#gluten sensitive

[brennacedria]

Okay, so I've been craving waffles and stuff ever since figuring out last year I'm gluten sensitive. This is the first time I've gone looking for gluten free ones, and I'm very pleasantly surprised. In the microwave they're pancake texture and in the toaster they're almost the same as eggos.

The pic here is of a toaster one on level 3 of 8, for however long the toaster takes. The microwave one I wrapped up, and put in for 15 seconds on one side and 10 on the other. 10 on each side is probably better, but the box didn't have microwave instructions so I improvised.

[demiboydemon]

Attention everyone who can’t have gluten:

Digorno has a gluten free cheese pizza that has wheat in it. Don’t eat it if you can’t eat wheat. They took the gluten out of it but the wheat is still there so if you’re highly sensitive to it, don’t eat it.

[kelkat9]

Gluten and mostly diary free for a month now and it made a huge difference.  Very grateful for my GYN for telling me how many women get this problem.  I did have a tiny bit of dairy eating out but not much.  Some twinges eating out but nothing like the gut stabbing agony I’ve had.

The moral of the story is your body chemistry changes as you age and stuff you may not be able to eat stuff you used to eat as you age. 

I shall miss bread baking.  Almond and Coconut flour are great substitutes for some sweets baking.  That combo makes a wicked vegan banana blueberry bread.  Also, Coconut and Almond flour are ungodly expensive.

[mixedlollybag]

I ate some kind of Asian baked good today. It had sesame seeds covering a ball of gooeyness with maybe a flavoured red bean paste. It probs doesn't sound very good but it was so tasty that I had 2. So anyway, I thought that I would be okay to eat it (gluten free) - it didn't have pastry so I thought I miiiight be safe. NOPE. I have the worst ache and bloating that I think I have ever had. My stomach and abdomen has never been this sensitive to touch. The pain goes from the top of my ribs (near my sternum) all the way down to between my hips; so my whole digestive tract. And it started about 30 mins after eating them. Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can take anything to help. Owwie 😣

[diahsthings]

Having a gluten intolerance is fucking wild.

I have only recently figured out the root of many issues was gluten intolerance.

Previously I thought it was like my lactose intolerance. Yes, it sucks but yolo. I'll take a pill. It's just my tummy.

Gluten? No. It's nothing like that. It's hell. It wrecks every system in my body. I bloat like I'm 6 months pregnant. My joints hurt from inflammation. I have almost cried from pain. I get so tired and brain fog is brutal. I just cannot think. It's like being high without the fun. I struggle with thinking. Clumsiness is beyond normal. I drop everything. Trying to read to my child can be a struggle. My stomach is a mess. My mood is all over. Anxiety and depression are worsened. It's the most frustrating thing.

That's it. My brain is actually struggling to make words.

[diahsthings]

Turns out I'm gluten sensitive. And it's brutal. I'm learning to advocate for myself when I go out to eat. Make sure I'm not given gluten. I was this past weekend and I'm just recovering. I visited my mom last week and it was so much fun. I love finding out more about her and what we have in common. Being an adoptee is a wild ride. Even looking at my own child and seeing things that are the same as me or my husband is such a new thing. I've never had any family that looked like me. I had interests and personality traits that didn't fit but now I know where these come from. Also, the way I'm built. The women in my family are short and sturdy. Which is exactly how I'm shaped. So much to learn.

[brennacedria]

Y'all I just found some King Arthur gluten free chocolate chip cookie and fudge brownie in a cups and I am freaking out excited about this

[brennacedria]

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK MY LAB ORDERS DIDN'T HAVE FASTING GLUCOSE ON THEM

I SKIPPED EVERYTHING YESTERDAY MORNING FOR NOTHING???????

edit to add:

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

edit 2:

you know, it didn't even occur to me when he was writing the lab orders to get him to add the thing that checks for gluten sensitivity. after dinner last night I'm even more curious than before, cause I almost never get sick from cross-contaminated foods (in this case, picking the croutons off a salad instead of just ordering the salad w/o croutons), and I even still just deal with the consequences if something gluten-y is important enough.

I got really sick last night, though, and finding out my vitamin D is low... I mean it could just be because I'm a 40yo woman who stays inside most of the time, or it could be my intestines going crazy from my food originally having the croutons in it. everything else was gf/gs per the menu (outback actually has a specific gf menu in addition to their regular and child menus)

I'm going to keep on with the foods that "may contain" wheat for now, because if I don't there's pretty much NOTHING I can eat at work without going bankrupt from buying ONLY gf foods. I'll have to be specific about not including gluteny ingredients, though. hopefully that'll be enough. :/