| It's a perfectly natural reaction, to be sure, but | | | | mostly of food that you make yourself with |
| most people who find out they have to switch to | | | | fresh ingredients, you won't be running into much |
| a gluten free diet immediately start focusing on | | | | gluten anyway. In fact, the main source of gluten |
| the things they won't be able to eat anymore. If | | | | in our diets is really the fillers, additives and |
| you want to make your transition to your gluten | | | | preservatives found in most processed foods. |
| free diet as easy and smooth as possible, | | | | By making your own meals you can both avoid |
| however, you're best off focusing on what you | | | | these unnecessary sources of gluten and save |
| can eat - and that's an awful lot. | | | | some money. Buying fresh ingredients is often |
| Naturally Gluten Free Foods | | | | cheaper than buying a bunch of processed foods |
| First of all, many of the foods you've been eating | | | | and can help offset the cost of the few specialty |
| all your life are naturally gluten free. This includes | | | | items you may need to buy. Alternately, trying to |
| most fresh fruits and vegetables, rice, meat, fish, | | | | fill up your cupboards with gluten free processed |
| cheese, beans and nuts. There are a lot of dishes | | | | foods is both very expensive and limiting, as |
| you can make with some combination of these | | | | there is not a huge variety available when it |
| ingredients. In fact, you've probably eaten quite a | | | | comes to these types of foods. |
| few gluten free meals in your life without even | | | | Proper Nutrition |
| thinking about it. Also, making meals for yourself | | | | You do need to be careful, though, when you |
| and your family using these types of fresh | | | | switch to a gluten free diet that you're still getting |
| ingredients is often healthier anyway. | | | | all of the nutrients that you need. This is especially |
| Alternative Foods | | | | important for people suffering from Celiac disease |
| Of course you're probably used to eating a lot of | | | | because of the malabsorption of nutrients that |
| these foods along with foods that do contain | | | | this disease causes. If you are switching to a |
| gluten like wheat bread or pasta. These foods | | | | gluten free diet because you were diagnosed with |
| only contain gluten because they are made with | | | | or think you have Celiac disease, you are likely |
| wheat, rye, barley or some combination of these | | | | deficient in many nutrients to begin with. |
| ingredients, however. You can actually find many | | | | Eating a well-balanced diet is certainly the best |
| alternative products made with other kinds of | | | | way to ensure that you're always getting proper |
| flours that can replace these gluten containing | | | | nutrition, but you may have to do more than that |
| foods in your diet. These alternative foods are | | | | - at least at first. Dietary supplements are often |
| becoming much more widely available as well, and | | | | helpful when you're switching to a gluten free diet |
| they often don't come with the heavily inflated | | | | and trying to reverse the effects of Celiac |
| cost they once did. | | | | disease. It's can also be very helpful to talk to a |
| The Processed Food Trap | | | | nutritionist so that you know exactly what |
| One of the easiest ways to cut gluten out of | | | | nutrients you need the most and how best to get |
| your diet is to simply avoid processed foods as | | | | them into your system. |
| much as you can. If you're eating a diet made up | | | | |