Experiment - ATS

I don't think we have that in the UK. I'll have a look next time I am shopping.

Look for sprouted grain bread. That's as whole
grain as it gets. many "wheat" breads are mostly
processed flour anyways ... they throw in a pinch
of whole grain flour and color it with molasses.
Read labels carefully. Look for Spelt bread it is
a distant relative of wheat and is great for wheat sensitivity.
Look for rice substitutes as well, like rice noodles.
Good luck !
Zelda

I've been trying to take it out completely, but it's harder than I thought. I really think it does make a huge difference though. I get the worst uh, "unwipeable" times when I eat too much wheat products. Even whole grain wheat cereals would give me painful problems. I thought it was from not eating enough fiber, but that was just making the rectocele worse feeling because it was almost just too soft to get it all out.

If I go just a few days of no wheat, I can definitely feel the difference. When I have too much wheat, I feel like I have to go all day long, but don't want to push too much so it probably just waits in there. Yuck!

I have been trying to make more rice instead of whole wheat pastas and that does seem to help too.

If pizza was only made of something else, I'd be soooo happy!!!! That's probably the worst part!!!

On just so many levels.
Which might be part of it's addictive quality ?
It's some of the worst food combining you can do,
some of us are just more sensitive. I know if I "want"
to have a night of misery ? Beer 'n Pizza.
Zelda

i've been gluten free for about 9 years now after realising it was why i was so very ill. at first it was really hard and i lost a lot of weight not knowing what to eat, but now it's second nature. i do a lot of baking, though if you are in the US there are great natural breads, cookies, and other yummies available. you can get gluten free pizza bases. also some people who are gluten free can tolerate spelt--it has gluten but an ancient form of it, and spelt bases are very yummy.

i recently gave up most dairy, which whilst i miss the cheese is otherwise not too bad. i use rice milk (too much soy doesn't seem good for you and i already eat a lot of tofu), and just go without a lot of the stuff i was eating which wasn't too healthy anyway.

what is hard is when you are out--definately need to plan ahead and bring snacks.

also i found two great cookbooks that help with gluten / dairy free ideas--"vegetarian cooking without" and "the food doctor" cookbooks.

good luck with cutting out gluten. i do think that even if people aren't intolerant they can really benefit from reducing it. the only thing i'd say though is that a lot of products are made out of white rice, which has no fiber and very little nutrients. try instead buckwheat or milet pasta, brown rice pasta, and not too much bread even if it is gluten free. oat cakes are great for a snack (oats have gluten but most people can still tolerate as again, it's a different form...).

hope that helps a bit
kiki

I avoid wheat too-I eat brown rice tortillas which are delicious...

You end up having to go to specialist shops and pay a fortune for it.

Here's a site called Bob's Red Mill. www.bobsredmill.com/

I buy his stuff locally, and he has a million different kinds of gluten free flours you can order. I find his mill reasonably priced and there are many variety of foods.

My favorite is the whole wheat pastry flour for those of you who can eat the wheat. He has rice flour as well. Haven't tried that, but I can't imagine a pizza would taste much different made with rice flour.

Judy

Has some good gluten free options too. They are kind of pricey, but they taste really good. They sell them in the natural area of the regular grocery store.

I've been trying to make things like mashed sweet potatoes, even regular potatoes or rice instead of pastas with dinner. It seems to help, but is very difficult to fall of the wagon. There is wheat products everywhere and in so many things.

hi-
have you tried yeast free bread? sourdough, wraps etc? When I started an anti-candida diet (and no dairy) a lot of bloating disappeared. I think you can get tested for gluten intolerance?

bluemama

hi-
have you tried yeast free bread? sourdough, wraps etc? When I started an anti-candida diet (and no dairy) a lot of bloating disappeared. I think you can get tested for gluten intolerance?

bluemama

Just wondering if this is a Jewish food?

Louise

I don't think so, louise.
ezekial is a biblical name, and if memory serves, there are some biblical quotes on the package and the stuff I saw in Trader Joes happens to be Kosher, but this is not a traditionally "Jewish" bread (like challah or matzah, for example)