Celiac Disease

[grannyglut]

I am really having trouble knowing what attitives are o.k. and what to avoid.How bad can this get? I have known now for 3 wks and this is by far the hardest diet to get into. I feel so overwhelmed and need help in starting out and sticking to this.

[celiac3270]

Have to go, but here's a link to a forbidden ingredient list:

https://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?p_prodi...-04105054889.fc

Welcome!

-celiac3270

[KaitiUSA]

That list is priceless at first when you are learning everything.

Also you need to check for things you would never think of such as lipsticks and cosmetics, shampoos, things you use for your hands, face, and head that can easily get into your mouth.

This list below is a list of brands that will not hide anything. They will say wheat, rye, barley, oats right on the label so if you do not see those ingredients on following labels then they are safe. These labels are great because they save you time especially at first when you are looking at the label then looking at the list. When you learn the ropes you will know what to look for and it will be really easy.

Aunt Nelly's

Balance

Baskin Robbins

Ben & Jerry

Betty Crocker

Blue Bunny

Breyers

Campbells

Cascadian Farms

Celestial Seasonings

Country Crock

Edy's

General Mills

Good Humor

Green Giant

Haagen Daz

Hellman's

Hershey

Hormel

Hungry Jack

Jiffy

Knorr

Kozy Shack

Kraft

Libby's

Lipton

Martha White

McCormick

Nabisco

Nestle

Old El Paso

Ortega

Pillsbury

Popsicle

Post

Progresso

Russell Stover

Seneca Foods

Smucker

Stokely's

Sunny Delight

T Marzetti

Tyson

Unilever

Wishbone

Yoplait

Zatarain's

[ianm]

For me I just stay away from processed foods. I prefer to eat simply prepared meat, veggies, fruit, nuts, buckwheat, millet, quinoa, cheese and yogurt. This lifestyle seems overwhelming at first but once you get the hang of it you won't think much about it.

[cdford]

Those first few weeks are tough. It gets so much better with time. You figure out which brands you can buy safely and you get the hang of checking labels. You do like I do and keep the dieticians for the local grocery chain on your cell phone's speed dial. After a few months of this, it becomes similar to the way you used to buy groceries...i.e. you have a list and you go through the store and pick up a brand you buy regularly.

Hang in there. It is worth the time you spend researching and reading those labels. And it definitely does get easier over time.