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NBR- Does anyone have Celiac Desease?

rlyttlerlyttle member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

I'm getting tested and I'm nervous. I've been having lots of digestion issues lately. For at least 6 months. How do you deal with it? Do you have any good recipes that you like? All my symptoms point to CD. Please shed some light on the issue. :(

 This is when you can't eat wheat products & have to eat gluten free  

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Re: NBR- Does anyone have Celiac Desease?

  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
    I do. It's not so bad. I was never a big bread/processed food eater, so it wasn't that difficult to switch that so if you are that's probably going to be the most challenging part. Snack on things like fruits and nuts. Instead of bread I use corn tortillas as wraps--they're really cheap and pretty good. You do have to fry them on the pan with a touch of butter to make them tasty though. Finding gluten free pasta is pretty easy--the brown rice one is really good, very affordable at trader joe's if you have one in your area. Just try to not fall into the pit of buying gluten free versions of stuff--they are highly processed and expensive as crap.
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  • smiling76smiling76 member

    For DS1's first two years we had to treat it like celiac--although it wasn't--- but horrible food allergies.  The good news is today there are TONS of foods that are gluten free.  If you have a whole foods near you, they have lists available.  Even trader joe's has codes on their labels to let you know if it's GF.

    GL and keep us updated!


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  • TiffanyBerryTiffanyBerry member

    I've been gluten free for ... 9 years?  10?  Something like that.  (My testing for celiac wasn't done properly, so I can't say if I have it or not.  I clearly react to gluten, my doc agreed, and I'm not eating it again.)

    It's hard at first.  Not because eating gluten free is inherently hard, but because you are used to eating wheat and you live in a culture where everyone else eats wheat and puts wheat in everything and few people really know what is in their food. And because we develop habits and live with people with habits that make avoiding cross contamination very hard.

    So there is a significant learning curve.  And you pretty much may well go through the entire cycle of mourning (and more than once).

    But actually eating a gluten free diet isn't really that hard once you adapt.

    Our house is almost entirely gluten free, and all of our shared meals are (and any food I serve my daughter), because it's easier.  We eat a lot of stir fry, grilled meats and veggies, quinoa, beans, vegetables, soups, fruits (and more fruits), but I also make pancakes (made from GF oats) and muffins (made from almond flour) often.  (I can tolerate gluten free oats.  Eventually - but not now - you'll probably want to figure out if you can as well.  I definitely find things easier being able to eat gluten free oats.)  Our diet is pretty well varied (especially given that I have a picky eater for a husband) and my friends always love the food when they come over for dinner (which is often, and is always gluten - and dairy, due to another intolerance - free.

    I would highly recommend the forum on celiac.com (glutenfreeforum.com), but can't recommend specific cookbooks really, since I don't use them very often.  I cook from scratch, but not from recipes.

    Eating out and making sure you have food you can travel with is the biggest challenge, imho, but with practice, it gets easier.

    As a bonus, unless you spend the money on specialty items, you'll find that you may well eat a healthier diet. :) 

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  • glu10freeglu10free

    I have it. Eating gluten free is a lot easier than being sick all the time.

    It is tough at first though. I like the gluten free bible, it's a good book, might not be the most current now?? Like pp said, don't buy all the premade stuff, it's way too expensive and all processed. I do like Udi's bread though. Keep it in the freezer and you have to toast it a little.

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  • rlyttlerlyttle member
    Thank you so much ladies! I do have Whole Foods & Trader Joes close by. I am nervouse about the change, but I am tired of being sick. Did you experience an increase in energy? It feels like I'm so tired the last several months.
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