wheat/gluten free, low GI, sugar free

vikki_louise

It looks like im going to have to go on a wheat, gluten, sugar free and low GI diet, im stuck for ideas before ive even started! Evening meals ok as im happy with meat, potato and veg or jacket pots etc and lunch i like salads but the rest im stuck with! For things like breakfast i normally have white toast (I dont like brown) and nutella, very sweet porridge or cocopops, and snacks are high sugar too- ive developed a sweet tooth as I've gotten older and eat way too much wheat as well!

Does anyone have any good receipies, websites or advice for low gi/sugar free which is wheat free too? Thank you very much:j

Nickitree30

Hi, as far as your sweet tooth goes you could try agave nectar, you can get it in the Free From aisle in Mr T's. It's veggie, vegan, gluten free, kosher and low GI and use that for sweetening things. Not the cheapest though.
Good luck.

Baileys_Babe

vikki_louise wrote: »

It looks like im going to have to go on a wheat, gluten, sugar free and low GI diet, im stuck for ideas before ive even started! Evening meals ok as im happy with meat, potato and veg or jacket pots etc and lunch i like salads but the rest im stuck with! For things like breakfast i normally have white toast (I dont like brown) and nutella, very sweet porridge or cocopops, and snacks are high sugar too- ive developed a sweet tooth as I've gotten older and eat way too much wheat as well!

Does anyone have any good receipies, websites or advice for low gi/sugar free which is wheat free too? Thank you very much:j

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I think Jacket Pots are high GI along with mashed pots, boiled pots are medium GI as well as new potatoes.

ladylouise62

Unfortunately, 'Baileys Babe' is right, potatoes will be a no-no, as is white rice (unless just a small part of a low GI meal) .
One of the best things for low GI (and fit the other criteria as well ) is Chick peas. Have as they are in a stew, curry or salad, as Hummous or even get Chick-pea flour to use for nutty-flavoured pancakes (aka Gram or Besan Flour). One of my fave quick lunches is a brown Pitta Bread with Hummous, onion and grated carrot (a bit of sweet for you!). It keeps me going until dinner just nicely and had the added benefit of not costing much.

BTW - good luck - it's not an easy thing to do with 3 things to keep an eye on!

twinkle_star_2

If you can get this book called 'recipes from the endometriosis diet' that might help. A friend of mine was recently diagnosed and she got this book as apparently a gluten free, sugar free and dairy free diet can help. Obviously if you don't have to be dairy free you can just use real milk where they've used non-dairy milk.


Also this book is quite good for anyone with multiple allergies (or vegans with an allergy): Food Allergy Survival Guide


Hope they help

purplerose

I dunno if they would fit in with your particular diet but in the morning I generally have a pot of natural yoghurt and a handful of mixed nuts or a tall glass of soya milk with nuts for breakfast. Both actually fill me for longer than any cereal or toast ever has. If you can have berries, those can be added to yoghurt. If you've got a sweet tooth, the yoghurt at first seems kind of bitter but it gets nicer and nicer the more you eat it. If you can still have porridge, try it without sugar and adding some berries or nuts or any other fruit that is ok for your diet. If oats are ok, try some oatcakes and you can add suitable toppings. Also, if you're stuck, you don't have to have breakfast type foods only, eat leftovers from last nights dinner or cook up something you like and eat half for breakfast and half for lunch or dinner.

paulwf

Nakd and trek bars are your friend:

http://www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk/default.aspx

You can get them in most supermarkets now or order online. I tend to prefer the Nakd bars to the Trek but you should try the Trek bars as they have more protein for a sustained energy release. The flavoured raisins make a nice light snack as well.

You'll have to check each product I think most if not all are wheat free, all raw ingredients and everything is natural and no refined sugar. I have no idea about the GI but I find them great as a morning snack as they don't give you a mad sugar rush.

I'm presuming the diet is for weight not allergy reasons? If so I would work on tapering the amount of sugar you use over a month or so and then your palette has time to get used to the taste. Cut out the sweetened cereals and snacks and try and slowly replace them with low sugar ones. See if you can add some wholemeal to your diet as that generally fills you up for longer.

I'm skeptical about going all out on very restrictive diet straight away, especially as some seemingly sensible options like baked potatoes are out. It sounds like the sort of diet where after a week most people would give up and spend the weekend binging on chocolate! Wouldn't it be better to aim for something that is sustainable in the long term? Taper the sugar, introduce some wholefoods and only then think about cutting stuff out.

vikki_louise

hi everyone, thanks ever so much for your replies, what a shame about the potatoes, i was thinking potatoes and rice might help me get through it (not that i like rice much!). I'm not doing it for weight loss (Im at the lower end of normal weight), the doctor im goingto see puts all his patients with M.E/F.M on the diet and some people have had good responses. I hadn't thought of chick peas, luckily I really like them! The doc just starts people on it but i think i will do as one of you suggested and ease myself into it slowly. I will check out the books and the trek bars. Thanks again x

babyshoes

Have a look at some Atkins diet recipes for ideas - there are threads on here and lots of stuff comes up when you google. When we did the diet, we ate things like mushrooms and bacon or scrambled eggs for breakfast. You can add various types of cheese (philly is YUM) or smoked salmon etc to make them more interesting and filling. We cooked up packs of sausages ( read labels to make sure they are gluten free), boiled eggs or chicken pieces for snacks - easy to keep in fridge and surprisingly filling.

Cauliflower is a good substitute for rice with a curry, stew or casserole. Cook it until it is soggy and then drain well (squeeze it in a tea towel to get ALL the water out - a bit messy this bit) before mashing it roughly to resemble rice. Try mashed butternut squash with a drop of cream and some grated nutmeg instead of (or mixed with) mashed potato. I believe sweede is also low GI so that would also go well mixed with mash to lower the GI somewhat.

Also, read read read read the labels! You would be amazed how many savoury things have sugar/gluten in them - things like mayo, gravy granules, most sausages and ketchup!

For a sweet fix, Holland and Barret (and a few other health food places) do sugar free sweeties and swiss choc which is quite acceptable, though too much WILL upset your stomach, so limit yourself to about half a bar or a small handfull of sweeties daily. (This from a confessed chocoholic and Hotel Chocolat fan - It isn't quite the same, but good enough!)
Another sweet fix we had was mascarpone mixed with sugar-free coffee flavouring syrup (raspberry one was yummy - found it somewhere on the internet) or a bit of coffee powder and splenda made into a syrup. Very rich and luxurious dessert, that one! I even managed to bodge together sugar-free icecream using evaporated milk, splenda, cream and egg whites - PM if you want the recipe!

If there is something you are struggling to replace, just mention it on here - I am sure someone will have found a substitute for it!

paulwf

vikki_louise wrote: »

hi everyone, thanks ever so much for your replies, what a shame about the potatoes, i was thinking potatoes and rice might help me get through it (not that i like rice much!). I'm not doing it for weight loss (Im at the lower end of normal weight), the doctor im goingto see puts all his patients with M.E/F.M on the diet and some people have had good responses. I hadn't thought of chick peas, luckily I really like them! The doc just starts people on it but i think i will do as one of you suggested and ease myself into it slowly. I will check out the books and the trek bars. Thanks again x

Sounds like it would be a good idea trying to avoid all additives i.e. eliminating all processed food by cooking from scratch using good organic ingredients.

Personally I would rather have potatoes that I've peeled and cooked than sausages that contains god knows what. That might be my vegan bias coming through though

The_Thrilla

Vicky Louise
Humans in the wild never used to eat cultivated grains. So you can go on a caveman diet - meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, and leave out grains entirely.

There are some things that are unsuitable for coeliacs, which can be a trap: malt vinegar, stock cubes, baking powder, whiskey, vodka, beer. (You can get gluten-free baking powder.) Oats. (Oats themselves should not contain gluten, but it has been found that most of the oat stock has been infected with wheat.) There are also wheat products that have funny names like cous-cous and semolina.

Of the grains and what are regarded as grains. You can have sago; quinoa, (Impress your friends by pronouncing it keen-wa.) which was the sacred food of the Incas; millet; carob, which comes from the locust beans John the Baptist lived on; tapioca.

If you have a sweet tooth, honey.

As well as the potato, the avocado is also high in nutrients.

The British diet is not the only diet around the world. For instance, everybody here puts jam on bread. In other countries it is served on a dish and eaten with a spoon.

You can eat as much popcorn as you like.