Eating at a resturant

Most restaurants have a website you can look at, make sure the restaurant you are going to has GF items before you arrive.As restaurants are becoming more informed about celiac, more GF items and menus are becoming available, ask the hostess if the restaurant has a GF menu.We bought a restaurant guide from our local gluten intolerance group, and it makes eating out easier.
For more about eating out, go to http://www.celiac.org/

So what do you eat?

I often get the question, "so, then what DO you eat?”
Well, I get that question a lot because most people can’t imagine a life without wheat. When I was first diagnosed, it was very hard for me to adjust. Look on the positive side, I told myself, instead of thinking about what you can’t eat, focus what you can eat.  Lots of things are naturally GF(gluten free), so you can eat most of your favorite meats, fruits, and veggies. I enjoy eating steak, fried catfish, and blackberries. Almost anything can be cooked GF. In futurepPosts, I will share more of my favorite foods, recipes, and resturants.

Welcome!

August of 2007 was not a pleasant time for me. I was 7 years old, in the second grade and life was hard. I was getting constant headaches, stomachaches, and dizziness and not enjoying it. School was very difficult and I couldn’t concentrate very well. My teacher thought I wasn’t doing my best, and wasn’t that nice about it.

We had gone to the doctor many times and had blood tests. After about ten different blood tests and visits to the doctor, we did a celiac panel. It came back positive and we decided to do a biopsy in June of 2008. It came back positive and finally we found out what was causing me all that pain, I had Celiac Disease.

Ever since, I have been living a gluten-free life, meaning, no wheat, rye or barley in my diet, I feel much better now and even though it is hard, it is defiantly nice to be free from all the stomach and headaches. Now, I am 10 and about to start 5th grade and enjoying life.