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I'm Also Allergic To Corn And Soy...help!

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glutenfreejenny Apprentice
glutenfreejenny
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I've pretty much gotten corn, soy, tomatoes (also allergic to blah) and gluten out of my diet...But cosmetics and body lotions and washes and all that is almost harder. I have NO idea what to use. I thought I would check here and see if anyone could help before I start calling companies like crazy. I'm just afraid I will find nothing!! The problem is the soy and gluten combination is hard. And I a skin rash (kp I beleive) all over my arms, upper back and legs that will not go away.

Also, finding vitamins is a pain as well. Something without corn, soy, and gluten is always more expensive. Especially at GNC which is the only place I know that labels when it's not in it. Does anyone know any other place that makes finding vitamins a little easier?

Thanks :)

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LittleMissPatient Rookie
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Would you mind sharing some of the food products that you consume? I have the same allergies that you have (plus a whole load of others, like eggs, dairy, certain animal proteins etc etc), and I have the hardest time finding products like milks, cereals, and things of the sort. I'd love to compare notes!

Foxfire62 Newbie
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I've pretty much gotten corn, soy, tomatoes (also allergic to blah) and gluten out of my diet...But cosmetics and body lotions and washes and all that is almost harder. I have NO idea what to use. I thought I would check here and see if anyone could help before I start calling companies like crazy. I'm just afraid I will find nothing!! The problem is the soy and gluten combination is hard. And I a skin rash (kp I beleive) all over my arms, upper back and legs that will not go away.

Also, finding vitamins is a pain as well. Something without corn, soy, and gluten is always more expensive. Especially at GNC which is the only place I know that labels when it's not in it. Does anyone know any other place that makes finding vitamins a little easier?

Thanks :)

I hope I can help with the vitamins. I was told my nutritionist who also has celiac disease that NatureMade vitamins are gluten-free, and I even called and confirmed.

Also, I believe Dove is supposed to be gluten-free. You might want to check.

Good luck!

glutenfreejenny Apprentice
glutenfreejenny
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Would you mind sharing some of the food products that you consume? I have the same allergies that you have (plus a whole load of others, like eggs, dairy, certain animal proteins etc etc), and I have the hardest time finding products like milks, cereals, and things of the sort. I'd love to compare notes!

yeah. I have been ordering from the online gluten free store, but I also go to a lot of stores like trader joes and whole foods to find the same foods. I like to eat fruit bars. There's the George Delights fruit bars, and they have some at target. They are usually just fruit. And there's dried fruits. My favorites are the Sensible Snacks. I put a lot of fruit stuff like that in my purse so I always have a snack with me incase i'm with someone that wants to eat and I can't eat a lot or I get hungry. If I don't have it with me to eat I may get so hungry I eat something I know I shouldn't have.

I also like the Enjoy Life brand cookies and stuff. It's expensive, but I don't have a kitchen (I kind of share one but can't use it much) and that way I can have cookies. They keep away from the 8 main allergies including dairy and egg.

For actual meals I've pretty much been eating a lot of rice. I'll add steamed veggies and plain meat to it.

I eat A LOT of fruit. And I try to get a lot of veggies. I make sure that the fridge is filled with them.

The cereal I've started eating is Perky's Nutty Flax Gluten-Free Cereal. At first I thought it was terrible but I now actually like it.

I assume you use rice milk?? I eat SO MUCH rice. I used to eat rice milk and may go back because I think I might have a dairy problem. Rice cakes, actual rice, rice milk...lots of rice. I also like potatoes but try to not eat them so much because I eat so much rice already and it makes me really thirsty and I can't combine the two.

Sorry this is so randomly written and long. Do you cook? Do you have any recipes you like?

glutenfreejenny Apprentice
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I hope I can help with the vitamins. I was told my nutritionist who also has celiac disease that NatureMade vitamins are gluten-free, and I even called and confirmed.

Also, I believe Dove is supposed to be gluten-free. You might want to check.

Good luck!

Thanks!! I have the vitamins down, now on to the beauty products. :)

LDJofDenver Apprentice
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Here's a link to a mainstream grocery shopping guide - they have a couple different ones, this one is Gluten-Casein-Soy Free.

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I have the gluten-free one, don't know how I ever got along without it.

For skin/hair products etc., you might search this forum for the word Neutrogena. I recently saw a posting of a huge list of their stuff that is gluten-free. You could always call or email them as well. There's more safe stuff out there than you realize, so don't panic.

glutenfreejenny Apprentice
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Here's a link to a mainstream grocery shopping guide - they have a couple different ones, this one is Gluten-Casein-Soy Free.

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I have the gluten-free one, don't know how I ever got along without it.

For skin/hair products etc., you might search this forum for the word Neutrogena. I recently saw a posting of a huge list of their stuff that is gluten-free. You could always call or email them as well. There's more safe stuff out there than you realize, so don't panic.

Thanks :)

I've found it hard to find something that also doesn't have soy. Everyone seems to be putting soy in everything, even beauty products. What a pain.

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