newcastle brown
New member
- Jan 15, 2010
- 18
ive just been diagnosed with coeliac disease, which is an allergy to wheat and gluten(no more bread and no more beer!!! ) any help where i can get proper tasting food from
I was diagnosed about 30 years ago when I was in my teens. In those days bread was out of a tin and barely edible. How things have changed since then.
First thing to do is become a member of the coeliac society - They are very supportive and a charlty well worth supporting when doing sponsored events. They will provide you with a book which will become your food bible - It lists all gluten free products by supermarket and in many other ways and is updated online monthly.
Secondly I would buy a breadmaker - GF flour is available on prescription and with a bit of trial and error you will have fresh bread when required - You will not be able to tell the difference. Have a good chat with your Doc, the list of gf products is very good these days with pasta, biscuits etc.. readily available. Buy an annual prescription card (It's about £100)
The 'Free From' ranges in most supermarkets have improved beyond recognition in recent years with both quantity and quality and outside of these areas new directive for food labeling is in place and before long you will be able to look at all products in a supermarket and it will have to state if the product contains gluten or not as the case may be.
As far as drinking is concerned I can confirm all cider is gf (pear cider can provide a good alternative). All spirits are OK aswell. If you like lager try this site - It's not 'Stella' but still very drinkable - new range on the way aswell.
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need any help with anything else
Here's looking forward to 3 points this afternoon.
I have been told by someone who has been recently diagnosed that you can drink budweiser - can anyone confirm?