Starting Over Again

[jlr]

Hi all,

I was diagnosed about a 6 months with a biopsy and a blood test, I am 39 years old and I have tried to become an informed Gluten Free dieter but I have rarely gotten more than 2 weeks at a time without an "episode". At first I thought they were all related to eating out but as I studied my food diary I noticed that they all were not - I was having episides without eating out.

I had another one last night and I am home today recuperating - I am going to start over with my diet again. I will go back to the basics and slowly add items in. I start with rice, almond milk, yogurt, and turkey as my basics.

Can someone help from there - what are the gentle foods that I could add on after the basics. I especially miss fruits and vegetables - what are the gentle fruits and vegetables?? I usually try apple juice - but that has been giving me problems lately.

THANKS for any and all help that you can provide!!!

Janet

[Mango04]

If you are still having problems, you might consider completely eliminating dairy, at least for the time being. I would not eat yogurt or almond milk. Yogurt is dairy and almond milk is a processed, mulit-ingredient food that usually contains synthetic vitamins and carageenan. Carageenan is an additive that can be very hard on the digestive system. You might be able to reintroduce these things later, but for now I would stick with cooked and peeled veggies, applesauce, banannas, clean organic meats and small amounts of brown rice. You can add additional things in slowly, but stick to whole, single ingredient foods. I would also recommend avoiding all soy and dairy for several weeks. That's just my opinion though. That's what would work for me.

[jerseyangel]

I agree with everything Mango said, and I would add potatoes. Potatoes are the easiest food for me to digest, especially when I'm having a reaction. They're my comfort food Definately try avoiding soy and dairy and see if that helps.

[pamelaD]

A good rule of thumb for a 'basic' diet is to stay away from anything processed (in a factory).

Here is my list:

rice

bananas

sweet potatos/potatos

eggs

and maybe:

any well cooked veggie

poultry

Good Luck

Pam

[Nadtorious]

You may want to try white rice-like Lundberg, which says gluten free right on the bag-if brown rice is giving you problems. I've been diagnosed for 3 years and (knock on wood) haven't had a reaction in months, but brown rice still gives me issues

Definetly try cutting out dairy and the almond milk for a while. I didn't start feeling better until everything I ate was completely unprocessed.

Good luck-

Nadia

[jlr]

Thank you all so much I will try these recommendations! Can I assume that I should continue to supplement with a Daily Multi vitamin and Calcium?

[kbtoyssni]

Applesauce! That's all I eat when my stomach hurts.

[Nancym]

Read over your vitamin ingredients very carefully, some of them have gluten.

I find that the best diet for my digestion is meat, veggies and fruit. I use coconut milk too for things. When I start eating too many grains or soy or nuts then things start to fall apart. If raw fruits and veggies are too much for you, then cook them.

[jerseyangel]

Thank you all so much I will try these recommendations! Can I assume that I should continue to supplement with a Daily Multi vitamin and Calcium?

Yes--they are a good idea, unless you think they may be upsetting your stomach. If that's the case, you could try changing brands--I had to do that.

[penguin]

I can't seem to tolerate vitamins and they generally make me sick, gluten-free or not. I was taking the kids gummy vites for a while but they upset my stomach too. That's just a point of information, I don't have a solution. I just don't take vitamins...

[jlr]

I had checked my vitamins before but I will check again or maybe just start over with new ones (like my subject line says)

I have to say this board has been a very positive thing as I muddle through trying to figure this all out! Thanks again for being such a supportive group!

Janet

[CarlaB]

I had checked my vitamins in the beginning, but when I checked them out again, I found they had a barley derivative in them that I missed the first time around. As we learn more, we catch more! Anyway, I read all labels every time I buy a product. I've stopped assuming the ingredients stay the same or that I caught it the first time. I don't read if I know for sure, usually off this message board.