Friday, April 20, 2012

Interesting reading!

~So I came accross an article this morning about McDonald's: Please see the link below.
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/mcdonald-8217-worker-spits-tea-gross-fast-food-185600556.html

What I have noticed the most since going Gluten free is that not only do I put a lot more thought  into what goes into my body as well as my family but how many awful and unhealthy choices are out there.  I actually am enjoying eating at home.  I know where the items say that go into my salad come from as opposed to a salad from McDonald's or Wendy's.  I know many fast food restaurants are adopting a "healthier side" menu but I am not buying it!  Especially as someone with Celiac Disease and is new to this ride, I cannot chance it.

Yesterday while speaking to my Gastroenterologist at my appointment she stated all three of my young kids needs to get tested to make sure they do or do not have the allergy.  I came accross another article I found interesting: http://www.celiac.com/articles/1046/1/Understanding-the-Genetics-of-Gluten-Sensitivity-by-Dr-Scot-Lewey/Page1.html
It simply explains that there may be a genetic link and to always be aware that your tiny little people could be suffering too!  I know I plan on getting all three of my kids checked as soon as we can, because frankly you never know!  This disease snuck up on me in some ways and in some other ways I think I avoided it, and avoiding it caused damage that I am now dealing with sadly.  We always want to think it will be better tomorrow or something along those lines, but with this kind of allergy the ONLY way to get better is to eliminate gluten totally. 

Have a great day everyone!

~Sarah

Thursday, April 19, 2012

First post-New to a Gluten free life!

~This blog will be dedicated to myself and my family first and foremost, but I hope my friends and family will take a strong interest in passing along little tid bits of information, great blogs they see, awesome recipe's they would like to share.  I am realizing it is not all scary, I never really was "scared" more a feeling of being daunted by the unknown.  What I cannot eat everything and ANYTHING I want?  I have to think of what to eat now?  Be a label reader? Eeek!  But as I have been home healing, and coming to terms with the new diagnosis of Celiac disease, I am confident now more than ever this is the right choice for myself and my family.  The statistics I have read is that your children are more likely to inherit the disease or allergy if you will so my kids have now started the gluten free way of life.  My kids actually prefer veggies and veggie products such as the meatless chicken nuggets etc.  So if it means going to several stores to get the healthy items we need to stay HEALTHY then so be it!  I have been doing this for 3 solid weeks tomorrow(Friday) and I must say my stomach feels better and I feel better, mind you this damage I did will take more than a few weeks to heal but I think with time and great support and yummy recipe's from friends and family it is all easy peezy as a dear friend said to me last night! <3  All of the books I have read say to keep it simple in the beginning, less is more so I have been doing a lot of fresh veggies, salads, lean protein, lentils(LOVE!), and wraps that use gluten free corn tortillas or other types of wraps that you can find in your specialty markets or specialty food sections.  I also gave up dairy with the exception of low fat cheese and that helps as well.  I will be meeting with nutritionists over the next few weeks to get their take on how I am doing this, what I can add and what I need to take out.  Remember, there is so much information out there as I have learned and bounce these ideas off friends and family! More times than not they have great input as I have learned over the last 3 weeks!

~Sarah