Jump to content

  • Welcome to Celiac.com!

    You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.



  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):

    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):

  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Support Our Content
    eNewsletter
    Donate

Gluten Free Nuts?

notkuroda

Recommended Posts

notkuroda Apprentice
notkuroda
Posted

Hi all. My wife has been getting constantly contaminated for about 2 months. She gets over one glutening, and another sneaks up. We really don't know what's causing it. So she's going to go on a raw food diet for awhile. My concern is that she needs protein, so she needs to eat a lot of nuts and seeds. We've really had a problem finding anything in that area that's gluten free. Any recommendations? I mean 100%, 0 ppm, no gluten at all. She is SUPER sensitive. Or if you have any recs for other ways to get protein besides meat and eggs, I'd appreciate that as well.

Thank you

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


cavernio Enthusiast
cavernio
Posted

You could try raw fish, like sushi. It's just ocean fish that has been freezed to below a certain temperature for a certain period of time to kill any parasites or eggs that may be living in it. That said I don't think regular fridge freezers are cold enough...but you could go out and order sashimi once in awhile.

Unfortunately I know of no nuts that are gluten free where I live. You could try nuts in the shell though. Scrub them first and/or you could crack them for her. You can also eat the seeds of squash and pumpkin you just buy but...yeah, I was about to tell you how to roast them, haha. Well, if you don't mind roasting squash and pumpkin seeds, they definitely won't have gluten on them from outside your home.

Beans certainly have lots of protein, but I don't think there's any type of those you can eat raw.

There is, of course, dairy, but I'm guessing she's off that and probably off soy too.

pricklypear1971 Community Regular
pricklypear1971
Posted

Lots of people order from NutsOnline. Open Original Shared Link

To the OP, I hope you've been reading the responses to your other posts.

dilettantesteph Collaborator
dilettantesteph
Posted

If her problem is sensitivity to very low levels of gluten, then I share that problem. I would not be able to get enough calories or protein safely with a raw foods diet. I couldn't find any nuts that I could eat. The best were ones bought in the shell, but even those were a bit of a problem. I still can't be sure if my problem is the nuts themselves or contamination of them. My problems with them do vary in severity depending on the source, which would seem to be an indication that contamination is the issue, and not the nuts. My own hazelnut bushes and almond tree have yet to produce. I really need the calories that I get from foods which have to be cooked.

Good luck to you.

lisa74 Newbie
lisa74
Posted

So sorry you are unable to find gluten free nuts. The raw diet is wonderful. I thrived on it. Be sure to check out raw protein shakes and bars if you're concerned about protein; they are gluten free in health stores or online if truly raw. The first time I did the raw foods, I never felt better in my life. I had so much energy and was in such a good mood. Raw broccoli has a perfect amount of protein and it stays with you longer; hopefully your wife likes it! I was used to a high protein diet before I started raw and I didn't suffer at all and got plenty of calories and excellent nutrition but I ate a wide variety of raw fruits and veggies, and gluten free raw nuts. If I could ever stick to the raw diet I would but I love meat too much. However, I do it every year at least twice for a perod of two weeks each to give my energy and health a boost.

Em314 Explorer
Em314
Posted

Kraft is pretty good about labeling gluten and possible gross-contamination; they make Planters nuts, which I have had no problems with, and which are very easy to find.  I don't believe I am extremely sensitive, though (if I am, I have not yet realized it, anyway).

GottaSki Mentor
GottaSki
Posted

I use nuts.com - great company!

I can only eat almonds and was having a hell of a time finding completely gluten free raw almonds.

I now buy them in bulk to make the per pound rate affordable with shipping then use a vacuum sealer to make one pound bags that store well.

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


IrishHeart Veteran
IrishHeart
Posted

I am also a Nuts.com fan. Fresh, certified gluten-free and well worth the shipping charges when I buy in bulk. Large selection of gluten-free products.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

I eat Planters and Mariani nuts. The last I spoke with Mariani, the only things processed in their facilities are almonds and walnuts.

ButterflyChaser Enthusiast
ButterflyChaser
Posted

Wait, what??? I assumed nuts were ok. :( I have been getting repeatedly sick from eating nuts, but I blamed on my tummy being unable to handle high fat foods. :( :( I usually get them in store-bought plastic containers or from the bulk section. Have I been doing this wrong??? :blink:

kareng Grand Master
kareng
Posted

Wait, what??? I assumed nuts were ok. :( I have been getting repeatedly sick from eating nuts, but I blamed on my tummy being unable to handle high fat foods. :( :( I usually get them in store-bought plastic containers or from the bulk section. Have I been doing this wrong??? :blink:

Bulk anything is dangerous to Celiacs. Even the kinds that dispense and don't have open bins and scoops. Stores sometimes just change from one item to another in the containers.

ButterflyChaser Enthusiast
ButterflyChaser
Posted

Yikes! :o Maybe I know the cause of my getting sick with nuts...

  • 2 weeks later...
Sharbysyd Newbie
Sharbysyd
Posted

Hi all. My wife has been getting constantly contaminated for about 2 months. She gets over one glutening, and another sneaks up. We really don't know what's causing it. So she's going to go on a raw food diet for awhile. My concern is that she needs protein, so she needs to eat a lot of nuts and seeds. We've really had a problem finding anything in that area that's gluten free. Any recommendations? I mean 100%, 0 ppm, no gluten at all. She is SUPER sensitive. Or if you have any recs for other ways to get protein besides meat and eggs, I'd appreciate that as well.

Thank you

I did the raw foods thing for a few months and never had any issues with protein.  One thing that might work for protein is to have your wife have green smoothies.  You use about 60% fruit and 40% leafy green like spinach, kale, lettuce, parsley, collards, chard etc.  I drink a Vitamix pitcher full every day and they really help with my energy.  

 

Sprouts are another good source of protein when doing raw foods.  You can sprout seeds yourself to save money.   

SensitiveMe Rookie
SensitiveMe
Posted

I recently found some new products in my natural health store here in NY state. The company name is Organic traditions and the products I purchased are marked glutenfree. The packages list a website at www.organictraditions.com

I was going to look online to see if I could purchase them cheaper but haven't gotten around to it yet, or even checked out the website.

Anyway the products I got are

Dark Chocolate Hazelnuts which have 3 grams protein. The nuts are not chocolate candy covered but coated in cocoa powder. I remember seeing other nut products by this company at my store but especially like hazelnuts so I got them instead.

Sprouted Risotto Mix which has 7 grams protein.

Sprouted Quinoa which has 7 grams protein. Package says it doesn't need to be washed and you can eat it raw or cooked. So far I have cooked it and eaten it by itself but you can add it to salads and soups and such.

I really liked all these products and just purchased them again. To the Sprouted Risotto Mix I add some chia powder which has 4 grams protein. To make it more to my liking I also add sliced water chestnuts which I cook a bit in a fry pan in sesame seed oil then at the end I stir in some toasted sesame seed oil and salt and pepper.

  • 5 months later...
Shell156 Apprentice
Shell156
Posted

Hi there!

 

I'm super busy making a raw food dinner for my friends but I just wanted to give you my two cents.

 

I was just like your wife, SUPER sensitive to anything, getting sick all the time, continuing symptoms even though I was completely gluten free even down to my personal care products, which were also free from gluten cross contamination. I was only working three days a week.

 

About 2 years ago I went raw. It took me a much longer time to get healthy (maybe 6 moths-1 year) and while I still get stomach aches, I am now working full time and perusing a full time masters degree. It's awesome.

 

I understand your concern about protein, but I found I did not do to well on nuts as a protein source. I don't know why. Sashimi went over well, (and for some reason goat cheese, especially raw and organic) and I also find that if one or two days a week I eat a normal gluten free meal, I feel better physically and it's better for my sanity.

 

Mostly I'm fruitarian though, meaning I eat fruit all day and sometimes green smoothies. I'll usually have a very large salad in the evening. Apparently there are people that eat ONLY fruit and thrive without protein deficiencies, but I found that was a little too restrictive for me and I didn't feel quite right. But I think we need less protein than you think. I've been eating mostly fruit for a year and I am fine :-) I do supplement Iron, calcium and D.

 

I found this out for me by trial and error. I just wanted to write you cause your wife sounds just like I was and I want to help and give her hope! I totally know how it feels :-(

 

I hope you try raw and figure out how to modify the diet in a way that works for her.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Support Celiac.com:
    Join eNewsletter
    Donate
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A17):
    Celiac.com Sponsor (A17):



    Celiac.com Sponsors (A17-M):



  • Recent Activity

    1. JoJo0611
      - JoJo0611 replied to JoJo0611's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
      4

      CT with contrast.

      I didn’t know there were different types of CT. I’m not sure which I had. It just said CT scan with contrast.
    2. Scott Adams
      - Scott Adams replied to Russ H's topic in Publications & Publicity
      1

      Coeliac UK Research Conference 2025

      Thanks for sharing this!
    3. Scott Adams
      - Scott Adams replied to Ginger38's topic in Related Issues & Disorders
      2

      Shingles - Could It Be Related to Gluten/ Celiac

      I had the same thing happen to me at around your age, and to this day it's the most painful experience I've ever had. For me it was the right side of my head, above my ear, running from my nerves in my neck. For years before my outbreak I felt a tingling sensation shooting along the exact nerves that ended up exactly where the shingles blisters appeared....
    4. trents
      - trents replied to Mmoc's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
      3

      Blood tests low iGA 4 years later digestive issues

      Keep us posted.
    5. Scott Adams
      0

      Celiac.com Video News: November 2025

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):


  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      132,398
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748
    Megannnnn
    Newest Member
    Megannnnn
    Joined
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):

  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      121.5k
    • Total Posts
      1m
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):



  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):


  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • JoJo0611
      CT with contrast.

      By JoJo0611 · Posted

      I didn’t know there were different types of CT. I’m not sure which I had. It just said CT scan with contrast. 
    • Scott Adams
      Coeliac UK Research Conference 2025

      By Scott Adams · Posted

      Thanks for sharing this!
    • Scott Adams
      Shingles - Could It Be Related to Gluten/ Celiac

      By Scott Adams · Posted

      I had the same thing happen to me at around your age, and to this day it's the most painful experience I've ever had. For me it was the right side of my head, above my ear, running from my nerves in my neck. For years before my outbreak I felt a tingling sensation shooting along the exact nerves that ended up exactly where the shingles blisters appeared. I highly recommend the two shot shingles vaccine as soon as your turn 50--I did this because I started to get the same tingling sensations in the same area, and after the vaccines I've never felt that again.  As you likely know, shingles is caused by chicken pox, which was once though of as one of those harmless childhood viruses that everyone should catch in the wild--little did they know that it can stay in your nervous system for your entire life, and cause major issues as you age.
    • trents
      Blood tests low iGA 4 years later digestive issues

      By trents · Posted

      Keep us posted.
    • Clear2me
      Gluten free nuts

      By Clear2me · Posted

      Thanks for the info. I recently moved to CA from Wyoming and in that western region the Costco and Sam's /Walmart Brands have many nuts and more products that are labeled gluten free. I was told it's because those products are packaged and processed  in different  plants. Some plants can be labeled  gluten free because the plant does not also package gluten products and they know that for example the trucks, containers equipment are not used to handle wheat, barely or Rye. The Walmart butter in the western region says gluten free but not here. Most of The Kirkland and Members Mark brands in CA say they are from Vietnam. That's not the case in Wyoming and Colorado. I've spoken to customer service at the stores here in California. They were not helpful. I check labels every time I go to the store. The stores where I am are a Sh*tshow. The Magalopoly grocery chain Vons/Safeway/Albertsons, etc. are the same. Fishers and Planters brands no longer say gluten free. It could be regional. There are nuts with sugar coatings and fruit and nut mixes at the big chains that are labeled gluten free but I don't want the fruit or sugar.  It's so difficult I am considering moving again. I thought it would be easier to find safe food in a more populated area. It's actually worse.  I was undiagnosed for most of my life but not because I didn't try to figure it out. So I have had all the complications possible. I don't have any spare organs left.  No a little gluten will hurt you. The autoimmune process continues to destroy your organs though you may not feel it. If you are getting a little all the time and as much as we try we probably all are and so the damage is happening. Now the FDA has pretty much abandoned celiacs. There are no requirements for labeling for common allergens on medications. All the generic drugs made outside the US are not regulated for common allergens and the FDA is taking the last gluten free porcine Thyroid med, NP Thyroid, off the market in 2026. I was being glutened by a generic levothyroxin. The insurance wouldn't pay for the gluten free brand any longer because the FDA took them all off their approved formulary. So now I am paying $147 out of pocket for NP Thyroid but shortly I will have no safe choice. Other people with allergies should be aware that these foreign generic pharmaceutical producers are using ground shellfish shell as pill coatings and anti-desicants. The FDA knows this but  now just waits for consumers to complain or die. The take over of Wholefoods by Amazon destroyed a very reliable source of good high quality food for people with allergies and for people who wanted good reliably organic food. Bezos thought  he could make a fortune off people who were paying alot for organic and allergen free food by substituting cheap brands from Thailand. He didn't understand who the customers were who were willing to pay more for that food and why. I went from spending hundreds to nothing because Bezo removed every single trusted brand that I was buying. Now they are closing Whole foods stores across the country. In CA, Mill Valley store (closed July 2025) and the National Blvd. store in West Los Angeles (closed October 2025). The Cupertino store will close.  In recent years I have learned to be careful and trust no one. I have been deleberately glutened in a restaurant that was my favorite (a new employee). The Chef owner was not in the kitchen that night. I've had  a metal scouring pad cut up over my food.The chain offered gluten free dishes but it only takes one crazy who thinks you're a problem as a food fadist. Good thing I always look. Good thing they didn't do that to food going to a child with a busy mom.  I give big tips and apologize for having to ask in restaurants but mental illness seem to be rampant. I've learn the hard way.          I don't buy any processed food that doesn't say gluten free.  I am a life long Catholic. I worked for the Church while at college. I don't go to Church anymore because the men at the top decided Jesus is gluten. The special hosts are gluten less not gluten free. No I can't drink wine after people with gluten in their mouth and a variety of deadly germs. I have been abandoned and excluded by my Church/Family.  Having nearly died several times, safe food is paramount. If your immune system collapses as mine did, you get sepsis. It can kill you very quickly. I spent 5 days unconscious and had to have my appendix and gall bladder removed because they were necrotic. I was 25. They didn't figure out I had celiac till I was 53. No one will take the time to tell you what can happen when your immune system gets overwhelmed from its constant fighting the gluten and just stops. It is miserable that our food is processed so carelessly. Our food in many aspects is not safe. And the merging of all the grocery chains has made it far worse. Its a disaster. Krogers also recently purchased Vitacost where I was getting the products I could no longer get at Whole Foods. Kroger is eliminating those products from Vitacost just a Bezos did from WF. I am looking for reliable and certified sources for nuts. I have lived the worst consequences of the disease and being exposed unknowingly and maliciously. Once I was diagnosed I learned way more than anyone should have to about the food industry.  I don't do gray areas. And now I dont eat out except very rarely.  I have not eaten fast food for 30 years before the celiac diagnosis. Gluten aside..... It's not food and it's not safe.  No one has got our backs. Sharing safe food sources is one thing we can do to try to be safe.        
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

NOTICE: This site places This site places cookies on your device (Cookie settings). on your device. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy.