Food sensitivity test results are...?!
What on earth am I going to eat, I do slimming world and mostly live on green days which is all fruit and veg, pasta and rice, pulses etc
My typical day is branflakes for breakfast, jacket spud or pasta for lunch and lean meat with potatoes or pasta for tea which is basically my green days out of the window lol anyone out there have same intolerances and have any tips on what I can eat?? I checked out gluten free bread and it was ￡3 for a small loaf.... HUH!!!!
Answers: I have just been to Holland & Barratt and had a food sensitivty test, the results tell me that I have a high sensitivity to wheat, potatoes and onion and that I must cut these out immediately, I also have a sensitivity to rye, garlic and oranges but dont need to worry about cutting these out immediately.
What on earth am I going to eat, I do slimming world and mostly live on green days which is all fruit and veg, pasta and rice, pulses etc
My typical day is branflakes for breakfast, jacket spud or pasta for lunch and lean meat with potatoes or pasta for tea which is basically my green days out of the window lol anyone out there have same intolerances and have any tips on what I can eat?? I checked out gluten free bread and it was ￡3 for a small loaf.... HUH!!!!
Well, I wouldn't bother with the gf bread - it's minging!
You're right, though, that going gluten free is an easy way to cut out wheat, if you need to, as gluten free includes wheat free (but wheat free may not mean gluten free, as gluten is found in other grains). It's not possible to process wheat to produce a 100% gluten free product.
You can get good pasta from large supermarkets and health stores - Orgran rice and vegetable pasta (their buckwheat pasta is ok as well, but the colour is a bit offputting). It costs around ￡1.65 a packet and only comes in spirals, so far as I have been able to find. It's the nicest gf pasta I've found, though, tastes very much like the real thing - but don't overcook it, or it goes a bit soggy. I would say, first few times, keep checking it up to about 8 minutes cook, to see if it's the way you like it.
I don't think it's feasible to cut wheat and potatoes out at the same time. You would have difficulty finding anything to eat in the carb area. I would say, if you're going to follow this advice do it step by step, starting with wheat, because this is the one that tends to cause problems in the most people. Once you have found your way round that, move on to the potatoes if you feel the need.
I'm a bit dubious about these tests, to be honest, as I see them as mainly about scaring people. The only way to find out if you are intolerant of foods for certain is to eliminate them, see if your symptoms go away, then reintroduce and if the symptoms come back, you have a really big clue.
But from what you say, this is just a random test, with no symptom set to start with? Well, up to you, but I would take it with a pinch of (low sodium) salt.
Wheat and rye are 2 of the 3 main grains that contain gluten, the other being barley. To find out if you are likely to be gluten intolerant, you could try this simple multiple choice quiz: http://www.glutenfreedietbook.com/factsh...
which will give you some data based on current research.
I would also like to say that unless there are **very good** reasons for cutting them out, onions and garlic convey such health benefits that you should eat them regularly.
I don't think your diet is where the ultimate sensitivity lies.
I know Holland & Barratt are a somewhat reputable chain, but they are a commercial organisation and are neither independant nor qualified to accuratly diagnose such things.
If it is serious enough to "cut these out immediately" then your doc is FAR better placed to diagnose and advise.
A "Wheat intollerance" is NOT the same as a Gluten Allergy (Coeliac disease) and Gluten free breads still contain wheat. If you have been clinically diagnosed as being wheat intollerant you still cannot eat gluten free wheat based bread.
I would take what H&B say as nothing more than a lifestyle suggestion. If you are concerned then please speak to your doc to put your mind at rest.
Did u get tested for Celiac Disease? If u think u have IBS and u have such 'sensitivities' already chances are its actually Celiac Disease.
I find things are cheaper online.
here are my suggestions, they are american sites but u should find equivalents elsewhere.
www.glutenfree.com
www.glutensolutions.com
www.amazon.com (good for buying in bulk)
www.kinnikinnck.com