WWoTE (Wise Women of TE)

[nuthatch]

Ah, humus, the food of the gods!!! Well, the garlic gods anyway. Corsair, buckwheat is mighty good eatin' - hope you can work it into your diet. Why, give us a chance and we'll come up with a Cavewoman Cookbook for you! Once you've got all the right stuff figured out, give us a list and we'll come up with the recipes. You never know what strange culinary "dark alleys" we grew up eating in!!

[CorsairMac]

I switched over to gluten-free grains last Thurs and have had no problems since. LBTC: according to my whole grains guide Kamut isn't gluten-free so I'm staying away from it. It says Spelt can be tolerated except by highly-sensitive individuals so with my track record I'm staying away from that one too. Right now I"m eating all types of rice, buckwheat (which was so stimulating I was up all night - might be a good breakfast food! ) millet, and quinoa. I even found Rice Tortillas so I can have tortillas for lunch. I'm going to try making some Moose Goo tomorrow using Teff Flour, agave honey and sunflower seed butter and see how that works out.

Thanks everyone for your advice, help, support and just overall being there.

[SadieKate]

Cool! Very good news!

[oroight]

CorsairMac sorry to hear about you dietry woes,,you can't eat corn either canyou?
spelt(dinkel or german wheat) is not gluten free.Becareful to check label for g/f ingrediants in your tortilla etc .Sounds like you have sensible and variable diet,that include lots o fiber while you chase up your carbs.Basmati is a good low gi rice. Steamed rice with yoghurt,sultanas and sprinkle of G/f museli isa good start to the day... My friend whom lives in states brought back some g/f quinoa to aust and made a yummy american indian dish.Amaranth and quinoa both amazing foods from the americas.
p.s You may want to think about getting tested now if your going g/f from now on ,as, if you want to get tested later you may have to go on an unpleasant gluten challenge (and all the good work gets ruined) and you suffer too. good luck

[Surlygirl]

CorsairMac have you ever been tested for Celiac disease? Just wondering because my sister in law had all kinds of allergies, and after years of allergy medications and vitamins and whatnot, she went to a specialist and finally they picked up on the fact she had Celiac disease. Nobody caught it till she was in her mid 30's. There are lots of online stores and most health food stores now are carrying gluten free products for celiac patients.
Just a thought. Might be something to get tested for.

[DirtDiva]

The same thing happened to a friend of mine. She had chronic hives for about six years before she finally got tested for coeliacs pretty much because that was about the only thing she hadn't been tested for yet. The amazing thing was that she had a strong family history of the disease and noone had thought to test for it because she was only suffering from the secondary symptoms rather than all the nasty gastro-intestinal stuff.

Good luck with the whole finding things to eat thing Corsair.