I just found out that I am most likely gluten sensitive because my identical twin sister has tested positive for IGG antibodies and is sensitive. it is very likely that I am as well. I have been trying to go gluten free for a week but it is really hard. It can take a few weeks to work I heard. Has anyone had any luck with this. On a positive note, I am off the Avara! For almost a month and a half now since I had a bout of strep throat which lasted a month on antibiotics, and now I just am taking the enbrel sureclick once a week. i thought if I tried this gluten free thing I might be able to stay off the Avara. I hate the diet hought I can't have bread and not even oatmenal. I am going to research it some more but it has many benefits... not just for RA. Many positive reasons to try to go gluten free including decresing neurological symptoms, helping with depression and even some OCDs, thryoid, diabetes, heart skin problems etc. I read the book, "The Gluten Connection"... it is just very hard to do this diet and I wonder if it will work. My twin sister is doing it too which makes it a bit easier to have her support. She does not have RA though so I was wondering if someone hear has had it helped them? One thing I feel is light headed and dizzy for sure. Maybe a withdrawal symptom?
There are lots of gluten free breads! If you have a Wegman's grocery near you, they have a whole GF section, and there are several GF stores online too
The being lightheaded and dizzy is probably a withdrawal from carbs.
I have tried a lot of diet changes, and with no luck, but I know others who have had good results and it certainly can't hurt anything.
Good luck!
The GF foods have a ton of carbs in them.. although today I didn't have any of those come to think of it. Yes. I have to give it a try. My big down fall is oatmeal. I am getting someGF oatmeal on Tuesday, just have to hang in till then. I hope it can help and I do have Wegmans thankfully.
Coeliac disease is an auto immune disease & so many books & research documents say RA & wheat are a no no.
There are so many good gluten free products around these days it is relatively easy to go gluten free. I had an ex husband who was coeliac & go gluten free myself when my RA gets bad although none of the tests show I am coeliac or gluten sensitive - I dont know if it is mind over matter but I do think it helps. I have a very good gluten free bread recipe for a breadmaker - a lot of the home made recipes are fairly horrible but this is a very good one & makes a yummy bread - will post it is there are enough interested.I'd be interested in your GF bread recipe Cassie.Cassie, please give us the recipe. I am going to nature tyme on Tuesday so if I need the ingredients, then I can get. I hope I can do it. I found this thing called chibe at wegmans and it makes good pizza too.
thanks.
Beccy
everyone in our family is gluten free so i don't have any choice as i would be the only one in the house who can eat gluten. i have to buy gluten free cakes and cookies and rolls and bread which i can get at our local supermarket. i also have to cook everything from fresh as EVERYTHING that is ready made contains gluten. the deeper you dig the more you realise this and at first you suffer shock !! then you just search around and its ok.
im not sure if i benefit from being gluten free, but i think i do.
by the way, we dont eat wheat, oats, barley or rye because these contain gluten too.
anna_london
Gluten Free Bread
2c warm water (warmer than lukewarm but not hot enough to kill the yeast)
1-1/2 tsp yeast (breadmaker or instant yeast, must not be past its used by date or wont work well)
1 Tbsp brown sugar
3 Tbsp oil - I use extra virgin olive oil
1 egg
1-1/2cup commercial bread flour mix - gluten free
1-1/4cup commercial baking flour mix - gluten free
1 heaped tbsp coarse maize cornmeal or polenta
1 heaped tbsp brown rice flour
1 heaped tbsp ground flaxseed
1 heaped tbsp sunflower seeds
1 heaped tbsp pumpkin seeds
1 tsp guar gum
Recipe says to mix together & put into breadmaker. I
put it straight into breadmaker in order given, putting everything on a tray
& getting it in quickly.
My breadmaker has a rapid wheat cycle, I make a 750 g loaf with a medium crust. All measurements are metric.
I lightly spray the breadmaker tin with oil.
All breadmakers are different but apart from the commercial flour mixes the rest of the ingreds last ages
& the loaf is light & crusty. I wrap it in a cloth when it has cooled down & generally the next day or so cut it into slices & freeze for toast. It is the best g/f bread recipe I have tried. The top doesnt go very brown but the sides & underneath do & it is yummy freshly made.
Hope you enjoy it.
Thanks for the recipe Cassie and your tips too Anna. I am going to give it a try. I am missing oats the most but my sister is helping me and she saids there is a field in canada that grows the oats without contaimination of the wheat. If I get that it should help.
Thanks.
i have tried the gluten free diet, and it greatly reduces the flare ups. One time I ate two bagels and nearly died.. it only took 20 minutes to flare up from it. Gluten free works!
also tries amys natural food products.. they have GF pizza, and GF soft tacos already made.
you can get GF bread already made (rice bread), GF chocolate chip cookies, etc... its really not hard to find GF stuff at restaurants. stick to tortilla chips (corn), and the meat and potatoes. no croutons on salad etc.
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