| When you're first starting to figure out what | | | | particularly processed foods. |
| you're going to eat on a gluten free diet, it can be | | | | Since any product with wheat in it will be clearly |
| difficult to figure out where to look for | | | | marked, this is a good place to look first. On most |
| information about what you can eat. You can | | | | labels you won't have to read through the list of |
| read through whole long lists of gluten free foods | | | | ingredients - just a glance at the allergen |
| and brands before you go to the store, but once | | | | information section will tell you if you should keep |
| you walk in it can be overwhelming trying to | | | | reading or look elsewhere. Because gluten can |
| remember which items you had read about, let | | | | come from both rye and barley ingredients as |
| alone find them. | | | | well, you can't automatically assume a wheat free |
| Reading Labels | | | | product is gluten free, but looking for wheat first |
| While lists of gluten free products can be helpful if | | | | will help you rule out a lot of products more |
| you're trying to find a particular item, they are | | | | quickly. |
| often not as helpful when you're first starting to | | | | Long Lists |
| make the transition to a gluten free diet. What | | | | When you're looking for gluten free products, |
| you really need to learn in this situation is how to | | | | you'll want to steer clear of products with long |
| read labels quickly and efficiently. Of course, you | | | | lists of ingredients as well. There are all kinds of |
| don't want to be in the store all day trying to | | | | additives and fillers that can contain gluten and |
| read the label for every product on the shelf | | | | trying to remember the different names each of |
| either. | | | | these can be listed under is certainly an |
| Allergen Information | | | | overwhelming task, especially when you're first |
| One of the easiest things to look for on any | | | | starting out. |
| nutrition label is allergen information. There are | | | | In general, you'll want to look for foods with short |
| eight major food allergens and foods containing | | | | lists of ingredients, most of which are easily |
| any of these are required to clearly list them on | | | | identifiable as foods and not weird, long chemical |
| their labels. Of course, gluten isn't one of these | | | | names. Not only is it easier to tell if these foods |
| allergens, but wheat is. Wheat contains gluten and | | | | have gluten in them, they're generally healthier for |
| is the primary source of gluten in foods, | | | | you as well. |