no donuts

[nisaa]

Sometimes, on the way home from a date late at night, I used to stop at a donut shop and get a donut and a cup of tea to keep me awake for the drive home. I know that spelt donuts exist, but they don't have them at late night donut shops. Instead I came home tonight and had a bowl of spelt flakes with organic dried strawberries and almond milk. Not a bad alternative, just not what I wanted.

I don't know how long it's been since I gave up wheat - about three months now. Enough to stop counting. Every day it gets a little easier as I find tasty non-wheat and gluten-free things to eat. One of my teachers at school has Celiac's and is from London. She told me that they have so many more gluten-free options over there - imitations of all kinds of snack foods.

My acne is still an issue since I gave up wheat, though it's certainly much better. I just need to figure out what other foods are triggers. Probably eating greasy food while camping didn't help. I did find lots of things I could eat while camping that were wheat-free and/or gluten-free, so that's promising. And my stomach loves me a lot more.

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[katann.livejournal.com]

Do you eat nuts? Those really make me break-out, especially on my back, but I just can't give them up. Also, depending on my time of the month, my menstrual cycle triggers some acne.

Glad that the wheat-free is going so well for you.

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

Yes, I eat nuts - mostly peanuts and almonds. I should try giving them up for a while and see what happens. Thanks.

[dingslotus.livejournal.com]

So where do you get wheat free products from? there is some at Trader Joes... my options are limited here.. but am willing to drive. :)

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

Trader Joe's apparently has a lot of stuff - I just haven't seen much of it yet. Otherwise, you can look at local health food stores and even some grocery stores have gluten-free stuff in the baking section - pancake and muffin mix and all purpose baking flour and stuff like that.

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

There may also be stealth wheat in things you're eating, just like I found stealth corn in stuff I was eating. Sometimes corn goes under other names (i.e. "distilled vinegar"). Do you know of anything like that for wheat?

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

That could very well be the case. I know that malotdextrin is supposed to have wheat in it, but I check labels now. *shrug* Also, ice cream isn't all that good for me but I usually have it about once a month (my root beer float last night was it for a while).

[rosrua.livejournal.com]

Well - it dosent list malotextrin - but it give a few other non obious sourses of wheat.

Anything with malt in it
cooked sausages, lunch meats, etc
soup and sause mixes

alcoholic beverages containing 'grain neutral spirit'

candy bars

and Ice Cream :-( (depending on the brand - i know bryers plain is ok)

And we alrealy discovered that buler is no good - probly want to avoid semolina and durum also.


Corn might be another one to try cutting out. Its aparently the #1 most reactive food - because as rednikki said its in apsolutly everything - (including bacon aparently :p)

I was alergic to it once - and did cut it out for the most part - it never occored to me then that it would be in everything and i think i just avoided obious sourses. But just cutting back helped and now i'm non reactive to it :-)

I was just reading the intro to this book and it says that geting on a strict rotation diet can help unmask reactive foods - cose your only eating a few foods in a day - and ones that dont contain a lot of the 'stelth' items - and your rotating food familys also - so it gives your body a chance to clear them out of your system - and to identify what food is causing the reaction.

if your not able to contact EHC-D and get a copy - i can copy parts of it and mail them if you'd like.

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

I just haven't had a chance to contact EHC-D yet. I will call them this coming week.

Yeah, I'm avoiding semolina and durum already.

Wow - you are just a wealth of information!!!

Thank you.

[rosrua.livejournal.com]

:-D I try

lol - usualy its the useless kind - so its cool that its accualy usefull info for once!

[rosrua.livejournal.com]

Do you eat a lot of soy? cose thats another major trigger food that people dont realize and is in almost everything :-(

Also yeast - Bakers or brewers.. they are also big triggers. and cane suger. Milk of course is another biggie.

And yea - as was said - gotta watch for the stelt foods.

accualy you know what - i think that book has a list of what some of those stelth foods are - and next time i get up i will grab that book and let you know (i'm nice and comfy now and dont what to get up right now :p )

Good luck! (and if you find out whats trigering the acne - let me know so i can try that and see if its the same (i'm to lazy to do it myself :p)

oh! what do i need to mix the hair henna with? i found my turkish henna and am going to try it - i know you said olive oil - but how much - and do i have to leave it sit for a while or anything?

Also - while i'm at it - do you know how to make the coffie syrup? A friend would like the directions if possable :-)

[rosrua.livejournal.com]

I just was looking at the store for the EHC and found this book - i looked it up on amazon - they have a ton others to though http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Free-Recipes-Menus-Carol-Fenster/dp/1583331913/sr=8-1/qid=1157248560/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3738055-2523847?ie=UTF8&s=books

and that other book that i had with me - the less toxic alturnitives - you can get that their to http://www.amazon.com/Less-Toxic-Alternatives-Carolyn-Gorman/dp/1573970220/sr=8-1/qid=1157248736/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3738055-2523847?ie=UTF8&s=books

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

As far as the henna goes, the best thing to tell you is to go to www.hennadancer.com and look at the pix she has on how to mix henna for hair.

For the coffee syrup you'll need a Swiss cold water processer like the one we had a Pennsic, or make one yourself. The one we have is from: http://www.filtron.com/