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How To Teach My Family(and Myself) What I Can Eat

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Bronwen Newbie
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Im having trouble telling my family and friends(and myself).Is there a good list somewhere I can printout for help buying groceries that I can post on the fridge for them. "Dont buy products containing....Buy this instead..." kinda thing. My poor boyfriends clueless.My parents are useless and Im not sure who to believe. Glutens in this but not in this?but have heard differently from different sources.

Im dairy/soy/gluten free officially as of today

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Im having trouble telling my family and friends(and myself).Is there a good list somewhere I can printout for help buying groceries that I can post on the fridge for them. "Dont buy products containing....Buy this instead..." kinda thing. My poor boyfriends clueless.My parents are useless and Im not sure who to believe. Glutens in this but not in this?but have heard differently from different sources.

Im dairy/soy/gluten free officially as of today

That's a tall order, but not impossible. I myself am avoiding dairy, soy, glutens, and eggs. The simplest thing to do at first is to eat just basic, whole foods. Meats, veggies, fruits. Getting into the habit of reading labels (and decoding them) can be a little overwhelming at first.

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Bronwen, check Nini's newbie kit, it has a whole lot of useful information. Open Original Shared Link Scroll down to the bottom to find the links.

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Im having trouble telling my family and friends(and myself).Is there a good list somewhere I can printout for help buying groceries that I can post on the fridge for them. "Dont buy products containing....Buy this instead..." kinda thing. My poor boyfriends clueless.My parents are useless and Im not sure who to believe. Glutens in this but not in this?but have heard differently from different sources.

Im dairy/soy/gluten free officially as of today

Ursela,

Welcome to the "special club" as my daughter puts it.....she has celiac disease and is 11. She was diagnosed in early July and I talked to friends and family members about this until i was blue in the face. It has not been until her article came out on Nov. 19 in our local paper (has now gone out to over 3,800 newspapers in the USA and still on the wire!) that close friends and family members understood REALLY what i went through with her!!! Please read the article if you have not seen it before and share it with them......they will have a better understanding.

Next, there is not a "simple" list......ever! I was totally overwhelmed in the beginning. Go out and get the book "Living Gluten Free for Dummies" by Danna Korn. It is probably one of the best over-all and easiest books to understand along with easy basic recipes. This helped me more than any other reading material....like i said, it gets overwhelming so try to keep it simple to start with.

Then...find a support group in your area......where are you from? I 'm sure there are folks on this message board that can help direct you in the area.

Here's the link to the article......enjoy! We are getting such pos results from it, but mostly it has helped my friends to understand so much MORE!

Leaving the disease behind

Kim Guthrie goes through several knives making toast for her family in

the morning. And she has to use two toasters. “I also have to use two

different tubs of butter,” she said.

The sender says:

To read the rest of the story, go to

Open Original Shared Link

email: kdzbgone@sbcglobal.net

Best of luck,

Kim

Ursela,

Welcome to the "special club" as my daughter puts it.....she has celiac disease and is 11. She was diagnosed in early July and I talked to friends and family members about this until i was blue in the face. It has not been until her article came out on Nov. 19 in our local paper (has now gone out to over 3,800 newspapers in the USA and still on the wire!) that close friends and family members understood REALLY what i went through with her!!! Please read the article if you have not seen it before and share it with them......they will have a better understanding.

Next, there is not a "simple" list......ever! I was totally overwhelmed in the beginning. Go out and get the book "Living Gluten Free for Dummies" by Danna Korn. It is probably one of the best over-all and easiest books to understand along with easy basic recipes. This helped me more than any other reading material....like i said, it gets overwhelming so try to keep it simple to start with.

Then...find a support group in your area......where are you from? I 'm sure there are folks on this message board that can help direct you in the area.

Here's the link to the article......enjoy! We are getting such pos results from it, but mostly it has helped my friends to understand so much MORE!

Leaving the disease behind

Kim Guthrie goes through several knives making toast for her family in

the morning. And she has to use two toasters. “I also have to use two

different tubs of butter,” she said.

The sender says:

To read the rest of the story, go to

Open Original Shared Link

email: kdzbgone@sbcglobal.net

Best of luck,

Kim

Oooppps! I'm sorry i got your name wrong!....please forgive me, i was looking at the last poster's name!....best, Kim

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