Wheat gluten

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Is anyone else here gluten-free? I can't eat wheat because it makes me really sick. I don't know if I'm celiac or not; I didn't get the chance to get tested, but I used to end up in the emergency room a lot because the digestive distress was so bad before I figured out that wheat gluten was the trigger.

Any other ASD adults here who can't tolerate wheat gluten?

Pretty sure the two aren't related.
But with the tons and tons of ASD visitors there's bound to be a few positive answers.

Btw, either gluten makes you REALLY sick, like Esperanza, or not at all...
If you don't have Celiacs disease cutting it out won't help.

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Depends on the situation. If you're trying to lose weight, then it definitely could help!

I'm not allergic to the stuff myself, but I rarely eat it. There is a lot of food out there that is better than...well, grass.

I've been wheat free (largely gluten free) for 4 months now. My brain is functioning a whole lot better; less fog. I used to feel like I was drugged all the time, and sometimes I'd wake up sweating and my heart would be racing for no apparent reason. Not anymore.

My brother is gluten-free, milk-free - and he's NT

And you know what?

I wish I could make exchange with him - his allergies for my Asperger syndrome

Yeah, but then you'd be trading WP!

Do you think he has a support-system-forum like this for his milk allergy? I don't think so!

Pretty much everything we eat has wheat in it. To go totally wheat free requires a lot of time and effort. You make it sound easy as pie. I doubt it really is.

I'm gluten free, lactose free - since about 6 years ago - makes a huge difference in my life, caused heaps of problems before figuring them out.

I'm not sure how easy pie is, but it's not very hard to avoid wheat. Avoiding pre-made foods like microwave dinners and the like is a key part. Other than that, avoid the obvious stuff, like bread and pie.

Cows need several stomachs to process grass.. it's just not a friendly food-like item.

Many people have mild reactions to gluten

I eat it in small amounts. But I know I'm addicted to wheat and other grains, I would omit completely if I was stronger. Bread is just so easy.....

I'm becoming more and more palaeolithic in diet, and my digestive function is improving all the time.

My ancestors did not eat cropped foods (grains), it takes generations to adapt to a "staple foods" change.

The world is like a huge battery chicken farm, and we the chickens get wheat shoved in our faces at every turn.......

I mainly eat corn/rice based foods, vegetables, meat, eggs and soymilk.

I live gluten-free, casein-free and since then I'm feeling a lot better.

It can be difficult, especially if you've eaten a sugar-based diet your whole life; one plan I've seen that makes it really easy are the paleo/primal diets.

It's the only part of wheat I eat, actually: http://vegetarian.about.com/od/glossary/g/Seitan.htm

I only have that rarely, though, because it's expensive. If I had any problems with it I would have noticed. It also is not fattening from any perspective (it's mostly protein) except that food in general is fattening, which reminds me of my crazy midwife who advised me not to eat A BANANA because "it has 100 calories!".

As for avoiding stuff, if you cook from scratch it's no problem, and if you don't, avoiding anything is a huge issue (corn syrup is even worse).

It's not terribly difficult; a lot mre label reading and asking questions at restaurants, but some even have gluten free menus, and the easy part about the label reading is if it has wheat, it's mentioned at the bottom in bold print. I don't miss it.