2, which are typically designed as professional dust masks, but also protect both against transmitting and getting the virus. I got mine in a regular small-town pharmacy. Wearing such a mask and frequently rubbing hands with alcohol, which can be carried around in a small bottle, are quite effective measures against any germs.

As far as I can tell, the recommendations in the US for fragile people are to limit their outings as much as possible and avoid crowded places. Going out on short shopping trips once or twice a week outside the rush hours and with adequate protection should not pose such high risks.

[AuntieE]

There haven't been any masks in my state for a while now. The n95 or better are all sold out. I cannot use online shopping.

A few fit healthy men from California near Calabasas are very unwell. I'm an older woman in poor health with a very restricted diet.

Italy in it's entirety has been shut down, China shut down. They don't do this for a mild flu like disease. 

• Now, there are 9,172 cases of the virus in Italy and 463 people have died from it 
• Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on Tuesday things would 'get worse before they get better'  

If I go out at all here I don't like my chances. If I get it, I'm toast. Too old and too unwell. Italy is overwhelmed and choosing who to save.

Trust me, a sick, older poor woman is not getting intensive care. 

Im grateful for any suggestions of long life brands that I might try. Thanks to Ennis and bubble.

 

 

Edited March 10, 2020 by AuntieE
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[AuntieE]

I've already said I can't eat any grain . I can't tolerate canned food. I was hoping for recommendations of brands of long life veg, fruit and meat that are as simple and uncontaminated as pascha chocolate is.

I don't want to be told not to worry . I tried not to respond. 

You can not worry if you like. 

Don't bother talking down to me. I'm done.

 

 

I've never found a dried or canned product that I can tolerate and is both nut and gluten free. I cannot eat grain. You can't read and comprehend 

[cyclinglady]

On 3/8/2020 at 9:02 PM, AuntieE said:

Thank you so much!!!

I see the bumble tuna has veg broth. That's not going to work. I'll try canned fruit. 

I'm having similar trouble with weight loss. Apples, wholesome brand raw sugar, stewed, help keep it stable. Ghee. I'm trying to build up olive oil tolerance. 

I honestly have accepted life as it is, but if I can't get out to get supplies, I'm going to be in huge trouble. I don't care to add things anymore. 

Avocado and banana are out. I react badly. 

I'm going to buy a dehydrator and make jerky I think. 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you please post brands of canned food u can tolerate?

 

Has the augustson farms led to any reaction?

Fish (iodine) and chicken (no idea why) both cause me to react.

Sweet potato. Apples. Cauliflower. 

I'm highly allergic to nuts. Rash, swelling, etc. 

I've no freezer, just a cooler.

I'm pretty scared. Thank you for replying. A limited diet is bad at the best of times.

My last teff and quinoa experiments ended in bad things.

I don't much care about my limited diet, I just don't want to starve if quarantined!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No freezer?  If you can not afford a freezer/refrigerator, you should consider contacting social services, a local celiac disease support group or your doctor.  Even if homeless, you should be able to get help, at least a place to store food safely.  

I hope you are able to get the help you need.  

[Zenith]

On ‎3‎/‎8‎/‎2020 at 6:36 PM, AuntieE said:

I eat only soft boiled veg, goat milk in small amounts. I can't eat as much as a pot of yoghurt. No grains, not even rice. I can eat small amounts of grass fed beef. Egg. No legumes or lentils. Water. Plain republic of tea tea, and pascha chocolate but only the dark no nibs or vanilla. Ghee.

Well washed apples. Raw sugar. No honey. Allergic to tree nuts and peanuts.

The consequences of straying from this are dire, both dh and stomach and migraine. 

Is anyone similar and can recommend some canned or long life foods? I tried to reintroduce gluten-free bread,it was bad on my stomach and dh. 

I'm quite worried if I'm stuck inside due to the Corona virus I'll starve!

SO does NON grass fed beef have gluten in the beef? I just buy the organic grass fed beef at wal mart and sometimes I buy the square packages, (grass fed), but NOT organic. I never had a problem. But the yucky cheap beef I heard people have problems with the round -up. The meat is so disgusting at wal mart, Alids, Hyvees etc if it is NON organic. I don't touch the stuff. But I am gonna start buying my meat at Azure Standard (turkey), (chicken)  ,the beef I really want to find some good web site to buy that.   I eat gluten free bread but it is kinda gross!! Corona  virus is a hoax. Everything is. Except this celiac stuff.  lol  I eat Amy's meals and EVOL and that INDIA meals. If I don' t eat those, then it is one ingredient foods since I do NOT cook. I will eat like a burger patty, ounce of cheese,  a couple small potatoes with buttermilk ranch dressing, almonds,  Blueberries.  I do NOT buy anything edible at walmart except for now the organic burger. I eat a lot of eggs too. One woman back in 2012, said her stomach hurt sometimes after eating eggs. I am thinking :    "how can eggs hurt?".  Well then I find out EGGs are BIG  allergin. And it kinda has a MILK kind of protein in it that bothers ppl. Casien like stuff. WOW I believe her now.  

[Awol cast iron stomach]

On 3/8/2020 at 11:11 PM, BubbleGirl2 said:

So glad to be able to help!! I hear you on the bananas and avocado. Same. Walmart: Wild Planet albacore tuna just sea salt!!  I will review your items again and see what else I can think of in the am. Can you eat things like dried fruit? Dates? There is a chocolate chip that I put in my recipe that has nothing but cocoa and sugar Enjoy Life chocolate baking chips. They are great in a pinch for calories. Also Walmart has them. Bye for now. 

I also give a nod to wild planet tuna. That is what I had to switch to.

[Ennis-TX]

Just now, Awol cast iron stomach said:

I also give a nod to wild planet tuna. That is what I had to switch to.

Same that and Thrive Markets are the only two I really never had issues with.