Newly Diagnosed-questions

[LindyV]

I have been newly diagnosed. How serious should I be about meats? Can I eat cool-whip? Is there a place where I can go, type in a food and it says yes or no? Good grief, this can be very frustrating!!

[happygirl]

There are companies that provide lists of safe foods. You usually need to purchase a subscription to those.

The most effective way to know if something is safe is to learn to read labels.

Unsafe ingredients:https://www.celiac.com/celiac-disease/forbidden-gluten-food-list-unsafe-ingredients-r182/

Safe ingredients: https://www.celiac.com/articles/181/1/Safe-...ents/Page1.html

Companies that won't hide gluten. If you don't see wheat/rye/barley/barley malt/oats on the label, then its not hidden in starches, flavors, etc. Open Original Shared Link

Take these lists with you when shopping. It'll make life much easier.

All plain meat (chicken, beef, pork, etc.) and seafood is safe. It depends on how/what is cooked that determines if it has gluten. But meat/chicken/seafood itself is gluten free.

Cool-Whip is a Kraft Brand. Kraft is a company on the above list that won't hide gluten. If you don't see a gluten source listed, its not in there. If you need help determining ingredients, feel free to post and someone will help. Open Original Shared Link

Hope this helps and welcome to the board!