Wheat Intolerance

soolin

Be careful with spelt as it does contain wheat and is not therefore suitable for someone with coeliac disease. It might be tolerated though by someone who just has a wheat intolerance.

chesky369

The situation is so much better nowadays than when my poor mother was diagnosed as a coeliac 25 years ago. Although she could get a certain amount of items prescribed - such as bread - to get many items, we had to go to Harrods, who had a miniscule counter of gluten-free items at an ENORMOUS cost. She'd be in seventh heaven nowadays compared to then. We even had problems when she went into hospital, as the staff on the wards there had absolutely no idea what was involved.

AppleCore

Hi Charlotte,

I was diagnosed with IBS and wheat intolerance a few months back. It is a pain but I've found lots of alternatives and lost about a stone in the process! I eat lots of rice and sweet potatoes and have recently found that Ryvita is wheat free so have been having them with rice/corn cakes instead of crackers for cheese and with houmous.

I don't really have bread at all and can't say I really miss it as much as I thought. I'm not a big fan of gluten free bread (although Genius seems to be the nicest) and its expensive but it does often end up on the reductions shelf of the supermarket so keep an eye out. Crunchy Nut Cornflakes are my breakfast treat

I've only got a wheat intolerance and not coeliac so can afford the odd hiccup - my Gastro consultant told me I should be fine with the occasional small slice of cake or small amount of wheat like the batter on fish. I've tried both of these and have found I'm okay but I wouldn't make a habit of it. Might be worth you experimenting with a few things to see if you can tolerate the occasional small treat.

Starbucks and M&S cafe have wheat free alternatives for snacks and staff are always helpful. Toby Carvery is good for eating out and if in doubt while in a pub the gammon steak is always safe! Carlucchios have an entire gluten/wheat free menu which means you can go out and have pasta for once!

HTH

cherrykerry

AppleCore wrote: »

Hi Charlotte,

I was diagnosed with IBS and wheat intolerance a few months back. It is a pain but I've found lots of alternatives and lost about a stone in the process! I eat lots of rice and sweet potatoes and have recently found that Ryvita is wheat free so have been having them with rice/corn cakes instead of crackers for cheese and with houmous.

I don't really have bread at all and can't say I really miss it as much as I thought. I'm not a big fan of gluten free bread (although Genius seems to be the nicest) and its expensive but it does often end up on the reductions shelf of the supermarket so keep an eye out. Crunchy Nut Cornflakes are my breakfast treat

I've only got a wheat intolerance and not coeliac so can afford the odd hiccup - my Gastro consultant told me I should be fine with the occasional small slice of cake or small amount of wheat like the batter on fish. I've tried both of these and have found I'm okay but I wouldn't make a habit of it. Might be worth you experimenting with a few things to see if you can tolerate the occasional small treat.

Starbucks and M&S cafe have wheat free alternatives for snacks and staff are always helpful. Toby Carvery is good for eating out and if in doubt while in a pub the gammon steak is always safe! Carlucchios have an entire gluten/wheat free menu which means you can go out and have pasta for once!

HTH

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for your post. We have just had a Carlucchios open up near us and I didnt even bother to look at the menu when I went past today (used to being dissapointed :cool:). Thanks to your post I have just looked at the gluten free menu on their website and am pleased I now have somewhere else local I can have a yummy meal if I want to eat out

Bella italia do gluten free pasta aswell. Its not very well advertised, in fact its written in a small box on the menu but the waitresses can usually tell you what you can and can't have.

anniemf2508

alot of restaurants are now doing special gluten free menus, Las Iguanas and nando's to name two of them.