New to Gluten

[Di Roddis]

Hi has anyone got any tips I'm new to gluten free 

[trents]

Welcome to the forum, Di Roddis!

I assume you are asking about tips for achieving gluten free eating. Here is a primer that might help you get started:

Eliminating major sources of gluten is easy but actually eliminating all gluten is much more of a challenge and requires education and constant diligence. One thing that makes it difficult is that wheat (gluten) is used in foods where you would never expect to find it, like most soy sauces and Campbell's Tomato soup. Those are just two examples. And foods that would naturally be gluten free often are cross-contaminated with gluten in the fields, during transportation and storage or during processing if shared equipment is used. A good example of cross-contamination would  be dried lentils, where wheat kernels typically find their way into the batch.

[Di Roddis]

On 3/6/2023 at 4:40 PM, trents said:

Welcome to the forum, Di Roddis!

I assume you are asking about tips for achieving gluten free eating. Here is a primer that might help you get started:

Eliminating major sources of gluten is easy but actually eliminating all gluten is much more of a challenge and requires education and constant diligence. One thing that makes it difficult is that wheat (gluten) is used in foods where you would never expect to find it, like most soy sauces and Campbell's Tomato soup. Those are just two examples. And foods that would naturally be gluten free often are cross-contaminated with gluten in the fields, during transportation and storage or during processing if shared equipment is used. A good example of cross-contamination would  be dried lentils, where wheat kernels typically find their way into the batch.

Thank you for your help.