Too much sugar and salt! But especially sugar

[Elizabeth M Blair]

I am having a hard time eating gluten-free.  Diagnosed by endoscopy bioposy a month or so ago.

I don't like sugar on my cereal or my pancakes or in my bread. I do like the occasional sweet treat but do not want my food to have added sugar unless it IS dessert.  I have yet to find a gluten-free bread with no sugar.

Also I read on this forum that it might be a good idea to avoid milk products for the first couple of year after diagnosis.  I am trying to do that and finally found a "milk" without lactose and sugar!  I would really appreciate it if someone with respond to my questions. My friends all act like this is no big deal and are not much. 

I posted these concerns a week or so ago and no one responded.  Are there gluten-free breads out there without sugar?  Are there cereals out there without sugar?

[Scott Adams]

Can you tolerate gluten-free oats? If so, you could certainly make them without sugar. There are other hot cereals like this one that has very low sugar:
https://ancientharvest.com/hot-cereal/quinoa-flakes/

As far as breads without sugar you may need to make your own, but this small bakery is supposedly back in business, and they used apple juice as a sweetener and no sugar:

https://grindstonebakery.com/

[Elizabeth M Blair]

Scott,  Thank you so much.  It is time I learn to make my own bread because I don't want all the extra sugar in many gluten-free bread products.  I appreciate the links and will look closely at the bread only sweetened by applesauce. 

I did buy gluten-free rolled oats recently and just add prunes and/or raisens.  I like them fine but it does taken time on a business. day.

I appreciate you weighing in!  Thanks so much.

 

[Scott Adams]

This recipe was designed by a scientist, and it uses bananas to sweeten it:

 

[RMJ]

A lot of bread recipes include some sugar because that’s what the yeast “eats” in order to grow and form the bubbles that make bread rise.  If it is way down in the ingredient list it may be for the yeast action and the bread probably won’t be very sweet.

[Scott Adams]

Correction, that recipe I posted includes:

2 tablespoons (30 ml) granulated sugar (* omit granulated sugar if using maple syrup in place of molasses)

But it does let you use molasses or maple syrup...you may be able to use a sugar substitute, not sure after @RMJ's post about yeast.