Wheat Free Diet

harry999

Hi,

Wheat has for the last few years caused my stomach to get upset.

I done a food intolerance last week, results of this:

Not eat Wheat bread, Pasta etc..

Alcohol - drink Cider only.

Not to eat Pork or Bacon,

Drink Lactose free milk only.

It said Millet & Quinoa grain bread is okay. Says to Spelt or Rye breads.


My query is where so I get Spelt or Rye bread & are these the only breads I can eat. What else can I eat for Carbohydrates?

At the moment my daily diet is:

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Large bowl of porridge
3 slices of wholemeal bread(I must cut this out)
2 eggs
1 Actimel

11am

3 pieces of fruit
Yogurt

1pm

chicken + rice

4pm dried fruit


8pm rice/vegetables/fish

I do a lot of running + swimming so need carbs in my diet for energy - what carbs would you suggest I could have instead of the wholemeal bread ? Is it possible to get non wheat pasta which I could eat?[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

I live in Dublin 15 - where can I buy these breads? Thanks

TommyKnocker

Just stop eating bread and the other things on the list.

Instead of the wholemeal bread in the morning add a third egg and make an omlette with mixed veg (peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach etc) Add more veg to your diet if you think you need more carbs.

Clearlier

Gluten free bread is available in most supermarkets - it's usually rank although you can get a 'fresh' version in some places which is more edible. Best option by far is to make your own. I've been making nut flour bread recently which I think tastes great but the recipes I'm using require that you make your own yoghurt first which can make it a bit time consuming (also expensive).

You can get gluten free pastas - you need to very precise with cooking times or not fussy about the texture. They're typically higher in calories than normal pasta and have way more ingredients most of which you probably won't recognise. It's a handy backup to have in the cupboard but I think that it's better to avoid them if you can.

As for carbs - they're everywhere. You'll have little difficulty getting enough. Potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes and quinoa (cook it like rice) are a few that jump to mind but you'll get some in almost all fruit and vegetables with a greater amount in root vegetables.

thegreatiam

harry999 wrote: »

What else can I eat for Carbohydrates?

At the moment my daily diet is:

[FONT=times new roman,new york,times,serif][FONT=times new roman,new york,times,serif][FONT=times new roman,new york,times,serif]morning:
Large bowl of porridge - carbs
3 slices of wholemeal bread(I must cut this out)
2 eggs
1 Actimel

11am

3 pieces of fruit - carbs
Yogurt - carbs

1pm

chicken + rice

4pm dried fruit - carbs


8pm rice/vegetables/fish -carbs

plenty of carbs in your diet, and after a few days you wont miss bread, trust me

harry999

Thanks for your replies and advice.

I was also told not to eat dried fruit - Is there a major difference between dried fruit & normal fruit? Thanks

nice_guy80

who told you that?
dried fruit is fantastic. obviously not as good as fresh, but its great.

I'm down to two slices of bread a day, no rice, no pasta and no spuds.
To be honest, I don't really miss bread or the other stuff. I eat so much fruit and veg it gives me plenty of carbs. And I exercise a lot.

Hanley

nice_guy80 wrote: »

who told you that?
dried fruit is fantastic. obviously not as good as fresh, but its great.

I'm down to two slices of bread a day, no rice, no pasta and no spuds.
To be honest, I don't really miss bread or the other stuff. I eat so much fruit and veg it gives me plenty of carbs. And I exercise a lot.

Probably something to do with vegetable oil etc being used to dry the fruit.

rubadub

Some dried fruit is loaded with extra added sugar. I got dried pineapple in holland & barret and it was horribly sweet, I had to throw it out, and I am not very picky!

I never thought to check if it was 100% fruit. Pineapples have a higher % of sugar than coke when fresh. So when dried it is even sweeter, dunno what lunatic thought it needed more sugar -a cheap bulking agent I suppose.

thegreatiam

makes me wonder, is the sugar added or is it jut making up more of the % of the fruit once its dried

if the fruit is 10% sugar, 70% water and 20% whatever, then removing the water would mean that the fruit is now 30+% sugar?

rubadub

thegreatiam wrote: »

if the fruit is 10% sugar, 70% water and 20% whatever, then removing the water would mean that the fruit is now 30+% sugar?

Yes, that is usually the case with raisins etc. THe one I got defintiely had added sugar. Just check your ingredients list. I usually always check them but never heard of loons adding sugar to dried fruit before.

http://www.hollandandbarrett.ie/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=780&prodid=836

Other Ingredients:

Pineapple (49.32%),Sugar, Citric Acid (0.65%), Sulphur Dioxide (0.03%)

thegreatiam

not a fan of dried fruit tbh.

prefer normal fruit.
ill be sticking with my spiced and dried Bovinae

vard

Dried fruit is fine. It just tends to have more sugar gram for gram because there's no water in it.

I'd prefer to have normal fruit as it's a little more filling. 100grams of normal fruit is usually mostly made up of water! 100grams of dried fruit is more condensed and will of course contain more sugars.

Neither is bad, it's up to you.

harry999

Hi Anybody know where I would buy Rye bread in Blanchardstown? I don't see it being sold in Tesco or Dunnes. Would any of the big supermarkets have it ? (I know a health store would have it but prefer to get in supermarket with other shopping if possible)Thks

siblers

I'd take the results of that allergy test with a grain of salt, being told to stay off bacon seems a bit random. Stay off wheat but maybe try some of the other foods and see how you can get on. Maybe an elimination diet would work better.

nice_guy80

just stop eating so much bread - cut way back on sandwiches and toast

I did. dropped two inches off waist within 4 months.
and I was only a 34".

boogle

I've yet to hear of someone going to one of those food allergy/intolerance testers and being told that they're not allergic/intolerant to anything! I suppose people might feel they had wasted their time going. I'm a natural born skeptic though!

Oryx

This is a thread bump from December, not much point advising the op now.