Thanks for that comment, Maryjane.
All the soft tortillas I have seen contain wheat.
So always, where ever you are, read the ingredients, ask the waiter, and if in doubt, give it a miss!
Still, tortillas are a good bet most of the time.
I’ve yet to see corn chips with wheat in them, but I always check.
The rise of biofuels may change the price of corn more than wheat, and some manufacturers might start slipping wheat in.
]]>I live in New Mexico and the corn tortillas that are available at the supermarket here are definitely wheat free. Basically the only ingredients there “should” be in corn tortillas is corn, water, lime. We also have many choices of tortilla chip that are made only of corn, water, oil, and salt. However, as for pre-made hard, formed taco shells, many actually have wheat so watch out! We had to look through several brands to find one that didn’t include wheat. Generally my reaction to wheat isn’t that horrible, especially if I don’t eat a lot of it, so I’ll usually go ahead and trust corn tortilla products at most restaurants here, but if you want to be really safe you need to ask…
]]>Restrictive diets certainly can be confusing when you first start on them.
Regarding wheat, a whole wheat flour tortilla will have wheat in it, so that’s off limits.
Wheat comes by many names. Please refer to the following:
Please concentrate on the last one. Yes, you do need to know what to avoid, but dwelling on that will only depress you!
Regarding yeast, see Yeast Allergy.
Vinegar is fermented, somewhat like wine. White vinegar is refined and may be OK, but wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar etc. has certain types of yeast in it.
For more about testing you reaction to foods, see Self-Testing for Food Allergies.
Hope that helps.
]]>I have Fibromyalgia and have been told a yeast free, sugar free diet helps some sypmtoms and also helps loose weight and detox……I am a little confused with regard to wheat ie whole wheat flour tortillas?? and also, found vinegar was a NO No on the list of yeast free and sugar free foods…why is this???what makes this food off limits???
Thanks