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Foods To Eat And Not To Eat In Gluten-Free
Diet
A newly diagnosed celiac patient is
obviously overwhelmed by doubts arising as to what he/she can eat and
what not to eat; this aside the depression that he/she has been
diagnosed with celiac. It is because these patients have to strictly
follow a strict diet regimen that is gluten free to keep their
symptoms at bay and address their condition. Consuming a completely
gluten-free diet is the perfect and the only solution for such
patients as there are no pills, drugs, medicines or vaccines to treat
the celiac. Foods To Eat On A Gluten-Free
Diet
Maintaining a gluten free diet is the
first thing that is suggested by a physician and it is not easy as
said, as because the gluten-found grains are used in the making of
several foods- known and unknown. It becomes so difficult to tell by
name of the food whether it is gluten free or not, making it easy to
taking gluten unawares and having symptoms exacerbated. But thanks to
online information today it is not a huge problem as there are lots of
food items lately, which do not contain gluten and a few food items
are made free of gluten are still rich in nutrients and make them
delicious too. Here is a list of gluten free foods that are safe to
consume by gluten intolerant people:
Gluten Free Foods For Gluten
Intolerant People
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Amaranth
Arrowroot
Buckwheat
Cassava
Corn
Flax
Garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
Indian rice grass
Job's tears
Legumes
Millet
Nut flours
Potatoes
Quinoa
Rice
Sago
Seeds |
Soy
Sorghum
Tapioca
Teff
Wild rice
Yucca
Plan meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, and eggs
Dry peas and beans, nuts, peanut butter, and soybeans
Tofu
Fruit
Fresh, frozen, and canned vegetables
Milk
Plain yogurt |
Cottage cheese
Cheese
Pure instant or ground coffee
Tea
Carbonated beverages
Alcohol - wine, vodka, gin, rum
Butter
Margarine
Vegetable oils
Lard
Shortening
Sugar
Honey
Jelly
Jam
Olives
Black pepper |
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There are several other
products which contain gluten and you should know them to stay off
them. These include things like:
Food Products That Contain Gluten
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Beer and other grain-based alcohol
Breading
Brown rice syrup
Caramel color
Communion wafers
Couscous
Croutons
Dairy substitutes
Dextrin |
Dry roasted nuts
Gravy
Herbs
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Imitation seafood
Licorice
Lipstick, lip gloss, chapstick
Luncheon meats
Malt flavoring |
Matzo
Modified food starch
Play clay
Postage stamps
Salad dressings
Seasonings
Soups, bouillon, broths
Soy sauce
Supplements
Toothpaste |
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Following is the list of foods that contain gluten:
Gluten
Foods
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Barley
Bran
Bromated flour
Bulgur
Couscous
Durum flour
Enriched flour
Farina
Faro
Graham Flour
Matzo meal/flour
Malt or malt flavoring (can be made from barley) |
Malt vinegar (made from barley)
Orzo
Panko
Phosphated flour
Plain flour
Rye
Seitan
Self-rising flour
Semolina
Triticale (a cross between wheat and rye)
Udon |
Wheat
a) Einkorn
b) Emmer
c) Spelt
d) Kamut
e) Wheat starch
f) Wheat bran
g) Wheat germ
h) Cracked wheat
i) Hydrolyzed wheat protein
j) White flour |
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Looking For Gluten Free Stuff At
Grocery Store As you take a visit to your grocer, you must know which food items to
look for to get gluten–free diet in the first place. There are lots of
things available in this category; you simply need to develop
awareness about those products. In addition, they are nutrients rich,
and therefore there will not be any nutritional deficiency. The only
thing; however, is to change the eating habits according to your
condition.
Note :
Awareness is most important thing to address a condition. Knowing safe
and unsafe foods is problem addressed by more than 50% of celiac
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