Gluten Free Guide
Gluten is a protein found in some grains and not others. Adverse reactions to gluten are extremely common. Gluten reactions can very from mild muscle ache and fatigue to severe digestive symptoms.
Adverse Reactions to Gluten may include:
– Bloating/Gas/Reflux
– Diarrhoea/Constipation
– Fatigue/Headaches/Foggy Head
– Dry skin/Skin Rash
– Hyperactivity/Behavioural issues
– Sneezing/Running nose/Itchy eyes
It is important to understand that you do not need to have a gluten allergy or be coeliac to react to gluten. You can have gluten reactions that do not involve the immune system which means the reaction will not show up in Coeliac or allergy testing.
The best way to determine if you have a reaction to gluten is elimination and reintroduction, your practitioner can assist you with this process.
Gluten Foods
Grains: Wheat (durum, semolina, triticale) rye, barley, bulgur, couscous, oats, spelt, pumpernickel.
Flour: Wheat flour, wholemeal flour, baker’s flour, semolina, barley and rye flour.
Cereals – most commercial unless they say gluten free.
Pasta: spaghetti, macaroni, egg noodles, Hokkien noodles, barley pasta, spelt pasta.
Meats: Sausages, meats prepared with flour, breadcrumbs and batter, processed meats frozen dinners.
Biscuits: Wheat crackers, Ryvita, Kavali crackers, oat cakes.
Additional: Bread crumbs, batter, stuffing, some stocks, seasonings and thickeners.
Snacks and Desserts: Cakes, pastries, scones, liquorice, some lollies, ice creams, icing sugar.
Condiments: Malt, malt vinegar, vegemite, soy sauce, mustard pickles, gravy mixes, HVP, TVP.
Legumes: Some baked beans in cans contain gluten and some soy meat substitutes including soy sausages and tofu burgers.
Beverages: Beer, malted drinks, instant coffee and many coffee substitutes.
Gluten Free Foods
Grains: Buckwheat, rice, corn, quinoa, amaranth, millet, sorghum, Gluten Free Oats.
Pasta: Buckwheat noodles, rice noodles, corn pasta, quinoa pasta, rice vermicelli, corn tortillas.
Eggs
Biscuits: Gluten free biscuits, corn cakes, rice cakes.
Snacks and Desserts: Prop corn, rice crackers.
Condiments: Tamari, Braggs Aminos, Coconut Aminos. Herbs and spices,
Flour: Potato flour, corn flour, soy flours any flour made from a gluten free grain.
Legumes: Beans, soy, lentils, peanut, pea, chickpea, tofu.
All fresh vegetables and fruits.
Meat: All fresh meat, canned meats without sauce, gluten free sausages.
Drinks: Fresh Coffee, water, white wine, vodka, gin, soft drinks, fresh fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water.
Rachael Reed, balancing hormones, Naturally.