Hi, I am beginning to wonder if both my mother (non diabetic) and I (Type 1 on Pork Insulins) might be gluten intolerant. We both wake up with reasonably flat stomachs but within half an hour of eating breakfast, typically a couple of slices of toast and boiled or scrambled eggs, we start blowing up and are uncomfortable all day! It literally looks as though I have developed an extra tyre below my chestal frontages and feel tight. My mother has a lot of trouble with diaorreah and I go from normal to constipated with sudden bouts of one off diaorrhea, but our stomachs never go down. We both have a lot of wind with it which we are able to - er - release!
If I am wondering how people with a gluten intolerance (I am sure I do not have Caeliacs) cope when they are diabetic? What do you eat as your carbohydrates. I am seriously considering cutting out bread from my diet, but not sure what to replace it with!
We are a newly diagnosed family of type 1 and celiac. Our local grocery stores have been very helpful in pointing out the different options. There are LOTS of options out there, you just have to keep trying to find the bread, etc that you like. It is expensive but very worth it. Good luck!
Goodness, a whole family diagnosed at the same time? That must be tough for you all. Will be praying for you! I am in the UK and specialist breads taste of cardboard and are ludicrously expensive! And I am unemployed, so I should think that kind of thing is out for me. Will have to continue looking for alternatives to have for breakfast! It is never easy, is it?
Hello there. I am a Type 1 diabetic (for 12 yrs) and recently diagnosed with celiac in october 2009 (so almost 2 years). Type 1 diabetes and celiac go hand in hand- there are both autoimmune diseases. In fact 10% of type 1’s have celiac. You could also just have an intolerance or allergy, but I would go to a Gastroenterologist and get tested to confirm. Symptoms of celiac include but are not limited to stomach pain, gas/bloating, vomiting, diarrhea, vitamin deficiency , and skin problems. I was lucky enough to have all of those. It is important to get tested and find out because if you are celiac and you do not eat 100% gluten free all the time you could be effected with very serious complications (ck them out here: http://www.celiac.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=12) including GI cancers.
Being gluten free can be expensive, because everyone makes processed food that is terrible for you super cheap. If you are looking for a carb in the morning, go for fruit or yogurts, or get some gluten free bread to make for toast. For other meals, I eat lots of rice, corn products or potato for carb instead of traditional pasta’s, breads, etc. Thankfully it is becoming a more recognized issue and costs are coming down and more people are becoming more aware/educated. I don’t know if they have this in the UK, but in the US you can actually write off the price difference between the gfree foods and the regular counterpart as a health expense/write off. If you are ever looking for recipes or fun cooking ideas there are a lot of blogs out there. I have one myself it is called glutenandsugarfreeplease.com.
Good luck with everything and please go get yourself tested!
If you can find it we think Rudi’s or Udi’s gluten free bread is very good and there are gluten free bread mixes that you can make that aren’t bad…The gluten free pantry is a brand of one we like. There’s a whole variety of gluten free chips, crackers, pretzels…and animal crackers (my diabetic with celiac is three & likes these!) , I don’t think you will have a problem finding carb snacks. Of course fruits & vegetables are natuarlly gluten free.
