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Its amazes me that most people searching for
gluten free diet information have celiac disease or gluten intolerant
for a number of years before they begin to take charge of their lives.
The first thing you need to know about a GF diet is which foods you
must avoid at all costs. Although it may seem simple to just cut gluten
out of your diet and continue a normal life, 99% of the time its not.

Unfortunately most food manufactures more often than not do use
gluten as an additive in prepared foods. Gluten is like the glue that
gives the nice chewy texture in bread and thick consistency in soup.
Its important to become familiar food labels and how to read them
(since most food that does contain gluten is not labeled as gluten).
I've gone ahead a made you a quick jump start gluten free information
guide and below is a sample.

Here's a list of 5 common ingredients and foods that do contain gluten (so avoid them)

• All forms of wheat including: spelt, kamut, triticale (a
combination of wheat and rye), couscous, malt, rye, barley, seitan,
semolina, wheat, durum, einkorn, farina, cake flour, matzo (or matzah),
bran

• Ingredients that have "wheat" in the name such as: wheat starch,
modified wheat starch, pregelatinized wheat protein, hydrolyzed wheat
protein (Buckwheat, which is gluten free, is an exception.

• Breaded or floured meat, seafood, poultry and vegetables. As well
as meat, poultry and vegetables when they have a sauce or marinade that
contains gluten, such as soy and teriyaki sauces.

• Barley malt, which is usually made from barley, including: malt syrup, malt extract, malt flavoring and malt vinegar.

• Imitation crab meat, licorice, beer (since most is made of barley)

When you first begin your GF diet it may be difficult just like
anything new. If you are a newly diagnosed celiac, you'll instantly
begin to notice a decrease in painful (sometimes embarrassing) symptoms
we commonly suffer.

If you have any more Ideas and tips then feel free to share here.

Thanks…

Addison Brown

IBS
Food