Guest guest Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 I was curious...are any of you on a diet where you try to avoid wheat and sugar as well as being vegan? I am on such a diet...it's not easy! I fail a lot but for the most part I eat wheat only on special occasions and sugar (even so called "natural" sugars) are not good for me...can mess up my whole day. Anyone else try to avoid wheat? Kristina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Hi Kristina > I was curious...are any of you on a diet where you try to avoid wheat and sugar as well as being vegan? > Anyone else try to avoid wheat? It depends on what you mean by "wheat" - if you just mean the regular stuff in bread, then it's easy to find alternatives (such as spelt wheat). If you mean all gluten based products, then I should imagine that would be quite a bit harder! BB Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 I am intolerant of normal wheat but can eat spelt - so can make bread, cakes, biscuits etc. with that and buy spelt pastas. At one time I was on a strict diet for intolerances (for six months) and had to cut out normal wheat, orange, peanuts, tomatoes and a couple of other things (can't remember now). I was lucky in that I could eat spelt, already knew I was not good with orange and peanuts - tomatoes was difficult because of all the dinners and salads I had them in. I seem to be okay with tomatoes now, can have peanuts sometimes, especially if I haven't eaten any wheat (including spelt) in the same day. I am still not too good with orange. There is a book called 'Vegetarian Cooking Without (Recipes free from added gluten, sugar, yeast, diary products, meat, fish, saturated fat)' which I used. It is by Barbara Cousins. I would recommend that for a start. There are plenty of rice dishes you can make, and for lunch you can use rice cakes/crackers with the same items that you used with bread. Some people can also use rye crackers. If you sit down and make a list of the things you can eat, it is quite encouraging. Don't forget that things like gravy granules, soy sauce etc. have wheatflour in. Jo - Peter Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:16 PM Re: Anyone else avoid wheat and sugar here? Hi Kristina > I was curious...are any of you on a diet where you try to avoid wheat and sugar as well as being vegan? > Anyone else try to avoid wheat? It depends on what you mean by "wheat" - if you just mean the regular stuff in bread, then it's easy to find alternatives (such as spelt wheat). If you mean all gluten based products, then I should imagine that would be quite a bit harder! BB PeterTo send an email to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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