{"id":1243,"date":"2011-05-23T13:28:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T17:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2011-05-22T14:20:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T18:20:29","slug":"gluten-allergy-getting-used-to-new-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/gluten-allergy-c\/gluten-allergy-getting-used-to-new-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Allergy – Getting Used to New Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gluten allergy or celiac disease means you have to stop eating gluten and eat something else instead.\u00a0 You have to get used to new food.\u00a0 Gluten free diet hints.<\/p>\n

Starting a strict gluten-free diet is daunting for most people.\u00a0 Eating feels like crossing a mine field, you have to avoid many foods, some of which are not obviously containing gluten, and you have to find new foods to replace the ones you can no longer eat.<\/p>\n

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The first thing you have to do is know what gluten-containing foods you must avoid<\/a>.\u00a0 This is necessary, but it is also a rather negative and depressing way to look at the important task of eating.\u00a0 It takes the joy out of it.<\/p>\n

The next thing to look at is gluten-free food you can eat<\/a>.\u00a0 It is important to realize that there is a huge variety of food you can eat.\u00a0 You already eat a lot of it.\u00a0 It may be prepared in a way you can eat, or you may have to find a new gluten-free method for preparing it.\u00a0 Take apple pie for example.\u00a0 You can still eat the apples, you just need a gluten free pie crust<\/a>.<\/p>\n

True, this takes a little getting used to.\u00a0 For some people this is easy, for others hard.\u00a0 The fact is that you have to stay healthy, and to do that you have to avoid gluten.\u00a0 It is a lot easier to get used to new foods when you’re getting used to feeling well, having a stomach that doesn’t hurt, no brain fog and lots of energy!<\/p>\n

Finally, you will do well to go beyond the foods you are already used to and explore new gluten-free food horizons!<\/p>\n

Avoiding gluten is becoming easier than it ever was as restaurants and food manufacturers cater to the gluten free diet.\u00a0 That’s great, but there is a down side.\u00a0 Processed food is unhealthy, and one advantage of going on a gluten free diet used to be that it forced you to eat healthy.\u00a0 Now, thanks to the food industry’s catering to your gluten free diet, you can eat crap just like everyone else!<\/p>\n

It is convenient to be able to purchase prepared gluten free food.\u00a0 Go ahead and enjoy the convenience.\u00a0 I hope you will take the opportunity offered by your gluten free diet to explore new foods you have never tired before and make sure that your diet is healthy.\u00a0 You’ll feel better, and that’s what its all about.\u00a0 That’s why you’re avoiding gluten in the first place.<\/p>\n

Do you have a story about getting used to new foods on your gluten free diet?\u00a0 Leave a comment and share your story with others on a a gluten free diet.\u00a0 Newbies need the encouragement!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"