spudtater | Gluten for punishment (Reply)

So, I've been trying to get rid of stomach/abdominal cramps, and so am experimenting with cutting ingredients out of my diet. First experiment is going gluten-free. It's an absolute nightmare; the lack of bread/pastry/pizza/pasta I was expecting, but the random, random things with gluten added are really quite astonishing. Bernard Matthews turkey ham, for example (ewww!). Soy sauce I didn't realise was made using wheat (well, most brands, anyway). And then so many products that might be made from wheat; "vegetable protein", "glucose syrup", etc. Shouldn't we have a labelling system by now?! I mean, one in a couple of hundred sufferers is not a low number!

Pah! Anyway, worst news is the not-allowedness of beer. 8^(
But, I am allowed distilled alcohols, even whisky! Hooray for whisky! 8^)

If nothing else, this experiment has given me an appreciation of just how much random stuff is in food. I mean, essentially, they're bulking up stuff with, well, bread. Which is quite cheap and nasty of them. I think I'll be avoiding certain brands in future even if I go back on the gluten!

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