Gluten-free diet is recommended to cure celiac diseases, or to put in simple words disorders of small intestine. Basically Gluten is a protein complex found majorly in wheat, barley, triticale and rye. A considerable proportion of the population is Gluten intolerant, which means they may have to face milder inflammations to severe gastric disorders in their daily course of life. Some of the most common symptoms include, gastric discomfort, nausea, constipation, fatigue, and diarrhea.
If you’re also troubled with chronic gastric upset but your doctor hasn’t been able to diagnose, then it can be your Gluten intolerance. Medicines may give you symptomatic reliefs, but in a long run, you ought to have a proper diet-plan in place.
Switching to a Gluten-free diet might require a big deal of change from your side. It may overturn your dietary habits. So before anything, it’s your “will to change” that matters the most. There might be some disinclination in the beginning, but you’ll have to stay focussed and positive about it.
However, you’ll be glad to learn that there are chances that the supermarket near you is oozing with several Gluten-free food items, and if this is not the case, go to the Internet for the rescue. Further, if you’re sure about the switch and wish to make it effective from the word go, then it’s always a good idea to consult a dietician. Our recipe, gluten-free Christmas pudding will cheer you up!!
The Five-pronged Strategy
Here’s the five-pronged strategy for battling Gluten:-
1) You can consume food such as beans, seeds and nuts in their natural form. And here’s a good news for the people fond of non-vegetarian food. They can always go for egg, meat, fish and poultry.
2) You can take a majority of the dairy products. But you have to wisely choose the best dairy products for you, as Lactose intolerance is also a very prominent situation.
3) Go for fresh fruits and vegetables. Although some of those do have some amount of Gluten. So carry on a proper research to find out what suits your body the most.
4) Various types of grains can be a part of a gluten free diet. These include amaranth, millet, quinoa, rice, sorghum, soy, arrowroot, buckwheat, corn and cornmeal, flax, gluten-free flours, hominy, tapioca and teff.
5) Avoid wheat and barley intake. You should also avoid other wheat products such as bulgur, durum flour, farina, graham flour, kamut, semolina and spelt. Intake of the diet with the gluten free label is recommended.
6) Even the beverages with ‘gluten free’ tag must be taken. You must recheck the labels every now and then. Gluten-free pancakes and smoothies is a great option.
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People who are sensitive to gluten but do not have celiac disease, should be tested for fructose malabsorption. It might not be the gluten but the fructans found in wheat and other foods that they are sensitive to. You can find more about what foods to avoid on the low FODMAP diet at http://contentedbelly.com/2015/02/09/fodmap-celiac-lactose-free-shopping-lists/.
Interesting fact. The link is really helpful to the people sensitive to gluten in any of the cases. I have something to share with you..
Gluten-free Chicken Curry Noodles Soup
http://bit.ly/1FqlOut
Thanks. I did see this recipe when I was reading your website and it looks great. I do have one question which I asked on that post. I try to avoid sugar as much as possible. Have you tested the recipe without the brown sugar?
We can also use honey.
Yeah, I did try and it’s perfect!
Thank you for trying it with honey, I appreciate that. Unfortunately I cannot have brown sugar or honey because I have fructose malabsorption which is why I try to avoid sugar. I will try it with dextrose which does not bother me or just omit the brown sugar and see what works.