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Avoiding Wheat in Mexico

by Allergy Guy

Wheat-free-in-MexicoThe use of wheat in Mexico varies greatly with latitude: the further south you go, the easier it becomes. Wheat is used much more in the north of the country. The staple food in Mexico is corn . Tortillas are as common in Mexico as bread is in the rest of North America or Europe. Corn tortillas are the most common in central- and south-Mexico; wheat tortillas are more common in north-Mexico. You should be careful everywhere you go though, as wheat tortillas can be found anywhere.

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This section deals with avoiding problems with food while traveling. Since every country is different, this section is organized by country and region – as appropriate.

Hint: I can’t possibly know everything about everywhere! Please add your comments about places you have been and how you have handled your food allergies there so that others might learn from your experience.

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Traveling with Allergies

by Allergy Guy

This section discusses the generals and specifics of staying healthy and allergy-free while traveling.

It is one thing to work out how to avoid the allergens that annoy you when you are at home. When you hit the road though, especially visiting a foreign country, it becomes a lot more difficult, until you learn how to deal with it.

My intention is to help you work out a strategy for staying healthy before you leave, so you don’t have too much of the hard learning curve while away.

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One of the biggest challenges you may face when you discover you have an allergy is to maintain your diet when eating at restaurants.

When I first discovered I was allergic to wheat, I found this difficult and stressful at first.

Over time, you how to deal with restaurants, and and it becomes easy. [click to continue…]

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Got the blues because you don’t seem to be able to eat anything?

I have been living with a wheat allergy since 1999. Yes, it was challenging at first, but after a while, I got used to it.

Firstly, focus on what you can eat. In the carbohydrate category alone, there is still rice, potatoes and lost of other good stuff.

Almost everything in the dairy section, meat section and produce sections of the grocery store are gluten free.

Here is a list of basic foods that you can cook with:

  • Amaranth
  • Arrowroot
  • Buckwheat
  • Cassava
  • Corn
  • Fish
  • Flax
  • Fruit
  • Legumes
  • Meat (beware if processed)
  • Millet
  • Nuts
  • Potatoes
  • Quinoa
  • Rice
  • Rice noodles
  • Rice pasts
  • Sago
  • Seeds
  • Soy
  • Sorghum
  • Tapioca
  • Teff
  • Tofu
  • Wild Rice
  • Yucca

You do have to be careful. When you have a wheat allergy, prepared foods can present obstacles. Be aware of the complete list of ingredients in all food that you eat. Be bold: always ask! You will find most people helpful, although some are not so knowledgeable. One of the keys to living with a wheat allergy is to judge whether the person you are asking (a waiter for example) really understands what ingredients are in the food. For example, I have frequently encountered this at some Indian restaurants: “You can eat this sir, there is no wheat flour, only all-purpose flour”. Of course, all-purpose flour is wheat flour, but not everyone knows that.

Check out the recipe section for specific cooking ideas.


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Although tests exist for allergies, the only way to really know, especially with a food allergy (if non-life-threatening), is to cut it out, and see if you notice the difference.

It can take up to four weeks for the effects to clear out, so you must stick to the diet very closely for a whole month. Don’t cheat, or you will invalidate the experiment.

There are articles on this site about how to life wheat-free.

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Gluten-free Banana Cake

by Allergy Guy

This wheat-free and dairy-free recipe makes a great gluten-free cake. It is one of my favorites, and very versatile. You can substitute the bananas for pumpkin if you like. You may also add chopped apples, or pieces of rhubarb – use your imagination here. [click to continue…]

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Desserts

by Allergy Guy

One of the biggest losses that I experienced when I started cutting out wheat from my diet was in the desserts category.

The good news is that you can make great desserts while remaining wheat- or gluten-free.

These deserts are also milk-free. So many people have a problem with milk, that it is well worth making desserts that are both gluten-free and milk-free.

Actually, for years I would find that I always succumbed to the temptation of desserts, only to feel poorly afterwards, thus ruining a good meal.

I now realize that there are several reasons for this:

You might wonder why I did not add gluten and wheat to the list. The reason is three-fold: firstly, wheat does not begin to effect me for about 24 hours. But since I did not know about gluten being a problem, my diet was full of wheat, so I always felt lousy from gluten anyhow. And finally, there was a good chance that the main meal had wheat in it somewhere.

These recipes are suitable for a gluten-free, wheat-free, milk-free and low-sugar diet.

When I say low-sugar, I do not mean boring. Mostly I mean an absence of refined sugar, and a reduction in alternative forms of sugar.

As you cut down on your sugar intake, you will find that you don’t miss it and that you can taste the food better. You will also feel much better.

Sugar should not be replaced with artificial sweeter. That stuff is crap and should be banned. Reduce it or cut it out, but don’t replace sugar with artificial junk.

List of Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes

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Recipes

by Allergy Guy

Do your food allergies make it hard to know what to eat and how to cook?

This section is the place to look for help and ideas!

Browse or search these recipes to find great food you can eat, using non-allergenic ingredients.

The recipes are organized by meal type (e.g. breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks etc.) Not all recipes are designed to suit all food sensitivities, however you can often substitute ingredients. Guidelines are provided in many cases.

All recipes are wheat-free, and most are gluten-free. Milk is rarely included in these recipes, and if it is, substitutes are suggested.

Please share your experiences with these recipes by adding comments, especially if you successfully modified the recipe with a substitution that was not originally included in the allergy-free recipes.

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