Hi everyone
i have been to a naturopath and was told that i have a wheat intolerance which is causing me to bloat and not digest properly.
can someone please help me map out a healthy wheat free diet?
my daily requirements are 2000calories per day (as i want to maintain my current weight)
any help and list of foods to eat and ADVICE would be great!
thanks
chookie

chookies,

If you are intolerant to wheat then you may have a problem with gluten --- that is in wheat, barley, rye and to a lesser extent oats.

With your diet the better grains are rice and corn products but wheat by products is in alot of processed foods. So, you have to become a label reader.

All fruits and veggies including greens and root veggies like potatos, carrots, beets and turnips are OK. Dairy products, chicken, turkey and other meats & seafood is OK.

It would be best to go to a health food store and ask about foods that are gluten free.

I wish you well---Harry

Hi there

I have wheat Intolerance as well.

I was diagnosed by a dietician and was put on an exclusion diet. I have intolerance to a lot of foods that I had no idea where making me ill e.g. Milk protein, corn etc.

I would book an appointment with a dietician they can give you a list of foods etc that you can eat etc. They sorted my diet out and i've never felt better. Also exercise works wonders!

I think you should go on an exclusion diet (Under consoltation of a dietician) Just in case you cut out foods with Gluten etc. I can eat Gluten.

If you do want help with a diet, let me know and I'll post what my diet is (My diet is dairy free as well but we can add dairy into it).

HTH

Pixie

Actually, a close friend of mine has "leaky gut syndrome". She was diagnosed poorly by an MD DOCTOR as a child and was told to take too much Advil and Tylenol for a problem they "couldn't fix". She had numerous sinus surgeries that failed and the Advil and Tylenol literally burned holes in her stomach, hence the leaky gut. Literally, her "gut" was leaking. She went to natural medication and was taken off almost all food but soy products for a month, then gradually, after her "gut" had repaired itself was allowed to add things to her diet. She was found to have a strange kind of lactose intolerance which, once realized, helped with her sinus headaches.

All that to say, leaky gut syndrome (as dorky as it may sound) is very real.

As far as the Wheat thing goes, I would also recommend making an appointment with a dietitian. If you have some stipulations from your health care provider it shouldn't be that difficult for a dietitian to put together a plan for you.

Are you sure that you just have a wheat intolerance and not Celiac disease?

pixie, if you could post your meal plan that would be great.
i dont think its leaky gut as i cant go to the toilet.
the hardest thing is the cost of food here in australia - like a loaf of wheat free bread is like $5.50 - thats alot. i have cut down a lot on wheat products, though can i still have oats? dairy products? chocolate (i really hope so!!)
thanks for all your help so far - any other input would be great

Hi Chookie

Will do.

I see my dietitian again this Thursday (UK) so should be getting more info from her then. Will post what I have for you on Friday including details of an exclusion diet (But I still recomend that you see a dietitian if you want to follow it) Do you get free healthcare in Aus like we have the NHS in the UK?

P.S Just because you have a wheat Intolerance doesn't mean that you can never have wheat bread. After say an exclusion diet you may find that you can have 2 slices every other day (I can tolerate 2 slices once a week) :)

HTH

Pixie

Hi Chookie

Hows it going.

I got some info from the dietitcian

The first is a list of things to avoid

Bulgar wheat
Couscous
Flour: cake and pastry, durum, gluten, graham, wheat flour, whole wheat flour
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)
Semolina
Wheat bran
Wheat grem
Wheat starch

You should read all Labels on the food that you buy. Sometimes it may say Contains Gluten / Wheat but sometimes they don't even have that.

Foods that are likelly to have wheat are the following

Baked beans
Baking powder (some)
Biscuits
Bouillon cubes and extracts
Bread crumbs
Breaded foods
Breads
Cakes, pastries, or cookies (commercial or prepared)
Cheese sauces or spreads (unless known to be wheat-free)
Cloudy lemonade and ginger beer (some)
Commercially prepared fruit pie fillings and jams
Commercially prepared gravies, salad dressings, sauces, or condiments containing wheat flour
Commercially prepared mustard
Crackers
Creamed products
Egg dishes thickened with flour
Luncheon meats
Malted milk and drinks
Meat tenderizers (if made from monosodium glutamate [MSG])
Muffins
Mustard powder (some)
Pancakes
Pasta noodles
Pre-molded hamburgers
Pudding (commercial or homemade, thickened with wheat flour)
Rolls
Sauce and gravy mixes
Sausage (unless they are pure meat)
Soups containing commercially prepared noodles, macaroni, or spaghetti
Soup mixes and bases
Soy sauce, Tamari (unless wheat-free)
Sweets dusted with wheat flour to prevent them from sticking
Tomato sauces

Below is a list of foods that are alternatives that can be used

Almond: flour and meal
Amaranth: whole (as hot cereal, flour, puffed
Buckwheat: whole groats, cereal, flour (raw or roasted)
Cassava: flour (whole root, dried, ground; tapioca starch is refined from this)
Chestnut: flour
Chickpea: flour
Flaxseed: flour and meal
Hazelnut: flour and meal
Jerusalem artichoke: flour
Legume flours: yellow and green pea; red and green lentil; white, lima, and pinto bean
Millet: whole grain, flour
Oats: Scotch style, flour, oat bran, rolled flakes
Pearled millet: whole, flour
Potato: flour, starch
Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah): whole, flour
Rice (short, medium, long grain): whole, flour, pasta, puffed, cakes, crackers
Rye (G): flakes, flour, crackers (that contain no wheat)
Soy: flakes, grits, soy flour
Spelt (G): whole, flakes, flour, pasta
Tapioca: starch flour, “pearls”
White sweet potato: flour
Wild rice: whole, pasta
Yam (true yam): flour

I'll post my meal guide on here soon (got lots of work to do)

Yep you should be able to eat chacolate and you should be able to eat loads

I hope this list helps you for now.

( REMOVED )

Let me know if you need any info :)

Pixie