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Comment by missrobbie on May 30, 2013 at 6:21am

Besides eating gluten free food, do you also eat non GMO food?

Comment by Trudy on February 22, 2011 at 12:33pm

If you stop eating gluten, then have a test for celiac, your result will be negative whether or not you are actually a celiac. If you are going to have a test for any reason, then you should do it now before becoming gluten free. There is actually quite a bit of info on going gluten free if you scroll down, and on this site's other group, Celiac and Diabetes.

Comment by David on February 22, 2011 at 11:56am

HI Latvianchick,

I'm glad you got your glucose tablet keychain from the Free Stuff group.

Here's a link to some info on gluten free eating. Your symptoms sound very similar to mine and I don't have an "official" diagnosis either. Careful about some of the gluten free subs-they are often high glycemic so I've given up most of them and am sticking to gluten free grains like quinoa and am eating more beans for my carbs.

http://www.glutenfreediet.ca/img/Gluten_Free_Eating_2009.pdf

Comment by latvianchick on February 22, 2011 at 11:49am

I wonder if anyone can tell me where I can find carbs that do not contain gluten. I have always suffered bloating and stomach cramps which go on for hours after my morning two slices of toast for carbs. I do not like porrige much. Tasteless. I have been told I have to eat carbs at each meal. I have not been diagnosed officially as caeliac but am keen to try a gluten free diet to see if there is any improvement. The toast will shoot me up to 28mmols even if I started low. Takes most of the day to get it back down again.

Comment by David on February 19, 2011 at 5:24pm

I've always noticed that certain wheat based starches like pasta or even low carb tortillas shot my sugar up. wondered what that was about. Went to a 4 day conference a few years ago and all the food served was gluten free. When I got back home, I noticed an odd stomach discomfort that wasn't there those last 4 days. Finally connected it to gluten containing foods. Switched to spelt products and that helped. But just this last year, I started getting terrible cramps/bloating/headaches when eating gluten containing foods so I finally gave it up in early Dec. BTW, had standard blood tests for celiac and they came back negative. I think I just have gluten intolerance. But I can't even cheat. I ate a piece of rye toast a few weeks after going GF and I felt so bad I thought I was gonna die!

Found a great gluten free, low glycemic cookbook recently. A word of caution. This is not a low fat or low calorie cookbook. However, everything I've tried from it has agreed immensely well with my blood sugar. Plus the recipes are delicious.
Recipes use a lot of nuts and flours like amaranth and quinoa which are not inexpensive

glutenfreefun.com

Comment by shae on December 20, 2010 at 8:18pm

any recipes

Comment by Maggie on November 10, 2010 at 7:36pm

re; the wine- I treat it like any other food. Count the carbs and most definitely consume with food. Generally speaking, a 4 oz serving of wine that is not sweet is 4 carbs. I have a few typical wines saved under 'favorites' in the Ping/pump food list. I've gotten over not having beer- which is a good thing. Not good for BGs or the waist line! I do enjoy hard ciders very much now. Low in alcohol, naturally gluten free, and yes- carbs- about 14 per regular bottle.

Comment by Trudy on November 10, 2010 at 3:03pm

Maggie, I see you are a "retail wine buyer." Happily, wine works very well, for me anyhow, since the alcohol cancels out the carbs. (I like Bards Beer, too, but it takes a little insulin.) Restaurants are a challenge for me, but at least most of them have salad meals.

Comment by Maggie on November 10, 2010 at 10:14am

I stopped eating wheat/gluten to reduce all over joint/skin/respiratory inflammation. It works. I also thought that BG would be easier to control, they are. So- no sweets- they give me a headache. No wheat, and now find that eating mostly veggies makes BG management even easier (more level) and I am feeling better still. But it can be a challenge!

Comment by shae on September 23, 2010 at 2:29pm

that site is so cool thank you

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