Friday, September 16, 2011

TC has to be Gluten-Free

So I have IBS - yes yuck. But that is not the worst! I have to be Gluten Free!!! At first glance is appears as if I am being set free from some kind of bondage but oh no!! I have been caged into a box of limited food.

Firstly, No Bread!!!! My staple diet! I am a bootylicious South African Coloured Woman. It is close to impossible for me to live without bread. All social events that a SACW attends probably has bread.

but anyway, i have researched the gluten free stuff some more.

First the list of food that contains gluten:
  • Bagels

  • Biscuits

  • Bread

  • Bread crumbs

  • Breaded fish

  • Breaded meats or poultry

  • Bread pudding

  • Cake

  • Cereal

  • Chicken nuggets

  • Croissants

  • Cookies

  • Crackers

  • Croutons

  • Doughnuts

  • Dumplings

  • Flour

  • Flour tortillas

  • Fried vegetables

  • Graham crackers

  • Hamburger buns

  • Hotdog buns

  • Ice cream cones

  • Macaroni

  • Melba toast

  • Muffins

  • Noodles

  • Pancakes

  • Pasta

  • Pastries

  • Pie crusts

  • Pizza crust

  • Pretzels

  • Rolls

  • Spaghetti

  • Stuffing

  • Tabbouleh

  • Waffles


    • Foods You Wouldn't Expect to Have Gluten
  • Beer

  • Beverage mixes

  • Bologna

  • Candy (many candies are gluten-free, so read labels)

  • Canned baked beans

  • Cold cuts

  • Packaged cereals, even corn cereals

  • Commercially prepared broth

  • Commercially prepared chocolate milk

  • Commercially prepared soup

  • Custard

  • Fruit fillings

  • Gravy

  • Gum

  • Hot dogs

  • Ice cream

  • Non-dairy creamer

  • Potato chips

  • Pudding

  • Root beer

  • Syrups

  • Salad dressing

  • Soy Sauce


    • Ingredients with Hidden Gluten
  • Barley

  • Barley grass

  • Binders

  • Blue Cheese

  • Bouillion

  • Bran

  • Brewers yeast

  • Bulgur

  • Cereal binding

  • Chilton

  • Couscous

  • Durhum

  • Edible starch

  • Emulsifiers

  • Farina

  • "Fillers"

  • Hydrolyzed plant protein

  • Hydrolyzed vegetable protein

  • Kamut

  • Kasha

  • Malt

  • Malt flavoring

  • Malt vinegar

  • Matzo

  • Modified food starch

  • Monosodium glutimate (MSG)

  • "Natural" flavor

  • Rye

  • Seitan

  • Semolina

  • Some spice mixtures

  • Soy sauce

  • Spelt

  • Stabilizer

  • Suet

  • Teriyaki sauce

  • Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)

  • Wheat


    • List of Gluten-Free Foods
    Vegetables
  • Artichokes

  • Arugula

  • Asparagus

  • Avocado

  • Beans

  • Beets

  • Broccoli

  • Brussels sprouts

  • Cauliflower

  • Cabbage

  • Carrots

  • Celery

  • Corn

  • Cucumber

  • Eggplant

  • Garlic

  • Green beans

  • Kale

  • Lettuce

  • Mushrooms

  • Okra

  • Onions

  • Parsley

  • Peas

  • Peppers

  • Potatoes

  • Pumpkin

  • Radish

  • Spinach

  • Squash

  • Sweet potatoes

  • Turnips

  • Watercress


    • Fruit
  • Acai

  • Apples

  • Apricot

  • Bananas

  • Blackberries

  • Blueberries

  • Cantaloupe

  • Carobs

  • Cherry

  • Cranberries

  • Currants

  • Dates

  • Figs

  • Grapes

  • Guavas

  • Honeydew melons

  • Kiwis

  • Kumquat

  • Lemons

  • Limes

  • Mandarin

  • Mangoes

  • Oranges

  • Papaya

  • Passion fruits

  • Peaches

  • Pears

  • Pineapples

  • Plantains

  • Plums

  • Persimmons

  • Quince

  • Raspberries

  • Strawberries

  • Tamarind

  • Tangerines

  • Watermelon


    • Meat and Poultry
    • Beef
    • Buffalo
    • Chicken
    • Duck
    • Goat
    • Goose
    • Lamb
    • Pork
    • Rabbit
    • Turkey
    • Quail
    • Veal
    • Venison

    Dairy and Eggs


    Eggs are gluten free, as are most dairy products. When following a gluten-free diet, you can safely consume:

    • Butter (check for gluten containing additives)
    • Cheese (except for blue cheese)
    • Eggs
    • Milk
    • Yogurt (plain, unflavored)

    Grains and Flours


    When it comes to gluten, grains are the tricky part. You already know that bread, flour, tortillas, pasta, and other products made from wheat, barley, rye, and oats are off limits. You can, however, eat starchy goodies made from the following grains and flours:

    • Almond flour
    • Amaranth
    • Arrowroot
    • Bean flour
    • Besan
    • Brown rice
    • Brown rice flour
    • Buckwheat
    • Cassava
    • Corn flour
    • Corn meal
    • Corn starch
    • Cottonseed
    • Dal
    • Flaxseed
    • Job's tears
    • Manioc
    • Millet
    • Milo
    • Pea flour
    • Polenta
    • Potato flour
    • Quinoa
    • Rice
    • Rice flour
    • Sago
    • Soy flour
    • Tapioca flour
    • Taro flour
    • Teff
    • Yucca

    Gluten Free Prepared Foods and Mixes


    Just because you have to avoid gluten doesn't mean you can't have the occasional prepared or processed food. You can even eat bread, crackers, and pasta! As awareness about celiac disease and gluten issues grows, more and more companies are creating specialty gluten-free items. Here is a list of companies offering gluten free foods:

    • 1-2-3 Gluten-Free
    • Authentic Foods
    • Barkat
    • Cause You're Special
    • Chebe
    • Cravings Place
    • Deboles
    • Don Pancho
    • Dr. Schar
    • Ener-G
    • Glutano
    • Gluten-Free Pantry
    • Glutino
    • La Tortilla Factory
    • Pamela's
    • Perky's Natural Foods
    • Rustic Crust
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    1 comment:

    1. UnknownSeptember 16, 2011 at 5:42 AM

      Red wine should be gluten free. Good luck with the new diet

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