tommchale
-
Posts
11 -
Joined
-
Last visited
tommchale's Achievements
About Me
After an 18 month adventure through the catacombs of the medical system, I was formally diagnosed with Celiac Disease. The bright side of that journey is that I know 3,712 nasty and horrible conditions that I do NOT have. This was about six years ago.
I learned the hard way that learning to live with Celiac is a never ending process - it took my wife and I about two years to learn what eating Gluten Free really meant. No, it's not about quitting bread and pasta. It's more like learning to evaluate every single thing that comes into contact with any other thing in the known universe that you may ultimately come in contact with. That includes really odd things like shampoo and lipstick (my wife's, not mine.)
Rejoice! Life is not over! Living Gluten Free is not all that bad once you get used to it. There are even a few benefits. For example, I find that I can eat more sweets (read: Hershey bars) without gaining weight, and you always have a convenient excuse not to feel obliged to eat Aunt Griselda's cooking.
-
"i Can't Believe It's Not Butter"
tommchale replied to steve-o's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
Thanks all, now that I think back, the soy theory is consistent with some other episodes I have had, I will have to experiment with that. Thank you VERY much for the ideas! -
"i Can't Believe It's Not Butter"
tommchale replied to steve-o's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
The interesting this is I have no problem with dairy at all, so the Gluten thing is really suspicious to me with ICBINB. There are way to many companies out there that claim gluten free but give no thought to cross contamination. I buy very little packaged dry food anymore as I have run across too many examples of products that have a big "Gluten Free"... -
"i Can't Believe It's Not Butter"
tommchale replied to steve-o's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & Medications
Hi Richard - I think you may be on to something. I have been sick all weekend and the only difference I am coming up with is a switch to ICBINB because I ran out of real butter, which I normally use. I am a very experienced gluten free dieter, it took me something like 18 months to figure out most of the details, but even now I am still finding exceptions...