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   tcorbett
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   Hi, First, I love this site! It's great. I have celiac disease, I was diagnosed in 2003 - had the runs for over a year before and still have them. In feb this year I went to a DO - he ran food allergy tests - I was shocked at the results, all my favorite foods for the most part! Here is my list: avocado, green beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, yellow wax beans, beet, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower, EGG, eggplant, garlic, lettuce, onion (I have added this and done well), oat, green pepper, pineapple, white potato, radish, rape seed/canola, spinach, tomato, brewers yeast (indicates candida). Before all this - I ate lots of mexican or italian foods - I love spicy. I know it's not the end of the world, but somedays I feel like I just want to eat whatever I want that is GF! I do have a good side to all this, I lost weight that I struggled for years to lose! If anyone has any suggestions that would be great. I do eat a lot of rice. For the past month I have been trying the Low Oxalate Diet that my DO suggested. It's helping a little, but very limited too. Thanks just for "listening". Theresa

   Posted 4 weeks ago #
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   selkie
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   It's interesting- a lot of these veggies seem in the same 'family'- like the cruciferous ones...cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, for example. Did your DO say the levels of response you had to the different foods..ie, that you are very allergic or slightly? Did he want you off these foods forever, or just for a period of time like 6 months to a year then add em back in gradually to see if you react?

   This sounds tough, lots of things to avoid. Did he think a lot of these food reactions are secondary to having Celiac? (ie that your GI tract has damage from the Celiac, so .. because of that you're reacting to tons of other foods). In that case.. it might be possible that once you heal, you can add in more foods- did he say that? It's common for instance for Celiacs to be lactose or casein intolerant ...then after six months or a year (or more) gluten free, they can tolerate some dairy, or are just fine with dairy. Anyway it's a thougth for the future...!!! Good luck.

   Posted 1 week ago #
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   Elissa
   Member

   Can you have red peppers? If so, try boiling rice til it's just chewy, then draining and frying it in olive oil, chilli, mushrooms, peas, finely diced zucchini (courgettes I think you call them?).. goodness I usually add garlic broccoli and onion..
   try experimenting to make a fried rice (dice very small)that is tasty, mushrooms and chilli should do it, you could add some herbs to the mix.. then cut a red pepper (I think that's right, we call them capsicums here) in half, scrape out the seeds and stuff with the rice. Bake or grill for ten minutes or so and it makes a nice entree. Doing the same with quinoa is nice too, nice texture and flavour.
   I think I have some recipes lying around that would suit your dietary needs, I'll have a look. I have several weird allergies too.. tomatoes are the worst for me, no more pizza (I'm kidding myself.. that died long ago), spaghetti, lasagne, mexican, moroccan and indian are mostly out of the question now too.. one seemingly innocent food..
   anyway, I'm allergic to sugar (including fruit sugar), dairy, yeast, soy, peanuts, gluten, wheat, (oats I have to double check but I don't get happy reactions to it), peas, mushrooms, chickpeas, tobacco, MSG, flavour enhancers (#621,635,627etc), corn.. there's more but I even forget so I'll leave it at that.. point is you're not alone in your frustration - and eating can seem rather monotonous with such restricitons. I'll try to find those recipes, there were some great ones!
   Elissa

   Posted 4 days ago #

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