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I have been GF for 7 years. But, still have issues - anyway, I've thought of going grain-free too, I just don't want to get all tired or more tired from lack of grains. I know you can have almond and coconut flours, maybe quinoa? tapioca?
Any help would be great - I'm willing to try just about anything, and hopefully will have the patience to stick with it, to get my 8yrs run of D to stop! lol
Thanks Theresa in ME
Anyone grain-free? as well as gluten, dairy, soy and eggfree
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I'm not at all sure that a grain free diet will make you tired. Are you speaking from past experience?
Plenty of protein from meats, eggs, etc. and carbs from veggies should give you plenty of energy, I believe.
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I don't know what part of Maine you are in but quite a few years ago my late husband and I spent a week in and around Rockport. We fell in love with the place.
Plenty of protein from meats, eggs, etc. and carbs from veggies should give you plenty of energy, I believe.
Welcome to our family.
I don't know what part of Maine you are in but quite a few years ago my late husband and I spent a week in and around Rockport. We fell in love with the place.
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Hi, Maine Teresa and 
I was the original member on this Board to discover I had multiple intolerances. I have the same major intolerances as you, plus yeast, corn, coconut and chocolate. You might try eliminating corn first to see what happens. My hunch is that it is less well tolerated than other grains. That said, I have always said that I feel my absolute best when I am eating no grains at all (not even rice). Others here, Matthew for one, avoid grains. Grains really are not all that healthful - that's why they are often "enriched". I'm not sure you would be more tired eating fewer grains. Since grains can cause swings in blood sugar, they might actually be making you more tired. Veggies and fruits have far more nutritional value than grains, in almost every category.
Have you considered the paleo (hunter-gatherer) diet? You are almost eating that way now. The best intro to this diet is Cordain's book, "The Paleo Diet". It allows any meat/fowl/seafood, fruits/veggies/nuts/seeds. No grains at all, plus no dairy. It does allow eggs, which you and I can't do. Cordain just released a paleo cookbook too.
I will keep my fingers crossed that you WILL get your D under control with some additional fine-tuning.
Love,
Polly
I was the original member on this Board to discover I had multiple intolerances. I have the same major intolerances as you, plus yeast, corn, coconut and chocolate. You might try eliminating corn first to see what happens. My hunch is that it is less well tolerated than other grains. That said, I have always said that I feel my absolute best when I am eating no grains at all (not even rice). Others here, Matthew for one, avoid grains. Grains really are not all that healthful - that's why they are often "enriched". I'm not sure you would be more tired eating fewer grains. Since grains can cause swings in blood sugar, they might actually be making you more tired. Veggies and fruits have far more nutritional value than grains, in almost every category.
Have you considered the paleo (hunter-gatherer) diet? You are almost eating that way now. The best intro to this diet is Cordain's book, "The Paleo Diet". It allows any meat/fowl/seafood, fruits/veggies/nuts/seeds. No grains at all, plus no dairy. It does allow eggs, which you and I can't do. Cordain just released a paleo cookbook too.
I will keep my fingers crossed that you WILL get your D under control with some additional fine-tuning.
Love,
Polly
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Thank you Starfire and Polly,
I appreciate your support, thanks for all the advice! I have had eggs the past 2 days and I think it's going well, or maybe I'm in denial! lol! I have been keeping rice out of my diet, since that has been my mainstay since I was a baby - ate white rice every day pretty much - so, I think that is a good start to take out. I did try some a few days this week and maybe that is why I got so tired too! I am sure corn in another. I really miss dairy - I keep praying that I will be able to try that again. Yes, I did feel really tired doing the scd diet, I could not add in many veggies, since I tested "allergic" to so many - now I am experimenting more with veggies. I will look into the Paleo diet too. I've tried so many. Its just so nice to find folks who really and truly understand. I feel like such a loser because I can't work the hours most folks can - I clean houses 3-4 mornings a week - and that is physically exhausting for me, but it brings home the bacon!!! lol
You folks are the best! I've found my "happy place"!
Theresa
ps. I'm in southern Maine in Saco - on the coastline area - I've never been to Rockport, but I heard it's beautiful!
I appreciate your support, thanks for all the advice! I have had eggs the past 2 days and I think it's going well, or maybe I'm in denial! lol! I have been keeping rice out of my diet, since that has been my mainstay since I was a baby - ate white rice every day pretty much - so, I think that is a good start to take out. I did try some a few days this week and maybe that is why I got so tired too! I am sure corn in another. I really miss dairy - I keep praying that I will be able to try that again. Yes, I did feel really tired doing the scd diet, I could not add in many veggies, since I tested "allergic" to so many - now I am experimenting more with veggies. I will look into the Paleo diet too. I've tried so many. Its just so nice to find folks who really and truly understand. I feel like such a loser because I can't work the hours most folks can - I clean houses 3-4 mornings a week - and that is physically exhausting for me, but it brings home the bacon!!! lol
You folks are the best! I've found my "happy place"!
Theresa
ps. I'm in southern Maine in Saco - on the coastline area - I've never been to Rockport, but I heard it's beautiful!
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Mornings were usually not very productive for me - it took me until 10 or 11 o'clock to get going, most days. After that I could usually venture away from the bathroom for a while, (except for the days when nausea or dizziness were a problem).Theresa wrote:I feel like such a loser because I can't work the hours most folks can
FWIW, the main difference between the SCD and the paleo diet is lactose-free dairy products. If you are following the SCD, and you cut out all dairy products, then that will automatically place you in the paleo diet category, unless I'm overlooking something, because neither one of them allows grains.
Realistically, very, very few Caucasians are sensitive to the protein in rice, (orzenin), though orzenin-sensitivity is sometimes found among Asians, for whom it is a primary staple for virtually all of their life.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Oh Tex,
thanks for the good news about rice! I am going to have some right now! It's funny, when I was diagnosed with Celiac, I ate very limited, since back in 2003 there were no GF foods in the stores or much info on it - at least where I was in NH. At first, I lived on white rice, mozzerella cheese, zucchini, tomato sauce, rice cakes, butter, cream cheese and raisins. I would have a little chicken, or beef - but I was afraid of those too. I think I may have had potatoes too. My sister who was diagnosed 1 month prior to me, sent me some GF flours, GF pasta - I was afraid to try them, then out of desperation I did and liked the pasta, the flours, I just didn't have recipes for - once I did - it was a trial and error.
thanks again! Theresa
thanks for the good news about rice! I am going to have some right now! It's funny, when I was diagnosed with Celiac, I ate very limited, since back in 2003 there were no GF foods in the stores or much info on it - at least where I was in NH. At first, I lived on white rice, mozzerella cheese, zucchini, tomato sauce, rice cakes, butter, cream cheese and raisins. I would have a little chicken, or beef - but I was afraid of those too. I think I may have had potatoes too. My sister who was diagnosed 1 month prior to me, sent me some GF flours, GF pasta - I was afraid to try them, then out of desperation I did and liked the pasta, the flours, I just didn't have recipes for - once I did - it was a trial and error.
thanks again! Theresa
You're most welcome.
Incidentally, one of our members is a professional chef, and she, (and other members), has assembled a collection of several hundred proven recipes that are free of gluten, dairy, and soy, and she also lists substitutions for flours, eggs, etc., (in case you want to try modifying any conventional recipes). You can see them here:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=7
Tex
Incidentally, one of our members is a professional chef, and she, (and other members), has assembled a collection of several hundred proven recipes that are free of gluten, dairy, and soy, and she also lists substitutions for flours, eggs, etc., (in case you want to try modifying any conventional recipes). You can see them here:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=7
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.