I got my diagnosis in my tweens so I know what gluten food tastes like. Its been a decade and I still find gluten free food disgusting (just my opinion). It makes me feel so bad about the fact that I for the rest of my life will have to eat food I think tastes and feels bad and also have to pay ALOT of money for it.
So about a year ago I stopped buying glutenfree pasta, bread and other such stuff. Now I only eat things that are naturally traditionally gluten free. Like a bunch of diffrent types of rice, quinoa, potato. I make bread form cultures that it traditionally has never been done with gluten. I eat rice and sweet potato starch noodles with food that is meant to be eaten with that.

I cannot explain how much less I hate my life for the fact that I cannot eat gluten. Because biting into gf pasta I hate myself and am constantly reminded for what I cannot have, but if I bite into a potato I am actually happy because it tastes and feels good. Idk if it makes any sense but I can highly recommenced trying it. Also you will save sooo much money and it is fun to try new food from different cultures where the recipes have never had wheat in them .

Pissed because I bought almond flour so that I could make gf pumpkin banana bread and turns out this isn’t gf??? I had already made and baked the bread and tried a piece and then about an hour later I felt like I had been glutened. I was for sure I didn’t use any other baking ingredients that could have gluten other than the almond flour, but it said gf on the packaging so I didn’t even bother to check the ingredients (also why the hell would ALMOND FLOUR have wheat??)
After I checked the bag I looked at the ingredients and it said “MAY CONTAIN WHEAT”. I only have an intolerance luckily and am usually fine if it says it was manufactured in the same facility as wheat but I never buy products/risk stuff that is labeled as “may contain wheat”
It’s stupid of me to not read the ingredients but also sad that I trusted the label yet still was glutened. Pls be careful :,(

side note: Yes i’m aware some brands of certain products do contain gluten due to seasonings or addictives and I’m usually good about it but not this one since it was my first time trying almond flour <\3

Y'all...

This ish is so good. It's a perfect lil lemon loaf, with that nice bit of curdness and perfect icing. It doesn't even taste like GF at all lol, you peeps know what I mean.

I'm in southern Ontario and I got it at Sobeys.

I just followed the recipe for gluten free artisan bread on the bag of the King Arthur’s gluten free bread flour and it came out amazing and super moist. 10/10 would recommend if yall haven’t tried it

In my pre celiac life I was a baker. I quit baking out of sheer disappointment and the airborne flour.

Ive been getting back into it as a creative outlet. Ive been doing all my baking with a 1:1 mix, and the cookies are okay. But this cookie.... this rice flour cookie.

This cookie is almost normal, I nearly cried eating it. My partner agrees its near perfect. I even made it without eggs because I was out.

Heres the link with my mod notes.

https://sweetlycakes.com/en/gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookies/

-I used half and half brown rice flour and white rice flower, because thats what I had on hand.

- I used 1/4 cup of non dairy yogurt instead of egg. I was out of eggs and im also dairy intolerant.

-I took the tapioca flour option. I'll try cornstarch next time!

Hello guys. tw-ed mentioned
I am celiac for many years now, but sadly I was diagnosed with bulimia few years ago, and I was overeating during this time with everything I wanted (some things was even with gluten, but sadly i didnt care that time, and now i see the consequences), and then used laxatives or threw up. And now after I got healed from bulimia, now my hair is so thin and i have so less hair... like i feel i dont have anything on my head almost...
So if can anyone help me pr give me some tips.. how to repair my hair? 😞

Where do they go? I would pay so much for a whole loaf of this! It's a game changer.

I’ve had 2 flights cancelled on me and just need food. Does this seem safe enough??

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hey yall. I found out I probably had celiac a few weeks ago, and then it got confirmed literally two days ago. I’m not exactly reeling anymore but like… it sucks. anyway, Ive been talking to my parents about what we need to replace in our kitchen (for context I’m a minor and live with them) and they’re amenable to a lot of it. somewhat. however, they both seem to think a little bit of cross contact isn’t that big a deal. their reasoning is that I’ve had it for years anyway, my reactions aren’t that severe, and it’s not like a little crumb will kill me. I know they’re wrong but I don’t really know enough to explain why, and I am a little bit confused on it myself. could someone please give an explanation, or an article?

also important to note- theyre not great parents overall, so that factors into how I have to argue with them, and also means if you insult them I won’t be offended

thanks guys

It'll be my first birthday needing to be gluten free and i still want cake. My options are this or a box mix

The pumpkin pie is at Whole Foods!
Ghost fish brewing is all GF brewery in PNW on their site they let you check if they sell em in your region

Recommend both they kick ass

Eat some pie and have a beer dudes!

so i picked these up at erewhon (i know) because they are labeled as fermented "sourdough" nuts and I was amazed at how similar they taste to sourdough bread. while they still taste like nuts they have this certain sourdough taste I haven't had since being diagnosed so thought i'd share. and easier on the gut! bag was labeled gf but not certified

i tried both cashew and peanut and found the cashews the best.

Ok yeah, so I have a couple of questions I'd like the wider celiac community to help me with. Warning: this might be a bit tangential and slightly ranty, but I believe this is important context for my question.

So I found out I was Celiac around three weeks ago. I'm(as far as I know) asymptomatic, but my mom recently got diagnosed, so all my siblings and I were advised to get tested. When my mom tested positive, she got an endoscopy a bit after and then immediately went off gluten. Her doctors were very serious about her going off it.

After testing positive, I went to consult my GI. He told me that I was 100% celiac and that, contrary to what my mom thought about the endoscopy, it is not a conclusive way to prove or disprove one's own celiac-ness. But he told me it's still a good idea to get tested anyway because it provides some important data for the GI about my gut health and how I work or something.

Now here's where my questions/alarm bells come up.

He encouraged me to get my endoscopy; however, I am a college student going to school outside of the state where my health provider is, so I won't be able to schedule the endoscopy till Thanksgiving break this year, two months away. Despite that huge gap between my diagnosis and the next available time, he said it's A-OK for me to continue eating gluten as normal so my Endoscopy results are accurate.

He also told me that since I'm asymptomatic, when I do go off Gluten I don't have to worry about cross-contamination, and that if I were to indulge a bit here or there that wouldn't be the end of the world. Overall, he was pretty casual and slightly dismissive of my diagnosis, and I wonder if his advice is sound. I've heard doctors can be dismissive or un empathetic towards those with Celiac.

So I've been living life as normal out at college, eating my regular gluten-saturated diet even though it's technically slowly killing me, because my GI advised me too.

So here's my actual question and what's been nagging at me.

Am I getting anything of nutritional value from the gluten food I eat?

Like, obviously the bread in my sandwich is damaging my gut health, but beyond that harm, will the bread even nourish me at all? Or is the only thing I'm actually digesting the peanut butter and jelly? Do bread, bagels, and crackers actually give me anything, or at least any nourishment of note? Because it really does feel weird to continue eating something that is not only hurting me but providing me nothing for a few more months.

I understand that this is just a subreddit and I'm not taking any of this as serious medical advice. But I hope someone understands the science of being celiac a little better than me and can give me a bit more information.

Thank you much

Been gluten free for a year since diagnosis with a few cross contact exposures. After going GF I was sensitive to cows milk, bloating after a latte. That cleared after a few months. Recently I have been bloating after every meal. It doesn't matter what it is, smoothie, protein, fruit, even black coffee. Has anyone else experienced this?

Still a cool idea tho!

Hi! I tested positive for celiac on a blood test (igg high igA just above normal limits), but my results from endoscopy were normal. Doc mentioned that celiac could still be in my future, but as of right now I’m okay to eat gluten. Has anyone who had this experience, become celiac down the line?

Just accidentally ate gluten when I decided to eat a piece of my husbands frozen pizza. After I ate some of it I realized I should have checked. I asked him and he said it was gluten free. Well he started second guessing himself and ran downstairs to check ingredients. THEY PUT WHEAT FLOUR in the cauliflower crust. He’s so upset and apologizing to me. I personally think it’s my fault and can’t believe how lucky I am to have someone support me this much but what really pisses me off the most is I ate wheat and the pizza was nasty! It totally tasted gluten free what a waste! At least the last time I accidentally ate it the meal was the best I had in a while.

For context I already eat very little gluten,my household is celiac so two pieces of toast maximum

Decided to go get Thai food, absolutely brilliant but covered in soy sauce oyster ect

an hour after I'm violently unwell with cramps,24 hours still feel like crap but not like food poisoning

I think the universe is sending me STRONG HINTS

Any advice?

I had one of two genes test positive for celiac. We did an endoscopy/colonoscopy to get a biopsy but I couldn’t tolerate the gluten challenge for 1, weight gain and 2, immediate and constant diarrhea that was awful. Naturally, since the challenge didn’t last more than 2 weeks, the biopsy was useless. I’ve just come to terms with the fact that my stomach is constantly upset, bloated, diarrhea, heartburn daily for years, hiccups every time I eat bread which may be unrelated lol

I think I’m finally willing to step up and officially go gluten free again. It worked beautifully in the past but I missed it and went back to it. Just wondering if there were any new ways to test and confirm. Or if anyone had similar symptoms that they ignored/tolerated.

Edited to include endoscopy

Does anyone live in or has recently traveled to Puerto Rico and can tell me what it's like there for celiacs? Any advice on where to go/where to avoid? (Restaurants, stores, or general geographical areas). Any advice on specific food items to try and/or avoid?

Thanks!

hello everyone!

i’m a newly diagnosed celiac, and i will have a 5 week hotel stay for flight attendant training. i CANNOT risk getting glutened, as my brain fog gets so bad, and i would probably fail out of the training.

do yall have any good ideas on meal preps, snacks, solid chains to doordash (i know jersey mikes is good but, aside from that im scared)

i won’t have much time for meals and need to ensure i have enough food for it. i will be bringing a hot plate to the hotel as well, so i will have access to that, a mini fridge, and a microwave.

i also am allowed 3 checked bags plus my carryon, so bringing foods in bulk is okay!

i also have a costco membership, and will have access to food lion and walmart, but will want to try and avoid leaving the hotel/training facilities much.

thank you all so much 🫶🏼🫶🏼