As some of you may know, I recently (August '11) found out I was gluten intolerant. How did I find this out?
Well I cut it out of my diet completely and by the end of the week I was feeling tons better.
Many fibro patients eat gluten free because it helps with fatigue and sluggishness. For me I just feel all around better. I think it's also helped my digestion and reflux issues.
So, I'm feeling better: great! But...I have to be really dedicated to this because now if I slip up and eat something gluten-y a battle occurs in my stomach.
If this is all it takes to feel so much better, I guess I can handle it. But I can't start thinking about how I'll be able to do this for the rest of my life. Luckily, I'll be an actual engineer (God willing!) soon, not an engineering student, which will mean I'll have money and no longer will be a poor college student.
Gluten free food is so expensive!
I buy a lot of it at Whole Foods because they have a big selection in one place, especially when it comes to bread and baking mixes. Most grocery stores don't do a very good job of identifying gluten free good and also have a terrible selection, so it's very time consuming to go and read labels before I can buy anything. Wal-mart surprisingly has a fairly decent amount of gluten free food, I found gluten free bisquick there! It tastes pretty much the same, a little grainy, which is typical of GF food, but to make it there is no such thing as just add water. It calls for oil, eggs, milk, butter, etc. But, still much easier than starting from scratch.
If anybody has any ideas on good gluten free food or restaurants with gluten free options please let me know!
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