One week wheat free

[rocknrollgirl]

And my IBS symptoms have completely vanished. Who knew, after all this time, that it would be this easy.

All I need to do is find a cold cereal that I like, and a bread that I like and I will be good to go.

crazy.


Ruth

[Offthegrid]

Hmm ... maybe it's not IBS after all but celiac/gluten intolerance.

As for cold cereal, Wegmans makes a good corn flake with freezed dried strawberries cereal. Maybe you can find a store with a similar type. There's also a good corn flake cereal called Organic Valley or Nature Valley or something like that. I don't recommend the Enjoy Life cinnamon granola cereal.

As to the bread, well ... your best bet is probably to make it yourself. I have an almond rice bread that I fancy, but it's only good on certain things like for tuna fish.

For hot dogs, hamburgers, wraps, etc, try corn tortillas.

[KnottedYet]

sounds like celiac! Welcome to the club! We are very cool chickies with very creative foodies...

[rocknrollgirl]

Not Celiac, I was scoped, but wheat issues for sure. I am off to Whole Foods later today to scope things out.

[KnottedYet]

The scope and biopsy are notoriously inaccurate, if you start having second thoughts about it you might ask for the antibody and genetic testing. (that's some $$ if your insurance balks)

But really it doesn't matter *why* wheat bugs you, just that you find ways to get around it, eh?

Check out the links in the TE celiac thread, and the recipes and food reccs. Some of the celiac boards are great resources for finding wheat-free alternatives to things.

And wheat-free isn't always more expensive. My wheat-free store brand soy sauce is cheaper than the soy sauce with wheat right next to it on the shelf. Rice noodles from the asian foods section are cheaper than the wheat pasta two aisles over, etc.

For cold cereals check out "EnviroKids" or plain ol' puffed rice or Rice Krispies or Kix.

There are lots of options!

(watch out for oats, though. they are often contaminated with wheat. Oats, barley, and rye can be rough on wheat-sensitivies too.)

[yogabear]

I have avoided wheat and gluten for years. It helped my IBS tremendously

I had the testing and it was confirmed, but if you stop eating it and feel better, IMHO, don't need to do more testing after that